Official 2022 Pinside Secret Santa Participants Thread

Quoted from Mundy53:
Isn’t someone giving you a pinball machine this December?

Yes. I await my AG pin with much anticipation. I still need to build a throne for it.

#357 1 year ago

JAY

dirkdiggler

Inactive member

8y 123K 5,675 2

Quoted from redman822:
Doing ANYTHING poolside is quite enjoyable....

It would be better with some scenery

#358 1 year ago

SLT

Saltimbanco

Pinside member

Quoted from dirkdiggler:
It would be better with some scenery

I was about to ask wink wink

#359 1 year ago

WOT

Atari_Daze

Spd

Houston, TX

7y 141K 10,053 7

Quoted from dirkdiggler:
It would be better with some scenery

Ask an you shall receive.

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#360 1 year ago

???

bjab

Pinside+ Frequent

Country Club, MO

2y 27,400 53 5

hahaha ...that's funny

#361 1 year ago

SLT

Saltimbanco

Pinside member

Quoted from Atari_Daze:
Ask an you shall receive. [quoted image]

Hahaha, Too funny! Also explains why there's nobody around! But us Canucks always turn a bad situation around, so get those marshmallows out..!

#362 1 year ago

TWS

TroyS

Quoted from Liftserv:
I have a little follow up from my secret Santa, sometime last week we received a bunch of packages which of course were for my daughter and wife but when they were opened one was for me from my Secret Santa! They re-boxed it in the chewy box in the picture below and I will report back on Christmas as to its
contents! (Sorry Secret Santa for the time it took to report the arrival of your second package and thanks again) Also, our plans to try our Ice cream chicken drumsticks fell short on Thanksgiving also due to overeating! I will follow up on that soon. (I like to have all the grand kids and
our kids together to sample it at the same time) Also in the picture is a shirt that Robin and staff sent me for posting in the 20-year anniversary thread! Thank You Robin and Crew! This has been a great kick off to the 2023 Christmas season!
Jim[quoted image]

Totally rad shirt!

#363 1 year ago

JRM

Mitoska

Pinside+ Frequent

Brooklyn, MI

8y 102K 626 50 2

Ahh yes.. the amazing gift of the new in box pin last year..that was something amazing for the giver and the recipient.... In the rare rare rare case that anyone is gifting a game again and myself or my son sterling is your secret Santa recipient, please send game to project pinball children's hospital charity instead. We are more then fortunate to be able to purchase games!

#364 1 year ago

TWS

TroyS

Quoted from northerndude:
There has been TWO pinball machines gifted so far.

Just crazy, I might just pass out if a pin showed up.

#365 1 year ago

SLT

Saltimbanco

Pinside member

Quoted from Mitoska:
Ahh yes.. the amazing gift of the new in box pin last year..that was something amazing for the giver and the recipient.... In the rare rare rare case that anyone is gifting a game again and myself or my son sterling is your secret Santa recipient, please send game to project pinball children's hospital charity instead. We are more then fortunate to be able to purchase games!

Wish we'd have that in Canada actually; I can see CHEO's or Montreal's Children Hospital (just a couple of examples) with a few pinballs and multicades!

#366 1 year ago

TWS

TroyS

OH NO.......

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#367 1 year ago

DSS

Haymaker

Pinside member

Rockford, IL

9y 125K 6,556 15 16

I was the lucky recipient of a game one year and it was an incredible gift. I had a great time going through it, fixing it up and getting it playing awesome. At the time I was looking for a little project over the winter and that game was perfect! It was enjoyed by myself and plenty of my friends for a good 2 years or so and I moved it on to another friend for basically what I had in new parts I put in it. He actually just texted me the other day and mentioned that his family was still enjoying it.

That level of generosity is why I always try and stretch my purse strings as far as they will go for my santee. If I had the means, I'd love to be a game gifter. It was truly a special experience and thank you again for the kind santa that did that for me! An act of kindness that I'll never forget. All that aside, pinside secret santa is just a really special experience all around, and certainly one of my yearly highlights.

I'm looking forward to getting my gifts sent out for this year...soon

PS- I want to apologize for whoever is the unfortunate soul that has me this year. I know I didn't put a good description in

#368 1 year ago

JEN

Jenniebear

Pinside member

Pittsburgh, PA

6y 82,900 567 14

Thank you Secret Santa, I got a sheet of Voodoo Glass! You’re awesome and I’m very grateful!!

