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2015 Brickset Secret Santa

CapnRex101CapnRex101 Administrator Posts: 2,364
edited November 2015 in Community and Events
Hello!

The first two Brickset Secret Santa events have met with great success and as such it is happening again this year, so welcome to the 2015 Brickset Secret Santa thread!

Just in case anyone is not sure what a Secret Santa is, here is a quick definition for you courtesy of the OED:

A system whereby each participant is randomly assigned another participant for whom to buy a Christmas present at an agreed cost, so that each member buys one present and receives one present.

The rules of the Brickset Secret Santa are as follows:

- The guide price for the cost of a gift is £15 or $20 (USD and CAD).
- Wish lists are welcome, so please send that with your initial message if you would like to include one, or simply make your Brickset 'wanted list' public.
- MOCs are also welcome as long as the total part value roughly corresponds with the guide prices given above.
- Please either wrap the gift before packaging it or indicate on the box that the contents are not wrapped.
- Please ensure that your gift is sent in time for Christmas, final posting dates for each country are available online.

To be a part of it is very simple:

- Sign up to be included by sending a PM with your username and mailing address to the relevant organiser.
- Your Brickset ID will then be entered into a draw.
- Names will be drawn on the 22nd of November.
- Within a day or two of the draw, everyone who entered will be PMed with the name and address of the person they have been assigned to buy a gift for. 
- Purchase a gift, adhering to the cost guidelines.
- Send the gift, keeping in mind that it should arrive in time for Christmas.
- If all goes according to plan, everybody will receive their gift before Christmas!

The closing date for signing up to the 2015 Brickset Secret Santa is midnight on the 21st of November.

For the sake of simplicity we have decided to divide the exchange into two, in the UK and North America. This should keep postage costs to a minimum as I am told even posting across the border between the US and Canada is fairly inexpensive.

If you are in another country and wish to take part, you are welcome to contact either one of the organisers given below, and we will try to add you to one of the two main participant lists.

So, if you would like to join in, simply send a message with your shipping address and wanted list (or a link to your wanted list on the main Brickset site) to the relevant contact in your area. @rancorbait and I have swapped around this year as we want to take part too and therefore don't want to know the identities of our Secret Santas!

United Kingdom - @rancorbait‌ 
North America - @CapnRex101‌ 

You can check last year's thread to get some inspiration by looking over some of the gifts given in 2014 (pages 4-7). As you can see there is a lot of fun to be had, so join us and share some Christmas cheer with fellow Brickset members!

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  • ShibShib Member Posts: 5,469
    Great to see this is back again, last year was really fun. Massive thanks to @CapnRex101and @rancorbaitfor organising this.

    LostInTranslationchuckpSethro3
  • kioko21kioko21 Member Posts: 77
    Pm sent. Loved this last year and looking forward to the legoy fun again! ^_^
    LostInTranslation
  • LostInTranslationLostInTranslation Member Posts: 5,572
    edited November 2015
    I'm in again! 
    Thanks for organising, guys! 

    Edit: Just thinking how funny would it be if the happy couple Shib and Kioko got each other? :-) 

  • BooTheMightyHamsterBooTheMightyHamster Member Posts: 1,533
    Cool!  I organise a Secret Santa on a different forum - be nice to 'just take part' in one.
    I shall sent details shortly!

    Thanks for organising, guys! 
    LostInTranslation
  • kioko21kioko21 Member Posts: 77
    @LostInTranslation I've asked to not get @Shib...He gets enough lego from me! :-p 
    kiki180703LostInTranslationrancorbaitLego_Star
  • ShibShib Member Posts: 5,469
    kioko21 said:
    @LostInTranslation I've asked to not get @Shib...He gets enough lego from me! :-p 
    Is there ever enough LEGO?
    kiki180703LostInTranslationchuckpLego_Stargmonkey76
  • nexandernexander Member Posts: 908
    Was hoping this would be soon! Looking forward to it.
    LostInTranslation
  • chuckpchuckp Member Posts: 684
    edited November 2015
    Shib said:
    Is there ever enough LEGO?
    That should be on a T-shirt!
    LostInTranslation
  • Jern92Jern92 Member Posts: 892
    Wish there's one in Malaysia, because shipping costs to either the UK or America would exceed the value of the set!
    LostInTranslation
  • Bricklover18Bricklover18 Member Posts: 722
    I'd be happy to participate
    LostInTranslation
  • CupIsHalfEmptyCupIsHalfEmpty Member Posts: 545
    In! I'm super excited, can't wait. 
    LostInTranslation
  • TheBrickLaddTheBrickLadd Member Posts: 844
    I'm in, will send a message later @CapnRex101
    LostInTranslation
  • iso3200iso3200 Member Posts: 2,065
    This was great fun last year so I'll be be joining in for sure. Just glad there is a Brickset forum to enable such community projects to thrive :-)
    Lego_StarLostInTranslationRenegade007cjh
  • DanGPDanGP Member Posts: 66
    I'm in again. It's one of the highlights of Christmas. Knowing there's Lego in the box but having absolutely no idea what it specifically is.
    LostInTranslation
  • plasmodiumplasmodium Member Posts: 1,956
    Nice. Count me in. I'll get my details to @rancorbait when I'm next at my PC.
    LostInTranslation
  • brickedinbrickedin Member Posts: 568
    I am definitely in again, the reveals last year were fantastic.
    LostInTranslation
  • hoodaddyhoodaddy Member Posts: 315
    I am in this year.  Had a lot of fun seeing everyone's posts of what they received last year.
    LostInTranslation
  • TheOneVeyronianTheOneVeyronian Member Posts: 1,372
    I've been absent from here for an awfully long time due to ill health and other issues, but what the hey, count me in! Last year was awesome, it's really nice to have the knowledge that there will be some LEGO under the tree for me :o)

