2008 Holiday Gift Guide

Every year I do a gift giving guide for the holiday season. For more great ideas, see my posts for 2005, 2006, 2007, pt. 1, and 2007, pt. 2.

The obvious:

Big Gama Go Yeti figure. Available here ($87.99, if not sold out).

Qee yeti figure. Available here ($9.50).

Yeti Guy figure. Available here ($35.00).

Curster Yeti figure. Available here ($25.00).

Plus, you know, a T-shirt.

The not so obvious:



Something handmade from Etsy.

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Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology by Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman (who blogs at Cryptomundo) is my favorite cryptozoologist. I haven't read his biography of Tom Slick, but hope to soon. I also hope that they make a movie based on it.

From the description:

"This true story of Texas millionaire Tom Slick’s quest for the Abominable Snowman and other cryptids—creatures unknown to science—reveals a life made for the movies."

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Yeti Fleece Hat. 'Nuff said.

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Frankenstein Makes A Sandwich by Adam Rex.

A wonderful picture book, it is more Halloween-themed than Christmas-themed, and it's mostly about Frankenstein and other classic Universal monsters. But there is an excellent page on the yeti, which (with Mr. Rex's permission) I may have to scan and show you on this blog, and a matching one on the bigfoot. And let's just say that neither one of these crypto-cousins is pleased for being confused for the other.

Adam Rex is an impressive genius in 15 creative mediums. I recently blogged about a yeti of his as well as another yeti of his, but the one in "Frankenstein" is completely different from those two. Lock Adam Rex in a room with a sketchbook and he would come up with 159,323 different unique yetis. The man has no limit in his talents.

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Yetisburg: Titanic Battles in World History, Volume 1


This is the first in Titanic Games' line-up of history-meets-monster card games. It probably wins the award for most clever yeti mash-up concept and all signs point to a fun game.

From the description:

"On the bloody fields of Pennsylvania in 1863, two great armies collided to decide the fate of a nation. The South rose, and the North responded with fervent mettle. As every schoolchild knows, at the forefront of the battle stood the mighty Yetis, white-furred giants imported from the wilds of Canada to shred the opposing front lines..."

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