Quoted from guitarded:You ask for a Miracle...
I give you the USPS
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Quoted from j_m_:since no one has received any chinchillas (yet), I took it upon myself to order a pair. they will make their debut close to xmas and become next year's gift exchange mascots.
I would 100% be excited about chinchillas. Not even kidding. I think they are great
Quoted from wesh:My Santa gift game tonight and wow!!! Thank you so much Santa!! You hit all my favorite things, Pink Floyd, Pinball and Bourbon! I am super thankful, and will enjoy it all in my new Stern rocks glass! [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
That Dark Side of the (Pinball) Machine shirt is off the hook!!!!! Need one of those ASAP
To the Secret Santee’s with less than 100 posts.
GET ACTIVE DANG IT!
Every year it seems I get a Pinside hermit who posts once every full moon!
HAVE PITY, GIVE US SOMETHING TO WORK WITH!
Humbly, I believe my gifts are very cool, stuff I would like, but it’s so difficult to guess if my Santa would dig it I’m kind of a weirdo who collects expensive boxes of lights and buys total crap that needs 400 hours of restoration to be operable again!
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:That Dark Side of the (Pinball) Machine shirt is off the hook!!!!! Need one of those ASAP
To the Secret Santee’s with less than 100 posts.
GET ACTIVE DANG IT!
Every year it seems I get a Pinside hermit who posts once every full moon!
HAVE PITY, GIVE US SOMETHING TO WORK WITH!
Humbly, I believe my gifts are very cool, stuff I would like, but it’s so difficult to guess if my Santa would dig it I’m kind of a weirdo who collects expensive boxes of lights and buys total crap that needs 400 hours of restoration to be operable again!
Lol right!
Or spend months scavenger hunting parts
I’m so excited! This arrived at my door yesterday, safe and sound. It even has some wonderful custom artwork added to the box! I might wait to open it- I don’t want to wake up any aliens earlier than expected. ...but what if they are alien chinchillas?
Thank you Secret Santa!!!! And thank you to LesManley for the best thread on Pinside!
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Day one is open! And i have to say i have a thing for metal signs! Theyre all over my basement and i didnt have this one yet!! Thank you!
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Thank you Secret Santa!!!! And thank you to lesmanley for the best thread on Pinside![quoted image][quoted image]
Hahaha, love the art work
Quoted from northerndude:Holy shit, If I never see the word chinchilla again in my life...
Chinchilla are like the Caribou of South America.
Hey everybody. Short notice, but I am going to be on the Super Awesome Pinball Show podcast to talk about the Pinside Secret Santa Program. The episode won't be out for a little while, but we are recording late tonight. I thought I would make a post here in case anyone had any burning Secret Santa related questions that they would like to have answered live...on a recorded podcast. 
Feel free to post anything you got and we'll see how it goes. I will post a link in this thread when the podcast is live too, so anyone that wants to hear it doesn't miss out.
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Careful when you sit on the throne. Toilet chinchillas could attack your private exposed parts.
I heard once something like 100 dudes in the north die from these attacks.
LTG : )
Quoted from LesManley:I thought I would make a post here in case anyone had any burning Secret Santa related questions that they would like to have answered live...on a recorded podcast.
Big question of the day. When did the Secret Santa thread turn into chinchillagate ?
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:Careful when you sit on the throne. Toilet chinchillas could attack your private exposed parts.
TRUE FACT : Before the Pinside Secret Santa Thread, Giant Sewer Chinchillas were an issue only in the larger cities of Peru.
Well, after sterlings incredible gifts of the mario castle and nerf gun arrived a few days ago , his secret Santa sent another package. A super awesome stem robot and the new Zelda switch game.. he's shocked! Thanks so much again secret Santa ..it's appreciated more then you know ..he's so excited.
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Wow!?!?! Very nice. I showed my 9 year old son this and his first question of course is, "Can I participate too?" 
Mine game in.... HUGE box.... Waiting to Christmas to open.
I bring it in the house and my 17 year old son is like what the hell..... He was getting ready to watch the Packer game (and wasn't too thrilled about the Bears tape..... way funny).....
THANK YOU SECRET SANTA!
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It seems on this one, either santa is calling me names...or...he assumed that by gift 6 my pump would have been used a lot!
