Need gift ideas for WWII / Tank enthousiast

[Vasti]

So we are doing Secret Santa and I am having a hard time to find something decent for the guy I drew.
We put the limit for the gift at 12.50 euro's (around 15.67 dollars) and I don't know what to get him.

I know he likes tanks (he plays World of Tanks and liked the movie FURY)
He likes documentaries/movies about the second world war (The Pianist, etc)
He liked the movie Prisoners (not sure if this helps)
He is a fan of Beyonce
He likes dogs
He is Polish but lives in the Netherlands (not sure how/if this helps)

I don't want to get him a movie or documentary, but I was thinking about getting him the book/memoires that The Pianist was based off but I don;t know if he likes to read and if reading that is fun when you've already seen the movie.

Anyone here that can relate to the guy and tell me what he'd like to get?

All help/suggestions are appreciated.

[Reeve]

Give hima fish tank:



Edit: In all seriousness, if he's a lover of WW2 and a reader, get him a set of Winds of War and War and Rememberance books, by Hermann Wouk. They're epic, awesome, a pretty easy read, and look impressive on your shelf.

The Winds of War

War and Rememberance

They are told from the perspective of an American family who are spread all around the world at the start of the world wars, so if he has an issue reading about the war from the perspective of an American family, he might not like it, but they really excellently written books with some really interesting history in them.

[Deleted]

At that price I would not even bother, if you can stretch a bit you can get something like this.

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/army-pa...-.-product,250

[Easo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czterej_pancerni_i_pies

It was released on DVD, and since he is Polish... ?

[Reeve]

At that price I would not even bother, if you can stretch a bit you can get something like this.

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/army-pa...-.-product,250

You think this Polish guy wants a silver swastika?

[Deleted]

You think this Polish guy wants a silver swastika?

Why not? He likes tanks and plays a ww2 game featuring them, a Panzer tank badge would be a good gift.

[Deleted]

Scale model of a tank perhaps?

[Reeve]

Why not? He likes tanks and plays a ww2 game featuring them, a Panzer tank badge would be a good gift.

Seems like the sort of thing that could easily be misinterpreted by others if they came across it. I wouldn't want such a thing in my house, and I think if someone offered me one as a gift, I'd take it askance.

[Tradewind]

Scale model of a tank perhaps?

+1 for linking a real tank too.

[Reeve]

+1 for linking a real tank too.

If he's a WW2 buff, you'd think he'd want a tank from that time period though.

Here's a JS-2: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/361095899390?lpid=82

[Tradewind]

If he's a WW2 buff, you'd think he'd want a tank from that time period though.

I suppose. Leopards are still bad ass though.

[Independent voter]

http://www.driveatank.com/

[Deleted]

http://www.driveatank.com/

$15 not 300.

[Vasti]

Cool sugestions so far guys, I need to find out if he is into books. Modeltanks also look like a good option. I am already planning on putting his gift in a paper-maché tank (we all need to put our gifts in something from arts and crafts, not sure if there is an english term for it, but in dutch we call it: Surprise) I want to build the FURY tank for him (basically a green tank with FURY written on the 'barrel' I think it is called)

[Kellhound]

Cool sugestions so far guys, I need to find out if he is into books. Modeltanks also look like a good option. I am already planning on putting his gift in a paper-maché tank (we all need to put our gifts in something from arts and crafts, not sure if there is an english term for it, but in dutch we call it: Surprise) I want to build the FURY tank for him (basically a green tank with FURY written on the 'barrel' I think it is called)

Try finding something like: http://www.flyingmule.com/products/DM-60387

[Vasti]

Any non-tank related gift ideas? I know it is hard, that is why I am asking. I suck at buying stuff for myself...how can they expect me to buy stuff for someone else :S

[Yunru]

Any non-tank related gift ideas? I know it is hard, that is why I am asking. I suck at buying stuff for myself...how can they expect me to buy stuff for someone else :S

Well i know one....but its tank..and it costs a lot of cash.
http://www.mark-1-tank.co.uk/king-tiger.html
Its radio controled tiger 1 tank. And its quite large (i would buy it for his 50th tho).

[Vasti]

Well i know one....but its tank..and it costs a lot of cash.
http://www.mark-1-tank.co.uk/king-tiger.html
Its radio controled tiger 1 tank. And its quite large (i would buy it for his 50th tho).

That is pretty cool, just a bit too expensive and still a tank