GWJ Secret Stan 2020: Time to Yeet This Holiday!

So, the second (and last) part of my Stanta gift is ready to be delivered, and it is way, way more awesome than I could have ever hoped and imagined.

Do I give it now or wait until closer to Christmas??

Always sooner. This is 2020, this is not the year for delayed gratification.

I found that UPS delivered two packages today. I didn't remember ordering anything, so I thought it was Stanta being sneaky... but it was my etsy order of the Grinch yard sign (and the metal stake).

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Just got a second package delivered to our door. I’ve had my wife look at them and they are from someone saying the are gifts. So I have two.
if I should open them now or someone to let me know
if I should wait for more I can do that too
Any thoughts ? Should I keep waiting or open now?

Packages away!

The consensus I believe is that we are not going with delayed gratification this year. Open up those packages and post some pics, people!!!

Dee, I want your Grinch sign!

sometimesdee wrote:

I didn't remember ordering anything,

This is the best feeling. It's a gift from past you.

Part one, according to Amazon, will be delivered today. If you live in Europe, be on the lookout for a package.

Edit - Package has, according to Amazon, been delivered "au concierge ou à la réception de l’adresse de livraison indiquée".

mudbunny wrote:

Part one, according to Amazon, will be delivered today. If you live in Europe, be on the lookout for a package.

Edit - Package has, according to Amazon, been delivered "au concierge ou à la réception de l’adresse de livraison indiquée".

...You're totally my Stanta, aren't you, Mudbunny? Apparently, there was a delivery attempt for me today, but said attempt was made the one time in the past 345,618 days that I turned off my iPhone (my watch is acting up, trying to resync all the juices). Will check in at the "front desk" later today after the kiddo's nap.
Fresh murderbutts, how exciting!

I think I may have been the first to receive a package so it’s only fitting to be the first to break the seal of posting the gifts. We had a few rough days recently, so I brought out the gifts early. UpToIsomorphism was an excellent Stanta, with gifts for the whole family!

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A Rocket League hat and Mass Effect hoodie for me—which is perfect!

Cookie cutters for my wife who got more into baking this year!

Never Girls book set for my 7 year old—she absolutely loves them! Excellent choice!

A Charmander for my Pokemon-loving 3 year old—his reenactments of poke battles are adorable!

And even some new toys for my cat—who pounced on the package and started tearing at it before it was even open, and had to have one of the two toys immediately.

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Thank you, Stanta UpToIsomorphism! We all loved your gifts! Thank you!

Glad everyone likes everything Anti. Happy Decemberween!!!

Kiri wrote:

Dee, I want your Grinch sign!

Get your own here.

Love the Rocket League hat, Anti!

To my Stanta - additional packages appear to have arrived! There will be a reckoning soon!

Thank you Cartoonin! My boys and I loved opening the gifts and they are great.

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mudbunny wrote:

Part one, according to Amazon, will be delivered today. If you live in Europe, be on the lookout for a package.
Edit - Package has, according to Amazon, been delivered "au concierge ou à la réception de l’adresse de livraison indiquée".

So for those of you who don't speak French, "déposé au concierge ou à la réception de l’adresse de livraison indiquée" means "unpacked from the box and deposited in your mailbox" (not really). This gorgeous book of concept art from Guild Wars is none the worse for wear though:
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It's absolutely WODNERFUL, thank you so much, Mudbunny!!!!! <3 I knew a few of the pieces, because they've been floating around and some are used as loading screens, but to have all of it in such a beautiful book. Wow. Thank you very, very much.

So happy!!

The second part is in your inbox, and I am equal parts excited and worried about it.

Well, I didn't order anything from Uncommon Goods, and there's no card or signature on the box, so I'm going to assume my Secret Stanta gift has arrived! Hooray!

Unboxing pics you say? Don't mind if I do!

A wild BOX has appeared!
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Time to open this bad boy up!
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Paper! My goodness! It's full of Paper! But wait, what's that under there...
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A Mars Dust Globe?
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This is AMAZING! It's a MARS DUST GLOBE!
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Seriously, I can not thank my Secret Stanta enough! This thing is awesome, and the pictures do not do it justice! The Mars Dust seems to be in constant motion in there, and it looks just awesome! Thank you, thank you, thank you, to whomever out there decided to send this my way!

farley3k wrote:

Thank you Cartoonin! My boys and I loved opening the gifts and they are great.

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Good deal! I wanted to get a couple of things from your Amazon list and a couple that weren't and when I did some more stalking I saw that you played quite a bit of Fallout, hence the Nuka Cola and FO socks.

mudbunny wrote:

So happy!!

The second part is in your inbox, and I am equal parts excited and worried about it.

Got it! Haven’t opened it, but I’m excited, intrigued and extremely curious!!!!! Gonna find a nice, quiet time to sit down and set something up with OBS, though I don’t think I’ll live stream it. We’ll see.

Dear Stantee, your gifts have been uh... yeeted? Yeetamafied? Yeeta Matata? Well they're underway.

Welp, this is it, sorry folks, pack it in, because I've WON Secret Stanta. Mudbunny's phase two just knocked it out of the park and into orbit. In a nutshell, because I'm going to keep this to myself, at least until the flailing and blushing decreases (if it ever does), but I received the AWESOME, AMAZING, MINDBLOWING gift of a record video "hello" from Raphael Sbarge, actor who voiced Kaidan in Mass Effect (and Carth in KotOR and a bunch of other, amazing credits).
I am just... FLOORED. Just... Holy duck on a cracker. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUDBUNNY.

Eleima wrote:

Welp, this is it, sorry folks, pack it in, because I've WON Secret Stanta. Mudbunny's phase two just knocked it out of the park and into orbit. In a nutshell, because I'm going to keep this to myself, at least until the flailing and blushing decreases (if it ever does), but I received the AWESOME, AMAZING, MINDBLOWING gift of a record video "hello" from Raphael Sbarge, actor who voiced Kaidan in Mass Effect (and Carth in KotOR and a bunch of other, amazing credits).
I am just... FLOORED. Just... Holy duck on a cracker. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUDBUNNY.

Ho. ly. sh*t. Yeah, there's no topping that. We must all bow down to mudbunny, king of all Stantas.

I once Stanta'd mudbunny, and am now feeling like I underachieved.

My current Stanta needs to understand how much I love Johnny Depp, and, I hear he has some availability these days.

mudbunny wrote:

So happy!!

The second part is in your inbox, and I am equal parts excited and worried about it.

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I'm not sure if international datelines mean things are flung into the future or the past but I believe 1 of 2 has been delivered through the time portal

Woot, a package has been received! Very nice wrapping. We will likely wait on opening till after Christmas.

If my reading comprehension skills are working, it appears from up thread that possibly another package(s) is still to be delivered, and I will update when any remaining parcels are delivered. And will post unwrapping pics in due time.

Meanwhile, I have acquired two of my items for my victim, and will be shipping them out next week along with the shipment of additional items direct from the North Pole Interwebs.

-- hoo boy, I've been told by delivery peeps that there's something waiting for me at home after work today!!

Will post photos when I find out.....thanks in advance to my Secret Stan for the excitement of this moment of anticipation.

Finally ordered a couple parts of my gift for my Stantee. Just need to do some more stalking and shopping.