Surplus Pins and Buttons
Description: Military surplus stores stock a wide array of goods that can come in handy whether you are going camping with the family or going into battle with denizens of the Upside Down. For residents of Hawkins, Indiana in the '80s, War Zone Surplus was the place to go as they were not only a huge surplus store, but Hawkins biggest gun store as well.
Description: Inspired by the vast universe of the Sun Eater series, this vintage-style design evokes the atmosphere of imperial authority, ancient traditions, and far-future civilization that define Christopher Ruocchio’s acclaimed science fantasy saga. Featuring a weathered imperial surplus aesthetic, it captures the feeling of a relic from a sprawling galactic empire whose influence stretches across the stars.
Description: On Saturday, November 22, 1947, a war-surplus shop called Chubby & Tubby at 3333 Rainier Avenue S. held its Grand Opening in Seattle. The business -- which is initially based in a set of metal military Quonset huts on a corner lot (formerly site of a Signal gas station) in Seattle's Rainier Valley neighborhood -- had actually been open for about five weeks. But it seems that the two rotund owners -- Woodrow ("Woody") "Tubby" Auge (d. 1989) and Irvin "Chubby" Frese (d. 1997) -- still had a few organizational wrinkles to iron out before making things official: In fact for those first five start-up weeks the company was actually called "Tubby & Chubby."
