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NeoGAF Candy Swap Summer 2011 Edition

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Postman just dropped of a box full of..........Candy!!!

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Dega making me work to get to my sweets with all the packing material
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But then
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Delicious treats!
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Sadly some of the chocolate fused into one solid block
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But I gladly ate it
The chocolates taste great
That ridiculously huge lollipop though, I have no Idea how to tackle

Thanks again for the future cavities Dega
 
Teaser pic for JM Romeo:

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Ten pounds of candy! I took it to the post office today and just missed them closing up. :( My apologies. I will send first thing Monday morning.
 
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32 € = US $45 (special guest and a few other things not included)

I've gone a bit over budget but I really hate Shiv47's dentist.
 
NJ Shlice said:
I didn't wanna ship in this 112 degree heat wave. Shipping my goods to Babyhack's girlfriend on Monday.
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Babyhack girlfriend here bought the candy be sending soon. Did not want to send earlier due to heat
 
Sorry everyone -- my partner pulled out, so I assumed I was out -- I didn't realize that other folks still needed partners. I can't trade any more due to a vacation -- maybe next year.
 
Ryaaan14 said:
Just shipped my candy at the postal service, and brought one of the flat-rate boxes up to the counter and the guy working was straight up like "You don't want that box, it's going to cost about $45" "Yeah well that's what I expected to pay" "Grab a regular box over there and it'll only be like $15."

So wow, ended up being $20 to ship from the US to UK. Pleasant surprise there.
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What really? I ended up paying $45 from a falt rate box. I thought those were supposed to be cheaper. I feel crappy now.
 
Hopefully Litflynt912 gets his parcel today as it says it's out with the courier in Phoenix, AZ. I apologise in advance for the lack of personalisation, was in a rush to get it out!
 
J Tourettes said:
Hopefully Litflynt912 gets his parcel today as it says it's out with the courier in Phoenix, AZ. I apologise in advance for the lack of personalisation, was in a rush to get it out!
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before I go into the nitty gritty of the candy swap, I really want to take a sec and thank J.M. for putting the swap together this summer and partnering me with J Tourettes....
in our IM's back and forth I thought he was so hyped about this and that made me excited in return... He went ABOVE AND BEYOND the call of duty...and I hope that the reciprocation is as good for you as on my end....THANK YOU!!!!!

in short, yes I did get the candy...and J Tourettes....YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please remember, the stove is a typical FULL size American stove...4 Large Burners...
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Wow... nice haul!

I'm so sad I didn't get into this. I even showed this thread to my wife and she smacked me for not finding it sooner.
 
Toasty Banana, mission accomplished. Candy bougth and shiped!!!

I hope the package resists, it's a long way to the UK from Mexico
 
Candy brought and being guarded from family members so they dont touch it lol. Shipping first thing tomorrow. Hopefully the package gets sound and safe to JessicaPadkin. And most of all, she enjoys her treats.

Cant wait to see what she put together for us :).
 
Well, I finally got my shopping done Sunday and have everything packaged up and ready to go for Kafel, so here is the teaser pic:

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There's a well-stocked candy store about a mile from my house, and I found some pretty good stuff there...
 
Davedough said:
Wow... nice haul!

I'm so sad I didn't get into this. I even showed this thread to my wife and she smacked me for not finding it sooner.
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I have a UK buddy who is still up for doing a swap as long as you're not from europe or aus?
 