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#369 1 year ago

WCS

waymon

Pinside+ Frequent

Memphis, TN

5y 60,050 207 9 20

Quoted from Jenniebear:
Thank you Secret Santa, I got a sheet of Voodoo Glass! You’re awesome and I’m very grateful!!
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Real nice!!

#370 1 year ago

JAZ

smalltownguy2

Pinside member

11y 63,300 1,476 3

Super cool gift!

#371 1 year ago

JOR

KSUWildcatFan

Pinside member

Quoted from Jenniebear:
Thank you Secret Santa, I got a sheet of Voodoo Glass! You’re awesome and I’m very grateful!!
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Very nice!

#372 1 year ago

TWS

TroyS

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
Very nice!

Wow, that’s amazing!!

#373 1 year ago

TWS

TroyS

Quoted from Jenniebear:
Thank you Secret Santa, I got a sheet of Voodoo Glass! You’re awesome and I’m very grateful!!
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When you get a chance tell us how it is.

#374 1 year ago

PGL

northvibe

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 121K 13,929

all the paper mash

Quoted from Jenniebear:
Thank you Secret Santa, I got a sheet of Voodoo Glass! You’re awesome and I’m very grateful!!
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snaps! That is awesome!

#375 1 year ago

GMK

grantopia

Pinside member

Fairview Park, OH

8y 99,600 3,565 8

Quoted from Jenniebear:
Thank you Secret Santa, I got a sheet of Voodoo Glass! You’re awesome and I’m very grateful!!
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Sick!! This stuff is killer!

#376 1 year ago

TOM

Tomass

Pinside member

Wasilla, AK

6y 98,350 3,835 17

I'm gonna send my Santee one of my EMs....1 piece at a time over the next year and he will have to reassemble. It will be a fun project that keeps on giving.

#377 1 year ago

JOR

KSUWildcatFan

Pinside member

Quoted from Tomass:
I'm gonna send my Santee one of my EMs....1 piece at a time over the next year and he will have to reassemble. It will be a fun project that keeps on giving.

My stomach just cramped at the thought.

#378 1 year ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

Pinside+ Frequent

5y 163K 15,961 5

Quoted from Tomass:
I'm gonna send my Santee one of my EMs....1 piece at a time over the next year and he will have to reassemble. It will be a fun project that keeps on giving.

Better send quick. Usps rates goin up again Jan 1

#379 1 year ago

RSM

Mundy53

Pinside+ Frequent

Westport, MA

4y 65,050 452 19

Quoted from Tomass:
I'm gonna send my Santee one of my EMs....1 piece at a time over the next year and he will have to reassemble. It will be a fun project that keeps on giving.

You lose worse on that deal with shipping from Alaska…

#380 1 year ago

MJI

Percula

Pinside member

4y 56,050 236 3

All my things are ordered and on the way.

#381 1 year ago

SSS

luckycreature

Pinside+ Frequent

Asheville, NC

6y 76,800 664 3 20

Anyone else buy something for your recipient and once it arrived your like well I need this as well?
Ha just happened to me..

#382 1 year ago

AMK

amkoepfer

Pinside member

Toledo, OH

9y 162K 4,923 23 51

Quoted from luckycreature:
Anyone else buy something for your recipient and once it arrived your like well I need this as well?
Ha just happened to me..

The last few years i double the order. If its a shirt, one for them, one for me. Works out great!

#383 1 year ago

SED

Steve_d71

Pinside member

6y 62,050 257

I just received a gift from my ss. It's a raffle ticket for a chance to win a Bobby Orr pinball machine from project pinball. Sent the link so I can watch the draw.
To top it off my ss also said they would cover shipping costs if I won.
How cool is that!!!
This is very exciting! Merry Christmas to my secret Santa and all the pinsiders!

#384 1 year ago

JOR

KSUWildcatFan

Pinside member

Quoted from luckycreature:
Anyone else buy something for your recipient and once it arrived your like well I need this as well?
Ha just happened to me..

Purposely combined an order and bought for myself along with my recipient. I'm excited for both of us!

#385 1 year ago

TWS

TroyS

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
Purposely combined an order and bought for myself along with my recipient. I'm excited for both of us!

Yup had that happen this year!

