I do like that their favourite Funkos were basically the ones that got away from the awful dead eyes of a typical Funko without just covering them up with a visor. Its very transparent and honestly completely reasonable.
It was a rushed release. It usually takes around 18 months to produce a LEGO set if I remember correctly but after how successful HP was in late summer 2018 they wanted to produce more sets so they rushed an advent calendar so it would be ready for September 2019.
At the price the crap selection of cereals with multiples is the most unforgivable thing. The standard variety pack of 8 has the same selection, and they're about £1-2 a pack.
For next year please choose one "battle" calendar and one "punishment" caledar each. You both open your battle calendars and whoever gets the worst toy/tat-piece has to suffer both "punishment"calendars. Or something along those lines... Cheers!
I've watched these for a few years, and 2019 has probably been my favorite of them. Watching cubed's plans backfire on him spectacularly and constantly was truly the greatest Christmas present I could ask for.
I think Eli Silverman should make a forfeit calendar and put in all the crap food he finds in cheapshow. Would probably be too much effort for Eli though as still waiting for the noodle special
If you play the Grass Mask (all hail our overlords) section at 0.5 speed, it's _genuinely_ horrifying. The masks, Dan and Stuart looking menacingly, the sounds of screams, it's very well edited and makes for an "enjoyable" experience.
THE MASK! THE MASKS! Merry Christmas! Love this series! Congrats on Ashens' victory and the spice calendar earning the title of best worst calendar! I hope Daniel keeps those chunky children's toys. Or Ashens. Somebody will enjoy them. I know I would.
this was so funny feel sorry for nerd having to eat all the spice but it's his own fault trying to screw over Ashens even though you won the toss can't wait untill advent 20 20
I am in northern Missouri, USA, and we literally barbecued on Christmas Day yesterday. It was in the 70s (F).... I don't think we've ever had such a warm Christmas.
thanks guys, you literally saved me from going down a rabbit hole into depression this year with this. who knew watching youtubers torture themselves with advent calendars works well for depression.
I love that they think the nutcracker is nightmare fuel because in the good part of Fortnite (Save The World), he's a psychotic holiday extremest, kidnapping characters, committing acts of terrorism including bombing and wanting to implement a fascist holiday themed oligarchy (holigarchy) upon the world. Yes, these are all things said in great detail within the game. Save The World is something special. lol
The spice calendar could work well if it was designed for a whole year, but with one each week or every other week. That way you could also have seasonal seasonings, like hotter summer, and sweeter winter.
4:10 lmao I've been waiting all series for this moment, because it's the clip Dan used as a sneak preview for this series way back in the Number 25 episode of his Most Defining Games of the Decade series
Well maybe if you live on the south hemisphere of the world you could do bbq all days on December, or living on the same altitude as Florida and below.
When the punishment calendar turns out to technically be the best one, you know the world's gone mad. This is what we get as civilization gradually starts withering away. This is what we deserve for not fighting tooth and nail to overwhelm those directing the fate of humanity.
Enjoyed this again this year, but to be honest my favourite of all the advent calendars was the helicopter. That just had me in stitches ... But I'm a geek :) Am now counting down to next years pain :)
My favorite memory from this year's Advent was when you pulled out the cereal calendar and were talking about the cereal and mentioned "Frosties" and I was like "Oh, is that some quaint British colloquialism for Frosted Flakes? How delightful!" and then you actually got "Frosties" and showed the box and I learned that no, that is literally what they're called over there and was inexplicably horrified and unsettled on a deep level that I've yet to recover from.
10/10 series, 10/10 for the Spice calendar. Really good idea, if only they weren't all bbq stuff. I'm going to make one for next year, cook something every day using whatever spice I get in the morning.
I'm not sure that's the case. The tools one from a couple of years ago was very good. I can't remember how much it cost, so I can't say for certain it was worth the money, but I seem to remember it was.
RufusOmega I think that one was about the same price as an already put together kit, if not a bit more. I kind of wish that they had gotten another similar one for this year as a main calendar, lol!
