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Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

It's the most wonderful time of the year! The nights are getting longer, the air is getting colder and anime girls are instinctively putting on santa suits. Christmas is coming! Why spend the holidays with your normie family when you could give gifts to fellow otaku? Send gifts to your anime friends through the Vegeta Secret Santa!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMXF6PE1Ng8

Schedule
Signups begin as soon as the thread is posted. Signups end on Thursday, November 26, American Thanksgiving, as soon as turkey is served at my house, so around noon EST. You will get your assignments after football ends, so around 11pm-12am EST. You will have two weeks to get presents out. Your presents should be sent out by December 10th. Why is this? Because it takes a long time for things to arrive, especially to and from Australia if shipped internationally. If you have not received a gift by January 15th, contact me and I will make things happen.

The Rules
  1. You must have a reg date before December 2014, so a full year of posting.
  2. You must provide a link to a thread in Vegeta where you are a regular poster in your sign up post.
  3. If you do not send a gift, you will receive a month's probation and a redtext telling everyone how horrible you are.
  4. Recommended price range for store bought items is $15-$20. Feel free to spend more or less if your gift is good. This does not apply to homemade items like paintings, crafts, short stories or music .
  5. Most of all, before you send something, ask yourself, "if the roles were reversed, would I accept this gift?" If you cannot in good conscious say yes, do not send that gift.

Signing up
Here's how it works. If you want to sign up, you should post in this thread. Make sure you read this carefully because if you don't you might not get a gift, or worse, you might get probated. That post should include:
  1. Your forums name
  2. Whether you want to ship international. This means if you are willing to ship to a country outside of your area. When you sign up put which continent you live on (if it's North America put the country). You will be given assignments based on your location. This will be your version of domestic shipping.
  3. A link to a thread in Vegeta where you are an active contributor.
  4. What are your favorite series? (It doesn't have to be just anime and manga! Anything related to Japan is fair game.)
  5. What things do you want to receive? What don't you want to receive? (So, what do you want? Do you like figmas? Enjoy a Bluray? What about the opposite? Make sure you are specific because you might get a bad present if you're not! Make sure you say whether you're ok getting liquor or 18+ items!)
  6. Other non-anime/manga/toku things you're interested in. (So, your real life hobbies. You do have those, right?)
  7. Other things you think are necessary. (Shirt sizes, special preferences, etc.)
You should then send an email with the subject VEGETA Secret Santa- your forums name containing your shipping details to SmokingCrowSA@gmail.com.
YOU MUST DO BOTH. IF YOU DO ONE AND NOT THE OTHER YOU WILL NOT GET A GIFT!

So call in that KFC, take that cake out the oven and get ready for Christmas Japan style! Merry Christmas!
Remember to be like this guy:

Smoking Crow fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Oct 26, 2015

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Parallax
Jan 14, 2006

who eats on Thanksgiving at noon

well DESPITE my misgivings

A. Parallax
B. only domestically
C. this and other chat threads
D. FLCL, Nichijou and most KyoAni shows, Gundam, Non Non Biyori, Patlabor, Sentai shows
E. Figures are cool, books are cool, food is cool. DVDs probably aren't the best because I own so many of them already, unless it's something weird or obscure.
F. Video games, foreign films and film in general, writing, dogs!!!!
G. I am average sized, so medium works for about anything. Not allergic to anything.

USA USA USA

Parallax fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Nov 17, 2015

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine

Parallax posted:

who eats on Thanksgiving at noon

A lot of people. Thanksgiving dinner is usually sometime in the early afternoon.

Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Would it be possible to gift each other digital stuff? I'd love to join in but international shipping is hella steep.

everythingWasBees
Jan 9, 2013




Your forums name: everythingWasBees

Whether you want to ship international: USA, but I'll ship and receive internationally.


A link to a thread in Vegeta where you are an active contributor: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3730147

What are your favorite series?: Humanity has Declined, Guilty Gear, Pokemon, Digimon, Giant Robo, Gunbuster/Diebuster, Gundam, Monster Musume and pretty much anything with Monster Girls, Amagi, *gatari. I really really like shoujo series too!

