Secret Santa 2023

[sriegel]

Well, looks like I get the leadoff shot today!

Santa got me a couple of cool FlisKits birds to build. I look forward to the Thunderbird especially. I've always wondered just what the designer had in his tea when thinking up that one!

Merry Christmas all!

 

[MrSnappyTurtles]

My santa got me a loc bbx with the terrier booster for my first 2 stage kit

 

[jqavins]

First and foremost, from my personal Santa:

Thank you!

And the rest (mostly) from our generous corporate donors:


On the far left, in the poor light, is a Pemberton Space Arc Junior.

Last but not least, the Lego box comes from Papa and Mrs. Elf. Thank you! And thank you for organizing the Papa Elf Special, and for organizing the whole game.

Now I have to find a bigger place for my build pile.

 

[n3tjm]

Merry Christmas everyone. You may now open your presents now! Papa Elf must of been very good this year because he got his #1 wish . 1st thing that came was an padded envelope with a obvious retainer shaped bulge in it. So I guessed it was a 54mm retainer, and sure enough that's what it was.



Knowing that, I figured that there is a chance a Warlock might show up on my doorstep. I was wondering if they are going be discreet about it or not by putting the kit label on the box. But when I got the notification I got a package, it sent me a photo of a Loc Warlock on my front porch. So we just put it in a safe spot in the house to be opened after our trip. Maybe there are other surprises in there but there but I won't be able to check till at least Wednesday night.

 

[Glasspack]

Merry Christmas to all of You !! Still NO snow here in the Dakotas ....Bummer
But
I am thrilled to receive a set of plates and set screws to join two 1010 Rails
to make a longer launch rail !!

And a nice bottle of Loctite CA Gel Glue
Look forward to trying it out........

Thank you Secret Santa !!!



I am very interested in getting two 6 foot sections of 1010
to make a 12 foot launch rail for my Antares, for the lower
impulse flights that may need the guide length.....

I mean, I don't always wanna fly it over 5-6000 feet !!

 

[n3vqw]

My Secret Santa sent me two nice older kits! The Little Joe II and the classic Comanche III

 

[Wally Ferrer]

Thank you Secret Santa!!!

 

[Wally Ferrer]

 

[Kallahan11]

I waited all the way until 12:01am. Super happy with the Loc Forte! I'm doing a video series on level 1ish kits and I did not have a loc kit.

 

[SkiesAreClear]

Knowing I wanted to get into clusters, my Santa sent me an awesome kit and accompanying MMC so I can fly 4x18mm and 3x24mm configurations. I’m so excited to get building and flying! Thank you so much Santa for the super generous gift!

 

[jazzviper1]

I received 2 boxes.
Box number one.

A Front Range Recovery 36 inch parachute, a 10 X 14 nomex parachute protector, a HUGE bag of classic Estes 18 and 24 inch parachutes, and the box was padded with bag of dog barf.

Box number two.

A Radical Rocketry Little Boy kit, and Rheintochter kit.
Any one of these would have made my Christmas, the combination of all of this is incredible!
Thank you to my super generous secret Santa. This really is too much for words.
I love all of it, but I am especially floored by the classic Estes chutes, I really love those and I think they are superior the current ones.
Again thank you.

 

[emckee]

HOLY COW! I am absolutely blown away by the generosity of my Secret Santa...

My package not only contained a Dragon Rocketry Atomic Dragon kit (which was so far beyond ANY expectation I might have had!), but when unpacking it, I found that it also contained all parachutes, recovery harnesses, a 4" deployment bag, and even an Aeropack 54mm motor retainer!

i can only guess that someone knew about my unfortunate launch weekend in October!

Unfortunately, there was no labeling to indicate who my SS might have been "Billing: 3rd Party", but your have my thanks and profound gratitude!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

 

[TheBru]

Merry Christmas everyone and a wonderful thank you to my Santa from Colorado!! The note was a good chuckle and the eggtimer will fit wonderfully in the AV bay I’ve been working on. Thank you for including the battery and connectors as well!

 

[BABAR]

I received 2 boxes.
Box number one.
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A Front Range Recovery 36 inch parachute, a 10 X 14 nomex parachute protector, a HUGE bag of classic Estes 18 and 24 inch parachutes, and the box was padded with bag of dog barf.

Box number two.
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A Radical Rocketry Little Boy kit, and Rheintochter kit.
Any one of these would have made my Christmas, the combination of all of this is incredible!
Thank you to my super generous secret Santa. This really is too much for words.
I love all of it, but I am especially floored by the classic Estes chutes, I really love those and I think they are superior the current ones.
Again thank you.

