Just in time to help you with your Christmas shopping, we’ve added even more great products. From retro stocking stuffers to unique gift sets, we have it all to make your shopping a breeze. We added to our selection of stocking stuffers with great retro-inspired toys and gifts—both for young and for old. Gifts sets make shopping so much easier and they come in an assortment of retro themes.

There are even more tin signs with exclusive Retroplanet designs now available. If you or the people on your list are into retro, you’ll want to take a look. For all of your gift buying, our Christmas Gift Ideas landing page will steer you in the right direction, no matter what you are looking for.

And we continue to post fun retro blogs and always welcome your comments and feedback.

If Tiki is your thing, or you want to create a place in your home where summer never fades, take a look at all of the new Tiki inspired items we’ve added to our product lineup. We’ve added over 60 new products! There are Tikis to decorate your bar or table with, from wooden Tiki figurines and lamps to adorable hula place card holders. We’ve added mugs, table accessories and an assortment of decorative ukuleles. And you can add a little summer to your car with one of our sassy dashboard hula dolls.

Now you can jazz up any room in your home with one of our new wall decorations. They’re retro-inspired and ready to be painted any color you choose to give your home or office a trendy, modern look.

Remember: we’ve added a terrific new Christmas Gift Ideas landing page to make your Christmas gift-giving easier and faster. You can shop the way you want to: by price, subject or interest.

Be sure to check out our blog additions, including the latest, “Never Too Early to Shop!” We welcome your feedback, so please blog-in and let us know what’s on your mind.

It’s November already and it’s not too early to start your Christmas shopping. Get a jump on gift buying and avoid the malls by shopping online with us at Retroplanet.com. We have a great selection of items, suitable for a variety of tastes. We carry many unique items that you can’t find in your local stores.

To make shopping faster and easier, click on the link to our Christmas Gift Ideas page. There you have the option to shop several ways. You can shop by whom the gift is for, the amount you’d like to spend or by the type of gift you’re looking for. You can also browse groups of items featuring a specific character or movie star. And of course there is also the option to shop by a specific interest or hobby. Making your gift shopping experience easier and more pleasurable is our goal.

And remember: we offer free gift wrapping on many items. Click on the “Free Gift Wrap on Select Items” icon on the left of the web page to see which products qualify for this service. To make gift selection even easier, we have assembled a great selection of gift sets. They’re a lot of fun and each make a complete gift that’s sure to please the recipient. From toy sets to classic Coca-Cola tableware, we’ve got the gift for your loved one.

And to finish your shopping off, our Stocking Stuffers category contains nearly 100 items to choose from. Browse these pages to get some great gift-giving ideas. In addition, this category includes many smaller items that would make a great gift for a friend or coworker that you wanted to remember without spending too much. Or add one of these quirky items to a hot cocoa and mug gift set to make your present complete. There are any number of ways to do it. We hope that you get inspired and that we’ve helped get your Christmas shopping off to a great—and early—start.

What’s New at RetroPlanet

For the many fans of our Classic Cruiser car cartons, we’ve added even more styles. There is an awesome assortment of new car makes and models, in addition to a crazy Zamboni and Space Rover version! And if you’ve never purchased any car cartons from us in the past, maybe now is the time to give them a try. They’re great for holding food, candy or anything else you can imagine and would make excellent party favors.

We have a great new Tiki-inspired setup in the Decorating Ideas Gallery. It’s a fantastic retro bar decorating solution that brings you back to the earlier days of Tiki bars and restaurants. The Tiki theme was first made popular in the 1930s and has experienced a revival nearly every decade since then. Get this trendy look and create a great place to relax with family and friends. A Tiki décor is sure to be a huge hit with everyone!

Coming soon—to make your shopping even easier, we’re offering a large selection of gift sets, with more on the way. These are items we’ve assembled to make a unique gift set with a specific theme. There are many themes to choose from, for all kinds of retro tastes. There’s something for everyone on your shopping list.  And gift-giving will be a breeze!

There’s new Retroplanet blog content, so be sure to check out all of the new retro information posted weekly. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback, so please blog-in.

Hamilton Skotch Ice

Here at Retroplanet.com we are surrounded by all things retro. Not only the things we sell but original items and collections that decorate our offices. We thought it might be interesting each week to bring you a photo and information of an interesting, and maybe unusual, retro item we have kicking around. Please note these items are not for sale.

