2018 Offbeat Gift Guide: 25 holiday surprises for grown-ups of all ages

WASHINGTON — Finding a great gift is not always as simple as picking something trendy and typing in a credit card number. Just because a gift is fancy doesn’t mean your loved one will like it.

(Or at least that’s what those made-for-TV Christmas movies keep saying.)

Great gifts don’t have to be expensive or even trendy. They can be unique. They can even be funny and, yeah, somewhat useless.

Thing is, they’re not just available anywhere.

Here’s a gallery of offbeat gift ideas for grown-ups as you put together your shopping list. All were lovingly curated by our crack staff at the WTOP Holiday Desk.

So the #SanDiego #ComicCon is supposedly offering a new set of #GoldenGirls action figures. Has anyone seen them???https://t.co/g3AjZwPzrE #BeaArthur #BettyWhite #RueMcClanahan #EstelleGetty @BettyMWhite pic.twitter.com/udCKo4ZCZo
— Golden Girls News (@goldengirlsnews) July 20, 2018

Golden Girls Action Figures ($114.99) “They’re not dolls,” collectors like to say. “They’re action figures.” These action figures, though, are ALL dolls! Re-enact your favorite “Golden Girls” episodes with miniature likenesses of TV’s fantastic four. After that fourth cocktail, re-enact the lost episode when they held Chewbacca and Aquaman hostage after a botched bank robbery. They’re on back order, but don’t let that stop you: Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.