What things do you want to receive? What don't you want to receive?: Games are cool, weird model kits are cool, tools are wonderful. I got really into minis recently but own all of four, and not that many paints, so that'd make a cool gift too. Books, especially art books, are a lot of fun, but the first volume of a manga is usually not ideal since I'll finish it in like half an hour and not be able to buy the rest. Snacks, candies, hot sauces, all good. Cute little figures to decorate my desk are always good too. Please please please nothing drug-related that isn't booze. No wallscrolls either. 18+ goods and booze are fine though, even encouraged. I have over tens of thousands of posts on this site so if you want to do some internet detecting to find out what I like your results would probably be pretty fruitful. Or you could always ask a friend.
I also have a very happy little brother who's almost three now, so if you want to send something for him that'd work too!

Other non-anime/manga/toku things you're interested in: Robots, Insects, Game Development, Arcade Games (Fighting games and shmups), Food, Miniatures

Other things you think are necessary: I wear a Men's L. Hat size is usually XL, or larger. I don't like coconut or pepper extract. No allergies.

everythingWasBees fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Nov 25, 2015

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
Does Hawaii count as outside the US for shipping purposes? I dunno how rates work here.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Smoking Crow

International? Yes. USA

Monster Girl Central

Favorite Series- Girls und Panzer, Godzilla, Sailor Moon, City Hunter, Detective Conan, anything by Satoshi Kon, Franken Fran, FMW, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa.

Things I am ok receiving- Figmas, Blurays, manga, wallscrolls, CDs, books, shirts, video games, douj, anything really! As long as it's a good gift. 18+ is ok. Things I'm not ok receiving- key chains, anything smaller than a good sized figma (no nendroids!), liquor, anything to do with drugs, model kits, most things to do with robots sorry!!

Other things I'm interested in: History, especially the Roman Empire and Pre-Norman Britain, sports (steelers for american football, penguins for hockey, pirates for baseball), pro wrestling, pinball, fight games, classic arcade games

Misc.- Shirt size=American Large, Region 1 Blurays.

Smoking Crow fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Nov 18, 2015

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

A: look left, it's namtab
B: I'm in the uk, I have no choice
C: All the threads, you know who I am
D: k-on (I own all the dvds and mangs tho), I like most things except baby anims.
E: I'm happy with things I can use, or games or dvds or manga or w/e. I specifically don't want clothing/accessories though because there's nowhere I'd use it.
F: reading (genre fiction mostly), watching some sports (rugby especially), video games,
G: Idk, have smoking crow send me an email if you really want to ask me something

E: region 2 for any videos.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Droyer posted:

Would it be possible to gift each other digital stuff? I'd love to join in but international shipping is hella steep.

Yes, but I'd prefer it if you sent something physical. Please make a good try to send something physical!

Strange Quark posted:

Does Hawaii count as outside the US for shipping purposes? I dunno how rates work here.

It counts as US.

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

One assumes we're allowed to make use of American amazon or w/e

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Namtab posted:

One assumes we're allowed to make use of American amazon or w/e

As long as it reaches the intended person it's fine. No smuggling tho!!!

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine
boom boom boom

in the USA, willing to ship within the US. Honestly, within Texas is preferable. If there's someone I can just bicycle to and leave their present on their doorstep, do that

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748330

Favorite Series - Gundam, Girls und Panzer, Yowamushi Pedal, Monster Musume, Bakemonogatari, VOTOMS

Things I'm Ok for receiving - I'm up for pretty much anything. Toys, models, books, blurays, 18+, whatever. Just not the first volume of a long running manga, or anything digital.

Non anime interests - Bicycling, American comics, sci-fi, I'm interested in getting into tabletop miniature war gaming, so some sort of miniatures thing would be appreciated

Shirt size is Large, American region bluray/DVD/VHS, etc.

boom boom boom fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Nov 25, 2015

everythingWasBees
Jan 9, 2013




Smoking Crow posted:

As long as it reaches the intended person it's fine. No smuggling tho!!!

That's no fun.

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

Smoking Crow posted:

As long as it reaches the intended person it's fine. No smuggling tho!!!

Idk how to smuggle using amazon but it may save me money on air mail :)

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
A. Strange Quark

B. USA. I'd prefer not to ship international, but could if needed.

C. The chat thread mk. x.

D. Gintama, Ace Attorney, Atlus franchises (Etrian Odyssey, SMT, Trauma Center), Okami, I dunno, here's my MAL.

E. Books of any kind, including manga or doujinshi. 18+ or skeevy stuff is okay if it's BL not conspicuous or excessive. I don't like gore. I'm fine with clothing as long as it's not too flashy. Blu-rays, DVDs, CDs, and video games (PC/3DS/Wii U/PS3) are fine, though I don't have any means of playing them at the moment unless they're digital. I'm cool with figures or toys as long as they don't take up too much space. Any non-spicy food is okay. No liquor, drugs, etc.

