Gift Ideas aka Things I'd Buy Myself Eventually

• LEGO, any set ($5-200) -- you can never go wrong buying me more LEGO, especially Technic (the kinds with axles, gears, bushings, pullies, etc.) and Mindstorms (programmatically controllable, like robots; esp EV3 coming in late 2013 which is Linux-based and compatible with Android and iOS)
• MAKE: Electronics book by Charles Platt ($35)
• Encyclopedia of Electronic Components, Vol 1, by Charles Platt ($25)
• Arduino ($10-40) - they have several models/variants, any would be great
• Raspberry Pi ($35) - a few variants, any would be great
• BeagleBoard or PandaBoard ($150-200) - a few variants, any would be great
• any MakerShed.com kit with electronics parts or tools in it
• any robot (that's hackable/extensible) or robot-making kit
• ShapeLock or Sugru - both are useful for making, fixing or playing
• Makerbot Replicator 2 ($2200)
• magazine subscriptions (or extensions) to: MAKE, or Strategy & Tactics, or "Inc." magazine.
• ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack 1 ($36)
• ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #1 ("Beyond the Beaches") ($8-10)
• Valour of the Guards, an ASL game module by MMP ($75)
• ASL Action Pack #1 through #7, by MMP (varies, $24-35)
• any ASL Journal issue, by MMP
• ASL Winter Offensive 2011 Bonus Pack
• ASL Winter Offensive 2012 Bonus Pack #3
• ASL Doomed Batallions, 3rd Edition
• ASL Festung Budapest
• ASL Operation Watchtower Historical Study
• ASL Out of the Bunker #1
• ASL Turning the Tide
• ASL The Last Hurrah
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II, for PS3 ($50)
• Tesla Model S ($50k-100k, hahahaha yeah right, figure can't hurt)
• alto saxophone, *new* (models/prices vary greatly from say $700-3000)
• pistachios, esp in shell but split, roasted, salted
• cream cheese
• vodka - most kinds, esp "plain", because mixes well with other drinks/flavors
• Moleskine notebooks - esp pocket-sized, black, thick, hardbound, lined
• also cash & Bitcoin gifts/tips are always useful (should be a no-brainer)

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