Here’s a kid’s vehicle puzzle that features a scooter. (Finally!) And it makes sounds! Made by Imaginarium, this “8 piece cars puzzle” is made from wood and measures 12 x 9″. It’s sold exclusively at Toys R Us for $12.99.

Thanks so much to Glen B. in Canada for this find and photos. He promises to let us know soon what sound the chicken really makes.

toysrus.com

NEWS BREAKING REPORT:
Glen B. has reported back—
“The chicken in the puzzle makes the sound of a 2 stroke kick starting and revving up. Awesome !! The rat in the sports car plays bass-pumpin’ dance music, the bicycle a bell, the taxi is laying on the horn and the rest just make the vehicle sounds. All in all pretty cool.”

Look up at the top of this page. See it? That ugly-ass Google Ad Sense Banner? I would love to get rid of it. Replace it with something actually pertinent to our interests. So do you own a scooter shop? Have something you’d like to advertise? An event you’d like to promote? Let me know. Send me an idea and I can send you a quote for how much it would cost. Just shoot me an e-mail.

It will be amazingly reasonable I assure you. I can even help you write and design a banner ad for your company. I have Google Analytics reports I can forward on but just as a ballpark figure, ScooterSwag has over 1,200 unique visitors per week. Nothing to sniff at.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled swagdom.

Spotted at Rite Aid, this card is from American Greetings’ “Just Wink” collection. You can also send a digital version of this card to your Mom for her birthday.

Thanks to Cassie for this find!

Send Digital Card

Here are some gorgeous men’s Vespa print shirts. They’re 100% fitted cotton. And they’re tailored within an inch of their lives with lots of wonderful details. How do I know? Full disclosure: they very kindly sent me one. They do ship internationally and prices vary from 49,00 Euro to 89,00 Euro.

cotondoux.com (hint: search for “Vespa”)

Boden is a London-based clothing company for women, men and kids and their gorgeous goods are available in the US, the UK and Germany. Their pre-fall catalog features some scooter-centric cuteness for the kids. The “icon” scooter shirt is $26 and is a 4 layer appliqué. It comes in sizes 1 1/2 years to 14 years. The romper/onesie (featuring a white Vespa) comes in a twin pack with a striped print and is $38. It’s available in sizes 0-3 mos to 18-24 mos. And the long johns featuring the same print come in a twin pack for $48 in sizes 1 1/2 years to 14 years.

Thanks to Becky M. for this find!

Icon Scooter T-Shirt at Boden

Twin Pack of Rompers at Boden

Twin Pack of Long Johns at Boden

Thanks to Nicole W. for this photo! Taken at the Farakash Gallery in Old Jaffa Isreal.

farkash-gallery.com

Or at least a pull start? Spotted this beautiful wooden pull toy in a rather tony toy shop. It’s called “Chabada the Cat” and it’s made by French company Djeco. It’s designed by Marc Boutavant, a children’s book illustrator. The mouse bounces along on the scooter as the wheels spin. The toy comes in a gift box and is listed at $19.99.

peapods.com

From Amazon:

“Enter the strange world of Imiri Sakabashira whose denizens are zoomorphic creatures that emerge from one another as well as their equally bizarre environs. The Box Man follows its protagonists along a scooter trip through a complex landscape that oscillates between a dense city, a countryside simplified to near abstraction, and hybrids of the two; the theme of hybridity permeates throughout. One is unsurprised to encounter a creature that is half elderly man, half crab or a flying frog in this world where our guide apparent is an anthropomorphic, mollusk-like cat. Sakabashira weaves this absurdist tale in a seamless tapestry constructed of elements as seemingly disparate as Japanese folklore, pop culture, and surrealism. Within these panels, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the animate and the inanimate, the real and the imagined, a tension that adds a layer of complexity to this near-wordless psychedelic travelogue.”

The mystery for me is whether the protagonist’s scooter changes back and forth from a Vespa Fenderlight into a Fuji Rabbit? Alas my local library does not carry this tome so it will have to remain a mystery. What beautiful art work though.

The Box Man

Once again you’ve caught ScooterSwag slacking. Somehow missed this coming out in oh, 2008. Mr. Bocelli is an Italian tenor who’s a “classical crossover” artist. $14.99 on Amazon:

Incanto

I live in Portland, Oregon but was recently up in Seattle when I spotted this. Yes, they’re probably riding the coattails of Starbucks’ Italian Roast but who cares? It’s still a neat looking card. Alas, Tully’s is only located in Seattle. But hey, isn’t that the Brooklyn Bridge behind the riders? Why not the Space Needle??

tullys.com