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{{Quotation|'''Mann Co.''' slogan|We sell products and get in fights.}}
 
{{Quotation|'''Mann Co.''' slogan|We sell products and get in fights.}}
  
'''Mann Co.''' is a division of [[TF Industries]]. Originally founded by [[Zepheniah Mann]], Mann Co. was later given to [[Non-player characters#Barnabas Hale|Barnabas Hale]], as stated in his last will and testament. The company is currently run by Barnabas' descendant, [[Saxton Hale]], who operates under the policy that if you aren't 100% satisfied with their product line, you can take it up with him. They also publish ''Dapper Rogue'', a catalog for the "gentleman scoundrel", of which the [[Spy]] takes interest in. The [[Administrator]] has been known to make use of Mann Co. for custom orders via [[Miss Pauling]]. They were also the subject of two Senate investigations: one in relation to their alleged part in the tragic destruction of American monkeynaut [[Poopy Joe]]'s capsule during takeoff; the other in relation to teaching boys aged 6-16 – including but not limited to – moral turpitude, arson, vandalism, hippie assault, tax fraud, at-home laryngectomies, car theft, gorilla slaughter, and the Heimlich Maneuver (which had just been invented and was still considered controversial).
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'''Mann Co.''' is a division of [[TF Industries]]. Originally founded by [[Zepheniah Mann]], Mann Co. was later given to; [[Non-player characters#Barnabas Hale|Barnabas Hale]], as stated in his last will and testament. The company is currently run by Barnabas' descendant; [[Saxton Hale]], who operates under the policy that if you aren't 100% satisfied with their product line, you can take it up with him. They also publish ''Dapper Rogue'', a catalog for the "gentleman scoundrel", of which the [[Spy]] takes interest in. The [[Administrator]] has been known to make use of Mann Co. for custom orders via [[Miss Pauling]]. They were also the subject of two Senate investigations, one in relation to their alleged part in the tragic destruction of American monkeynaut [[Poopy Joe]]'s capsule during takeoff and the other in relation to teaching boys aged 6-16, among other things: moral turpitude, arson, vandalism, hippie assault, tax fraud, at-home laryngectomies, car theft, gorilla slaughter, and the Heimlich Maneuver (which had just been invented and was still considered controversial).
  
 
Mann Co. went "online" in the [[Mann-Conomy Update]] when Saxton Hale discovered the existence of the Internet after one of his employees, who was losing a fight against a gorilla during "Gorilla Wrestling Fridays", asked for his mother to be notified by email. Saxton Hale currently owns England due to the Internet, and the [[Mann Co. Store]] was created as well – a way for people to buy and sell [[hats]], [[weapons]], [[bundles]], and other [[Miscellaneous items]] with actual, real world cash.
 
Mann Co. went "online" in the [[Mann-Conomy Update]] when Saxton Hale discovered the existence of the Internet after one of his employees, who was losing a fight against a gorilla during "Gorilla Wrestling Fridays", asked for his mother to be notified by email. Saxton Hale currently owns England due to the Internet, and the [[Mann Co. Store]] was created as well – a way for people to buy and sell [[hats]], [[weapons]], [[bundles]], and other [[Miscellaneous items]] with actual, real world cash.
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==Products==
 
==Products==
[[File:Mannco brand spanners.png|thumb|Mann Co. Buildable Industries Worldwide Brand Adjustable Spanners logo]]
 
 
Mann Co. is responsible for a number of products, including:
 
Mann Co. is responsible for a number of products, including:
  
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{| class="wikitable grid" width="100%"
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! class="header" width="1%" | Image
! class="header" | Product
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! class="header" width="5%"  | Product
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! class="header" width="30%" | Notes
 
|-
 
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| {{Icon item|Ambassador|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Ambassador|100px}}  
| [[Ambassador]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Ambassador]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | A Primary weapon used by the [[Spy]].
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Camera Beard|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Camera Beard|100px}}
| [[Camera Beard]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Camera Beard]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Not only a Spy [[Miscellaneous]], but also a cleverly hidden recording tool.
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Chargin' Targe|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Chargin' Targe|100px}}
| [[Chargin' Targe]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Chargin' Targe]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | A [[Demoman]] secondary weapon.
 
|-
 
|-
|{{Icon item|Cloak and Dagger|64px}}
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|{{Icon item|Cloak and Dagger|100px}}
| [[Cloak and Dagger|"Cloak and Dagger" Spy Watch]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Cloak and Dagger|Cloak and Dagger]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |A [[Watch]] for the Spy, which he ordered from the Mann Co. Catalog.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[File:Spytaunt05.PNG|64x64px]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[File:Spytaunt05.PNG|100x100px]]
| Crab-Walking Kit
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Crab-Walking Kit
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | A interesting kit which teaches the user the ways of the [[Memes#Spycrab|Spycrab]].
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Dead Ringer|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Dead Ringer|100px}}
| [[Dead Ringer|"Dead Ringer" Spy Watch]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Dead Ringer]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |A [[Watch]] for the Spy, which he ordered from the Mann Co. Catalog.
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Direct Hit|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Direct Hit|100px}}
| [[Direct Hit]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Direct Hit]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | A Primary weapon for the [[Soldier]].
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Flamethrower|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Flamethrower|100px}}
| [[Flamethrower]] Lighter
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Flamethrower]] Lighter
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | A piece on a primary weapon for the [[Pyro]].
 