I actually had the tools one this year, it was very good! Great quality. Although the first big box was a beer opener (sigh) and I was very hyped because day 24 was also a big one, and that had a wine opener. No one is going to use a wera tool branded wine opener guys! Especially since there isn't any place for it in the toolkit :')
For anyone who can be bothered to give a damn This year I'm doing my own advent calendars to go along with Ashens and Nerdcubed. One is a Mars Favorites Candy Calendar that cost 8.00$ and the other is a Paw Patrol Calendar That cost 2.00$ Mars Candy Points:18 Paw Patrol points:6 Mars Favorites Candy: Mars won big surprise there. Paw Patrol Calendar: Paw Patrol had no chance of winning, but it did get 6 points that's 6 points more than I was expecting. Overall even if Mars won i'd say that the Paw Patrol one was acutely worth the price. for 2.00$ you get 24 pieces of chocolate in random shapes but it also had a better box, Paw Patrol had a maze on the back, inside of the doors they had little outlines of the dogs to color, and it even had a small hole so you could hang it up. But with Mars for 8.00$ it's just 24 pieces of fun size candy and the box was your standard made to fit the candy and show you some nutrition facts, for 8.00$ I could have bought a bag of candy with a lot more than 24 pieces, one with out Milky Way (Hell I'm sure that some stores still have a ton of Halloween candy leftover) and a coloring book with crayons. Mars may have won because of better candy but price was not worth it, if you had to pick one I'd say go for Paw Patrol. Or better yet nether and use the 10.00$ I spent on some good candy like a box of candy canes or a bag of gummy bears or anything else really. I might do this next year with some more expensive calendars.
25.12.19, Denver, Noon. Sunny and bright, only remnants of snow from the 16 inches a few weeks ago, clear and bright, not too cold, the pond isn't even frozen over.......15 years ago there would have been 3 inches of ICE on the pond, there would be snow or slush muck left over from Thanksgiving.....it's different now......not so Cold.
Don't know which one was the worst, the super-cheapo toy calendar or the lack of imagination that went into the Fortnite one. Good show though 😀 I went with the Haynes electronic games one, but there wasn't much electronics to learn by hooking a handful of components to a black box MCU. Think I'm going back to the cheap chocolate calendars.
I got the Kinder Surprise advent calendar this year, good decision. I now have 11 small toys and I got to eat delicious Kinder chocolate every day (which I love). So that's yet another victory point for German advent calendars.
I think dans last message of the advent was an important one for the kids especially with drug use (most probably IDK) increasing and it is to “DONT EAT SPICE”
I know a guy who makes all the food for christmas on his five Weber grills... I'm pretty sure he would be up for the spice advent calender challenge...
Dan completely missing the Funko Pops with both animals is a succinct metaphor for this year's advent series.
The close-up cam shot makes it *so* much funnier as well.
That reindeer has proved exceedingly unreliable.
i think it was totally reliable just not in the way you first thought
@@heerriiwa1111 How so? By letting the Spice flow? It must after all, but I digress. I'm honestly not sure what you mean.
@@Chaos89P Reliably shite
"This is a solid two." Probably the last time Dan gets to say that for the next several days after those spices.
When the PUNISHMENT calendar ends up winning the whole shebang, you know it's been a rough Advent-mas.
Now, to be fair, it was very good punishment indeed. So it certainly fulfilled its role well.
Praise be unto our grassy overlords and a merr crimmas to all
And a merry messy Kweznuz to you too.
Praise unto Slepp.
@@koenvandamme6901 Give Slepp your bones
RRY CH
Should we call it christMASK or GRASSmas?
Over-consumption of barbecue spice and stale cereal has irrevocably harmed Dan's depth perception.
You can give £2 a month to save a Dan.
I do like that their favourite Funkos were basically the ones that got away from the awful dead eyes of a typical Funko without just covering them up with a visor. Its very transparent and honestly completely reasonable.
On the Lego Harry Potter ones - you would have had lots of fun with *TABLES* and *FLAGPOLES!*
Lego Advent always wins 100% =P
yeah but you can easily integrate them with your existing lego stuff. pricier than normal lego is though, for sure
It was a rushed release. It usually takes around 18 months to produce a LEGO set if I remember correctly but after how successful HP was in late summer 2018 they wanted to produce more sets so they rushed an advent calendar so it would be ready for September 2019.
The Harry Potter ones are usually the calendars with the most stuff like that, the Minifigures are great though.
THERE YOU ARE GRASS MASK. I WAIT EVERY YEAR FOR A GLIPSE OF YOUR MASKY GOODNESS. BLESS UP.
Oh there's the Grass Masks, it's a Christmas miracle...
Damn, just spoiled it by reading the comments. My fault...
they were in day 24 as well
@@mickyd3509 Thank you for not being one of those people that doesn't realize nobody forced them to read the comments.