This is a package of reusable picnic cooler cans called Skotch Ice. They were sold along with Hamilton Skotch picnic coolers and were filled with a freezable material to keep food and drinks cool. Skotch Ice was a neater way to cool foods without having to worry about the mess made by melting ice. This set is from the 1950s, and each can measures approximately 4 inches tall. The packaging is still in excellent condition.

Manufactured by:
The Hamilton Metal Products Co.
Hamilton, Ohio

New items are available at Retroplanet.com. We’ve broadened our selection of jukeboxes and phonographs as well as adding retro-inspired entertainment centers. To display these, we’re now offering an array of trendy wooden cabinets and stands in an assortment of decorating styles and stain finishes. These entertainment centers are stylish and unique and any one of them would be a great addition to your décor or a super gift for someone who loves the retro look, yet still enjoys modern technology.

There are new Santa signs, just in time for the holidays. These adorable metal signs feature photographs of Santa figurines from a Retroplanet collection and are only available online. In addition to the collegiate and professional team signs we added recently, we now offer light switch plates (both single and double-switches) so you can show off your team spirit.

We’ve added a variety of miscellaneous metal signs, so be sure to have a look at them and all that’s new. We continue to post new blogs every week that discuss a range of retro topics. We hope you enjoy them and welcome your feedback.

Exciting new additions to our product line-up include a series of eye-catching, retro-inspired signs featuring designs created exclusively by RetroPlanet. They’ll add some retro style anywhere you decide to hang them. We’ve also added to our collection of racing and automotive signs, including vintage-looking metal signs commemorating great races of the past from all over the world. We’ve also expanded our reproduction-style vintage sign collection in a variety of subjects for your home or business.

We now offer some really beautiful wooden signs that are sure to add impact and vintage style to your home or business. They range in size from widths of 36 inches to 51 inches, so they’ll make a really impressive statement in your decor. They’re made of vintage pieces of wood, repurposed to make these weathered, gorgeous signs.

We’ve also added many fun party and entertaining supplies, that include wonderful birthday products that are sure to put smiles on everyone’s faces. From banners, to candles, favor bags, hats and noisemakers—there’s everything you need to host a truly awesome party.

And as always, we will continue to post blogs featuring new retro subjects. Take a look when you have some time, and send as your comments, as we enjoy getting the feedback.

This week there’s a great assortment of new products on our What’s New page. These items include some vintage style metal signs in a variety of themes and sizes, as well as many unique party items.

We’ve created a fun and informative Product Line Video featuring many of the metal signs in our new line. Take a few minutes to watch it to learn more about decorating with our great line of vintage style signs and how well they’re constructed.

Remember to take a look at our Decorating Ideas Gallery. We hope you get inspired to create a great retro look in your own home. And we continue to post interesting blogs on a whole range of retro topics, so stop by often.

If you’ve been thinking about adding some retro pizzazz to a gameroom, workshop or garage—we’ve just added a bunch of new clocks and large metal signs with an automotive theme. Or perhaps you’re looking for just the right touch to add to a lounge or basement bar? There are new Tiki signs featuring our exclusive Retroplanet designs. Get onboard the Tiki craze taking over the country yet again.

Be sure to stop in to view the many themes and photos in our Decorating Ideas Gallery. There’s something for everyone and you’re sure to get some inspiration to add some retro style to your own home.

The most recent post to our Retro Food and Recipes blog will be a recipe for a delicious Peach Ice Cream soda. Be sure to watch for it, as well as the other blogs we add each week for everyone who is interested in all things retro.

Planning a party anytime soon? We have some new retro style Tiki Bar Signs that, in addition to looking great, will help you set a party mood. These signs are all Retroplanet exclusive designs that are sure to add a little kitsch to your gameroom or bar.

The Fanta Luncheon Dinette photos have been posted to our Decorating Ideas Gallery. This is a fun design setup that can be accomplished in any small space. It has great retro style, as well as being colorful and functional.

We’ve begun to add retro recipes to our blogs entries. These are sure to bring you back to the days when most cooking and eating was actually done at home. Perhaps you’ll be inspired to try one of these recipes yourself for a taste of something retro. Check out this and all the other Retroplanet blogs we post every week for you to enjoy.