I would like to start this post off by saying this has been hands down the greatest redditgifts experience for me all around thus far, and to think i almost didn't sign up for this one! My extremely generous gifter has sent me not one, but TWO amazing gifts from the Legend of Zelda series. I am not a serious gamer, but I have loved this games since childhood, allowing them to become more of a visual tale of legend than just video games.

I was incredibly lucky to get matched with Vanstah, as they really understood my interest with the games. First in the mail came an excellent gift in itself...a color changing heart mug which "refills" itself in 8-bit glory whenever a hot beverage (coffee) is poured into it. Had this been the only component of my gift I still would have been ecstatic; it references my favorite games in a delightfully subtle fashion, yet I was told there would be another component.

As soon as I read Vanstah's note telling me there was something else on its way as a gift for me, I started to get very excited. I told my wife, "This must be something imported, something special from overseas," aware of course of the series' Far East influences. I was patient, as by this time I trusted Vanstah to deliver. And did they ever!

Today I pulled a long thin tube from my mailbox. It was delivered to my New Jersey apartment from someplace in China. My adrenaline surged; could this be the second piece of the gift I have been anticipating? Indeed it was.

As I gently pulled away the clear tape, a tightly wound scroll became visible inside the tube. With some coaxing, I was able to delicately remove it from its packaging. I had received, in fabric scroll form, an account of any and everyone I had ever fought for, fought along side of, fought against, in my journeys as Link through these luscious worlds. It is a piece of art worthy of endless examination and fond recollection. The realistic way in which these characters have been rendered add an extra aspect of wonder to the piece, and I stood in slack-jawed amazement as I recognized old friends and enemies as though they were suddenly wrought manifest in the actual world.

Thank you, once more, to my Reddit gifter: the person whose level of creativity, generosity, and sincerity made this gift possible. I am honored to have received these items as a flawless representation to my devotion to the series. I feel the pictures do not do this justice, yet since I get to enjoy these gifts, Vanstah must know that they have made their impact. I love these gifts.