Archie McPhee Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure

She comes with six cats. That’s the whole joke: a 5-1/4 inch hard vinyl Crazy Cat Lady with a wild look in her eye and a half-dozen tiny felines to arrange around her feet. Archie McPhee’s pitch is simple: every town has a Crazy Cat Lady, the one who lives in a tiny house full of feral felines.

She ships in an illustrated window box, about 8 by 4.5 by 3 inches, so she can sit on a shelf still packaged if the recipient is a collector. Out of the box, she makes a good desk mascot and a better conversation starter at work. She weighs about 4 ounces, so she’s an easy add to a care package or a stocking.

She suits the friend who already calls herself a cat lady and laughs about it, the coworker whose camera roll is mostly cats, or anyone stocking a white elephant pile with something worth stealing.

The catch: the joke depends entirely on the recipient. Give it to someone who embraces the title and it’s a hit; give it to someone sensitive about how many cats they have and it reads as commentary. The cats are also small, so keep them away from any real cat who likes to bat things off desks.