Lol, Barf is better than coal for Christmas!

 

[sriegel]

Lol, Barf is better than coal for Christmas!

Be glad you were a good rocketeer. Santa could have left it loose!

 

[frogglicker]

Merry Christmas everyone! My oldest son wrapped my Mystery Wildman Secret Sandy Claws present last night just before midnight... and my youngest unwrapped it at 6AM!!! I was asleep for both events. Fortunately, the young rocketeer could not crack the code on Wildman's cardboard vault, and the mystery was preserved.

Thank you to my Secret Santa who sent me what I believe is a Punisher 3. As with Wildman kits, there are no instructions or a packing slip. Just an assortment of glorious fiberglass parts, bathing in the lambent twinkling of Christmas tree lights and glistening snow, dreaming of kissing the clouds in March.

Thank you so very much, Santa, and thank you everyone on the forum for being a part of a wonderful hobby reboot this year! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

[Stan]

Once again, my Sectet Santa was very generous. A Majestic and a Partizon added to my build pile. Thank you Secret Santa!

 

[Co-leader of the LRP]

Thank you very much to my secret santa for the two kits (and extra parts), batteries, and stickers, I really appreciate your generosity with the gifts
I think I’ll have to upgrade my launch system a little for the exocet, the instructions call for a larger diameter rod but that should be easy enough.
I’m glad I participated, this was perfect to pad out my other gifts this year: $50, a couple shirts, and a boot. (yes, just one)

 

[tg08]

Merry Christmas everyone! Whoever got me the 4" V2, thank you so much. Quite atrocious fin slotting on the boat tail by LOC, but I got it sorted out. If I remember, I'll record the launch and post it.

 

[jqavins]

in the lambent twinkling of Christmas tree lights

Ooh, my vocabulary grew today.

 

[mooser]

Merry Christmas to all! Wow, I am humbled by my gifts.

I received a Loc Micro Magg Kit that I had asked for from my Secret Santa. It is my first Loc kit and I really look forward to building it. A sincere thank you Santa!



Additionally I was the recipient of one of Papa Elf’s gifts. A package from Seattle came a while back. Patience paid off and when I opened it today, I found an assorted pack of Estes Nosecones, a very unique Flis Kits Mud Wasp MMX Kit, a super Estes Expedition Kit and if that wasn’t enough a wooden box of Smoked Wild Salmon. Yum, it will be a New Year's Day treat. Then on Friday I received yet another gift from Seattle. It’s a cool Tee Shirt from a popular area restaurant, Dick’s Drive In - “A Seattle Hit Since 1954”. My wife has claimed ownership of this!



A special Thank You Papa Elf for your much appreciated organization of this and to the helpful Vendors that helped make this a success.

Merry Christmas to all of you Secret Santas 2023 and wishing all a Happy and Healthy 2024!

 

[gdjsky01]

A special Thank You Papa Elf for your much appreciated organization of this and to the helpful Vendors that helped make this a success.

this ^^^^^^

 

[tg08]

this ^^^^^^

Thanks papa elf!

 

[Raythain]

A big thank you to my Santa- the 4” LOC V2 was exciting enough on its own, but the sneaky little bag of Nomex and rail buttons was a great bonus to find at the bottom of my box.

 

[0011001100]

My gift was wrapped by my Fiance.

Thank you to my Secret Santa for the Wildman 2.6 Patriot. It'll go nicely with the other scale Patriot missiles (IDK why but I like them). The kittens got all dressed up to watch us unwrap out gifts and get to play (eat) with the wrapping paper.

 

[Tobor]

My Secret Santa gift arrived yesterday... just in the nick (St. Nick) of time!



Way kool! Thank you Secret Santa!!!

 

[UPscaler]

My secret santa got me a good length of nylon shock cord and a 58" Apogee parachute!

 

[Tractionengines]

Received a 1.6" LOC BBX kit. Thanks Secret Santa.


(We are all fighting colds, so Christmas was /is going a little rough. Delay getting the thank you posted.)

 

[BABAR]

Received a 1.6" LOC BBX kit. Thanks Secret Santa.
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(We are all fighting colds, so Christmas was /is going a little rough. Delay getting the thank you posted.)

Sorry you guys are sick.

Viruses: the gift that keeps on giving

 

[Tractionengines]

Sorry you guys are sick.

Viruses: the gift that keeps on giving

Yep... 2 holidays in a row. We were all sick at Thanksgiving too. Really sucks with kids off school for 17 DAYS right now. ( They don't go back till the 8th, but the Wife and I need to work, so schedule was crazy already. Now limited on who can go where...)