Those Sphereo toys are going to be collectibles, I just heard today they aren't making them anymore

Ok, I couldnt wait....Check out this score! Thanks Secret Santa

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Your call. If Christmas would be better if you waited, or if you want to open it now. And have nothing to open on Christmas.

LTG : )

Its sooo RAD!!! Thank you Thank You Thank You Secret Santa! I love it all. This made my season.

What'd you get???

One more time:
Comet pinball T-shirt, Big Bang theory Leonard bobblehead, GB speaker grills, 3 paper back star wars books (New Hope, Empire, Return), Empire Strikes Back Cards, GB keychain pog, cup holder, Deadpool flyer, Stay Puff bank, AS premium apron stickers and Metallica apron stickers without the warning logo.
The funny thing is I was just thinking to myself I wanted to try and find the apron stickers for MET without the warning logo on it! Stoked!

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So hyped!!
Thanks Secret Santa!!

My SO says I am crazy to wait but it’s only a few days. This has been the best thing on pinside ever. Thanks Secret Santa and LesManley so much fun!

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Came home last night to find my Secret Santa package waiting for me! Thanks so much for the awesome shirt and hoodie! Very cool design, looks like I need to go visit Morgantown, WV now.

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nice design, very cool gifts

Day 3: final day! SS you are so awesome. You really have done your homework. 2 of my fav actors from AD and I never knew this show existed. So stoked to watch it! Thank you tons.

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Funny, after opening my gifts, the one my daughter had grabbed and ran off with was the little pinball game she’ll likely play with :-p

Great gifts!!!! Magnets, pins, candy/chocolate, micro fiber towels, some tools, level and logic prob, zip ties, NES coasters!!!!! All great stuff, the pinball parts and tools are what I need for my route repair bag hahha oh ya and he finger fighting guys Hahahah.

Thank you SS!

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Gotta love getting a cool gift you didn't know even existed. "Bump in the Night" featuring and autographed by Spooky founder Charlie Emery. Can't wait to watch it and thanks SS!

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Based on a lot of these pics it looks like Harbor Freight is an official sponsor of the Pinside Secret Santa program.

Had a friend over today. He went out to get something from his car and was kind enough to check my mail for me. When he came in with a box, I almost stunned him how quick I tried snagging it from him to see who it was from. And....YES; Secret Santa came!

No asking here....I tried to tell myself to wait...but wasn't going to happen

Tore into it asap. LOVE MY ITEMS!

THANK YOU SANTA!!!!

I got :

Some new balls (my very first Baron Balls, and they seem VERY nice!).

Some pretty neat little LED strips. Can't wait to decide a fun place to use them!

A VERY tasty bag of pretzels I had never heard of. Tore into them pretty quick as it was already a beer and pinball afternoon...note my low quality pic of my friend Kyle in middle of snagging a handful ;D (I know how to share...a little).

A SUPER cool Dual action driver tool with a bunch of bit accessories in handle! I had never seen a ratchet mechanism quite like that! To try to explain, you use it like a driver, but you use 2 hands and it ratchets....BUT....the SWEET thing is.... when you turn it, it ratchets; when you go to turn handle back other way, it ratchets MORE. Imagine using a socket and ratchet but instead of going in one way, then ratched handle back, then in some more...it goes in one way, then as you ratched handle back, it goes in more even when handle is going oposite direction! Does that make sense? Lol...maybe this is only a new concept to me

Going to be SUPER handy next major playfield work I do!

And last, not least....a SURPRISINGLY BRIGHT LED book light. Will be super handy for clipping on when working in a machine doing solder work or mechanical pieces etc!!

So far, I only tried it on a book....made some chapters more fun in my pinball book I'm currently reading

Thank you VERY much Santa!! I love EVERY item

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Dotz pretzels are the bomb dot com

Going to have to find these pretzels, what stores carry them? That double ratchet seems awesome going to look for one of those also.

My Secret Santa sent me a box of bitchin stuff.
Metallica translite that will look good on the wall of the pin room.
Flat head screw driver (rock on, I can always use tools).
A new T-shirt that will quickly go into the mix of arcade and pinball related shirts in my regular rotation.

Last but certainly not least a shaker motor. I literally was like “holly shit” when I saw this. Hot damn, now to decide which pin I want to put this puppy on!!!

Awesome stuff and huge thanks to my Secret Santa. Very generous.

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Amazon has them in case you can’t find them local

Dot's Homestyle Pretzels (1 lb Bag / Pack of 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019CUSLZE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1-CgCbM33WEYE

Thank you Santa... I couldn't resist and opened the box, but when I saw the individually wrapped presents inside I decided to put them under the tree until Christmas Day!

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Holayy sheeet

Signed by who?!

My translite (pro) is signed by dirty donny..yes, met members would be sick tho!

No Secret Santa updates for 12 hours?!

Getting closer to Christmas. I have a feeling there will be a slowdown as people just decide to wait. Come Christmas, this thread will go nuts. IMO.

I have my morning juice most days out of the Iron Man glass I got.

My pretzels may not hold out as long as I thought

..and it's a BIG bag

Are they the best pretzel to you?

I just ate my house of whoppers.... and about to shop my BK and a Dragon, so I get to use flipper rubbers!

Idk yet better eat more

They are pretty good. They have a buttery garlic taste so are a little rich...in a good way.

They remind me a little of a taste you may have found in a gardettos pretzel mix type thing.

Glad you like them!

They sent me a package today, pretty sure it's a Deadpool pro.

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I knew exactly who those were from!

"Dead Purolator Pro"

after seeing your review of them I ordered two bags =(

Definitely share your opinion honestly as well

My package came tonight! I told myself I could open the shipping box, but if what was inside was wrapped I was waiting until Christmas to open it...so it looks like I will see what I got Christmas day.

I am already blown away, and cannot wait to see whats inside. And, a special thank you to my Secret Santa for appreciating Flash, it definitely doesn't get the love it deserves from our pinball friends.

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My secret Santa package arrived today! My wife knows how much I like surprises so she hid it from me. Thanks Santa, I can’t wait to open it on Xmas!

Another amazing year of Pinside Secret Santa - thank you so much to my SS, who knocked it out of the park with all of the gifts he (or she) sent my way.

A new digital multimeter
TNA T-shirt
IJ Coaster
Cool blue flipper bats
A remote controlled outlet
And a new pingulp (which is going on my newly restored Stars)

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OMG!!! Went on to Facebook for a quick checkup of the family (everyone lives about 4-5 states away) and my sister had this posted on her page. I didn’t even know she was into pinball... much less in the Secret Santa group. What are the odds??

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Got my package a couple of days ago. Was a *little* unsure it was a Secret Santa gift since it had the sender's name on the box (still haven't been able to match it to a Pinside handle). But since I didn't remember ordering anything from this person, I figured it was my Secret Santa gift.

I was blown away to find three VERY COOL custom Elvira glasses and two (one for my SS and one for my EATPM) PinGulps inside. Green was the perfect color choice to fit those two games and the images on the glasses are stellar! Well done Santa and thank you for the wonderful gifts!

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I’ve been neglectful to post updates.
Thanks to my Pinside Secret Santa!

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Got my package in. And it's awesome. Always can use some more arcade/pin related shirts. And a coffee cup with a solid life lesson on it.
Thanks secret santa

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What does the cup say?

hit lit things. don't drain.

Lots of lit people around holidays! Dont hit those!

Getting excited to see all the opening of gifts in a couple days!!

I think I’ll wake up earlier than the rest! Can’t wait! Soooo waited for my SS gift!!