F. I study astronomy, so space is cool as well as any generic science/math stuff.

G. American region for physical media. T-shirt size unisex S.

Strange Quark fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Oct 27, 2015

Mintergalactic
Dec 26, 2012

Mintergalactic

I'm ok with shipping international if I have to but i'd prefer not to

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748330 , and most of the other chat threads too

Anime I like: Monogataris (bake, katana, etc.), Tatami Galaxy, Jojos, Nichijou, I watched Hunter x hunter recently and that was pretty good, does guilty gear count as anime

I'm okay with getting anything except audio CDs since I don't actually have a device to play those, I'm over 21 so feel free to send me booze and porn, i have a soft spot for posable lumps of plastic and stuff to stick on my keychain

Non-anime stuff I like: fighting games fighting games fighting games fighting games fighting games fighting games

Men's size L or XL, it depends on the brand

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Poll: do you guys think there are enough people signing up to warrant a region list? Like USA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, ASIA each with their own dedicated shipping lists?

Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Smoking Crow posted:

Poll: do you guys think there are enough people signing up to warrant a region list? Like USA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, ASIA each with their own dedicated shipping lists?

I'd sign up if there was.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Droyer posted:

I'd sign up if there was

there already is a provisional europe only sign up sheet it's in the op

i mean for australians

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Fine

DECREE OF GOD
When you sign up put which continent you live on (if it's North America put the country). You will be given assignments based on your location

Mintergalactic
Dec 26, 2012

america bitches

Mintergalactic
Dec 26, 2012

USA
USA
USA

Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

Droyer
Europe. Would prefer not to ship outside of Europe
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3746278
Patlabor, Giant Robo, Turn A gundam
DVDs or Blurays would be cool. Shirts would be cool too. Feel free to send me 18+ stuff as long as it isn't gross. Not music. Although I do like building models I already have most of what i want, so probably not that either. I doubt anyone would do this, but no food/edible stuff either. That includes alcohol.
I like video games, platformers and rpgs mostly. Nintendo games especially.
I'm an M in size, although that fluctuates a lot between countries. Region 2 dvds

Droyer fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Oct 26, 2015

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
I will sign up when I have more time to write out the stuff.

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord
Hi!

1. KNORTH

2. AUSTRALIA, but I'm willing to ship INTERNATIONALLY

3. Chat Thread!

4. Hmm, I really like SHAFT's shows, KyoAni's shows, Yozakura Quartet, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli stuff, Mushishi and Harvest Moon!

5. Umm, so I'd be happy with pretty much anything; manga/doujinshi, a dvd, a cd/vinyl, art (I don't really think much of promotional stuff but if it's good art, I'm open to it :)), cute figures or plush toys, interesting snacks or food, something homemade, books or clothes and accessories (like with art, straight-up branded stuff probably isn't going to get used but if it's cool, go for it!). I only have a DS so games are kind of out, don't have anything that can play blu-rays either. Also open to 18+ stuff, I guess, although really not fan of violence or gore (unless there's something else really remarkable about it), alcohol is fine though! :)

6. I like cute plants and animals(all of them are cute btw)! :) I read a bit (mostly classic lit. but trying to get more history/non-fiction) and I love independent, different and interesting music! Also pretty into foreign and/or old films! I enjoy eating traditional/local food, snacks or drinks that I can't get here too!

7. Allergic to shellfish and my clothing size is whatever the equivalent of XS is

Thank you :)

Knorth fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Oct 26, 2015

Cake Attack
Mar 26, 2010

edit: i just remembered that i am looking for a new place and will be moving at some point in the indeterminate future. so this is bad timing for a secret santa

Cake Attack fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Oct 26, 2015

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

It's not even Halloween yet.

