What the heckfire do I buy my friend for Christmas?

Drez

So I met this girl from Finland about three years ago in New York (she was on holiday) and we still keep in touch. We always exchange gifts. I already got hers, but (mainly due to losing track of time) I haven't even purchased her gift yet. And I have to ship it to Finland.

She's big on Sci-Fi, especially the new Battlestar Galactica. She loves the music too - in fact, my gift to her last year was to buy her all the soundtracks (from each season). I was thinking about the Battlestar Galactica Omnibus. Is that any good? She's thinking of rewatching the series before Blood & Chrome hits the air so I thought that might be a nice companion to it, but I'm not really sure if it sucks or not.

Here's a link to it: http://www.amazon.com/New-Battlestar-Galactica-Omnibus-Dynamite/dp/1606900900/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323796117&sr=1-1

She's also a fan of Game of Thrones. I bought her the first book while she was out here, and she loved the HBO series and is enjoying the books (I think she's on the third). I could buy her the fourth and fifth book, but . She's not into games too deeply or I'd consider either the new video game or the board game but I dunno.

Any other suggestions? I know this is kind of vague, but I'm at a loss this year. Maybe something BSG themed if anyone has any cool ideas? No clothes or anything, and DVDs and other film media are bad ideas I guess because of region coding? But anything else. Looking to get her something interesting. Even some interesting literature perhaps. Eh I just don't know.

Also, does anyone know if there's a way I could make a purchase in her country and have them ship to her? Or is my only option pretty much to buy something here, ship it, and spend all my monies on shipping?

MushroomStick

Maybe you could order from the European Amazon?

Hewn

The First Cylon War lithograph.

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/first-cylon-war-lithograph/detail.php?p=104240&v=syfy_battlestar-galactica

It's featured in Adama's quarters. As a fellow BSG nerd, I'd love opening that on Christmas. Major downfall? The poster costs $30 to ship to Finland from the NBC store. No clue if it would be cheaper to ship to yourself, then ship it to Finland.

It's also on Thinkgeek (just checked, also $30 to ship from there) and other retailers... so maybe you can find a company that can ship it from the UK or something. http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/posters/befb/

If you like the poster idea, also check out these BSG propaganda posters: http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-5-Piece-Propaganda-Poster/dp/B001MBJ44O/ref=pd_bxgy_misc_img_b

Drez

Hewn wrote:

The First Cylon War lithograph.

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/first-cylon-war-lithograph/detail.php?p=104240&v=syfy_battlestar-galactica

It's featured in Adama's quarters. As a fellow BSG nerd, I'd love opening that on Christmas. Major downfall? The poster costs $30 to ship to Finland from the NBC store. No clue if it would be cheaper to ship to yourself, then ship it to Finland.

It's also on Thinkgeek (just checked, also $30 to ship from there) and other retailers... so maybe you can find a company that can ship it from the UK or something. http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/posters/befb/

If you like the poster idea, also check out these BSG propaganda posters: http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-5-Piece-Propaganda-Poster/dp/B001MBJ44O/ref=pd_bxgy_misc_img_b

I like that idea.

Could I pick that up in person? There's an NBC Store in NYC and I actually need to go to the Rockefeller Center area tomorrow.

Drez

MushroomStick wrote:

Maybe you could order from the European Amazon?

I'll check that out, thanks.

TychoCelchuuu

Certainly she has seen Firefly, but if not, Firefly.