2014 Brickset Secret Santa

Bumblepants

So it turned out I had a brain fart and attached my old ZIP to my address when sending in my info and it is 100% my fault my package hasn't arrived. It has been bouncing back and forth from the distribution center to the neighboring town for a week and a half now. But after a couple phone calls it looks like the post office will straighten it out and I will just have to wait a few extra days. Shout out to my Secret Santa for helping with the tracking info and helping figure out what went wrong.

theLEGOman

Merry Christmas everyone, time to open those gifts if you are in the UK.

theLEGOman

Here we go.

theLEGOman

A nice mix in there and who doesn't like the Chicken suit guy, Thanks Secret Santa.

Also I got this a while ago and am being pressured to get it sold. Obviously this is a sign I must keep it and build it like I want to.

theLEGOman

Thumbs up to @CapnRex101‌ and @rancorbait‌ who helped organise it for everyone.

msanders

Ha! After my comments yesterday it looks like Santa must have known! I've got the Exo-suit to complement the Hover scout! It is a great Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone! I hope your day is full of Lego

Mandalorian_Builder

I patiently waited this long, so forgive me for not waiting until the morning. Midnight will have to do!

The wrapping was perfect, the card was touching, and the set you picked kicks ass! Considering the limit, this was a very generous gift! Thank you so much, Secret Santa!

nexander

A big thank you to my SS! As expected it was my only Lego this Xmas( not complaining, the look on my wife and kids faces where worth it!).

Thanks again!

GothamConstructionCo

A big thanks to my SS for my gift (now built) and @CapnRex101‌ and @rancorbait‌ for putting together such a wonderful event.

Merry Chistmas all you great Bricksetters :smiley:

LostInTranslation

Thank you Secret Santa for my Friends animals, Mixels and beautiful decorations!
I love all of it!

I got a couple of other Legoey things (can't wait to spend the GC) as well as some Nanoblocks from my mate :-)

iso3200

Whoever got me did their homework on my main site profile. I got 4 from my wants list and an extra surprise set for good measure :smile:

Thanks!

margot

I have the best Secret Santa!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

theLEGOman

margot said:

I have the best Secret Santa!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Are we going to find out why? With pictures? :smiley:

Just received a winter village market fresh from John Lewis last week as a surprise, go well with the death star :smiley: .

jadedanc

Opened my Secret Santa this morning. Got a Lego journal, lunchbox and 2 small snack boxes all in addition to my special birthday ornament. My Secret Santa

ColoradoBricks

Just opened my Secret Santa after my wife left for work, got a nice selection of polybags. An uninteresting fact is that the sum of all the pieces listed gave you the area code of Iowa :)

Thank you Secret Santa, It was my first year and I can't wait to participate next year.

Mrs_Wobblehead

Me and @pricey73 opened ours this morning - a BIG thank you to both our Secret Santa's. Hope our giftees liked theirs too :wink:
Merry Christmas to all

LostInTranslation

@Mrs_Wobblehead‌ - love your outfits!
Looks like you got some great gifts too!

theLEGOman

LEGO tin, nice.


Severe lack of posting in here, are people putting Christmas lunch ahead of posting Secret Santa gifts?

margot

theLEGOman said:

Are we going to find out why? With pictures? :smiley:

But of course... I had some building to do first!

Here's my bounty! I LOVE the MOC gift box. And everything else, perfect gift Secret Santa!

margot

I wasn't too sure about the ambulance but the rest rocked. :-)

rancorbait

Thank you Secret Santa! :D

brickmatt

I actually opened mine the day it arrived but I'm just now getting around to posting. It's one of the sets I really wanted for my city; thanks very much to my secret Santa.

theLEGOman

rancorbait said:

Thank you Secret Santa! :D

Double Decker and 2 Tea Bags, lol.

rocao

When my gift arrived, it was pretty obvious from the size and shape that it was an XL baseplate. "Cool," I thought, since no XL baseplate goes unused for our LUG displays.

I peeled back the paper and it was the underside of the baseplate. The first thing I noticed was some ink, but before I could actually inspect and read it, my initial automatic response from a decade of ebay purchasing was to think it was just used LEGO that had been marked on.

Upon closer inspection, I read "Designed & Made by: jadedanc" and I immediately was smiling ear to ear. @jadedanc and I have been discussing a trade for some of her custom mosaics earlier in the year, but unfortunately weren't able to come to terms.

Flipped it over, and I was floored with the gift! Great addition for my LEGO room, deeply appreciative of the effort involved, and the generosity of gifting something that is obviously well beyond the parameters of the exchange. I had provided zero guidance because I preferred a total surprise, so having jadedanc draw me, I really could not have hoped for or expected a better result! Thanks so much!

theLEGOman

Very nice piece there.

jadedanc

You're very welcome @rocao‌. :) I am quite glad you liked it!

truck730

WOWEE Thank you so much secret santa!

plasmodium

Haven't opened mine yet, but I'm feeling as though I was a bit stingy about the gift I gave after seeing how much some have given!

