If you’ve been thinking about ordering anything from Ty’s Toy Box, be aware that today is the last day for guaranteed shipment before Christmas with standard ground shipping.

Several of their product lines have just been marked down, too. Teen Titans, Strawberry Shortcake, and Atomic Betty stuff is all reduced right now. And they’ve just gotten an exclusive deal on the new-to-the-U.S. Test Tube Aliens, which I am predicting is going to be my son’s favorite gift this year. (Shameless cross-promotion alert: I wrote about the Test Tube Aliens on the Ty’s blog, and you can go there to watch a video and learn more about them.)

Remember: The thing about Ty’s is that you’re never going to get the deal of the century in terms of a veritable steal, money-wise. But you will often get a fair price on something that no one else carries. I would shop there even if I didn’t work for them, because sometimes you just have to say, “An alien? In a test tube? Right on!”