Funusual

A great little store for gifts! Tourist gifts and unique gifts, you’ll find both here. A great place near Faneuil Hall that I found while I was vacationing in Boston. A little pricey, but worth it! Everyone loved their gift from this place.

Interesting store with really quirky items! I didn’t buy anything, but liked the concept. The greeting cards and novelty gum were great!

A good place to kill 20 minutes at Quincy market. Lots of odd trinkets and kitchy toys. I walked around with some friends and saw lots of interesting things that just weren’t interesting enough to buy (especially at the inflated prices they were asking). I hate that I often end up walking out of stores like this one, after playing with their merch, without anything. I freeload on their store and leave thinking «$ 7.99 for a plastic pen with 3 colors of ink? They must be crazy!»

Cute shop full of trinkets!
A little overpriced (could find this on Amazon) but it’s great for people to just pick out gifts for people here.
Like a clean Spencer’s gifts.
Great for gifts, but not really for tourists. Mainly stuff for people to get for people as gifts that are funny.

Cute little store in the Fanueil Hall/​Quincy Marketplace.
If it were a little more cluttered with a little more variety, I would compare it to my favorite store of my childhood — Jutenhoops in Phoenix.
Sarcastic T shirts, novelty kitchen items (I almost gave into temptation with the brass knuckles meat tenderizer), great «stocking stuffer» type items. Coffee mugs, pet products, books, magnets, games, etc. The full line of philosopher/​author/​people of history finger puppet magnets (I have Poe on my fridge at home.)
I was about to leave with no purchase — then a book called out to me. It’s a book by women, for women, about being dumped. Don’t judge. I need all the help I can get right now — and this book is supposed to both help me and make me laugh. I am tempted to go back and get one of the flasks with vintage pop art and cute sayings like, «I am that kind of girl» or «what’s a nice girl like me doing in a place like this with no drink?»
Sure — there’s nothing that screams BOSTON about this store. It could be located in Anywhere, USA. But it was a great place to pop into and be entertained for a bit. I hate shopping — and this little spot of retail had me smiling quite a bit. So yeah, I am a fan!

God, this store ROCKS.
Things I almost bought on my last visit: A container of hand-​sanitizer labeled «take a sick day, b*tch», a dinosaur eraser, a cutting board with human anatomy on it, mustache molds for ice cubes, 10 kids books by Sandra Boyton (we read these when my little sister was a baby and the rhymey goodness stays with me now, just ask me to recite ‘Moo Baa La La La’, I dare you!), a cat diary (I don’t even have a cat), a few Life is Crap tee shirts and a box of bandaids that look like mac and cheese.
‘Nuff said.

If there were a toy store for ALL ages (that does not go by the name of *cough* Toys ‘R Us *cough*), FUNusual would be it. They carry all sorts of fun gadgets to satisfy everyone from the youngest of children to teens and young adults to even those poor parents who happen to be the ones to suffer being reluctantly dragged into the store by their youngins. It did seem to be a bit cramped, given the amount of stuff on display and the number of people in the store at that time, but either way, it’s a MUST visit while at Faneuil Hall. Seriously, I could spend all day in here!

Fun is in the name so it has to be fun to shop here right? Yes and no. There’s plenty of funky knick knacks in here and it’s the perfect place to shop if you’re looking for a unique gift for someone with a good sense of humor. The only downside is the prices. $ 42 for matching nun salt and pepper shakers. Really? No thanks, a little too much for my wallet. But then again this store is located in Faneuil Hall, so everything is a little touristy and overpriced.

Walking through Funusual just makes me happy. I always stop in here when I’m near Faneuil Hall, to pick up something I had no idea I needed until seeing it here.
The gift items are great, you can find something silly for just about anyone on your list. I’ve gotten an Easter Island ice cube mold, Our Name is Mud pet themed items, and my personal favorite, a hat that looks like it has cat ears and the matching mittens, complete with eyes and whiskers.
Did I need this stuff? No. Do they make me smile every time I use them? Absolutely.

The name of the place speaks for itself, it is unusual fun. Need a random gift to cheer your love one up? Funusual has it. Need to kill like 2 hours and still have couple more hours to burn? Funusual has it. Need to fill that odd space in your cubicle or desk? Funusual has it. Need to some late minute stocking stuffer or gift add-​on. Funusual has it. Need to… I think you get my point. However only reason why it does not get 5 stars because it is located in Fanuiel hall, and we all know what that means. It is a tourist trap and jacked up prices. So enjoy and buy at your discretion, because those little things do add up and next thing you know your rent money just went to gifts.

