2014 Brickset Secret Santa

margot

LegoKip said:

@jadedanc‌ Happy Birthday!

Also, I think I remember who was crafting those Lego ornaments for last year's gift exchange. :)

You are really lucky to get one of those custom decorations! Quite lovely.

I was trying to remember who that was. They are beautiful.

LegoKip

Drumroll please ...

My gifts come from America's Heartland and as I noted up-thread, my Secret Santa rushed it west with speed.

One wrapped in gold paper, the other left as is in all it's purple goofiness, I present (oops no pun intended) my 2014 first ever Secret Santa surprises:



Many thanks to my Secret Santa and Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a wonderful NewYear to the whole gang here. I'm lucky to be part of the Brickset community.

jadedanc

That's for the birthday wishes!!

thenos

Opened the box and now I wait.

legomatt

I got a Secret Santa today.

Though I missed the deadline for inclusion.

This is what emotions are.

:'o}

margot

Uh, I hope you sent something out...

LegoKip

@legomatt‌ One of your fellow Bricksetters wanted you included-- how kind!
Happy Christmas!
(Would your emoticon like a tissue?)

Here's a thought: without you, the witty repartee wouldn't be the same, so maybe your gift is to encourage more comments. Perhaps it's both kindness and wit?

Shib

Since we are going away for Christmas I was told I could open my secret Santa present today.
Whoever you are secret Santa, thank you very much and congratulations. Whether it was by research or luck you seem to have included my favourite licenced theme and my favourite non licensed theme.

nexander

Can't wait to open mine and for my ss receiver to open theirs!

Very tempted but I'm going to be the only person in my house who isn't getting Lego on Thursday if I did.

margot

Cool!

TheBrickLadd

Im going to try holding out until xmas eve to open mine. :)

Looks cool @shib!

carlq

TheBrickLadd said:

Im going to try holding out until xmas eve to open mine. :)

Looks cool @shib!

I'm with you, @TheBrickLadd‌ - the anticipation is part of the fun! :-)

kioko21

I decided to be nice and let Shib open his as wed agreed to before we went away, even though theres no sign of mine. off to the Isle of Wight tomorrow for the next week! Oh well, hopefully it'll be waiting for me when I get back!

kioko21

I decided to be nice and let Shib open his as wed agreed to before we went away, even though theres no sign of mine. off to the Isle of Wight tomorrow for the next week! Oh well, hopefully it'll be waiting for me when I get back!

iso3200

I'm not sure what I'm anticipating most - unwrapping the one I received or seeing if I got it right for my recipient.

kioko21

Oops sorry! Not sure why that posted twice!

theLEGOman

iso3200 said:

I'm not sure what I'm anticipating most - unwrapping the one I received or seeing if I got it right for my recipient.

Yeah, you want the recipient to get on and open it, but you can't tell them too as then it won't be so secret.

theLEGOman

Oh and pictures of what you get before you rip open the boxes, polybags, plastic wrapping etc.

samiam391

legomatt said:

I got a Secret Santa today.

Though I missed the deadline for inclusion.

This is what emotions are.

:'o}

LegoKip said:

@legomatt‌ One of your fellow Bricksetters wanted you included-- how kind!
Happy Christmas!
(Would your emoticon like a tissue?)

Here's a thought: without you, the witty repartee wouldn't be the same, so maybe your gift is to encourage more comments. Perhaps it's both kindness and wit?

@legomatt‌ - I feel you, it's hard to hide the tears over here too...................... especially now.

I'm starting to feel like the May the 4th Hoth Han poly.

Bumblepants

When is it acceptable to have a panic attack that your ss gift hasn't arrived yet? I am asking for a friend

TheBrickLadd

^ Theres still 3 days of posting time in the UK. Whats the situation with post in US? Do they deliver upto xmas eve?

ColoradoBricks

YEs, they deliver up to xmas eve, I also saw my USPS guy the last 3 Sundays in a row.

ColoradoBricks

R2-D2 is now in his xmas gears, he also is getting impatient :)

Andor

Nice display @ColoradoBricks‌. I like that reindeer with the red lips.

Thanos75

USPS....please don't fail me now!!!!!!. I have faith in you.

thenos

Ok, my wife is off knitting Harry Potter scarves for my kids, so I needed to entertain them with something, so I opened it. Thank you secret Santa! My four year old started singing "Silver Bells" upon opening.

margot

^What a fun themed set of gifts!

theLEGOman

Nice, the bottom picture on the bricktober figure looks a bit like a dark chrome classic spaceman, that would be real nice.