Litflynt912 said:
before I go into the nitty gritty of the candy swap, I really want to take a sec and thank J.M. for putting the swap together this summer and partnering me with J Tourettes....
in our IM's back and forth I thought he was so hyped about this and that made me excited in return... He went ABOVE AND BEYOND the call of duty...and I hope that the reciprocation is as good for you as on my end....THANK YOU!!!!!

in short, yes I did get the candy...and J Tourettes....YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please remember, the stove is a typical FULL size American stove...4 Large Burners...
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Glad it all got there ok! Any casualties?
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Damn... looking at the crazy pics here makes me hope that I got enough stuff! I spent way over the $20 minimum, but London is expensive damn it. I think I've got some cool things for GK86, though. :D

On the other hand, he might live to regret saying he liked sour sweets.... *evil laugh*

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(I'm missing one receipt for about another tenner)
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I received my package from jessicapadkin, a big box of treats. Unfortunately, I can't post picd from my phone, so I have asked her if she could help me out wit that. Can't wait to dive in with my gf.:)

I'm shipping out my package today, hopefully it gets there in one piece.

Thank you Romeo for putting this together.
 
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Just finished off shopping today, got it all done in two stores :)

This is to the UK guys on here; what was posting like for you guys?
Did you use Royal Mail? If not, who did you use?
 
GK86 asked me to post his photos of the candy I sent him, so here they are!

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The package looks like it took a serious beating, but all of the treats survived as far as I can tell.

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A little note, and...

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SWEETS! I got two of everything so that GK86 and his GF had one each. The brown bags are all boiled sweets like Pear Drops (my favourites), Rosy Apples, Rhubarb and Custards etc. Three of the bags contain these MOTHERFUCKING SOUR sweets that burnt the inside of my mouth and made several of my colleagues cry. Awesome!

And finally, here's the teaser pic of the candy GK86 bought for me:

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Thanks for organising this, J. M. Romeo. It was really good fun, and I can't wait to get my candy!
 
Just got my stash just now. Amazing!!!!! Thank You chairhome. Considering the heat at the moment, the chocolate is in perfect eating condition. Oh and you shouldn't have worried about variety, there is plenty! Shall post pics when I get home from work! :D
 
I totally forgot to take a teaser pic of the candy before packing it up just now, but the box weighs in at 7.2 lbs. Not a spare iota of space in the box, which meant the bag of marshmallows requested didn't fit, alas. Everything else fit, though. I was sort of shocked they did.

I'll post a pic of the box later; it will be shipped tomorrow.
 
TurbulentTurtle said:
I bought half of my candy in a popular candy/snack shop here in Hong Kong (Aji Ichiban), unfortunately for me (but not my partner) there was a sale-type thing going on where it was a pound of candy for half price. I ended up buying like 3-ish pounds of candy there and got less than halfway to our agreed upon price.
I just went into snack shops randomly afterwards to buy the rest, so hopefully there's a decent variety in there. I'm getting excited to see what kind of goodies Austria has to offer in terms of candy, and the receipt pic just adds to it.

I took pictures but the regular image hosting sites I use back home don't work here in HK. Anyone know of a good image hosting site that works here in Hong Kong? If not I'll just get my brother to host them up somewhere and e-mail me the links.
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I'm sorry i don't know any HK image hosting sites but i'm pretty excited :))
 
Yeah, can't deny that would be disappointing.

Got my haul from Crucified today, earlier than expected! All looks good to me, looking forward to diving in tonight! Thanks a lot man! The John Candy pic was an unexpectedly nice touch. Got a giggle out of me when I opened the lid.

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Both mine and my friends packages are now sent, so Goober and Crucified should expect some goodies early-mid next week!
 
My package from Ikkarus arrived yesterday!

I'll post full impressions / pics later, but I had to say:

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Aero Orange Bar: Holy crap! This thing is freaking awesome! My favorite of what I've tried so far. In the US you can find Chocolate Oranges at Christmas time... they're one of my all time favorite candies. This tastes like that, but creamier and much lighter. Unf!

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Randoms: So soft and flavorful. I think in the US candy makers tend to go for sweet, while in the UK it seems they try to go for bursts of flavor. Soooo good!

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Nougat: Umm... this one was interesting. The consistency is kind of like a mix between marshmallow and taffy. There isn't a whole lot of flavor to it either. Maybe this one is an acquired taste?
 
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