:)
At the price the crap selection of cereals with multiples is the most unforgivable thing. The standard variety pack of 8 has the same selection, and they're about £1-2 a pack.
But this was _vintage_
aceman0000099 it came with a *BOWL*
For next year please choose one "battle" calendar and one "punishment" caledar each.
You both open your battle calendars and whoever gets the worst toy/tat-piece has to suffer both "punishment"calendars.
Or something along those lines...
Cheers!
The punishment calendar should be chosen by a third party.
Ealdy Rebecca?
That's a better version of my idea, thank you for explaining it in more detail and better than my single 'good and bad for both' XD
Technically, they did buy two punishment calendars in 2020, but that was mostly because of social distancing.
You know they were good calanders when the award goes to the punishment calander
I've watched these for a few years, and 2019 has probably been my favorite of them. Watching cubed's plans backfire on him spectacularly and constantly was truly the greatest Christmas present I could ask for.
tbh, i actually forgot those were funko pops at some point-they didn't look sufficiently shit to me
They are funko but they are not pops. I think they are called Funko dorbz but usually they have closed eyes.
@@chamoo232 "dorbz" sounds like a word that was genetically engineered to be the most obnoxious thing to say.
Funko minis are usually more stylized than the big ones.
Or at least the eyes are
They're from the "Pint-Size Heroes" range.
@@z-beeblebrox actually it's only 1/2 of being the most obnoxious phrase possible. The MOST obnoxious is clearly "totes dorbz".
Sorry but the "I need to go Pound some stuffing into my person." Best quote of 2019.
Honestly those funko pops had a million times more personality an any of the full size shit they sell.
Our Overlords have returned, praise their grassiness.. praise them... praise them...PRAISE THEM....
Grass be praised!
the grass mask shit was genuinely terrifying, thanks for that
I must have watched the entire advent challenge at least 4 times. It was the first time I have ever seen spices give someone PTSD!
I'm already excited about next years advent calendars.
I so look forward to this series every year. Thanks for soldiering in and not disappointing. Merry Christmas, guys!
Well..my dad's friend does barbecue all year round and we're Finnish so what you're saying is I should buy this for him for next year?
Yes, I think that calendar is rather good
Maybe a third party should choose the calendars next year, Guru Larry's usually in every comment section, how about he does it
Yes we should have Barry choose the one for ashens and Dan's wife choose the one for him and the forfeit calendar should be chosen by Mike J
Ace!
I think Eli Silverman should make a forfeit calendar and put in all the crap food he finds in cheapshow. Would probably be too much effort for Eli though as still waiting for the noodle special
They should crowdsource it and put up a survey.
If Larry isnt Dad's endboss we riot
TH-cam just recommended this to me, I got really excited then i saw 2019 and remembered it's not even December yet
My family got an Hot Wheels advent calendar this year. I am now in possession of the shittest Elf to ever exist.
Oh no, the spices Made Dan blind.
If you play the Grass Mask (all hail our overlords) section at 0.5 speed, it's _genuinely_ horrifying. The masks, Dan and Stuart looking menacingly, the sounds of screams, it's very well edited and makes for an "enjoyable" experience.
Bartholomew Dan
Thank you for your continued patronage to our overlord the Grass Mask
Happy holidays
Nothing beats the tools from a few years go. Best advent calender
THE MASK! THE MASKS!
Merry Christmas! Love this series! Congrats on Ashens' victory and the spice calendar earning the title of best worst calendar!
I hope Daniel keeps those chunky children's toys. Or Ashens. Somebody will enjoy them. I know I would.
I seriously love the nutcracker figurine. Also it's hilarious that the actual "punishment" calendar won this year.
this was so funny feel sorry for nerd having to eat all the spice but it's his own fault trying to screw over Ashens even though you won the toss can't wait untill advent 20 20
Took long enough for the Grass Masks to bring in their Terror. That's all I look forward to every year.
I am in northern Missouri, USA, and we literally barbecued on Christmas Day yesterday. It was in the 70s (F).... I don't think we've ever had such a warm Christmas.
thanks guys, you literally saved me from going down a rabbit hole into depression this year with this. who knew watching youtubers torture themselves with advent calendars works well for depression.
Thanks for another year of laughs look forward to next year now haha
Thanks for this legendary show, see you next year!