Tune in tomorrow...
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Awesome bundle of tools all put together in this package!
I got a new pair of wire strippers with nice handles! Strippers should always come with handles.
An always useful assortment of shrink tube.
A cool bulb removal tool! I've never had one, but certainly have needed one!!
I got a spray bottle of chinchilla cleaner and polish! Good for after too heavy a dusting!!
And I got this little blue plastic tool. I BELIEVE it is to help forming component leads of different sizes, which would be super cool little tool! If I am wrong, someone please correct me (will use it for that either way. Lol).
Thank you again very much santa!!!
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Feel free to post anything you got and we'll see how it goes. I will post a link in this thread when the podcast is live too, so anyone that wants to hear it doesn't miss out.[quoted image]
Asking for a friend...should you store chinchilla dust in a shake and bake bag?
Quoted from Mitoska:Well, after sterlings incredible gifts of the mario castle and nerf gun arrived a few days ago , his secret Santa sent another package. A super awesome stem robot and the new Zelda switch game.. he's shocked! Thanks so much again secret Santa ..it's appreciated more then you know ..he's so excited.
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Good job SS!! Over the top!
Tonight being night 4 of The Festival of Lights, I went ahead and tore into a few gifts.
I am the happy recipient of a new set of LED Lamp / Magnetic Retieval Tools, some much needed ClearAudio Stylus Cleaning Fluid (there are way more carts here, than pins!) and a bomb ass Pinball T-shirt from Skill Shot in Seattle.
[Saving the Santa Wrapped Girft for Christmas...]
Thanks, again Secret Santa!
Ok, the brutal Super Awesome Pinball Show interrogation is finally over. They were no nonsense and relentless. With true journalistic integrity, they wouldn't quit until they got the truth. Finally all the darkest, most vile Secret Santa secrets will be revealed to the world. Be sure to stay tuned for the podcast link to find out all the shocking details inquiring minds want to know; like the dirt on the sweatshop out of Calcutta that is producing Pinside Secret Santa swag, the Pinside Secret Santa data breach that exposed all participating members t-shirt sizes...and most shockingly...what really was in Al Capone's glove compartment!?!?! 
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Quoted from LesManley:Ok, the brutal Super Awesome Pinball Show interrogation is finally over. They were no nonsense and relentless. With true journalistic integrity, they wouldn't quit until they got the truth. Finally all the darkest, most vile Secret Santa secrets will be revealed to the world. Be sure to stay tuned for the podcast link to find out all the shocking details inquiring minds want to know; like the dirt on the sweatshop out of Calcutta that is producing Pinside Secret Santa swag, the Pinside Secret Santa data breach that exposed all participating members t-shirt sizes...and most shockingly...what really was in Al Capone's glove compartment!?!?!
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2 chinchillas getting down tonight
news tonight at 6. chinchilla gate
was amateur pinball player john jundt using illegally obtained chinchillas and forcing them into indentured servitude to start an upstart pinball company?
tune in as we crack this case wide open finding malnourished rodents being forced to work 20hr shifts and take water baths in this heart wrenching investigation
Quoted from LesManley:Ok, the brutal Super Awesome Pinball Show interrogation is finally over. They were no nonsense and relentless. With true journalistic integrity, they wouldn't quit until they got the truth. Finally all the darkest, most vile Secret Santa secrets will be revealed to the world. Be sure to stay tuned for the podcast link to find out all the shocking details inquiring minds want to know; like the dirt on the sweatshop out of Calcutta that is producing Pinside Secret Santa swag, the Pinside Secret Santa data breach that exposed all participating members t-shirt sizes...and most shockingly...what really was in Al Capone's glove compartment!?!?!
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It was great having you on, and thanks for agreeing to spill all the dirt John! Hopefully highlighting this awesome thing that you do will bring even more people in for 2021. John's interview kicks off our holiday episode, with appearances by Gary Stern, George Gomez, Joe Kaminkow, Eric Meunier, John Borg and an interview with The Pinball Brothers, so he's in great company.
It should be out this Friday - Happy Holidays everyone!
unfortunately all items i ordered 2 weeks ago for my secret santa plus other things for me still have not come. All the mail tracking says (In Transit, Arriving Late) 
So i only have a few more days till 18th to get them shipped. I may have to just grab a giftcard send it :/ Any suggestions ?