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|-
| {{Icon item|Force-A-Nature|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Force-A-Nature|100px}}
| [[Force-A-Nature|"Force-A-Nature" Double Barreled Shotgun]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Force-A-Nature]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Primary [[Scout]] weapon.
 
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|-
| {{Icon item|Googly Gazer|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Googly Gazer|100px}}
| [[Googly Gazer]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Googly Gazer]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Robot Eye Replacement [[Miscellaneous]] for the [[Engineer]].
 
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|-
| [[File:Hat magazine.png|64x64px]]
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| [[File:Hat magazine.png|100px]]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day09_english.htm ''Hat-Wearing Man''] magazine
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day09_english.htm ''Hat-Wearing Man''] magazine
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |Where the highest members of society get their fashion tips.
 
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|-
| [[File:How-to-Date Book.png|64x64px]]
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| {{Icon item|Jarate|100px}}
| "How-to-Date Book Series"
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |"[[Jarate]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | The Jar-Based Karate!" Self Defense Kit
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Jarate|64px}}
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| [[File:Macrofilm Suit.png|100px]]
| "[[Jarate]] - The Jar-Based Karate!" Self Defense Kit
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Macrofilm Suit
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | The Spy suit replacement that was never meant to be.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[File:Larate.png|64x64px]]
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| [[File:Mannco brand spanners.png|100px]]
| "Larate - The Super-Fast Karate!" Self Defense Kit
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Wrench|Mann Co. Buildable Industries Worldwide Brand Adjustable Spanners]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | The only company the Engineer trusts with his buildings.
 
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|-
| [[File:Macrofilm Suit.png|64x64px]]
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| [[File:Poopy Joe Commemorative Plates.png|100px]]
| Macrofilm Suit
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/poopyjoe.htm  Poopy Joe Commemorative Plates]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Depicts tools that would have been used in '''Actual Space'''.
 
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|-
| {{Icon item|Wrench|64px}}
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| [[File:Portable Baccarat Detector.png|100px]]
| [[Wrench|Mann Co. Buildable Industries Worldwide Brand Adjustable Spanners]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Portable Baccarat Detector
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Useful, but impracticable.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[File:Poopy Joe Commemorative Plates.png|64x64px]]
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| {{Icon item|Private Eye|100px}}
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/poopyjoe.htm  Poopy Joe Commemorative Plates]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Private Eye]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | A Detective hat for the Spy, Demoman, and [[Medic]]
 
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| [[File:Portable Baccarat Detector.png|64x64px]]
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| {{Icon item|Razorback|100px}}
| Portable Baccarat Detector
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Razorback]]  
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |Hand-Crafted Tribal Shield
 
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|-
| {{Icon item|Private Eye|64px}}
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| [[File:RO-BOT.png|100x100px]]
| [[Private Eye]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/populace/ "Ro-bots"]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Don't worry, they are only used for Violence.
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Razorback|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Sandman|100px}}
| [[Razorback]] Hand-Crafted Tribal Shield
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Sandman]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Melee weapon for the Scout.
 
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|-
| [[File:RO-BOT.png|64x64px]]
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|{{Icon item|Sandvich|100px}}
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/populace/ "Ro-bots"]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Sandvich]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |Edible Device
 
|-
 
|-
| {{Icon item|Sandman|64px}}
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| [[File:Mailstorm large.jpg|100px]]
| [[Sandman]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |"[[Comics#Saxton Series|Saxton Series]]" comics
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | The Adventures of Saxton Hale.
 
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|{{Icon item|Sandvich|64px}}
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| {{Icon item|Ullapool Caber|100px}}
| [[Sandvich|Sandvich Edible Device]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" |[[Ullapool Caber]]
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| rowspan="1"  align="center" | Melee weapon for the Demoman.
 
