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How fiddly were those batteries Poundland for anyone on the hunt.

I hear you brother! It took an age to get the buggers in, especially with excited, trembling hands!

LAST NIGHT!?! 

Even more amazing!

Yet more awesomeness!!! Thanks Eamonn, that story was ace and the artwork wonderful!

So that's a shit film, cool modelling, awesome daily art and brilliant prose and were only up to day 3! I really do love the diverse range of talent and creativity the calendar brings out each year.

Sniff! I love you guys!

Here's the back (look at that lovely weathering...)



And here's how the batteries go in (6xAG1) as the instructions aren't that clear...



It... it's beautiful!

Just got my Lawmaster unfortunately ("3A Dredd was delayed, again!") but drokk me, it's absolutely beautiful!!!

Wonderful stuff from Scowlin' today! I might report Mrs Pete for provocative flatulence as I really want one of those Globular Rad-Sleet Simulators!

Thanks for the lovely comments everyone! Hey Andy, post away my friend, there's no stepping on toes at Christmas (unless you're dancing with me!)

Ah but Dash, you always do a million brilliant cartoons!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, thrills in every store! Oooooooh, it's here, the highlight of the year, welcome to the eighth 2000AD advent calendar!!!

Last year, we kept this thread comment free and full of juicy Thrillpower so I'll start a new thread for comments here: https://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=43962.0

Right! December 1st and this year I have decided to spare you my usual 'musical' extravaganza with awful Mackem singing, 2016 has been a shit enough year. This year I've gone all JJ Abrams and it's practical effects all the way, baby! So, without further ado, I proudly present...

TOY STORIES FROM MEZCO-CITY ONE: https://youtu.be/aVW811Je8s0

Thanks in advance to everybody who signed up to the calendar, I can't wait to see what you come up with! Also, a massive thanks to all the folks who've contributed to the board this year, you all make my day, even the ones who have tantrums over my art comp entries! Real life means I can't get on here as often as I'd like but I do try and catch up at least once a day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GRUD BLESS US EVERYONE!

Oh, and if you want to see last year's advent calendar, it's here: https://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=42794.0

Also, here's my back catalogue of shite 2000AD Christmas films - absolutely dire!

2015 - Enceladus the Musical: https://youtu.be/GC7haW5xtaw
2014 - "Christmas at Billy Carter Block": http://youtu.be/XjFY8-eWMlQ
2013 - "Winter Wonderland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznCjhK18kQ&feature=youtu.be
2012 - "Death's Nuts Roasting on an Angry Fire": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdwo0OWfVe8
2011 - "Christmas Alphabet": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPGGyeVXwGU
2010 - "Joe Dredd the Lawman": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fowIRnklOH8
2009 - "Twas the Night Before Christmas": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hroYikzx5n8

Merry Christmas you lovely Squaxx!!!

Oh, and as a little extra, here's a bonus Oor Burdis...



MERRY CHRISTMAS MY LOVELIES!!!

Please post your comments to the wonderful entries of the 2016 Advent Calendar in this thread. The calendar itself is here: https://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=43963.0

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Yep, the face looks much less 'gurney.'

I really enjoyed Watch Dogs so was keen to get WD2 and I must say, I've spent hours and hours absolutely LOVING this.

The tone is great; I understand lots of people didn't like the more serious tone and protagonist of WD1 so this time you get a crew of cooler, younger and more nerdy hackers who have some genuinely funny banter - for example there's a great, nerdy debate about who would win between Aliens vs Predator ("Wait... are we talking Ridley Scott Alien or James Cameron Alien?" After minutes of nerdy deliberation, someone mentions that Judge Dredd beat them both - yay!) There are loads and loads of geeky references in the game that should keep us sci fi buffs more than happy! Speaking of tone, and probably because of the setting, it's a very progressive game with same sex relationships, transgenderism and multiculturalism being, quite rightly, a social norm.

Your crew are called Dedsec and are a thin pastiche of Anonymous, giving masked video messages to the masses after you complete larger missions and continue to unearth and expose corporate/political scandals or whatever. The city of San Fransisco is vast and beautiful and chock full of stuff to see and do. The many stories are excellent and extremely relevant, right down to presidential candidate Mark Thruss ("Let's make the Bay Area stronger!"), rigged voting, mind control via social media and so much more. The main bad guys are the cliched Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg style characters who believe that a person's data is now more important than their lives, and we also get to go toe to toe with a Scientology cult as well as the many warring gang factions of the bay.

The hacking is frigging ace. Like the first game you can cause absolute mayhem from a relatively safe distance by piggybacking onto CCTV cameras, hacking grenades on the bad guys' belts, distracting them with their phones, explosively overloading a transformer next to where they're standing and so much more. A great new feature is to send a henchman's ID to a rival gang or the police then either sit back and either watch the resulting chaos or use it as a distraction to achieve your objectives. However, the most fun new features by far are your drone and remote controlled car. The drone in particular is fantastic, allowing you to survey a situation from above, plan your strategy or just drop a load of bombs (which themselves can be remote detonated or triggered by proximity.) The drone adds a good bit of verticality to the world too, giving you so much more to explore. As the world becomes more reliant on mobile technology, the opportunities for mischief increase, so now we can hack into the computer systems of cars and send them crashing into oncoming traffic, drive automated forklifts or tamper with security robots. Sadly, there are no swing bridges in San Francisco, which were my favourite things in WD1.

This game is a blast, offering hours and hours of fun. I can't recommend it enough.

Just FOUR more brace souls needed! Think of the baby Jesus!

Been working on mine today and I'll warn you, it's ridiculous!

A hopeful BUMP!