Looks like my person has to wait a little longer... Looks like the post office screwed up.

"Package routed to wrong post office. Package will be transferred to correct post office for delivery."

I'm still hoping to get it, wrap and, and ship it off by this weekend, fingers crossed.

Hmmm... most glass guys I've worked with over the years did more of this....mostly....

Random pic I took of one of my Tubs-O-Tubes...

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Well...surprise.

This is Marshmallow. Marshmallow adores his christmas outfit and is thankful for the bountiful amount of corn nuts provided to him in his shipping box.

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Wow that blown glass gift is freaking awesome! I want one too now, on to the glassblowing pinball thread now.

Waiting on one more gift to arrive so I can box it all up and send the package on to my recipient. One of his or her presents showed up today and I really think they are going to love it! Can’t wait to see their reaction.

Okay okay....LMAO!

I opened my gift!

After the chinchilla I just posted....nobody will believe me on this one now. And NO, I seriously did NOT open the gift until just NOW.

I was completely joking saying 3 rolls of toilet paper was probably more like 4 in that size box....I'm really NOT making this up...

4 Rolls of T.P

Thank you santa!

The hint on the note was obviously directed a bit more towards the other gift inside, though.

I was stalked and I received a new toy that I had loads of fun playing with as a kid; a cap bomb!!
I didn't even think they made these any more!

The instructions must be wrong though. The package says to hold out and drop, but do not throw hard at concrete. This was probably just a poor translation on the packaging. It was supposed to say jam as much as will fit under head of bomb, whip up in air high as you can, and look up at it coming down hard!

Definitely going to be going out and playing with that tomorrow

But ALSO, there was a much more vintage cap bomb included as well!!! It is significantly heavier with thicker metal and says Chemtoy Corporation Cicero, IL on it! Super cool and definitely reminds me of the older ones I used to play with! This one will be finding a home on a toy shelf!

Thank you VERY much santa!

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I gotta say I love this thread every year, and I love this event.. Thank you all for making it happen
If you see me at a show, just walk up to me and say I was in the pinside secret Santa club, I will buy you a beer!

JJ

Your always awesome. Hosted a great room party at Magfest last year if I recall correctly.

You know you are getting old when... you remember cap bombs! Fun gift!

For the record....This really is my friends chinchilla named Marshmallow.

Indeed I hope to be able to do it again! Though that seams like it’s one of the shows in trouble

WOW! What an amazing and thoughtful gift! That is so cool!!

To my recipient, I apologize, some of my items have been held up in the mail but I expect them to finally arrive today. Then I can package and ship out. Your gift is coming!!

I couldn't agree more, and the more I explore it,the cooler it gets. As it turns out the artist useed UV reactive glass for the planet. This gift just keeps on giving. And thanks again to my SS for this, really above and beyond. Honestly, it makes me really want to step up my game for next year. Hey Less ,have you given any thought to Christmas in July?

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I'm just waiting for one more package to arrive to be able to send mine out.

I’m just finishing the glue job on mine.......

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Wow!

Simply put, but well said. Honestly it deserves Two exclamation points, one for the SS and one for the artist. You can find more of his Wares here https://ericmort.com/

And....presenting....the display of gift #2

Based on this hint about picking friends, I was guessing the little box contained a folding pair of Groucho Marx disguise glasses. Maybe so I could pick its giant nose?

But, after seeing the little northvibe spork man above....I'm guessing it may be a couple of that one's unassembled spork friends or relatives...

Tune in tomorrow...

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Isotoner Gloves

Just sent my gift! (Well technically PinballLife is sending it.)

mad at myself for missing this!

(setting alert for next year now! )

UV reactive? That's fantastic..! I'll certainly look up the artist, tks for providing the link. Now, I'm thinking some Tron theme glass here..!

You can still join in the fun and see what people post as they get their gifts and the creativity of the senders.

LTG : )

Absolutely!

