Being a Christmas advent calendar, I expected more of a Christmas theme. Maybe my expectations were too high. I don't mind the skull set, but definitely not a fan of the spider D20 just because I am very afraid of spiders. The contrast between the numbers and the dice on one of the sets is too similar so it is hard to read them. I really would have loved a set of the special blue D20 instead. I bought the other advent calendar as well and they both had the same D20 in it.
My expectations were a bit higher than what was received. Being a Christmas advent calendar, I expected more of a Christmas theme. I really like one of the sets, because it's more Christmas-y, along with the one special D20 that came in the calendar, but the other two sets fell short of the mark for me.
So far I'm not impressed. The calendar arrived late, 4th of December. So far there seem to be 3 sets of dice that are nice enough, but not great quality (Ali/Temu). The first special dice that I got is very, very ugly. I would not buy this again for this price.
Ordered the advent calender and several other items back in October. It was sent in early december, which totally get, they clearly had a lot of orders.
But then I start receiving phone calls from FedEx that the seller did not do the FDA prior approval. Okay, sure. So I email them on multiple occasions, no response. I send a message on instagram, no response. Meanwhile, I am still getting alerts that the package is held up by customs and will be returned if they do not receive the update.
Today, as of Dec 12th I have not only received the calender, the dice, or the edible dice I also have not received even an acknowledgement of my emails and DMs asking for any information that could be provided.
I am totally okay with delays. I am totally okay receiving my items late from a small business.i am not okay with being completely ignored. Really disappointing but will update the review if I receive the item as I want to support this business.
Best year for these yet. I really appreciate that most full sets like they weremade specifically for these Holiday calendars! Thanks for continuing to provide a yearly tradition in my family.
shipping rolled a one - product itself was great . The whole point of advent calendar is opening it everday until christmas- when it’s not received until 7 days into December -it spoils the whole idea of that.
The dice are OK in the advent but 2 are really similar styles just different colouring. Would have liked more variety. Also the advent calendar was late, despite pre ordering it in September, false promises were made regarding when they would be dispatched (promised by Monday / Tuesday meaning they would have got here in time but was not sent until Friday). Various emails were sent regarding the delivery and none responded to which was extremely disappointing with search an early pre order window. Had to buy additional calendar so my son had something to open on 1st December as it did not arrive until the 3rd. Had this been communicated better I would not be so low on the review but it felt like it was being ignored.
Fun calendar, beautiful dice of great quality. Problems with delivery aside, this was perfect as always
The dice are ok. But delivery started way too late. I placed my order in October, and only received the product on the 8th of December. That kind of ruins it as an advent calendar for me.
A great set, the colours are beautiful even if in dim light the numbers are a bit harder to read, the unique shape of the dice is great and the sharp edges makes them feel good
The advent calendar arrived a little later than expected but through no fault of Dakota Irish themselves and I was kept informed of it's progress, which was appreciated. The advent calendar is well made and my husband is very happy with the dice.
I think my 3rd or 4th year in a row. High Quality Dicelike always. I would love the option for a full metal doce calender next year :)
I ordered the advent calendar on 17. October, it arrived on 09. December. And I mostly didn‘t get some answer to my emails.
First, I love that DakotaIrish is making these advent calendars. I have purchased one last year and one this year and here are my thoughts:
- last year, when the dice were more on the "misfits" side was more fun opening this calendar not knowing how the next die would look like.
- this year the dice are beautiful, much more beautiful and to recieve three sharp-edged dice sets for that price is just fenomenal, but the excitement is not as great once you have uncovered looks of all three sets.
Even though I am looking forward to see what will next year bring.
from day one i knew this the best gift to myself this year. the dice are beautiful and well made, it came right on time for december and i love the packaging, thank you for a bright spot this holiday season!
The coolest advent calendar EVER!!!
I just love the adventkalender. As a dice goblin it's exited to have more dice and to countdown toChristmas
Such a beautiful and well crafted set of dice
Only halfway, but I'm enjoying the daily new dice so much! Some amazing sets are appearing, looking forward to every new morning!
I love opening the doors. It's so fun and the dice are so pretty. By now I know two of the three sets. I'm excited to find out what the last set will be.
The cover is well made and I love that on the back are options to stand or hang up the calendar.
Both my D&D kids love these advent calendars. They are especially excited with the metal D 20s.
Always such a beautiful selection of dice! Well worth the price! You will not be disappointed.