Right, before we go. We have another bonus episode
for Rob to push out. Oh, we're going to do this
as two, so I just say before we go. Yeah, no,
no, do this as a separate bonus. Okay, everyone,
let's just pretend that I didn't say that because
I'm not editing any of this. So this is the second
day. Oh, what a lovely sleep. Oh, I'm so glad
I've had some time to rest and recuperate after
watching the Star Wars Holiday Special. Exactly.
So Christmas Eve, hang on, did you release it
on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? I've released
it. Fair enough. So, have you ever had... It's
like Sighting with Stranger Things. I'll release
that one on the 26th, and then this can come
out on the 1st. Well, have you ever had that
moment where you've gone around and you've just...
Oh, no, I forgot to do my advent calendar. Yeah.
Oh, really? You have had that? Oh, fair enough.
I've never had it because it's got chocolate
in it. I literally haven't opened today's. Oh.
I know, I meant you've forgotten to do the entire
thing. Oh, no, no, no, no. Right, so anyway,
we've talked about in the past doing a, is it
a TikTok hit or is it TikTok shit? Yeah. That's
what we should have called it, really, isn't
it? TikTok hit or TikTok? No, we're going to
call it TikTok. I can't remember what we were
going to call it. Yeah, no, it did have swear
words in it. This is why nothing that I have
any involvement in ever gets good on the old
charts. So the problem is there are so many scams
on TikTok. And there's been an advent calendar
scam. And I want you to see. So this has been
in my house for about three weeks and I just
put it away because I didn't want to spoil it.
Absolutely. So I'm going to hand it over to you.
It is a 60th anniversary interstellar advent
calendar. Interstellar fleet. Okay, so it's Star
Trek. Oh, look at the ship. It's only got one
nacelle. Yeah, so it's got one nacelle, so it's
not even the Enterprise on it. It's the, not
the Stargazer, but there was a ship with one
nacelle. Now, describe, what do the characters
look like? They're like Funko Pops. They're like
miniature Funko Pops, aren't they? Yeah, I don't
know what this... And those genuinely exist.
Since when was there two black female characters
in the same series? I just think they've duplicated
it with AI. Oh, it absolutely looks like an AI
-generated... So... It's a really tiny box. It's
about half the size of a normal. Did you think
this was going to be full size? No. Did you know
this was going to be a scam? Yes. Did you know?
I knew this was going to be a scam. Right. Because
we were going to do this daily, but I'm. Yeah.
So you look at it. You've already said it looks
like you get looked with 3D Funko Pop sort of
characters. I wonder what you do. And they're
in the style of Star Trek characters. I mean.
straight away you should know it's dodgy because
the fact it's got no star trek writing on it
at all it's interstellar fleet now it's clearly
meant to be star trek well 60th anniversary as
well well also as well you don't have to guess
the numbers because it goes 1 to 24 just across
the board. Yeah, it's not random. It doesn't
give you the fun of that. So am I opening it
day by day? I think just open the top and pull
the sliding sheet out. Let's do one first. Okay.
So this is like, I'm almost sure I know what's
going to be in there. Oh, it's not. What? What?
There's three things in here. Yeah, there's not
meant to be three things. There's only meant
to be one thing. Oh, it's... Oh, they're meant
to be Christmas decorations, are they? Tiny little
Christmas decorations. What they are is they're
not the Funko Pops things. They're printed out
and turned into plastic. If you bought the real
Advent calendars, which do exist, you do get
the proper 3D kind of little Funko Pop models.
So that would have been the Vulcan salute. Yeah,
you would have... The hand. Oh, man. They've
literally put emojis in there as well, haven't
they? And then this is... Oh, this is dreadful.
Let's just open it. I was hoping it was going
to be a little figure. Yeah, no. This is the
scam. There was Pokemon ones. There was all sorts.
And all these people's complaints are, I got
it, and there's no characters in it. They're
literally just flat pieces of plastic with paper
stuck in them. What's funny is that they've all
come out of their windows. Of course they have.
So you could be like, I opened up three on the
first day. One day just gets the string. Really?
One day gets the string. Oh, my God. That's really
disappointing. Oh, they're all in just one down
here. Look. Yeah. And they're all that really
shitty, just piece of paper stuck inside plastic.
Oh, there's a Borg one. But how cool would it
have been if it was the characters? But the reviews
for it are hysterical. All these people literally
moaning, I can't believe it. My Christmas has
been ruined. You don't actually get the characters.
You get really badly printed out plastic instead.
Well, how much did they pay for it? Three pounds.
And they actually thought it was going to be
fixed. Exactly. If you're going to buy things
on TikTok and it's three pounds, you're an idiot.
Yeah, at some point you've got to take responsibility
for your own fucking stupidity, don't you? Yes.
Oh, okay, right. oh i've got a gold one does
that mean i've got like a special edition i doubt
it okay so there are two really good ones here
right there's actually a good one no there's
two there's a borg in a christmas hat and um
what the hegemony guys what's the green oh um
geth not the geth that's from fucking mass effect
a sugar cane thing that they're the two good
ones i mean thank you very much for spending
um oh my god they really are they are really
these are pretty fucking these are pretty fucking
appalling oh my god anyone so they're ai they're
100 percent ai they've gone into something like
gemini and said create me star trek inspired
funko pop character is this a phaser Wrapped
up. Yeah, that's a Christmas phaser. And again,
you can tell it's heavily... It's AI because
it's missing bits. Yeah, there's like a golden
one. I've got like a golden captain or something.
It's all gold. Okay, there's a snowman. I'm not
sure how much relevance that does to Star Trek,
but they're going to go in there. And put in
the bin later. Probably go in the bin. I might
keep the geth. The gorn. The gorn. The Borg,
because they are actually quite sweet. I don't
need the string. They're not going to get put
up on anything. Oh, my God, no. They're going
to go on the shelf of wonders as a kind of a
nice memorial to this moment. But, yeah, the
rest are going to go back in that box and go
in the recycling. Yeah, they are bad. Well, happy
Christmas. Yeah, happy Christmas. Thanks for
that. It's late, as always. All these Christmas
ones do go on. Oh, Jesus, yeah. It's 10 to midnight.
Peek behind the curtain. Oh, hang on. One of
them escaped. There's another Gorn. Oh, look
at that. We can have one each. We can have a
Gorn each. Oh, that's nice. That's lovely, isn't
it? What a nice Christmas miracle. It's a Christmas
miracle. Jesus brings you... Gorn and Borg. Jesus
brings you water into wine and gives you fish
and bread. And I materialise a second Gorn ornament.
Just for you. And I'm just thinking, the Borg
nativity. I am one of three. I am two of three.
I bring you frankincense. I am three of three.
I bring you gold. Press latinum. No, latinum.
Yeah, it is latinum, isn't it? It's gold. Press
latinum. I am Joseph of Borg. I am Mary of Borg.
Joseph of Borg. We've given birth to Locutus.
This year. I do not believe that she didn't sleep
with Locutus. oh my god and that's the christmas
message from the uss so this year i am your sci
-fi jesus and sci -fi jesus coming soon to abc
love you bye