MorkMan

I opened my gift today. It's a vignette from my Secret Santa!
The story I'm seeing is that this is a woman who presumably went into a hole in the street to find treasure. But finds a skeleton of the last treasure hunter. Luckily her dog is keeping her from falling in fully and can pull her out when necessary.
click for photos

Thanks SS!

thenos

@margot great theme present, I was very happy to see them

carlq

Well, despite the "do not open until 25/12/2014" note on the front of my SS parcel, I simply couldn't wait any longer....and I couldn't be more delighted. Batman and Catwoman keyring torches! Rocket Raccoon! And a Dark Side poster! Thank you very much, Secret Santa! :-D

theLEGOman

Nice, i'm surprised only one more has been opened, i'm thinking about it.

ColoradoBricks

^ I think the number between of people that have opened their gift and the number of people that have posted that they have open their gift is not the same ;-)

iso3200

^^I'm on the verge of caving in myself. Perhaps a glass of wine will help dull the thoughts... And none of that mulled rubbish, a nice Merlot would fit the bill.

theLEGOman

ColoradoBricks said:

^ I think the number between of people that have opened their gift and the number of people that have posted that they have open their gift is not the same ;-)

I wouldn't be surprised, i'll open mine when i'm back from the shops, bit of a cold today so not doing much and a Death Star to start on tomorrow.

kempo81

No secret santa gift to go under my tree :(

LegoKip

@kempo81‌ Awww, how come?

TheBrickLadd

Oh no @kempo81‌

CapnRex101

@kempo81 - @rancorbait will hopefully be chasing that up very soon. Sorry to hear about that though, we might have to be a bit stricter on who is allowed to participate next year (eg. have to have been a member for 6 months+).

MorkMan

iso3200 said:

^^I'm on the verge of caving in myself. Perhaps a glass of wine will help dull the thoughts... And none of that mulled rubbish, a nice Merlot would fit the bill.

That's what did it for me! But then again, wine goes great with LEGO! Proven fact!

CupIsHalfEmpty

I opened my gift last evening as I will be out of town over christmas.

I must have been good this year, as I received:

-2 series 12 collectable figs (Princess, and the wizard)
-A rocket Raccoon polybag (which is really hard to get your hands on up in Canada
!)
-The Hobbit witch king battle!

I've nearly completed my Hobbit/LOTR minifig collection and still needed the figs from this set.

Thank you again!
Happy Holidays
Billy

GothamConstructionCo

I've held out this long, a few more hours won't hurt....Or will it? :smiley:

margot

kempo81 said:

No secret santa gift to go under my tree :(

Awww, that stinks. Talk to @Legoboy, he's got a little something for you from me.

A shoutout to @sidersdd for sending me a couple of series 13 cmfs to go in our stockings. He refused to let me pay him. I really do love Bricksetters!

Legoboy

^ Yes, it's under my tree. ;)

msanders

I've opened and built mine. I know that its early but I'm going to be too busy tomorrow with an excited 2 year old and family, so I wanted to enjoy building it tonight!

I have to say that my Secret Santa has done an AMAZING job of putting together this present. I've been smiling the whole way through and really enjoyed the build. I haven't been able to take many photos but have a look at the one attached which includes some shots from the instructions. There were some really nice touches in the instructions including the following quotes:

- “You don't have to be a geek to work here, but it sure helps” - Wall poster
- “Happiness is a warm dock” - Anonymous wall graffiti, March 2123
- “Simply the best AGE® on the market today” Msanders Research - Anti Gravity Engines
- “It doesn't have to be a boat to float”

I can't thank my Secret Santa enough! Its been an incredible effort and I've thoroughly enjoyed building it - it looks incredible.

The only problem is that I don't have the Exo-suit yet and I now I want it - so my Secret Santa has cost me more money.... ! ;-)

margot

^WHOA...... cool!!!
I want to buy one of those.

msanders

margot said:

^WHOA...... cool!!!
I want to buy one of those.

I know! Its brilliant. Whilst I was building I thought it would be great to have as an official Lego set. After Christmas may be the Secret Santa will submit it to Ideas or share the instructions.

TheBrickLadd

Happy Christmas all! I'm off to bed but will open my ss in the morning! :)

theLEGOman

Just 2 hours to go.

margot

msanders' Secret Santa, please let me buy a cool Hover scout set from you!