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Opens CoolThings Australia’s site in a new tab. You buy from them, at their price. Small parcel, express post, dispatch same day if ordered before 12pm Monday to Friday, then 5 to 10 business days. Returns: 90 days from delivery. Comfortable for a gift bought well ahead.
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The dad whose first arcade high score was on a Donkey Kong cabinet and who still mentions it
Ceramic barrel-shaped savings bank inspired by the classic Donkey Kong game.
It is ceramic rather than moulded plastic, which is what separates an object that ends up on a desk at work for twenty years from one that ends up in a drawer by March. The barrel is also the single most recognisable object in the game to anyone who played it.
Dispatch and transit are separate windows and the estimate on a product page is usually only the second one. How long Australia Post actually takes.
90 days from delivery. Comfortable for a gift bought well ahead.
All original packaging and instruction sheets, in out-of-the-box condition.
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CoolThings Australia’s delivery and returns pages were read on 3 September 2026. Policies change without notice; theirs at checkout is the one that binds.
One reading so far. We record every change from here, so a sale price later in the year can be measured against this one rather than against whatever a retailer says it used to cost. Why that matters.
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The dad who will explain the Kingdom Hearts timeline to anyone who asks and to several who did not
The dad who still calls the Mega Drive the Sega and corrects anyone who does not
The dad who still knows which ghost chases you and which one cuts you off at the corner
The dad who wants the idea of vinyl on his desk without another thing to dust
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Two or three emails a year. Not a newsletter.
