Reply To: Hobby Weekender 16/11/2018 – Back before you can miss it!

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Ohh new weekend, new weekender 😀

Pledge ? I am expecting anywhere between 1 and 3 kickstarters to arrive within the next few days based on the tracking e-mails/messages I’ve got.
The only ‘problem’ is that I could only identify one as being Carnevale as it was a message from TrollTrader Ltd which is TTCombat … I think.

There’s also another one that mentions “mdf terrain 4mm” … which may or may not be the habblock kickstarter (all 10 kilos of it … )

1. Seasonal gift shopping – For those of you in regions where it’s a thing do you still bother? If so, have you started yet?

Saint Nicolas is about to arrive saturday … except it’s not the fun kid-friendly affair it used to be, because a bunch of *beeps* have been extremely disruptive.  It’s gotten to the point that we’ve got police with bullet proof vests running security and all rest of the security theatre that modern society demands … 🙁

This is how it used to be :

And this is the pc version that kids get to suffer as a result :

Anyways … on to happy thoughts.  When we were kids we still had presents and associated shopping by our parents.
These days we’ve moved it to Christmas. Shopping isn’t easy when no one really knows what they want. Add to this that my nephews and niece also get presents from Saint Nicolas I can’t start shopping until I know what they have been given.

2. Jigsaw puzzles – have they ever been a thing in your household?

nope, although I do remember my parents having one puzzle framed as a picture.

3. Name a type of food you wished could just be delivered to your door on demand in the same manner that pizza is.
that’s a trick question, isn’t it ?

4. What kids toy do you wish had been available on the market when you were younger?
I’d say Warhammer 40k and all the other miniature wargames we’ve got these days.

5. Favourite pie filling?

Difficult. I’d say cherries, but there’s also apricots and gooseberries.

hmmmm