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Xmas time: What gift should I ask Santa Claus for?
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Infraviolet:
Between the two items listed:

The flipper could be useful, I've heard good things about them being very capable devices... although most of the thngs it does can be done with a typical microcontroller and an appropriate choice of sensors on a task by task basis (fit an MCU with an RFID reader, or an IR photodiode...)

The Meta manufactured VR set sounds a bad idea, given the behaviours of that company and how everything is tied in to Facebook I imagine it ends up as a very walled garden, which might suddenly be turned in to a useless pile of scrap if Meta chooses to close down some specific set of servers.

Between those two, and personally I'd be more inclined to just buy loads of different sorts of extra components, I'd definitely pick the Flipper.
Bicurico:
Update: I am getting both! Good behaviour and a loving wife.

Plus I ordered a Proxmark3 clone from AliExpress.

Ho ho ho...
Psi:
Expresso machine?   
Ya might not be able to get a good automatic one for that price but you could get a decent manual/press one. Like Flair Signature or ROK.
Assuming you like good coffee and enjoy trying new beans etc..

Hack RF / SDR

Saleae logic analyzer

Power tools

LED strip lighting so you can kit out your house with tintable recessed room lighting.  Probably want to do some research here, lots of junk available.

3D printer


EDIT: ops I was too late, I see you already made the call.

coppercone2:
the three d prnter is good when its snowing or too cold in a regular shop and can make winter suck less

also if you actually make models that is good corporate stuff to know
Bicurico:
@PSI: I already own most of your suggestions:

- HackRF One + Portapack: great device!
- Saleae Logic Analyzer: I have a cheap chinese clone (shame on me), but I guess i used it only once or twice. Nice to have, though, because the day will come you need to decode some I2C communication
- LED strip: not my thing, plus the chinese ones come with very questionable PSU
- 3D Printer: I don't own one! Why? Because I work at a company that sells industrial grade ones. When I need a part, I just ask my colleague to print it for me. Perfect result, zero work, plus often my part can act as a showcase - everybody wins. This kind of rules out that I spend money and time tinkering on a cheap chinese model, that will produce some questionable results.

I don't drink coffee, so the expresso machine is a non-starter...

@coppercone2: See my comments about 3D printer. I would, under different circumstances, own one, of course!
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