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|-
| [[File:Mann_Co._Logo.png|64x64px]]
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* Mann Co. also has a number of items released under ''As Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co.''
| "[[Comics#Saxton Series|Saxton Series]]" comics
 
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| [[File:Silk Cape and Gloves.png|64x64px]]
 
| Silk Cape and Gloves
 
|-
 
| {{Icon item|Ullapool Caber|64px}}
 
| [[Ullapool Caber]]
 
|-
 
| [[File:Mann_Co._Logo.png|64x64px]]
 
| Underwater Hypnopen
 
|}
 
 
 
* ''As Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co.'':
 
 
 
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! class="header unsortable" | Product
 
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| Broad Swords
 
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| Domesday Weaponry
 
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| Musket Gonnes
 
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| Sulphurous Cannonading Projectiles
 
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| Vial of Toxiferous Plague
 
|}
 
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Mannco_compound.jpg|Mann Co. HQ
 
</gallery>
 
  
 
== Related merchandise ==
 
== Related merchandise ==

Revision as of 06:58, 1 March 2012


This article is about the fictional company, Mann Co.. For other uses, see Mann Co. Store and Mann-Conomy Update.
Mann Co. logo and slogan
We sell products and get in fights.
Mann Co. slogan

Mann Co. is a division of TF Industries. Originally founded by Zepheniah Mann, Mann Co. was later given to; Barnabas Hale, as stated in his last will and testament. The company is currently run by Barnabas' descendant; Saxton Hale, who operates under the policy that if you aren't 100% satisfied with their product line, you can take it up with him. They also publish Dapper Rogue, a catalog for the "gentleman scoundrel", of which the Spy takes interest in. The Administrator has been known to make use of Mann Co. for custom orders via Miss Pauling. They were also the subject of two Senate investigations, one in relation to their alleged part in the tragic destruction of American monkeynaut Poopy Joe's capsule during takeoff and the other in relation to teaching boys aged 6-16, among other things: moral turpitude, arson, vandalism, hippie assault, tax fraud, at-home laryngectomies, car theft, gorilla slaughter, and the Heimlich Maneuver (which had just been invented and was still considered controversial).

Mann Co. went "online" in the Mann-Conomy Update when Saxton Hale discovered the existence of the Internet after one of his employees, who was losing a fight against a gorilla during "Gorilla Wrestling Fridays", asked for his mother to be notified by email. Saxton Hale currently owns England due to the Internet, and the Mann Co. Store was created as well – a way for people to buy and sell hats, weapons, bundles, and other Miscellaneous items with actual, real world cash.

In more recent times, the company served the Badlands and ran The Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co. Quarterly Concern, a "compendium of broad swords, musket guns and doomsday weaponry for immediate sale" – a pamphlet of no small interest to the Soldier.

Products

Mann Co. is responsible for a number of products, including:

  • Mann Co. also has a number of items released under As Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co.

Related merchandise

Trivia

  • Mann Co. was first introduced into the Team Fortress universe on May 15, 2009 when Spy Update day 4 was released on the Team Fortress 2 Blog.
  • According to A Visual History, as well as Bidwell's Big Plan, Mann Co. products tend to break down, catch on fire (although Saxton Hale claims that that's how he knows the products are working), and melt into people's skulls.
    • Saxton Hale claims in the same comic that he makes square, unsafe products for men, at least until he finds the 'iBlewUptheMoon' item.
  • Rick, the Adventure Sphere from Portal 2 claims he has a black belt in Larate.
  • "Mann Co." also has gone by the name of "Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co." and "Mann & Sons Munitions Concerns".

See also

External links

Image Product Notes
Ambassador Ambassador A Primary weapon used by the Spy.
Camera Beard Camera Beard Not only a Spy Miscellaneous, but also a cleverly hidden recording tool.
Chargin' Targe Chargin' Targe A Demoman secondary weapon.
Cloak and Dagger Cloak and Dagger A Watch for the Spy, which he ordered from the Mann Co. Catalog.
Spytaunt05.PNG Crab-Walking Kit A interesting kit which teaches the user the ways of the Spycrab.
Dead Ringer Dead Ringer A Watch for the Spy, which he ordered from the Mann Co. Catalog.
Direct Hit Direct Hit A Primary weapon for the Soldier.
Flamethrower Flamethrower Lighter A piece on a primary weapon for the Pyro.
Force-A-Nature Force-A-Nature Primary Scout weapon.
Googly Gazer Googly Gazer Robot Eye Replacement Miscellaneous for the Engineer.
Hat magazine.png Hat-Wearing Man magazine Where the highest members of society get their fashion tips.
Jarate "Jarate The Jar-Based Karate!" Self Defense Kit
Macrofilm Suit.png Macrofilm Suit The Spy suit replacement that was never meant to be.
Mannco brand spanners.png Mann Co. Buildable Industries Worldwide Brand Adjustable Spanners The only company the Engineer trusts with his buildings.
Poopy Joe Commemorative Plates.png Poopy Joe Commemorative Plates Depicts tools that would have been used in Actual Space.
Portable Baccarat Detector.png Portable Baccarat Detector Useful, but impracticable.
Private Eye Private Eye A Detective hat for the Spy, Demoman, and Medic
Razorback Razorback Hand-Crafted Tribal Shield
RO-BOT.png "Ro-bots" Don't worry, they are only used for Violence.
Sandman Sandman Melee weapon for the Scout.
Sandvich Sandvich Edible Device
Mailstorm large.jpg "Saxton Series" comics The Adventures of Saxton Hale.
Ullapool Caber Ullapool Caber Melee weapon for the Demoman.