werewolflvr96 Posted November 9, 2015 #1 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Who exactly is Krampus you ask... well he is the devilish counterpart of saint nicholas. Instead of bringing toys and things to good children Krampus deals with the bad children. Hitting them with switches and rattling chains before dragging them off in a basket. He has many names across the continent such as - Knecht Ruprecht, Certa, Perchten, Black Peter, Schmutzli, Pelznickel and Klaubauf. Of course it is just a legend that started in central germany to scare children into being good but it is something to tell your children and maybe it might just persuade them to be good. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted November 9, 2015 #2 Share Posted November 9, 2015 It will not work on the kids today, they will just ask for the outfit or game for Christmas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted November 10, 2015 #3 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Or that new IPhone 7s with duel-core processor and 100tetrabytes of data, oh and it has to have the latest versions of facebook and twitter... Kids these days, whatever happened to playing with your Transformers and LEGOs? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOMBIE Posted November 10, 2015 #4 Share Posted November 10, 2015 LEGO and Transformers are super popular amongst children. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted November 10, 2015 #5 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Really, because I'm a Transformer fan (G1 and Beast Wars), and the latest TF line did not do too well sales wise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOMBIE Posted November 10, 2015 #6 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Really, because I'm a Transformer fan (G1 and Beast Wars), and the latest TF line did not do too well sales wise. I am not an expert on kid's toys, but in Germany and Korea I see plenty of kids with Transformers. And they do play with other toys, as well as outside on playgrounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted November 10, 2015 #7 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Cool, but sadly here in America, kids have lost intrest in toys, now its all about the iPhone and stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted November 23, 2015 #8 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Many kids in today's cities if Krampus came to visit them, they'd be like, "Well, at least he showed up, which is more then I can say for my biological father....". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieSymptom Posted November 25, 2015 #9 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Really, because I'm a Transformer fan (G1 and Beast Wars), and the latest TF line did not do too well sales wise. I'm also a massive Transformers fan. Which line do you class as the latest? Combiner Wars or Robots in Disguise? They both do reasonably well, although I think in recent years only the movie-related lines would have compared with the huge success of the first few years of G1. Hasbro don't release comparative sales figures so no-one apart from them knows how well each line does in comparison with the others, but they do make it clear that Transformers remains one of their core successful brands. I particularly like the Masterpiece line from Japan recently, some great quality figures there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted November 25, 2015 #10 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I'm also a massive Transformers fan. Which line do you class as the latest? Combiner Wars or Robots in Disguise? They both do reasonably well, although I think in recent years only the movie-related lines would have compared with the huge success of the first few years of G1. Hasbro don't release comparative sales figures so no-one apart from them knows how well each line does in comparison with the others, but they do make it clear that Transformers remains one of their core successful brands. I particularly like the Masterpiece line from Japan recently, some great quality figures there. I vastly prefer Combiner Wars. As I am a big CHUG collector and CW lets me get the original combiner teams to fill out my CHUG ranks. Although I have no intrest in getting the non-G1 Combiners (e.g. Optimus supreme or Victorion) I am indifferent to the RiD figures, as I do not watch the show. Yes Masterpieces are very good figures, I have 3. Grimlock, Sideswipe and Bumblebee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelnjones Posted November 25, 2015 #11 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I am a big fan of the Krampus thing. I really like the Krampus parades in Austria. I wish those would make their way to the states. We are far to PC but it gives older teens and young men something to do at Christmas. It seems like around that age boys have nothing to do at Christmas. Too young to be parents and too old to love it as kids themselves. Also it brings back a bit of the wassailing /lord of misrule tradition that the pilgrims didn't allow to cross the pond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted November 25, 2015 #12 Share Posted November 25, 2015 A Krumpus Parade.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted November 27, 2015 #13 Share Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) Well the film is out now, and it does not look like the sort of thing which will make you sleep soundly after watching it = American dark fantasy horror film https://en.wikipedia.../Krampus_(film) We should be seeing this on UM in the new year by the many who think this is a documentary. Edited November 27, 2015 by freetoroam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted November 27, 2015 #14 Share Posted November 27, 2015 http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/Others/Others-Doc-Religion&Spirituality/+Doc-Religion&Spirituality-Christmas/OriginsOfSanta.