CapnRex101

Many thanks to my Secret Santa who sent me these:



The personalised bauble is particularly impressive and everything else was from my wanted list! I have to ask though, if my Secret Santa is willing to come forward, what is the significance of the 2x2 tile with a 10 on it, if any? I am fascinated and feel like I am missing something obvious :)

Merry Christmas everybody!

Thanos75

@plasmodium‌ ...... I agree. I stuck to the $20 limit but after seeing all of this I think I may have to go bigger next year.

carlq

plasmodium said:

Haven't opened mine yet, but I'm feeling as though I was a bit stingy about the gift I gave after seeing how much some have given!

Well, if you really feel that way, @plasmodium‌, I'm sure your Secret Santee wouldn't object to a New Year's Sequel present...:-P

plasmodium

carlq said:

plasmodium said:

Haven't opened mine yet, but I'm feeling as though I was a bit stingy about the gift I gave after seeing how much some have given!

Well, if you really feel that way, @plasmodium‌, I'm sure your Secret Santee wouldn't object to a New Year's Sequel present...:-P

Hmmm...;-) I might just do that if I can think of a creative way to do it. It seems a little unfair that out of all these generous Bricksetters my Santee ended up with the Grinch that I am. :-)

margot

carlq said:

Well, if you really feel that way, @plasmodium‌, I'm sure your Secret Santee wouldn't object to a New Year's Sequel present...:-P

Yes, I agree!

I don't know who my Secret Santa was but I think I will have to try to figure it out. My package came from Texas.

theLEGOman

margot said:

carlq said:

Well, if you really feel that way, @plasmodium‌, I'm sure your Secret Santee wouldn't object to a New Year's Sequel present...:-P

Yes, I agree!

I don't know who my Secret Santa was but I think I will have to try to figure it out. My package came from Texas.

Not sure who mine is, they have neat writing though.

joel4motion

Long old day with the family but have just gotten home and opened my SS gift. Ewok Attack #7956 has been on my wanted list for 18 months now so really appreciate the time and effort that my SS put into finding that out and then sourcing a MISB version.

margot

I know who my Secret Santa is!!!!! (and I'm glad he didn't have a brain fart when addressing his package to me... )

EKSam

I am glad my SS recipient loved his gift. :-) Happy Holidays everyone! I am out of town right now so can't open my gift :-( but I am sure it will be lovely. Can't wait to open it on the 2nd of Jan.

kioko21

Hoping my present is waiting for me when I get home tonight! Can't wait!

brickedin

Thank you secret Santa! Quite a haul, now I need to figure out their identity.

plasmodium

Thanks Secret Santa! There are even Lego man shaped sweets in the box under the instructions! And they maintain their secrecy, too...

Bumblepants

margot said:

I wasn't too sure about the ambulance but the rest rocked. :-)

The ambulance was thrown in for a joke. Found it for almost nothing in a thrift shop and picked it up for a future gag. (I think that pun has been around the block a few times but worth trying again)

margot

@Bumblepants, it was a great gag gift. If you knew how much trouble I had trying to get that thing assembled you would realize how well you did. :-) I never quite got it right.

margot

@plasmodium, that is a cool set!

TheBrickLadd

Here is what I recieved. :)

Love the Moc maintenance shed.

Thanks a bunch secret Santa ;)

AdeelZubair

Damn wasn't the guide price £15. These gifts value way more! You guys are really lucky.

margot

Adzbadboy said:

Damn wasn't the guide price £15. These gifts value way more! You guys are really lucky.

1)It's Christmas
2)We are all over eager when it comes to Lego
3)Rules are meant to be broken?

(Is the guide price the total cost to you or the value of the set(s)? There are plenty of bargain hunters here who could stretch £15/$20 a long way!

The guide price is the total cost to you (excluding postage). If you can grab a $100 set for $20, that would be great! Everyone has an equal chance of getting such a good deal so that is fair game.)

iso3200

^Agreed. There's plenty of ways to creatively stretch £15 to maximize a good haul. I've already got a £40 set for next year's recipient that I only paid £8 for :smile: And saving up a few polybags and store promotions that are given away for free during the year all goes to make a nice little Christmas box for someone. It's half the fun of doing it.

SilentMode

Big ups to my Secret Santa... apparently they knew I liked Heartlake High!

iso3200

^That's £15 stretched a looooong way. Utterly fantastic. Your SS is a wise spender - or a shoplifter :wink:

theLEGOman

kempo81 said:

No secret santa gift to go under my tree :(

Was your gift sent Citylink maybe?