Gaming is big business and it is showing no signs of slowing down. Soft drink tie-ins and gaming-themed apparel are just the tip of the gaming merchandise iceberg. Here are some of the best videogame stuff that didn’t quite make it to market:

• Captain Price Plushie SuperMustache with Action Comb (Call of Duty 4)
• Lara Croft 32-Spice Spice Rack (Tomb Raider)
• Grand Theft Auto See-And-Say featuring D is for dead hooker (Grand Theft Auto III)
• Brim Fandango Mexican Coffee Whitener (Grim Fandango)
• Max Payne Very-Very-Rasp-Berry Throat Lozenges (Max Payne)
• Preparation A (Asteroids)
• Cloud’s Nine Extra-Maximum Strength Sleeping Pills (Final Fantasy)
• Kratos Heavy Flow Pads (God of War)
• Andrew Ryan’s Giant Tome of Self-Reliance and Sticker Fun Book (Bioshock)