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Advent Calendar: December 9th!

You know, these things probably take a lot longer to put together than they look. Check out what the Advent Calendar has in store for December 9th -- "Instant Christmas" sponge capsules, a Milton Bradley commercial featuring reindeer playing "Battleship," and the arrival of Pauly Pooch to the wonderful world of Playmobil. It's 4 AM. Time to go eat gators.

Posted by Matt on 12/09/2003. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 68 comments

I have the travel trouble. Mini games be da cool shits

Chestnuts roasted by Tommy @ 12/09/2003 7:04 PM

I now have the Rudolph, Bumble, and Cat In The Hat Bellywashers. Do not follow in my footsteps, Bellywashers = liquid shit TM. Just ask if you can dump the stuff inside and take off x-amount of money.

Boredom Blast should be changed to Definitely Death.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt (#2?) @ 12/09/2003 7:25 PM

We had the travel Connect Four and Battleship…and proceeded to loose half of the peices in the seats and on the floor of the car. Years later we still find Battleship pegs in the house from the other half of…pegs..left. yeah! >: Last year I wanted the Playmobil nativity set and Toys ‘R Us didn’t have any! Or my mom didn’t look… hopefully she will find the calendars this year!

Chestnuts roasted by Dethstryke @ 12/09/2003 7:57 PM

Oh I just remembered! I was looking in my movie book I have, and I came across "The Worst Witch". I’m at school so I don’t remember all the details, but the word "delightful" was in there. They gave it 3 1\2 out of 5 stars.

Chestnuts roasted by dethstryke @ 12/09/2003 8:05 PM

blowing stuff up is fun…fireworks are my friends…

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 12/09/2003 8:24 PM

And the twisted tale of our friends from Playmobil continues with the introduction of a playful pal for Miss Mare. Matt, what you do with an advent calendar and 25 kids’ toys and accessories is nothing short of inspired.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 12/09/2003 9:28 PM

I don’t post as much as I should…. shame on me….

Mare is scaring me… I just know that inside she is worried about the good of Mista Snowman, she’s gonna set fire to him, it’ll be like Frosty, only homicidal

I bought Nerds Rope today. I took a bite and hated it. So I put it down. 10 minutes later I realized I had eaten it all. So maybe I like Nerds Rope.

Chestnuts roasted by Tony @ 12/10/2003 3:54 AM

:twitch: must…have…nerds…rope… :twitch:

heh…boredom has gotten to meh again…:passes out:

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 12/10/2003 4:34 AM

The conclusion? Nerds Rope is awesome.

And on the subject of Mizz Winningham, proof from the IMDB of her deceitful nature.

"She played a virgin in the movie St. Elmo’s Fire (1985) while she was pregnant"

She lies! Mare Winningham, why must you corrupt the rightous and good Mista Snowman!?!?! WHY?!?!?1

Chestnuts roasted by Tony @ 12/10/2003 7:37 AM

Hey,
How about a review of the Star Wars Christmas CD? And let me know if you want to see that Alf tape I emailed about. Keep up the good work.

Chestnuts roasted by CHRIS @ 12/10/2003 8:46 AM

Did the Transformers or GI Joe have a christmas episode? As a kid I always thought it was required by law that all cartoons have a christmas sho2.

Chestnuts roasted by Spiffy McKracken @ 12/10/2003 10:02 AM

FYI: Matt’s interview on UGO

Matt Caracappo lives in NY. His jaws clicks, but only when he eats carrots. He likes toys, cartoons, bad movies, sharks, and the marketing process. He tells people that red is his favorite color, but it’s really blue.

Time With The Editor:
1) What is one of your favorite videogame moments?
That’s easy. It’s from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda. You know, the first one. I loved feeding the traitor Moblin that big chunk of carrion. I wish I could do that all day long.

2) What’s the one movie you love that everyone else seems to hate?
Oh, I could name tons. Three of my favorite movies are Gremlins II, Dick Tracy, and Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion.

3) What’s something about you that people would be most surprised about?
I drink V8 regularly, and everyone who knows me has to deal with the fact that I consider it a religious experience. While drinking it, no one is allowed to talk to or look at me. If someone enters the room while I’m having some V8, they’re immediately waived to stay put and be quiet until I’m done.

4) What led you to your passion (a.k.a. the subject matter of your website)?
Anyone who visits X-E will immediately realize that I’ve never grown up. Nothing really led to my passion for what I write about — I’ve always had it, and it’s always been there.

