Awesome. Especially the stickers. Although he missed 'I read you every day'.

Some silly string should work well for something I wanna photograph, however one can didn't work and what should be red string is clearly orange as indicated even by the lid. Oh, and the green is most definitely white

A 'knife set with case' from the pound shop will suit as a handy packaging opener/diorama-making tool. Also got pliers, a mini spanner set and a box for firing such things into.

Got a £30 Amazon voucher as you get £7 as a bonus.

Got the nephew an Angry Birds Star Wars encyclopaedia and some kid-centric Marvel annuals for Xmas, which I've read first of course... all for a tenner. Oh yeah, also got him a crap TMNT figure, but he'll love it.

Some loose Pred figures are stored for selling later.

Lotto tickets - in total I'm up £2

Cable ties for tidying up my bike

A Bat-logo projection torch that you can't help smiling at

Brilliant compared to the last few toasters in my workplace, but actually not as good as it's predecessor in my own kitchen... The dials make a loud clicking noise like a child's toy or something, the risers are permanently and inexplicably too high (resulting in occasional flying toast), and if you push both sliders at once you'll tip it. All of which is clearly idiotic, but it toasts perfectly.

I also bought the usual Predator figures and some 'Dog Aliens' (Alien 3) with the intention of selling them later, but they look far too cool for that IMO

A bike stand has worked out nicely, and some Pringles went down well with a vodka and Coke earlier

Duolit toasters and kettles FTW

Yes they cost more but they last years

So does the average £30 toaster

Really? How many years? My last one lived for 15 years and was only replaced as I updated the kitchen

and they can be repaired - my Duolit is now approx 10 yrs old and if any parts fail the whole thing unscrews and you can get replacement heater elements, timers (its clockwork) etc

Dualit

Unless you lot are actually buying some dodgy Chinese knock offs

We had a Morphy Richards toaster that lived for 15 years. I don't know how long others have lasted as my dad likes to replace things like a fcuking freak... from kettles to keyboards. Yeah.

Even the cheap wonders in work must be ten years old and are still going strong.

My Morphy Richards was 20 years old, when my wife threw it out - she brought a plain white 4 slot, variable thickness toaster into our joint home and my old 2 slice, pale yellow with brown motif MR toaster didn't stand a chance.

Hers is from Tchibo (TCM brand) and is probably over 15 years old as well.

And I bet it has that scissor-lift thingy for warming buns as well

Damnit, stop talking about toast related stuff

Yes.

Best - Amazon Prime membership for £59
Worst - Cadbury Pretzels. Not nearly as nice as Flipz.