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Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #176965 12/10/13 01:26 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 3,428 U ultramarina OP Member
OP ultramarina Member U Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 3,428	Oh, I don't pay attention to it when selecting gifts, of course. It just annoys the heck out of me.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers DeHe #176966 12/10/13 01:35 PM
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HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	Originally Posted by DeHe DS loves these - he has nerve, bone,e coli, t-4 and others , this year he is getting skin! Stuffies for the science crowd Giant microbes DeHe Yersinia Pestis has been on my personal Christmas wishlist for many years. {sigh} Going into DD's stocking this year-- awww-- you didn't think that I was really going to spoil the surprise, right? She reads everywhere that I frequent, sadly. Teenagers. Things which were popular with her in years past: Dissection kits Tape Paper airplane book (with really awesome ideas and a discussion of the design/physics) Crystal Radio kit Solar insect/creature kits Lego Minifigs Playmobil minis-- especially quirky/ironic stuff. The Hazmat crew still lives on DH's desk at work. ROFL! Gaming stuff-- minifigs, dice, etc. Admission to a local exhibit or event Software Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #176970 12/10/13 02:26 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,390 Seattle area ElizabethN Member
ElizabethN Member Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,390 Seattle area	Originally Posted by ultramarina I remember never being able to do Rubik's cube when I was a kid! Not sure now how old I was when they came out. Is there a slighter easier version of that type of thing? (Kids are 9 and 5, albeit better at puzzling/spatial stuff than I am) Maybe the snake? The Pyraminx is quite a bit easier, but still hard enough to be interesting, I think. Tantrix is a fun little puzzle that my daughter has enjoyed quite a bit. Last edited by ElizabethN; 12/10/13 03:46 PM. Reason: fixed dumb typo

Re: geeky stocking stuffers HowlerKarma #176976 12/10/13 03:13 PM
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DeHe Member Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 735	Originally Posted by HowlerKarma Yersinia Pestis has been on my personal Christmas wishlist for many years. {sigh} Lego Minifigs Playmobil minis-- especially quirky/ironic stuff. The Hazmat crew still lives on DH's desk at work. ROFL! : Software We have hazmat too! And have you seen the new female scientist mini fig. Almost ordered it for myself DeHe

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #176978 12/10/13 03:18 PM
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OP ultramarina Member U Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 3,428	My kids have been fighting over that minifig

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #176986 12/10/13 08:20 PM
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Nautigal Member N Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,032	Hexbugs are great fun, but it helps to have at least one "habitat" thing for them to run around in, and that part won't fit in the stocking. I also got a set of Minecraft magnets -- 80 magnets on each of two sheets, in all the different types of blocks and mobs and stuff. I'm giving one sheet to each kid.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers DeHe #176989 12/10/13 09:05 PM
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HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	Originally Posted by DeHe Originally Posted by HowlerKarma Yersinia Pestis has been on my personal Christmas wishlist for many years. {sigh} Lego Minifigs Playmobil minis-- especially quirky/ironic stuff. The Hazmat crew still lives on DH's desk at work. ROFL! : Software We have hazmat too! And have you seen the new female scientist mini fig. Almost ordered it for myself DeHe Yes!! DD was ELATED to get that one. Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #176994 12/10/13 09:54 PM
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bluemagic Member B Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,489	When my son was somewhere around 8 or 9 (I can't remember) the favorite item Santa brought was a College Dictionary. And the first thing he did was take it to his bedroom and look up most of the "bad" words he could think of. The other adults thought I was nuts, but he got more millage out of that gift than anything else that year.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #176999 12/11/13 04:49 AM
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madeinuk Member Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,453 NJ	Speaking of crystal sets, there was a great bottle radio project on the make zine along with RadioShack components needed for it and instructions... Have any of you been to RadioShack lately? they have seriously 'upgraded' with a ton of Arduino kits and other electrical toy/gizmo kits. Become what you are

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #177001 12/11/13 07:03 AM
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OP ultramarina Member U Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 3,428	We got a lot of Hexbugs last year. They are fun. They like to make mazes out of blocks for them. Radio Shack is right down the road from me! I'll have to stop by.

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