#386 1 year ago

TWS

TroyS

Quoted from Tomass:
I'm gonna send my Santee one of my EMs....1 piece at a time over the next year and he will have to reassemble. It will be a fun project that keeps on giving.

That would be way amazing. My EM is the only one.

#387 1 year ago

JOR

KSUWildcatFan

Pinside member

Quoted from TroyS:
Yup had that happen this year!

I kept toggling back and forth on what would be fun to buy but couldn't settle on anything. But a BF deal on another item I've wanted for a while pushed me into buying from a particular seller and it turned out we could both use the second item I added to the cart. Win-win-win. Granted, I'm assuming he doesn't already have it..impossible to know really. So long as he doesn't, I think he'll be very pleased considering how much of an upgrade it is from the original parts!

#388 1 year ago

JIM

Liftserv

Pinside member

12y 65,550 446

Quoted from Tomass:
I'm gonna send my Santee one of my EMs....1 piece at a time over the next year and he will have to reassemble. It will be a fun project that keeps on giving.

This reminds me of a episode of MASH where Radar was sending a Jeep home to his uncle piece by piece!

#389 1 year ago

AHS

hoby1

Pinside member

Allentown, PA

12y 105K 4,271 9

Question guys as this is my first year .... what do we put as a return address and where do we post tracking for the package.

LMK I..... "I mean Santa " is ready to ship

#390 1 year ago

YYZ

SterlingRush

Pinside+ Addict

Bremen, GA

11y 75,550 801 3 6

Quoted from hoby1:
Question guys as this is my first year .... what do we put as a return address and where do we post tracking for the package.
LMK I..... "I mean Santa " is ready to ship

You can put your return address, just make sure you use Pinside Secret Santa instead of your name.

As for tracking info, you message Les Manley, same person you received your recipient info from.

Side note for all of the 1st timers to Secret Santa: First off, thank you for being a part of this, it is a great time all around, so enjoy it. Make sure you don’t get huge expectations from your Santa, it’s the thought that counts, not the price tag or quantity. Yes, I know there’s some amazing gifts that can change hands, just don’t get butt hurt if your gift(s) don’t meet your dreams. It’s more about giving and having fun, than receiving. If you’re going to be bitter, please don’t post.

If there’s an issue, I’ve known other Santa’s to be standup people, that help out when they can. Don’t fear, just enjoy

#391 1 year ago

AHS

hoby1

Pinside member

Allentown, PA

12y 105K 4,271 9

Quoted from SterlingRush:
You can put your return address, just make sure you use Pinside Secret Santa instead of your name.
As for tracking info, you message Les Manley, same person you received your recipient info from.

THX brother !!!

#392 1 year ago

WOT

Atari_Daze

Spd

Houston, TX

7y 141K 10,053 7

Quoted from SterlingRush:
You can put your return address, just make sure you use Pinside Secret Santa instead of your name.

I've used 1600 Pennsylvania Ave before.
And 1234 North Pole Blvd

#393 1 year ago

GKH

MC35

Pinside member

North Fond Du Lac, WI

10y 48,300 139 14

If my Santa hasn't bought for me yet and is from Texas, I can't get these in Wisconsin. Just saying...

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#394 1 year ago

SLT

Saltimbanco

Pinside member

Quoted from MC35:
If my Santa hasn't bought for me yet and is from Texas, I can't get these in Wisconsin. Just saying...
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What are those little magical things, sweet & salty? Pinside Secret Santa sure is the place to discover some new goodies!

#395 1 year ago

JOR

KSUWildcatFan

Pinside member

Quoted from MC35:
If my Santa hasn't bought for me yet and is from Texas, I can't get these in Wisconsin. Just saying...
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Buc-Ee's is LIFE. There needs to be one in Kansas, yesterday.

#396 1 year ago

TKM

Daditude

Pinside Moderator

Rockwall, TX

5y 266K 10,123 23 271

Quoted from MC35:
If my Santa hasn't bought for me yet and is from Texas, I can't get these in Wisconsin. Just saying...
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Quoted from Saltimbanco:
What are those little magical things, sweet & salty? Pinside Secret Santa sure is the place to discover some new goodies!

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
Bucc-Ee's is LIFE. There needs to be one in Kansas, yesterday.

I feel spoiled now. I live 5 minutes from one and I almost never go there

#397 1 year ago

JOR

KSUWildcatFan

Pinside member