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Re: geeky stocking stuffers Mana #177237 12/14/13 08:26 AM
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madeinuk Member Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,453 NJ	Originally Posted by Mana OT alert. You guys got me curious about Playmobil minifigs so I googled. I suppose I do get the humor of some of them but I'm rather disturbed by some of the sets, especially by the Axe Man and The Policeman & Tramp. What were they thinking? Take a look at some of the Lothar Meggendorfer stuff if you want to see disturbing LOL Very ingenious mechanisms though - very Heath Robinson / Rube Goldberg. Become what you are

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #177281 12/15/13 11:27 AM
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HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	SLOOH gift certs/cards. DD really enjoyed this during her astronomy/cosmology phase. (not sure that she's entirely out of this phase, but she's not obsessed the way she was when she was 9-12) Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers HowlerKarma #177385 12/16/13 04:59 PM
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DeHe Member Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 735	Originally Posted by HowlerKarma See, we like that kind of thing. It's admittedly odd, but then again, we're like that. DD had Far Side collections before she was five, I think, and had seen The Holy Grail twice by the time she was 8 or 9. Her favorite of the Minis from Playmobil (aside from the obvious winner of the fully tricked-out Hazmat team) is the Caesar one. Got that for her the year we saw Julius Caesar. {snicker} It sits on a shelf next to "Yorick" in her room. We haven't done far side yet but DS just discovered our collection of Calvin and Hobbes. He is in heaven! DeHe

Re: geeky stocking stuffers HowlerKarma #177386 12/16/13 05:02 PM
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DeHe Member Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 735	Originally Posted by HowlerKarma See, we like that kind of thing. It's admittedly odd, but then again, we're like that. DD had Far Side collections before she was five, I think, and had seen The Holy Grail twice by the time she was 8 or 9. Her favorite of the Minis from Playmobil (aside from the obvious winner of the fully tricked-out Hazmat team) is the Caesar one. Got that for her the year we saw Julius Caesar. {snicker} It sits on a shelf next to "Yorick" in her room. We haven't tried far side yet although DH and I are big fans - DS just discovered Calvin and Hobbes - has been in hysterics for days! DeHe

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #177524 12/18/13 06:45 AM
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blessed Junior Member B Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 26	I am putting in a bookmark electronic dictionary, so DS can look up new words he comes across while reading, and a metal mini-puzzle. I bought both at Books A Million. The bookmark was around $20 and the puzzle maybe $5? A little pricey for a stocking, but I just put less stuff in to compensate. Oh! And, I also found a Minecraft mini-plush toy there that I'm putting in as well.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #177526 12/18/13 06:53 AM
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DeeDee Member D Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,498	Is a harmonica geeky?

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #177529 12/18/13 07:12 AM
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HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	I don't know that I'd call it GEEKY, exactly. More like hipster. In any event, DD8 sure loved hers. Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers HowlerKarma #177544 12/18/13 08:46 AM
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DeHe Member Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 735	DS loved his harmonica too. That was in the interested in music phase. But years later he still will dig it out - which is much more pleasant than when he digs out the accordion his grandmother gave him! DeHe

Re: geeky stocking stuffers madeinuk #177613 12/18/13 03:47 PM
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Mana Member M Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 882	Originally Posted by madeinuk Take a look at some of the Lothar Meggendorfer stuff if you want to see disturbing LOL I took a look and I wasn't exactly disturbed but fascinated. If I still could talk art history, I would have had something interesting to say but that part of my brain doesn't seem to work anymore. ***** I couldn't think of anything especially geeky for DD for her stocking so she is getting mostly art supplies but I'm thinking of putting in a little card that says she now has a BrainPOP Jr subscription. She's been religiously watching the free videos for months and is always so sad that she can't access the other videos.

Re: geeky stocking stuffers ultramarina #177634 12/18/13 08:31 PM
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madeinuk Member Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,453 NJ	This tee shirt:- Link Become what you are

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