5) What’s the next technological innovation you’re looking forward to?
Okay, picture this. A soda company sells twelve-packs of clear liquid with various powdered mixtures. The mixtures let you turn the clear liquid into your soda of choice – Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, whatever. Patent pending, folks.

6) Could videogaming ever become a professional sport, and why/why not?
I doubt it. If getting fat and lazy became a sport. I could see videogames serving as a sort of jumprope-practice type of deal. I’m not saying that saving the princess isn’t a proud moment, but it’s not really worthy of a trophy unless, you manage to do it by working the controller solely with your feet.

7) What celebrity/person would you want downloaded onto your hard drive and stored for all time?
There was once a pro-wrestler named Mantaur. He was some big oaf who walked down to the ring wearing a hollowed-out moosehead. I think he’d be interesting to have trapped on my computer.

Chestnuts roasted by J-Dog @ 12/10/2003 10:35 AM

Matt,

I love the part on how you’re so serious when it comes to drinking V8 juice. Do you drink any of the new V8 fruit mixes?

Chestnuts roasted by J-Dog @ 12/10/2003 10:38 AM

Hey Spiffy– there wasn’t an *animated* Transformers Christmas story, but there was one that appeared in text story format in Good Housekeeping, about Bumblebee giving some of his fuel to power a christmas tree.

If anyone’s moms out there have saved their LHJs since Decepter, er, December 1984, hunt it down! It’d probably be a great article fuel… just think: someone had to write a Transformers story that only housewives would read!

No idea about GI Joe, sorry.

Chestnuts roasted by G'Tron @ 12/10/2003 10:40 AM

(Uh, LHJ stands for "Ladies’ Home Journal." I’m not certain which of the Seven Sisters magazines it was printed in, but Good Housekeeping sounds more right than any of the others.)

Chestnuts roasted by G'Tron @ 12/10/2003 10:44 AM

I know I am the last person to hear about this group, but for those who miss Freddy Mercury’s unitards and fun music videos about rockin’:
http://www.thedarknessrock.com/video/

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 12/10/2003 11:22 AM

By the by, whut-up with the Richard Simmons dude in the phone ad? He’s spookier than Not Me from the Family Circus review. GAHH! There he is again!!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 12/10/2003 11:42 AM

Oh my God, yes you HAVE to review "Mac and Me"!!! The movie that couldn’t decide if the message it wanted to send to it’s audience was "be nice to people in wheelchairs" or "enjoy brand-name fast food and soft drinks".

Chestnuts roasted by LaGremlin @ 12/10/2003 1:26 PM

Whomever put that interview with UGO up, thanks, it was a fun read.

I just wanted to comment on something though. For the heck of it I decided to look up the name "Matt Caracappo" on Google, to see if any interesting hits would come up, and surprisingly enough, they had one listed on a website as a "buyer beware" type of thing, claiming this person ripped someone else off during a trade for X-Men figures.

Odd, I thought. Wasn’t sure if this was the same one who runs the site or not.

Chestnuts roasted by Nyssa @ 12/10/2003 3:07 PM

Nyssa, did you look up Matt Caracappo or Matt Caracappa? I looked up the latter (which is his actual name, I think!) and didn’t see anything like that. I refuse to believe that our beloved Matt would rip off anyone! I think UGO user just momentarily had a lapse and spelled it wrong.

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 12/10/2003 3:40 PM

I just picked up my Playmobil Advent Calendar last night and was shocked to find that it is all in pieces and must be assembled. Now I won’t be able to enjoy the same thrill of discovery that I get from reading the articles. Could I possibly assemble this thing blind folded? I’ve avoided looking at the back of the box but it seem inevitable. Any suggestions?

Chestnuts roasted by kentdog @ 12/10/2003 4:40 PM

have someone else put it together :)

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 12/10/2003 5:00 PM

The obvious solution would be to have one of your friends put it together. However, this friend must be (a) close enough to you that they won’t look at you funny for buying a Playmobil object, and (b) kind-hearted enough not to ‘spill the beans’ and ruin said surprise! Good luck!

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 12/10/2003 5:01 PM

I agree wit’ purplegirl, and doing them a similar deed won’t hurt either. Or offering money will work in a pinch.

Chestnuts roasted by kingkash @ 12/10/2003 5:08 PM

woo hoo! first post! wait, maybe not.

Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 12/10/2003 6:05 PM

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