Completely brilliant Christmas presents - what have you got?

[Ari]

I'm enjoying the crap Christmas presents thread immensely, but there must have been some good stuff too.

I got a gift voucher for an Open Water Scuba Diving Referral Course, which I think is pretty cool. Basically it means I do all my theory and pool work in the UK, then I can go somewhere much warmer to finish the open water dives, which seems a more civilised way to do it.

What you got?

[sc0tt]

Boxed calvin and hobbes book set. Brings back childhood memories and a monte cristo cigar yet to be smoked.

[Ari]

sc0tt said:

Boxed calvin and hobbes book set. Brings back childhood memories and a monte cristo cigar yet to be smoked.

Fantastic! Loved Calvin & Hobbes!

[sc0tt]

No idea how it was delivered. Weighs about 7kgs

[Brads67]

My youngest is named Calvin after the cartoon character. Still has me in stitches.

Great present, Skull Candy Grind bt headphones.

[Countdown]

I got a keyring engraved with a message from my kids. I think it's probably the best present I've ever had.

[Sheetmaself]

Nintendo nes classic from the wife, she even pre ordered it and bought it at £40 opposed to the crazy prices £160 and up they were going for after the sell out release.

To be bring it back down she also bought herself a second controller also as a present for me the cheeky little so and so!

[Higgs boson]

Happy as a pig in st, which I'll soon resemble!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Anova Sous Vide machine as recommended from the thread on here, which I promptly cooked a couple of steaks on;

[DanielSan]

Fairly sure I'm not the only one on here with it, but the Lego Caterham.

[Sf_Manta]

DanielSan said:

Fairly sure I'm not the only one on here with it, but the Lego Caterham.

Snap

[Whoozit]

A set of four Riedel wine glasses, and replacement toe and heel pieces for my ski boots. Both essential and very well received.

[ellroy]

Donnington race circuit for a full day, all to myself.

[Ari]

Sf_Manta said:

DanielSan said:

Fairly sure I'm not the only one on here with it, but the Lego Caterham.

Snap

That's not proper Lego - all the bits are Caterham shaped!

The whole point of Lego was to build something out of blocks using your imagination, not basically clip a Caterham shaped object together.

(Although I guess it's pretty accurate to the real thing!)

[austinsmirk]

Tickets to see the pet shop boys in Feb.

[Borroxs]

R2D2 garden 'gnome'. Cool.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Higgs boson said:

Happy as a pig in st, which I'll soon resemble!

They look impressive but are very poor value. The cheapest they sell for is £50, sometimes up to £75. That's for 4.5Kg. Poundland do the 150g bar for £1. For £50 you'd get 7.5kg.

[p1stonhead]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Higgs boson said:

Happy as a pig in st, which I'll soon resemble!

They look impressive but are very poor value. The cheapest they sell for is £50, sometimes up to £75. That's for 4.5Kg. Poundland do the 150g bar for £1. For £50 you'd get 7.5kg.

Yeah but that's not the point!

Got one for my missus a couple years back. It was awesome.

We finished it by April

[alorotom]

Ari said:

That's not proper Lego - all the bits are Caterham shaped!

The whole point of Lego was to build something out of blocks using your imagination, not basically clip a Caterham shaped object together.

(Although I guess it's pretty accurate to the real thing!)

They are all standard bits of Lego bar 2 or 3 pieces at just a comprehensive instruction set to assemble it. Got mine together in about 2hrs and looks great!

[TheChampers]

This

TheChampers said:

Received this for Christmas, excellent so far, very well written

And:

"Join The Dots" - The Cure

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Classic Album Selection Volume One

Just Kids by Patti Smith is still (apparently) en route from the USA