Quoted from 2Kaulitz:unfortunately all items i ordered 2 weeks ago for my secret santa plus other things for me still have not come. All the mail tracking says (In Transit, Arriving Late) So i only have a few more days till 18th to get them shipped. I may have to just grab a giftcard send it :/ Any suggestions ?
Send the tracking info to John and ask him to tell your SS that things are late through no fault of yourself.
I would personally be disappointed at a gift card and would rather wait until after Christmas for a real gift, as long as I knew it was coming. My 2 cents anyway.
Only good news I can offer you 2Kaulitz is that items I sent out / ordered on BF started showing up at their desination / here last Friday.
Also, anyone unwilling to accept Late Gifts can tender a request to have their gifts forwarded to me. I promise to post pictures of me opening and enjoying them.
Quoted from 2Kaulitz:unfortunately all items i ordered 2 weeks ago for my secret santa plus other things for me still have not come. All the mail tracking says (In Transit, Arriving Late) So i only have a few more days till 18th to get them shipped. I may have to just grab a giftcard send it :/ Any suggestions ?
Im sure if you let Les know this year your recipient will be understanding.
Quoted from 2Kaulitz:unfortunately all items i ordered 2 weeks ago for my secret santa plus other things for me still have not come. All the mail tracking says (In Transit, Arriving Late) So i only have a few more days till 18th to get them shipped. I may have to just grab a giftcard send it :/ Any suggestions ?
I wouldn't count on anything mailed on the 18th arriving before Christmas. My USPS package was mailed in November and it still hasn't left the state. How about dropping a Christmas card in the mail ASAP saying happy holidays and that the gift will be arriving late?
Quoted from luckycreature:Im sure if you let Les know this year your recipient will be understanding.
Quoted from Fezmid:Send the tracking info to John and ask him to tell your SS that things are late through no fault of yourself.
I would personally be disappointed at a gift card and would rather wait until after Christmas for a real gift, as long as I knew it was coming. My 2 cents anyway.
Yeah i sent him email letting him know last week that stuff was running late. I may just get stuff have it direct shipped but i still have few days.
Quoted from balt:I wouldn't count on anything mailed on the 18th arriving before Christmas. My USPS package was mailed in November and it still hasn't left the state. How about dropping a Christmas card in the mail ASAP saying happy holidays and that the gift will be arriving late?
That's a good idea thx
We sent out approx 75 priority mails (boxes) on Friday. We are already hearing that folks have received them. The folks who have theirs are in-state, in case it matters.
Dude, my Santa totally gets me!
Some awesome shirts, cleaning rags (sorry, the BEST pin cleaning rags), some misc. pinball inserts for my restorations and an amazing TAF 3D graphic!
SCORE
Thanks Santa!!
p.s. sorry I couldn't wait to open them.
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Quoted from Atari_Daze:Dude, my Santa totally gets me!
Some awesome shirts, cleaning rags (sorry, the BEST pin cleaning rags), some misc. pinball inserts for my restorations and an amazing TAF 3D graphic!
SCORE
Thanks Santa!!
p.s. sorry I couldn't wait to open them.
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Dude, my hometown's name is Star City
Quoted from RCA1:Wow!
Thanks Santa!
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Lovin the artwork!!
Received my gift today! Board game to play with the kids, (they are already setting up a tournament), some fresh pinballs, a handmade bowl (really cool), a limited edition disc golf putter and some beer from the brewery they work at! Not pictured: mints that i crushed during a conference call today! Thank you so much santa!
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Quoted from Muskie82:Received my gift today! Board game to play with the kids, (they are already setting up a tournament), some fresh pinballs, a handmade bowl (really cool), a limited edition disc golf putter and some beer from the brewery they work at! Not pictured: mints that i crushed during a conference call today! Thank you so much santa!
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Wow! Disc golf...beer...board games...handmade bowls.......this sounds like gifts I would send!!! Congratulations!
To the SS: pm me. We have a lot in common!
Quoted from northerndude:Dude, my hometown's name is Star City
I bought a bunch of arcades from a old arcade in Star City years ago.
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