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Title: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Nuke on December 25, 2009, 02:50:31 pm
lets see i got:
lego nxt 2.0
arduino usb board
little rc flying saucer with 1 axis control (sounds boring but add a cat and it gets intresting)
socks
a spice rack
sony battery charger and batteries
and if you count the stuff i got to open early:
tequilla
margarita  mix
margarita salt
a blender
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Aardwolf on December 25, 2009, 02:51:05 pm
some candies.

and a pair of gloves.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Blue Lion on December 25, 2009, 02:57:42 pm
LCD TV
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: watsisname on December 25, 2009, 03:49:47 pm
Profound, ethereal visions and insight of a generally positive nature.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Dark Hunter on December 25, 2009, 04:01:36 pm
A Doctor Who t-shirt
The Serenity soundtrack
The Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 soundtrack
A Trans-Siberian Orchestra CD
Mushihimesama Futari
And the limited edition Neon Genesis Evangelion box set (This one was the big surprise... had no idea it was coming)

And various other little things like calendars and stuff. My sisters actually put together a book of family memes we'd come up with over the years, which was both strange and hilarious.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: IceFire on December 25, 2009, 04:34:39 pm
Not too much this year... but some good stuff.

- Aeroplane magazine
- An absolutely giant WWII aviation book (suitable for a coffee table more than anything)
- Star Trek on Blu-Ray
- Random chocolates
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Scotty on December 25, 2009, 04:44:53 pm
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Lots and lots of clothes.

Well worth the time spent unwrapping.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: TESLA on December 25, 2009, 06:12:50 pm

Father Ted Box DVD set collection

Dylan Moran Live DVD

Dara O Briain comedy book

Star Trek Blue Ray

Little Big Planet

Cool remote control flying bird thinge, (feel like a kid)

Shirts, lots of socks, Jumpers, tops, jeans

Vouchers for stores


Very happy, did really well :)
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: pecenipicek on December 25, 2009, 06:43:16 pm
-.-


pair of slippers, courtesy of mom

a book called "errornomics" by Joseph T. Hallinan, courtesy of dad.

i also bought myself Audiosurf to not be so depressed about getting... nothing useful at all :p
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Nuclear1 on December 25, 2009, 07:14:35 pm
Modern Warfare 2 for PS3
A PS3 with which to play the above :)
Public Enemies
Dennis Miller collection
Various different sorts of Colts paraphanelia
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Pred the Penguin on December 25, 2009, 08:06:02 pm
Almost nothing...
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Thaeris on December 25, 2009, 08:35:38 pm
Not too much this year... but some good stuff.

- Aeroplane magazine
- An absolutely giant WWII aviation book (suitable for a coffee table more than anything)
- Star Trek on Blu-Ray
- Random chocolates

That sounds like a good 'un.  :D That's a great magazine, by the way. I actually have the Me 262 centerfold they released a while back framed up in my room...

Ostrich jerkey. I'm not too curious to try it now, but I'll let you know how it tastes when I do!
Dired mangoes. Good stuff - better than candy.
Two packs of socks, a scarf, and some other simple articles of clothing. And $100 USD. Mmmm... Textbooks...
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Nuke on December 25, 2009, 08:42:13 pm
i also got a hundred bucks, which i opened early, but ended up spending most of it on stuff for satanmas dinner.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Hades on December 25, 2009, 09:21:36 pm
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 25, 2009, 09:33:41 pm
Star Trek collectorssomethingie Bluray, though this is more for the household in general.
Some shirts. I can actually use these shirts, too!
Comfy socks. You can never have too many comfy socks.
Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition preorder with release-date delievery from Amazon.
Some chocolate.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on December 25, 2009, 10:54:55 pm
The World According to Clarkson
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: General Battuta on December 25, 2009, 11:12:39 pm
Lots of folks picking up MW2. I look forward to the screes of bemused disappointment.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Thaeris on December 26, 2009, 12:21:21 am
I have a pencil, paper, computer, CAD programs, good old-school RPGs, and infinite imagination.