Last gifts ordered a week ago and they haven't even made it halfway here yet....hoping I receive them sometime next week so there's a decent chance it'll be on time. I think it'll be worth it though (for the recipient) as I tried hard with just a teeny bit of info....and took the "what would I like to get" approach.

I think almost everybody was mega excited this year and got early starts!

Still plenty of time

Secret Santa package sent! Seeing the pics of what everyone received is great! Such a great thing to do for such a challenging year!

Been trapping pack rats on the property over the last week or so.
Close enough to a chinchilla to make a Secret Santa gift?

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I think there may be some sort of like metric conversion you have to do or something...

Glad I got a chinchilla though....I'm already a pack rat

Secret Santa Package received!! Our 'low maintenance' pet rabbit really wants to open this!! Not sure how long I can resist..!

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I'm so excited to see my person open their gift. I hope they like it. C'mon do it now!! jk

I don't have a single thing in transit right now that is going to arrive here on time...only Titan got through before the logjam, apparently.

USPS must have got pummeled for Black Friday / Cyber Monday.

I've seen that look in rabbits before. They get that look whenever they detect the presence of chinchillas. Might want to open it up just to be sure.

Well my Secret Santa has raised the bar! A mysterious (and promisingly heavy) box arrived earlier this week but I was saving it for the weekend. Opened the package this morning and found ...

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The production values are incredible, besides the festive note and numbering we’ve got 16 different varieties of wrapping paper! My kids are in awe (“Are all of those for you dad?” “This has to be like the best Secret Santa ever!”). And now I get to open them! Still trying to decide if I should go to town or one-a-day it ...

So thank you Secret Santa, you’ve made my day and I haven’t even unwrapped anything yet!

Start 16 days before pinsmas and run one a day would be awesome

Your santa did an excellent job!

I'm having SUCH a hard time spacing them out

But I'm going to stick with one at a time...

I don't think anybody would blame you if you can't resist, though either, and just go nuts

All of us just enjoy seeing pics and reading details of what everyone got!

It's SO cool to be part of a group of people who all come together and enjoy hobbies and interests!

Indeed. Awesome Gift Fu.

That Pinsider must be a Black Belt.

..oh well, rabbit wanted to take a peak, hoping to get a new chinchilla friend, I'm guessing!! Nice looking present bag in there with a 'Noël' tag! we're both staring at it now - I can only say it's not moving!

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Make sure to charge the drill on Christmas Eve.

...or the Reciprocating Saw.

I must say the more I see this blown glass piece the more impressive it becomes. So very cool! Awesome SS gift, great job Santa!

I suggest a clean cut right down the middle to stay clear of those screws!

I received a nice little set of (sharp!) Pick tools.

Thank you santa! These will definitely come in handy while working on assemblies; especially some of the EM stuff I've been doing!

I had been using a little dental pick sometimes, but it gets painful to hold very long. I like how these have actual screwdriver type handles.

Needless to say, I don't feel they would be too safe to pick a nose with...I guess :/

Thank you

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I totally spaced on posting when i recieved my gift on Nov 24th! I can't wait till xmas to open this sucker, its got some good weight to it, as well as a few hints around the box! Cheers! Mine is going out Monday morning!

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You'll need to wash your hands before or after??

No your not
Thats why i was getting ready to shipped monday but i had to troll ebay one more time and found something I had to buy.
Now my recipient will have to wait a bit longer.

Delays due to covid are beong measure. I purchase a really cool gift for my ss. It was shipped Nov 22 and the trucking status remains the same since day one. The original idea was me to receive the gift and add some more gifts and a letter. Then I would had posted it to my ss. But if I keep on waiting there is no chance my ss to receive it until Christmas.

I had to purchase a different gift today online that it will be posted directly to the recipient. The second gift it's also really cool but now I don't know what I am going to do with the first one when it finally arrives.

I feel your pain. I ordered my gifts weeks ago and still have not received all of them. I hope to have better (faster) luck sending them to my recipient.