    Sent you a PM @rancorbait :o)
    LostInTranslationbendybadgerrancorbaitLego_StarBooTheMightyHamster
  • hkcrazy88hkcrazy88 Member Posts: 163
    I've done this on a different forum (not for Lego) and loved it, so very excited to do it this year!
    LostInTranslation
  • Build_With_BricksBuild_With_Bricks Member Posts: 5
    Wow--this sounds like a lot of fun.  I've done a Secret Santa on a craft forum, but never with LEGOs.  I'm new here, so not sure if I would be able to participate yet.  If not, there's always next year!
    LostInTranslation
  • CapnRex101CapnRex101 Administrator Posts: 2,364
    @Build_With_Bricks is the tenth North American member to sign up. How is the UK doing @rancorbait?
    rancorbaitLostInTranslation
  • rancorbaitrancorbait Member Posts: 1,842
    edited November 2015
    UK is currently at 14 :)
    GothamConstructionCoLostInTranslationHangedSanchez
  • khmellymelkhmellymel Member Posts: 1,313
    Yay, make that 15!  I missed last year's but the previous year was super fun times, trying to figure out what to get people and seeing their reaction is even better than getting one yourself  (for reals!)
    LostInTranslation
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    I'm in.
    kiki180703LostInTranslationRenegade007cjh
  • TheOneVeyronianTheOneVeyronian Member Posts: 1,372
    @rancorbait Could you please confirm that you saw my PM and that I'm in? I didn't get any reply to it, wasn't sure if that was normal for everybody or not.
    rancorbait
  • plasmodiumplasmodium Member Posts: 1,956
    I didn't get a reply either... Welcome back, by the way, @TheOneVeyronian!
    Lego_StarSumoLegorancorbait
  • TheOneVeyronianTheOneVeyronian Member Posts: 1,372
    Hey, thanks @plasmodium, good to be (partly) back :o) Just struck me as odd because I also asked him how he was as well as a request to join SS, given we were friends and all...

    Safe to assume those who didn't get a reply are also definitely in it?
  • legogallegogal Member Posts: 754
    TheOneVeyronian said:
    I've been absent from here for an awfully long time due to ill health and other issues, but what the hey, count me in! Last year was awesome, it's really nice to have the knowledge that there will be some LEGO under the tree for me :o)

    Sent you a PM @rancorbait :o)
    Hi, One! Welcome back! Hope you are feeling better and able to play with your toys again. May Santa bring you something special this year!
  • doodlebirddoodlebird Member Posts: 88
    It has not been my experience that shipping to Canada is inexpensive. IIRC, shipping even just a poly was ~$7 compared to just over $2 inside the US. Could it be that I'm almost in Mexico? (I'm in Texas.) Do those in the northern US have different rates or am I remembering my postal rates all wrong. 
  • LegoPegasister2015LegoPegasister2015 Member Posts: 139
    Isn't it a little odd that us Americans are sending the PM's to a British user, while the British are sending them to an American one?

    Anyways count me in.
    LostInTranslation
  • CapnRex101CapnRex101 Administrator Posts: 2,364
    @LegoPegasister2015 - That is precisely the point. If we don't deal with the list in our country, both @rancorbait and I can take part too and the identity of our respective santas will remain secret.
    BombTec
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    ^ Can't have any appearance of impropriety!