I love that they think the nutcracker is nightmare fuel because in the good part of Fortnite (Save The World), he's a psychotic holiday extremest, kidnapping characters, committing acts of terrorism including bombing and wanting to implement a fascist holiday themed oligarchy (holigarchy) upon the world. Yes, these are all things said in great detail within the game. Save The World is something special. lol
Honestly its things like that that makes me realize fortnite isnt really that bad
I'm a reliable reindeer!
No you fucking aren't.
Wasn't it a German advent calendar that won last year? Is the lesson here to buy German advent calendars...
They are very efficient vessels for perfectly adequate amounts of holiday cheer. Wunderbar!
If you want a screwdriver set or spices for your Bratwurst or your in-schwarzbier-mariniertes schnitzel, then yes.
@@bartholomewdan or if you want to spice your screwdriver
Dan was definitely channeling the silence with the cabbage mask thing
That's Amazing. Marry late Christmas to the two of you two
The spice calendar could work well if it was designed for a whole year, but with one each week or every other week. That way you could also have seasonal seasonings, like hotter summer, and sweeter winter.
If it makes you feel any better you can buy the Funko Pop calendar for 32$ on Amazon now
I expected Dan to come back on screen wearing a grass mask at 9:55
4:10 lmao I've been waiting all series for this moment, because it's the clip Dan used as a sneak preview for this series way back in the Number 25 episode of his Most Defining Games of the Decade series
Now you just have to try all 255 combinations of smart point triggers on the reindeer...
What was the point of having that feature when the rest of the calendar didn't even contain different trigger patterns?
@@StevePagetWorld You can buy other Toot Toot animals stuff. I presume that the "carrots" reaction was from some other set.
Well maybe if you live on the south hemisphere of the world you could do bbq all days on December, or living on the same altitude as Florida and below.
I used to live in Florida, and there's not much altitude there. It's pretty flat.
@@jafafa I think that maybe the term was latitude, I mean the point of reference form the equator.
I usually try to think up some silly smart ass comment, but this time I'll just wish you a Merry Christmas, and thank you for all the laughs.
this is probably one of the best advent years because of the the spice calander + dans reactions because of his ulcer
That was some strong spice, it threw Dan's aim off 😂
When the punishment calendar turns out to technically be the best one, you know the world's gone mad. This is what we get as civilization gradually starts withering away. This is what we deserve for not fighting tooth and nail to overwhelm those directing the fate of humanity.
Enjoyed this again this year, but to be honest my favourite of all the advent calendars was the helicopter. That just had me in stitches ... But I'm a geek :)
Am now counting down to next years pain :)
Reliable reindeer venison seasoned with paprika.
My favorite memory from this year's Advent was when you pulled out the cereal calendar and were talking about the cereal and mentioned "Frosties" and I was like "Oh, is that some quaint British colloquialism for Frosted Flakes? How delightful!" and then you actually got "Frosties" and showed the box and I learned that no, that is literally what they're called over there and was inexplicably horrified and unsettled on a deep level that I've yet to recover from.
Silly colonial! 😂
10/10 series, 10/10 for the Spice calendar. Really good idea, if only they weren't all bbq stuff. I'm going to make one for next year, cook something every day using whatever spice I get in the morning.
awww, no look at online reviews this year?
Okay, two months later, I still have not laughed at anything as hard as Dan missing both shots at the Funkos.
You will never get your moneys worth with an advent calender.
I'm not sure that's the case. The tools one from a couple of years ago was very good. I can't remember how much it cost, so I can't say for certain it was worth the money, but I seem to remember it was.
Poundland should do a calendar with just completely random shit :P
RufusOmega I think that one was about the same price as an already put together kit, if not a bit more. I kind of wish that they had gotten another similar one for this year as a main calendar, lol!
I actually had the tools one this year, it was very good! Great quality. Although the first big box was a beer opener (sigh) and I was very hyped because day 24 was also a big one, and that had a wine opener.
No one is going to use a wera tool branded wine opener guys! Especially since there isn't any place for it in the toolkit :')
0:9 makes my Christmas. All hail The Ancient One!
this is the best of hte videos. and i didn't even watch after day 17
I legitimately really love that nutcracker mini Funko lol
For anyone who can be bothered to give a damn This year I'm doing my own advent calendars to go along with Ashens and Nerdcubed. One is a Mars Favorites Candy Calendar that cost 8.00$ and the other is a Paw Patrol Calendar That cost 2.00$
Mars Candy Points:18
Paw Patrol points:6
Mars Favorites Candy: Mars won big surprise there.