...Your $60 USD XBox games (and consoles, for that matter) pale in comparison and can go rot in the pit of gaming Hell for all I care!  :cool:
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: General Battuta on December 26, 2009, 12:22:31 am
Oh, come now, a good set of rulebooks costs as much as a console and game.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Thaeris on December 26, 2009, 12:27:32 am
Computer-based RPGs.  :nod:

For the record, I hardly play games now-a-days, so this might not be too valid a claim for me to make. But, I'm very happy with what I've got. I'm just remembering the last semester at Embry, where my second-semester roommate would occaisionally go out and spend more than $60 on a game. That's nuts. And in a day or two (maybe less), he'd be done with it. That's really quite wasteful in my opinion.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: General Battuta on December 26, 2009, 12:31:42 am
Maybe, but if you get twenty hours out of a game (which you should out of a reasonable purchase), you're getting better value than a movie ticket or a book.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: pecenipicek on December 26, 2009, 05:21:01 am
heavens know i racked up more than 260 hours of playtime in GMOD since i bought it last year for christmas.

and how much playtime i will get out of audiosurf...
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Dilmah G on December 26, 2009, 08:28:46 am
A new phone (my old one didn't even have a camera. xD)
A shirt with the slogan "The economy tanked so all I got for Christmas was this lousy t-shirt", It should've been "The economy tanked so all my dad could be arsed to buy me this lousy t-shirt" :P
A new necklace
$200 courtesy of grandparents
$20 courtesy of an aunt
A book about the Sri Lankan Army that's big enough to double as a melee weapon.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: redsniper on December 26, 2009, 11:53:10 am
500GB external hard drive (and it's USB powered, so I don't need to lug a power cord around anymore)
Asus Xonar DX sound card
Quantum of Solace and The Hangover DVDs
Clothes (including some T-shirts that I will actually wear)
and a little more to come from my mom

Oh and some malware/trojan on my PC :blah:
But I think I've got that taken care of now.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 26, 2009, 12:06:38 pm
I got . . . . .
 
The Godfather, special Francis Ford Coppola 4 disk edition. My favourite present. 
 
A variety of clothing from Topman.
 
Gears of war 2 360. (Good intentions)
 
A brilliant bottle of Davidoff silver shadow. The finest scent and female attractant i've ever owned.
 
A variety of whiskies and hipflask so I can tolerate work next week.
 
Some quite warm cityboy leather gloves.
 
A Bill Bailey DVD, the Orchestra.
 
Bit of cash. . . But to be honest I earn enough to buy myself everything I want so this time of year is about seeing the family more than ought else.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Mr. Vega on December 26, 2009, 02:59:19 pm
Babylon 5 Season Four and money, pretty much. I do like money though.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Titan on December 26, 2009, 03:01:38 pm
from the family gift exchange on christmas eve:

Sony clock/radio/iPod dock
a bunch of books
some awesome clothes
Cabella's big game hunter 2010
Nerf N-strike elite
Karma (a kamelot album)
over a hundred dollars of gift cards and straight cash

then on christmas morning (from "santa"):

A nice fleece vest
some nice in-ear bud headphones to replace the ones I smashed the other day that came with my ipod

and between me and my baby sister (from "santa"):

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Nyko wiimote charger (for 2 motes)

and then my uncle said that he'll give me his PS2. Flippin' schweet.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Rian on December 26, 2009, 03:10:01 pm
I got the **** out of Dallas, where I was stranded overnight because my flight home was canceled :ick:.

Also got a shiny steel shuriken, a stack of books, a couple necklaces, and a most delightful hat and mittens.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 26, 2009, 03:28:44 pm
I love it when she swears ;7
 
Mittens? Complete with string?
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: StarSlayer on December 26, 2009, 03:39:09 pm
a most delightful hat and mittens.

I don't suppose it was also a cunning hat?
(http://x6a.xanga.com/bcd856e135548236033304/w186460601.jpg)

My actual haul was pretty small, with snazzy pajama bottoms pretty much taking the top of the heap.  That said as a house gift I bought a Bose surround system and a LG Bluray player, which I will thoroughly enjoy.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 26, 2009, 07:53:29 pm
I have a pencil, paper, computer, CAD programs, good old-school RPGs, and infinite imagination.

...Your $60 USD XBox games (and consoles, for that matter) pale in comparison and can go rot in the pit of gaming Hell for all I care!  :cool:

You don't want to get into a "who's got more old-school gaming" with me. I'm still playing a system straight out of the late '80s.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Snail on December 26, 2009, 07:56:47 pm
i like wolf 3d
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on December 26, 2009, 10:00:22 pm
I like Tyrian 2000, but that was released in 1995 so :P.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Thaeris on January 12, 2010, 05:28:07 pm
As promised, I'd report on how ostrich jerky tastes:

The answer? Surprisingly good. Smoked ostrich with an omlette would assumably be magical as well...  :nod:
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 13, 2010, 10:54:08 am
An omelette goes pretty well with a lot of stuff.
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: Thaeris on January 13, 2010, 11:04:49 am
An omelette goes pretty well with a lot of stuff.

Indeed...

...Too bad I already had breakfast!  :lol:
Title: Re: what kinda crap did you score on this infernal holiday 2009
Post by: MR_T3D on January 13, 2010, 05:20:12 pm
some movies, a nice monitor.
forza 3