    Or tomfoolery, shenanigans, bedlam, nonsense or debaclecide.
    hkcrazy88GothamConstructionCocatwrangler
  • rancorbaitrancorbait Member Posts: 1,842
    edited November 2015
    TheOneVeyronian said:
    @rancorbait Could you please confirm that you saw my PM and that I'm in? I didn't get any reply to it, wasn't sure if that was normal for everybody or not.
    plasmodium said:
    I didn't get a reply either... Welcome back, by the way, @TheOneVeyronian!
    My apologies, guys.  Had a lot of work to do during the last few days.  I'll try to get back to everyone today :)
    plasmodiumLostInTranslation
  • plasmodiumplasmodium Member Posts: 1,956
    SumoLego said:
     debaclecide.
    Still looking for somewhere to use this wonderful word in real life.
    rancorbaitSumoLegoLego_StarCrownie
  • snowhitiesnowhitie Member Posts: 3,078
    edited November 2015
    I'm in - I was quite a newbie when the last one happened and enjoyed it so much to just read about everybody excitements, I was looking forward to this years! got an address in UK where people can send it to make postage cheaper if that makes it easier. Thanks for organising!I
    LostInTranslationbendybadgerkiki180703
  • Renegade007cjhRenegade007cjh Member Posts: 696
    I'm in! Sounds like it could be fun!
    LostInTranslation
  • CalvCalv Member Posts: 904
    I'm in as well. Last years was a lot of fun when I read about it, so I shall take part this year. Thanks for organising it.
    LostInTranslation
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    plasmodium said:
    SumoLego said:
     debaclecide.
    Still looking for somewhere to use this wonderful word in real life.

    Debaclypse is another one of my favorites.  Bad zombie movies are usually referred to as a 'debaclypse', or just a mammoth debacle to end all debacles.

    (I am clearly a crazy person.)
    Renegade007cjhLostInTranslation
  • iso3200iso3200 Member Posts: 2,065
    I wonder who'll I'll get this year...
    khmellymelLostInTranslation
  • CapnRex101CapnRex101 Administrator Posts: 2,364
    We now have a total of 19 people taking part in North America. We still need a couple more people to beat last year's total and there are now only a few days left, so sign-up soon!
    SumoLegoGothamConstructionCorancorbaitShibLostInTranslationsnowhitie
  • samiam391samiam391 Member Posts: 4,492
    I did this in 2013 and had so much fun. I didn't do it in 2014 due to complications, and regretted not signing up for it all year.

    Don't make the same mistake I did, sign up now!
    SumoLegosnowhitiekhmellymelGothamConstructionCoRenegade007cjhrancorbaitShibLostInTranslation
  • rancorbaitrancorbait Member Posts: 1,842
    CapnRex101 said:
    We now have a total of 19 people taking part in North America. We still need a couple more people to beat last year's total and there are now only a few days left, so sign-up soon!
    I've got 26 for the UK. Let's see if we can hit 30 :)
    ShibLostInTranslationsnowhitie
  • BooTheMightyHamsterBooTheMightyHamster Member Posts: 1,533
    Just send my name and address to another four people!

    ;o)
    LostInTranslationsnowhitiechuckpSumoLegoRenegade007cjh
  • plasmodiumplasmodium Member Posts: 1,956
    rancorbait said:
    CapnRex101 said:
    We now have a total of 19 people taking part in North America. We still need a couple more people to beat last year's total and there are now only a few days left, so sign-up soon!
    I've got 26 for the UK. Let's see if we can hit 30 :)
    I'm surprised we have more than the US. I've always seen this forum as fairly equally split between UK/Europe and the US if not slightly weighted towards the US.

    I guess the obvious answer would be that the people taking part in this are not a representative sample of the forum membership...
  • Pate5346Pate5346 Member Posts: 889
    rancorbait said:
    CapnRex101 said:
    We now have a total of 19 people taking part in North America. We still need a couple more people to beat last year's total and there are now only a few days left, so sign-up soon!
    I've got 26 for the UK. Let's see if we can hit 30 :)

    I'm in. Make it 27. It's going to be an interesting challenge for me.
  • TheOneVeyronianTheOneVeyronian Member Posts: 1,372
    rancorbait said:
    CapnRex101 said:
    We now have a total of 19 people taking part in North America. We still need a couple more people to beat last year's total and there are now only a few days left, so sign-up soon!
    I've got 26 for the UK. Let's see if we can hit 30 :)
    How many people did we have signed up in the UK last year? Would be interesting if we could surpass last year's amount :o)

    Is it bad that I'm already thinking hard about what I want to send my Secret Santa gift in and how I want to present it, even before I know who I'm getting or what I'm buying?

    Also, in a nice way, I'm secretly hoping that I won't get @CapnRex101... I just have a feeling he would recognise a package that was sent by me as being from me! ;o)
  • blars82blars82 Member Posts: 19
    I just signed up too for the US, so we have at least 20!  This was so much fun last year, so I'm glad I didn't miss out this year.
    SumoLego
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,637
    I wish I could participate again, lots of fun! Especially since it is the only way I got any Lego for Christmas.
    Thanos75
  • plasmodiumplasmodium Member Posts: 1,956
    Yeah, we have a UK and a US one, but no EU one? You could do UK/EU if there were people willing to do 'international' shipping...
    snowhitie
  • CapnRex101CapnRex101 Administrator Posts: 2,364
    There are only just over six hours left to sign up, so if you haven't already, get your skates on!
    Shib
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