Paw Patrol Calendar: Paw Patrol had no chance of winning, but it did get 6 points that's 6 points more than I was expecting.
Overall even if Mars won i'd say that the Paw Patrol one was acutely worth the price. for 2.00$ you get 24 pieces of chocolate in random shapes but it also had a better box, Paw Patrol had a maze on the back, inside of the doors they had little outlines of the dogs to color, and it even had a small hole so you could hang it up. But with Mars for 8.00$ it's just 24 pieces of fun size candy and the box was your standard made to fit the candy and show you some nutrition facts, for 8.00$ I could have bought a bag of candy with a lot more than 24 pieces, one with out Milky Way (Hell I'm sure that some stores still have a ton of Halloween candy leftover) and a coloring book with crayons. Mars may have won because of better candy but price was not worth it, if you had to pick one I'd say go for Paw Patrol. Or better yet nether and use the 10.00$ I spent on some good candy like a box of candy canes
or a bag of gummy bears or anything else really. I might do this next year with some more expensive calendars.
Come on guys, lets do it: hot sauce punishment calendar.
As topping for the cheapest chocolate calendar they can find.
"If you are Finnish then 10/10" I feel personally attacked here! And I dont much appreciated it!
The spices really got to Dan, missed with both animals.
What's wrong with Dan? The spices overdose screwed over his accuracy.
I think Dan should ask Santa for a laser sight for his plastic animals next year. ha HA!
25.12.19, Denver, Noon. Sunny and bright, only remnants of snow from the 16 inches a few weeks ago, clear and bright, not too cold, the pond isn't even frozen over.......15 years ago there would have been 3 inches of ICE on the pond, there would be snow or slush muck left over from Thanksgiving.....it's different now......not so Cold.
I really wished they mixed all the spices together and basted it
The fact the sack didnt end up in the cheapshow PooBox irks me
When Ashens has a laughing fit I just automatically assume that a crappy toy violin is going to suddenly appear!
Stella!
I just realized that advent calendars are the spiritual precursor to subscription boxes.
Looking forward to next Christmas 🎄🎅
all good things come to an end.
Hot sauce advent punishment next year.
I'd rather have hot sauce then spicy powder lol
What did you do for Christmas? I watched 2 grown men play with toys and I loved every single minute of it.
Don't know which one was the worst, the super-cheapo toy calendar or the lack of imagination that went into the Fortnite one. Good show though 😀
I went with the Haynes electronic games one, but there wasn't much electronics to learn by hooking a handful of components to a black box MCU. Think I'm going back to the cheap chocolate calendars.
-I'm an Elder God from beyond this universe!-
I'm a reliable reindeer!
Now imagine a full sized funko calendar... you'd have to sell a lot of german spice to be able to buy that.
Awww they didn't eat the mixed spice bowl :(
Yeah, that disappointed me too :(
All hail the masks of grass! They've possessed our hosts for Xmas! Let us all eat spicy cereal and rejoice!
Southern hemisphere "BBQ for every meal in December" here, I'd do it
All freaking MONTH I have been jealous of the spice 10/10 from Canada!
They should do a whiskey advent calendar one year and just get increasingly hammered as the videos go on
Barry would love the spices as he loovvvess paprika :)
You know it's bad when the punishment calendar is the best advent calendar.
They need to buy each other a calender next year
I got the Kinder Surprise advent calendar this year, good decision. I now have 11 small toys and I got to eat delicious Kinder chocolate every day (which I love).
So that's yet another victory point for German advent calendars.
I think dans last message of the advent was an important one for the kids especially with drug use (most probably IDK) increasing and it is to
“DONT EAT SPICE”
4:16 Holy shit Stuart is auditioning for a role as the next Joker
I know a guy who makes all the food for christmas on his five Weber grills... I'm pretty sure he would be up for the spice advent calender challenge...
"if you're Finnish, 10/10"
Finns can't handle that much taste wtf
Advent calendars can be fun. There’s a short story advent calendar even.
4:11
Stuart's laugh 😂
I wonder if they've fillmed this season one already , or if it'll even happen
Cheers lads. Merry Christmas.
I would like that Spice Calendar cause in Australia we can have BBQ in Summer and Christmas is in Summer
Feel like it's really lacking in variety though. Mostly just combinations of pepper, salt and paprika.
That reindeer has great timing
I genuinely want that spice calendar.
A little disappointed the trophy wasn't full of grass masks.
I would totally buy that spice one, and use it on my veggie stuff. Win.