Official NA Merry Christmas & Whatdja Get thread!
Well it's midnight EST so to all my east coast friends (and in a few hours, the rest of you) - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Let's post our loot in this thread! I'll have pics later on today.
Let's post our loot in this thread! I'll have pics later on today.
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I've no idea what sort of loot I will or won't recieve yet, hopefully more than coal this year.
Hope you all have a merry Xmas.
you ps3 peoples.. tell me if SF4 and the new UFC game is good, if you ever get them.
i aint getting my presents till tomorrow.. but atleast i'm 100% sure i'm getting a mint Earthbound CIB
I got my daughter some books (3 Dr. Seuss, 1 Dora), play furniture (a table w/2 chairs, bookstand, toy chest -- these were a bitch to put together, too!). I also got her some Hello Kitty ornaments, Dora sippy cups, and some other stocking stuffers.
I didn't get much game related except for a SMB ornament and SMB3 sticker set (in my stocking), but I did find a $50 BestBuy gift card in my stocking as well this morning
What kills me is that my wife said she was going to get me an XBOX 360, but didn't because I don't play the Wii much. Arrrghhh! That's why I want a 360!
I had a great time this year shopping for everyone. I really enjoy seeing other people open their gifts more that opening what others gave me. That's the best part, IMO.
My wife got a 23 quart Presto pressure cooker/canner, 2 books from her favorite author, she didn't even know, some canning equipment for the pressure cooker, a Ball brand recipe book for canning, and some DVDs.
I got some cologne, Cool Water and Nautica blue, some new house shoes, The Charlie Brown holiday DVD set, I loved this as I am a huge Charlie Brown fan, a new WAHL hair clipper set with case and all accessories, and some Orbitz sweet mint gum, I love that stuff...
Merry Christmas everyone...
I got a GPS, a nice expandable hiking stick with the big cork knob on top, a awesome North Face Jacket, a magnet bracelet and a couple flashlights from the G/F. GPS is awesome, if you don't have one go get one pronto! I am also pumped about using the hiking stick, we both love to hike and it will be nice to have some real equipment to use.
I mostly got cash from my parents cause they know I am saving for a house. I also got some random candy, some Very Sexy cologne from Victoria Secret, and some socks/tshirts. Pretty good xmas over all.
~~NGD
Here are the MVP's:
How about Donkey Kong Jenga, eh? I about shit myself when I opened that, just incredible. If you can't see, the jenga bricks are pieces of Donkey Kong's girders, and there's a variant you play where Donkey Kong sits on top, and you move mario up from piece to piece. Inspired, my wife hit a home run. The shadowboxes (I got two of those) are big enough to display four CIB NES games, one's for the four Pac-Man variants and the other for my AD&D NES game set. Been waiting all year to mount those.
Got a tiny panasonic movie camera/still photo cam from my mom, and she also got me the new DDR X for PS2 (I was really shocked when they came out with ANOTHER one for the PS2, I thought they were done for good!). My favorites from her were two DVD special edition Doctor Who serials from the Tom Baker era - Genesis of the Daleks and Pyramids of Mars. She couldn't have done much better! I love watching these one episode at a time each night....gotta savor the cliffhangers.
Also my wife got me a metal detector - perhaps I'll find an NES game truly "in the wild?"
I got my wife a gold chain and all the PS2 Karaoke Revolution games with an extra microphone so we can play together among random other stuff, got my mom a bolt-down 2 cubic foot fire safe for her stamp collection (she's got some crazy ones from early 20th century, some of which book at thousands for just one stamp) with free delivery and installation (well, I brought the damned thing with a hand truck, and installed it after we opened presents myself lol) and her parents, we got a nice digital picture frame.
Great stuff, and although we got a lot of stuff for everyone (we shopped for fourteen other people this Xmas) we were smart shoppers. A ton of the gifts we gave, we'd been holding since Dec 26th of last year (gotta love clearance) and the rest we got on deep discount either on black friday, or by just picking up stuff when it was a can't-miss deal on the net or in shops.
New Pair of Jordans / Jordan Shorts
Lots of Dress Slacks / Button up Shirts / Ties for Work
Miscellaneous hoodies / shirts
Plenty of Candy / Chocolate / Nuts / etc.
Seinfeld Season 4 + 9, Simpsons Season 9... now I have all episodes of Seinfeld and Seasons 1-9 of the Simpsons (might as well start a DVD collection too, lol)
And my favorite thing, a pair of Mario Boxers that say "Let's Play" on the front, lol. I'm sure my gf bought those simply as an excuse to get in my pants...
Merry Christmas to all!
Wacom Cintiq FTW.
Blue Dragon
Bad Company
Final Fantasy XI (360 version)
360 headset as well as a controller
Xbox 360 Live Gold subscription card
A battery-operated fan (likely for the next time we get a hurricane and lose power, and also probably because it's always hot in this room)
A lot of pretty awesome clothes
Nintendo Monopoly
Wanted
Freakazoid S1
LOZ shirt
Bad Mother Fucker wallet
Mighty Mighty Bosstones 2Xlp
225 dollars
im especially excited about my new wallet, definitely one of my better christmases.
Fallout 3 (360)
Gears of War 2 (360)
Farcry 2 (360)
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)
Chrono Trigger (DS)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS)
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King (DS)
Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wonderer (DS)
Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP)
Dungeon Magic (NES,CIB,Mint)
Rad Racer (NES,CIB,Mint)
Robocop(NES,CIB,Mint)
Top Gun (NES,CIB,Mint)
Darius Twin (SNES,CIB,Near mint)
2 DS NFR carts (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl and Pokemon Trozei)
Mirror's Edge (360)
New Camera
GTA IV Promo Key
2 Animal Crossing Plush toys
Some Indiana Jones stuff since I also kinda collect that
some cash
I kinda bought most of my own gifts and just had other people give them to me
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
Dan, my wife said she debated getting me the DK Jenga. That's two gaming-related items she debated getting me and didn't. We're gonna need to have a little chat...
Got my girlfriend tickets to see her favorite band, the Toadies on New Year's Eve.
Fris, did you get that nice Wacom? That's damn nice!
Yessir!
From my girlfriend, Pro Sport Hockey CIB from uncletusk.com
From my brother, Boxed Bonk's Adventure:
The condition on both are nothing short of amazing, I couldn't be happier. My parents got a me a pretty sweet GPS and some other stuff, a wonderful Christmas it has been!
First, check this shit out:
Then I got a new small LCD TV screen for my bedroom. This size is pretty much the only size that my room would be able to handle (because there are games everywhere). In fact, I had to move the shelf that is directly above it 2 inches to make the TV even fit on that stand.
Then I got another IKEA shelf for my room to put games on. I'm getting very very low on space, and I came up with the idea to get a very skinny/shallow shelf to put here. It'll hold about 75 CIB GBA/GBC/GB games, which is a big help for my space issue:
I also got a CIB New Super Mario Bros. for the DS, and some random clothes, socks, and boxers.