What are you buying the geek in your life?

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DH is a geek, of the superheroes, graphic novels, sci-fi and war hammer variety.

I'm stuck what to buy him for his stocking- I've already bought him an ipad so nothing £££ needed.

In previous years I've got him Lego sets, graphic novels, funk pop figures, geeky tshirts. But inspiration is thin on the ground at the minute. 😬

Help me mumsnet, you're my only hope!

Have a look on EMP and truffle shuffle lots of geeky things on there. I spent hours looking at all the lovely things I wanted 😂😂

It may be a bit late to get one but a Loot Crate is like a selection box for geeky things.

THE trouble with dh is he already has a lot of stuff so a blind bag type thing is a bit of a risk.

As is buying graphic novels as he reads load and online so I have no way to sneak a peek at what he's read. 🙄 I used to be really good at finding cool stuff he hadn't read yet.

Is he into the painting side of Warhammer? If he is, you could get a selection of brushes and paints. If he likes card/board games, there's Marvel Legendary Deck Building Game or DC Comics Deck Building game which is fairly easy and quick to play. It comes with about a million expansions too, so you'd be set for future presents if he enjoys it!

There are brushes and paints galore in our spare room. 😩 So none of that, can't be buying presents that irritate me! 😂

Will look into the marvel/ dc deck building game tho. 🍷

Hmm that board game looks good but too £ for now. Will save it for his Birthday.

Ideally smaller stuff under £15 would be good. 😄

Can he make a wish list of graphic novels? I often get dp a graphic novel by one of his preferred authors that he hasn't already read.

I'm getting dp a one handed keyboard this year, but that's probably more of a main present.

I got by brother a padded metal box for carrying warhammer figures one year which went down well.

I've also had success with getting a t-shirt to match the one a favourite character wears (but I had to get it shipped from the US).

Geeky stuff is so expensive. Got DH some goblins and a battle mat for warhammer and that's the budget gone already. Is he into Lego? They have some small superhero things.

How about a Millennium Falcon model kit?
model

It comes on sprues and has to be painted like the warhammer stuff.

As a science fiction fan I'm always pleased to get a yearly anthology in my stocking, this is always very warmly welcomed.

Ive got my DH a pocket microscope by the National Geographic and dehydrated ice cream by NASA (both from Amazon!) for his stocking. He's a science nerd 🤓

Has he read The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage? Would be perfect for any graphic novel fan / geek if they've not already read it (and while some of the comics are available online, its still definitely worth having the book)

Small Lego gets stolen by the dcs and ends up in gen pop with everything reappropriated 😂 It's much harder to sneak off with the bigger sets!

Keep the ideas coming- there's a wide variety of geeks out there!

DH isn't getting anything too geeky this year (he chose a steampunky watch a couple of months back which has taken most of his budget), DB is getting a warhammer painting set which he requested.

What about a magazine subscription? DH has a few about Warhammer and painting miniatures (I can't remember what they're called)

How about Cthulhu Fluxx, or any of the other Fluxx card games, great fun and loads of geeky themes to choose from.

For nerdy DP:
Star wars Cantina band on tour t shirt.

Brown leather jacket plus Serenity patches to turn into Mal Reynolds browncoat
Mini SNES

Nerdy partner of DPs Sis:
Jedi drone that looks like it's being controlled by the force.

Nerdy friend:
The art of Dragon age inquisition
Tyrion "I drink and I know things t shirt".

Seconding The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage. It's a two-for-one as far as geekiness goes - it's a graphic novel AND it's about the birth of computing science. (And it has Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage fighting crime together, and it's incredibly funny.)

Magic the Gathering cards. Risk Star Wars version or Monopoly a geeky version. Does he like bacon? My geeks like bacon and there are loads of fun gifts with a bacon theme. Also you can loads of tshirts with geeky slogans. Geeky jigsaw puzzle. Those metal puzzle ring things you have to untangle. Rubix cube

This Warhammer game is newly out and he makes that not have it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B076DNR7WY/ref=ohauiidetailpageo033s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ordered a disc world tshirt

Thinking of a K2SO funko pop and a book. Not sure what book yet.

Games are either ones he's got already or a bit more than I'd like to spend so will go on the Birthday list.

Sadik that book looks fantastic, thanks! Just ordered it for mathematician DS .

Have you seen the wooden geek? I've seen them on Facebook and tempted to get the hubby a bb8 phone stand for his desk! They do other bits too!

It's a fabulous book goddess - my favourite of 2017 (15 y/o dd loved it too :) )

You can get a gadget that turns your mobile into a microscope.