Hey guys, I just had to share this with you all...I joined the RPF Secret Santa gift exchange this year, and I got my gift tonight. I had listed
Westworl as one of the things I am interested in, and my Secret Santa seriously did NOT disappoint!!! Here is the post from the SS thread, I copied it and pasted it. I wasn't sure how many of you guys end up checking that thread out or not, so if you don't you'll be able to see this awesome, awesome gift.
Alright, so when I was taking one of my dogs out around 11:00 PM I noticed a box on the front porch...it hadn't been there when I was out there at 9:00 PM, but I thought I heard a vehicle in the driveway while I was watching TV. My mail has been arriving really late on Mondays, but I had already gotten the mail...apparently this arrived in a second truck that was out doing deliveries. Weird.
Anyway, it was fairly large and had some heft to it!!!
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/...4-E547-4C7A-8DA3-2CE7BC8DA9D4_zpsafnvgft5.jpg
I opened it up carefully, and found a lot of bubble wrap. It was packaged really well. On the top looked like an envelope of some kind...
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After opening that envelope, I was pretty psyched to see this...a custom made document folder...from HBO's "Westworld."
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/...5-42EC-4C79-B8B2-2E86D2CB6279_zpsonjy3jxp.jpg
Along with the folder was a map of the park printed on really nice stock.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/...0-6DCE-4096-B845-253FA9507AAE_zpsrgupes98.jpg
Upon opening the folder, I found basically all of the paperwork that one would need to fill out in order to actually visit the park...lots of documents, printed on nice paper and cardstock,, a photo that shows the levels of the control tower in the park, and what appears to be a nice large vinyl decal of the park logo.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/...6-9DB6-4B2D-BBA6-448731F1DDBC_zps0eyi8oik.jpg
Very, very cool.
To be 100% honest, I'd have been simply ecstatic with this gift if this was all that there was...but obviously you don't need such a giant box to send the folder and the map of the park, so obviously there was more to be seen.
There was a wooden box...the finger prints on it are all mine, and they are easily seen because the stuff inside this shipping box was still so cold from the temperatures outside. It's really nicely finished, with the Westworld logo in the center of it.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/...0-5F6F-41E6-B2FE-CD1614254D96_zpswxqyeuz8.jpg
At first I thought that this was just a nice piece for me to be able to keep the other parts of the gift in, basically a very nice way to store the paper items that might be more easily damaged if just left out and about.
Again, if this gift had stopped here, I'd have been more than happy...I'd have been thrilled.
So I opened the box to see what the inside of this document storage box looked like, and I was left completely speechless. Like, literally...my wife just looked at me and said "What is it??"
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/...F-7124-46B4-AB9F-43B9A271586E_zpspfikoy5i.jpg
It's metal with wood, painted really well, and sits in that case with a custom fit. It's just...unbelievable.
At this point, I'm still just kind of in shock. This is...without a doubt...one of the most awesome collection of props that I have in my collection. I'm going to have to figure out a great way to display all of it. I'm thinking I'll get a frame for the map, then the folder will end up going into some kind of protective sleeve just to keep it nice and perfect, and the pistol will be displayed sitting in the case slightly tilted up with the box lid behind it.
I'm beyond thrilled at all of this...it's just amazing!!!!