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Cooper Merrin Posted November 27, 2015 #15 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Cool, but sadly here in America, kids have lost intrest in toys, now its all about the iPhone and stuff. thats quite a large call to be making.. speaking for an entire American age group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted November 27, 2015 #16 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Well I have a habit of making big calls. *Shrugs* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattpoison Posted December 3, 2015 #17 Share Posted December 3, 2015 My grandmother was born and raised in southern Bavaria. She said that St. Nikolaus and Krampus would both come to schools when she was young. Good kids would be rewarded by the Saint, and bad kids would be punished by Krampus. Apparently it was a very stressful time for the kids as they were so worried they would have a painful punishment inflicted on them. It's a good memory for her since nothing like that happens in America. I might have gotten in less trouble growing up if we had Krampus come to our schools in the U.S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted December 3, 2015 #18 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I hear Krampus and think PMS. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyman2269 Posted December 4, 2015 #19 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) Only way to kill a krampus is to skip a shale rock off water and hit the krampus in the neck with it. Edited December 4, 2015 by monkeyman2269 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSUGOJI Posted December 7, 2015 #20 Share Posted December 7, 2015 My grandmother was born and raised in southern Bavaria. She said that St. Nikolaus and Krampus would both come to schools when she was young. Good kids would be rewarded by the Saint, and bad kids would be punished by Krampus. Apparently it was a very stressful time for the kids as they were so worried they would have a painful punishment inflicted on them. It's a good memory for her since nothing like that happens in America. I might have gotten in less trouble growing up if we had Krampus come to our schools in the U.S. I have a feeling that the Krampus would not fare well in the U.S. were he to manifest. Showing up during school to punish naughty children,especially Krampus style with a switch and big laundry bag to stuff kids into. That would result in a SWAT team and a CPS visit for ole' Krampy. If Krampus steered clear of making school visits and showed up at the naughty kid's houses he would face new challenges. After exposure to a diet of Walking Dead,Saw movies and various first person shooter/gory horror/monster video games the Krampus would have a tough time even getting a second glance,let alone being considered scary. And woe to the Krampus if he wandered into a naughty kid's house that happened to be in a bad,urban neighborhood. Instead of encountering the terrified cries of children promising to be good he would instead be greeted with a hail of gunfire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattpoison Posted December 12, 2015 #21 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I have a feeling that the Krampus would not fare well in the U.S. were he to manifest. Showing up during school to punish naughty children,especially Krampus style with a switch and big laundry bag to stuff kids into. That would result in a SWAT team and a CPS visit for ole' Krampy. If Krampus steered clear of making school visits and showed up at the naughty kid's houses he would face new challenges. After exposure to a diet of Walking Dead,Saw movies and various first person shooter/gory horror/monster video games the Krampus would have a tough time even getting a second glance,let alone being considered scary. And woe to the Krampus if he wandered into a naughty kid's house that happened to be in a bad,urban neighborhood. Instead of encountering the terrified cries of children promising to be good he would instead be greeted with a hail of gunfire. He'd also have to be pretty freaked out about lawsuits and hate crimes and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigmaster Posted December 14, 2015 #22 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Krampus could not exist in America nowadays. The kids would just mug him and take all of his stuff...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted December 17, 2015 #23 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Krampus could not exist in America nowadays. The kids would just mug him and take all of his stuff...... They'd probably like the matches, lighters, tongs, pinchers, switches, whips, knives and alcohol he'd be carrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Posted December 23, 2015 #24 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Well, all of you better be good otherwise Krampus will visit you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Posted December 23, 2015 #25 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) thats quite a large call to be making.. speaking for an entire American age group I'm sure that comment was generally so to speak, Lucas. Many kids here in the UK are also interested in iPhones rather then toys for Christmas. Edited December 23, 2015 by Hudds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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