If you are looking for a different gift for someone, this is a good place to check out.
Mainly they have goofy-​weird kitchen item done up in stranger/​cute configurations. Hard to explain, but just give it a look when you’re nearby. It’s worth your time.

Magic Mini Quiz to Help You Decide Whether You Should Go to Black Ink or Funusual:
Do you prefer:
1. a. Art b. Arts & Crafts
2. a. Handmade Cards b. Hallmark
3. a. Boutiques b. QVC
4. a. Sushi b. Burgers
5. a. Myxyplyzyk b. Pylones
If you answered mostly a’s, you will like Black Ink.
If you answered mostly b’s and are above 45 and/​or have at least one cat, you will love Funusual.
If you answered mostly b’s and are below 45 and do not have a cat yet, it’s not too late!
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Black Ink has more artistic sense, which is not to say Funusual has any. the direction behind Funusual seems to be to load the store with tacky crap as possible (think cartoon cat clocks where the pendulum is the cat’s tail swinging). Black Ink carries pretty little things, including letterpress cards, toys, mini incense sticks, baby items, delicate glassware, etc. They also stock some great lines from Japan.

I do love Funusual, but I do NOT love the crowds in this one! It would be a lot easier to buy a funky soap bar for $ 10 if that little kid’s parents would get him to stop running head first into me. I’m just sayin.

I always feel like I should be buying something when I come here. Everything is just that cool.
Unfortunately, since it’s so conveniently located in the middle of the biggest tourist trap in all of Boston, it’s no wonder they jack up their prices. I just can’t justify buying a Crocodile Staple Remover for $ 5.99 or a Fly Swatter Clock for $ 24.95 (yes those are actual items you can buy).
This place is great for the gag gifts, or getting something cute for a friend for a birthday. That would probably be the only justification of me buying something from here. They should open a new location…

The name says it all. If you want fun and unusual gifts check it out. They have funky piggy banks, water bowls for your pets. All sorts of home and kitchen gadget done in funky and artsy ways.

This place is great for gifts for children. I love the quirky adult stuff, but I was so impressed with the variety of cool, funky kids stuff, too. I bought a wooden bug music set for my niece there, and she has never loved a gift more. And the store carries the famed Robeez in all the cutest styles. This is like one of those places I used to think you had to go online to find.

I am surprised at myself that I haven’t reviewed FunUsual yet! I go here all the time! I work right around the corner from this store so on my lunch break I check it out to consider the next bday present I must purchase. I ALWAYS have success here because there is such a wide variety of stuff. Most recently I purchased a wine holder that had candlesticks attached to it (I thought it was nice, others might consider it «tacky»). Before that I bought «Mao» bowls that are rice bowls with «Asian» faces painted on and rice paddy hats as covers. AMAZING but discontinued, so be jealous. Before that I purchased a clock that says «So much time, so little to do. Oh wait, reverse that.» for a friend. Before that I got my dad knickknacks that he loved (a crocodile staple remover, «Oh Sh*t» key to attach to his keyboard, etc.
Get the point? Check this place out for one-​of-​a-​kind seeming gifts. Some things are too expensive but you can find stuff that you find to be worth their price. For a tourist location Faneuil Hall is surprisingly great for locals.

I LOVE THIS PLACE. Its so silly and you can just lose yourself exploring all of the little oddities they have. Ive bought so many people crazy little presents here, check out the birthday cards they are hilarious and always unique.
The usually carry the Alessi line which I think is awesome for decorating kitchens and bathrooms with. Plus you can buy animal shaped suction cup toothbrush holders. What more could you possibly ask for?

Funusual is a great place to browse or find a gift (especially if you’re not sure what to get). Find funky household stuff, unique things for your office, things you didn’t know existed, and things you didn’t know you wanted.
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I always enjoy going into this store– though to be honest, I have never bought anything. They carry bizzare-​though-​arguably-​useful household items– shoe shaped cell phone holders, utensils and kitchen tools shaped like people, weird clocks, money toilet paper, the list goes on, I will let the pix speak for themselves. And yes, my son loves this store and made it into one of the photos!