DoubleDonut
Oct 22, 2010


Fallen Rib
A. DoubleDonut
B. I live in the US and I am willing to ship internationally
C. I post a decent amount in the chat threads, but I haven't posted much in the newest one so here's my posts in the last one
D. I like sports manga and good action manga. I'm also a big fan of Naoki Urasawa and Satoshi Mizukami and, well, I have a My Love Story avatar
E. Manga, anime, figures, video game merchandise, etc. are all fine. Please don't send alcohol, drug paraphernalia, tobacco paraphernalia, or anything overly sexy (including really sexy figures/posters of anime babes)
F. Sometimes I pretend that I'm good at cooking, and I pay an unhealthy amount of attention to American politics and political theory
G. I wear a Men's Large and I live in the US. Region 1. Don't send My Love Story because I already own all of it

DoubleDonut fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Oct 26, 2015

Fauxtool
Oct 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
A. Fauxtool

B. I'm US and am OK with international but I would be able to send a much better, bigger gift if the recipient was US too.

C. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3678195&userid=142518&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

D. Gundam, All of KyoAni except haruhi, A certain magical index and railgun. Arpeggio of Blue Steel, GuP, pretty much everything with heavy weapons and girls?

E. I would prefer lots of little stuff over one nice thing. Straps, keychains and charms are awesome and I would actually use them. Candy is also cool. Please no gundam models, figmas or nendoroids. I already have all of them. No manga or anime please. 18+ is ok if its funny, not creepy gross stuff.

F. I have 2 small dogs, 8lbs and 15lbs. I play lots of video games. I like doing daytrips up mountain trails.

G. No allergies, my silk screened dbz shirt size is US XL. I am a male

Fauxtool fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Oct 26, 2015

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Sharkopath posted:

It's not even Halloween yet.
When you're working with the postal service, it's best to get things started early.

Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
A) Phobophilia
B) I'm in Glorious Nippon.
C) I'm falling behind on the many iterations of the chat thread due to work, but this thread still exists http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3741745
D) Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Mushi-shi, you know, those classic standbys. I enjoy shows that are best described as "thoughtful". They can be cynical thoughtful, or idealistic thoughtful, so long as they are entertaining and they stick to their guns.
E) No preferences, surprise me. Okay with booze, but not smokes.
F) I enjoy depressing science fiction like Blindsight or Three Body. Also pretentious indie rock music.
G) I'm skinny as hell, T shirt size is a small male.

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
  1. Yes_Cantaloupe
  2. In the US, prefer to ship in NA, willing to ship internationally

  3. Utena is the best anime, Madoka & Gurren Lagann are also very good. I like Love Live a lot (Nico is best). I like lots of stuff, though, so no need to stick to my favs.
  4. I like things.
  5. board games, tabletop RPGs, history, (vegetarian) cooking
  6. US men's medium; if for some reason you're sending food, make it lacto vegetarian (or, to simplify things, vegan)

Yes_Cantaloupe fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Oct 27, 2015

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

A. AnoHito

B. USA, prefer not to ship internationally

C. I think I have a few posts in the season's thread?

D. pretty much anything made by Gainax, KyoAni, or Shaft. FLCL, Haruhi, and Monogatari in particular, I guess. Any of the nonsense Ikuhara's made as well. I also like a lot of shows that are stupid and ridiculous but fun.

E. Anything works. Fine with 18+.

F. Games (both traditional and video), Sci-Fi/Fantasy. I really like A song of Ice and Fire. I read a good amount.

G. Only XXL can contain my hulking ex-lineman form.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Someone send me a six pack of booze and a stack of porno mags.

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
  1. Chas McGill
  2. UK, will ship internationally
  3. I don't post a whole lot, but when I do it's usually in the seinen or josei threads.
  4. Time of Eve, Master Keaton, Ore Monogatari!!, Legend of Galactic Heroes, Tatami Galaxy, Cooking Papa, GITS
  5. Something small to put on my desk would be cool. Anything related to the shows/manga listed above ^. Booze or snacks local to wherever you're from. Don't send me anything that will get me in trouble with my waifu, like another waifu.
  6. Product design, animals, cooking, sports
  7. Small t-shirt size.

dogsicle
Oct 23, 2012

A. dogsicle
B. I'm in the US and willing to ship international.
C. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748331 I seem to post mostly in chat threads, hopefully I've been active enough in the recent one.
D. i'm a big Yuasa fan mostly because of Kaiba, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Denno Coil, most Gundams, Tales series, Yozakura Quartet, Eccentric Family, Giant Robo, Hyouka, Overman King Gainer, Satoshi Mizukami's works, Vinland Saga, Vagabond. seinen action/drama, comedies, and some occasional shounen action/shoujo romance overall.
E. Figures, model kits, bd/dvds, books, music, clothes, food, whatever! The only real caveats are long-running manga (i've already started collecting the ones i want) and if you send anything 18+...i'm not going to get any mileage out of ladies/baps/etc, so show me the dudes. i'm sure, like others, my post history spells out some things i'd like or have been into recently.
F. i like reading (usually genre) fiction, baking, hanging with animals (dogs specifically :3:), video games (j/rpgs, some action games, platformers, the occasional shmup), and watching films
G. For shirt sizes, a US men's Large.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
A. Baal
B. USA, Will ship to North America
C. I was mod, do I really have to link a thread
D. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Princess Tutu, Scryed, Fate/Stay Night, GaoGaiGar, G Gundam, anything from Shinichi Watanabe, Redline, Eyeshield 21
E. I'm game for p much anything
F. Video games, Translation/Localization, Working Out, Watching terrible movies, and trying out foreign flavors of candy and soda
G. I'm an XL Shirt Size

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!
A. Senerio
B. I'm in USA, will ship to USA.
C. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3729737
D. Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman, Gatchaman CROWDS, Ouran High School Host Club, Nichijou and Case Closed are my top 5. I watch a ton, and read more than a few manga, but I can't list them all. Last season I watched Gatchaman, and this season I'm catching up on Durarara.
E. Nothing 18+. I'd rather get figma than DVDs/Blu-Ray. I'm a big proponent of digital over physical.
F. I like wrestling, video games, I listen to an unhealthy amount of Young Adult Audiobooks, I have a Wii U and a PS3, and my brother has a PS4. I also have a 3DS and a Vita I don't use. I'm not much of a PC gamer, though with my new PC I'm doing it more (via streaming). I'm a superhero fanboy, but mostly for the non-big two superheroes. My favorite superhero series' are Empowered and Worm (ignoring Power Rangers/Shinesman). I also like Power Rangers. My favorite is Tommy because he's Tommy. My first text message tone was this.
G. Shirt Size: XXL
I'm not a fan of the Nasuverse, and generally avoid harem anime.
I dig giant robots.
Beyond that, no real preferences, beyond the fact that I want absolutely nothing -monogatari.
Favorite anime characters off the top of my head: Rui Ninomiya, Haruhi Fujioka, Yuki Nagato, Holo. I will edit this as I remember stuff.

Senerio fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Oct 30, 2015

MJP
Jun 17, 2007

Are you looking at me Senpai?

Grimey Drawer
I love a good Secret Santa. I'm in.


A: MJP
B: I will ship internationally. I am located in NJ.
C: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3678195
D: Favorite series: Full Metal Panic, Gundam (didn't like Reconguista, really like Iron-Blooded Orphans, REALLY like any of the main UC canon series, especially Zeta and Unicorn), Area 88, Touhou (in b4 Touhou isn't an anime), Steins;Gate, Idolm@ster, Kekkai Sensen/Blood Blockade Battlefront, Nasuverse stuff, Ace Combat series (basically anything with modern military aircraft is my jam)
E: I love gunpla and am always happy to receive an unconventional Gundam, Macross, or other interesting Japanese or domestic SF model kit. I'm not keen on poseable figures and any non-posable figure I'd want would be way too expensive, unless you're a rich goon. I love subtly nerdy T-shirts or polo shirts. Liquor is more than OK, 18+ is not OK. No Kancolle, please. Just not big on it.
F: I love to cook, and I LOVE getting interesting regional food specialities, spices, etc. Something that's only common to your area - a certain ingredient, a brand of stuff, etc., is always cool. Hot sauce is wonderful too, especially unconventional kinds that you don't find at the grocery store. Or snacks, baked goods, whatever. Interesting edibles is always a thing. I'm big on craft beer too, or cider, mead, wine, if there's a local winery or something. I'm into cyberpunk sci-fi, just no physical books - I have a Kindle for my commute. I also love building plastic aircraft and SF models, just no Revell/Monogram - they tend to suck compared to normal kits. I also play Android: Netrunner.
G: Shirt size US mens' medium

MJP fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Oct 27, 2015

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Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

BUY ME EXPENSIVE THINGS

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