Asterix Comics box set... Is it worthy??

I needed to make a workplace gift last month.  As most people act on such things, I started to think about the personality traits of the person who was the recipient of the present...  I decided on the best and worst traits and then moved to decide how much did i really liked him...

Then, went to check my bank balance...  How much could I actually spend on a workplace gift?  I mean, there is always the coffee mug (but I HATE getting a landslide of those, how many mugs can you actually OWN?), so I figured that a man would really not like the idea of "world's best co-worker" mug, as well as that would be a very popular idea....

Stuffed animals is the other highly popular stuff... I scuffed and thought: "they call it puppy love" (signing in my mind is far better because there I am actually in tune), and I remembered that it is the classic gift that says: "I have no idea what to get you and I cared so little that I found this at the gas station mini mart, so here you go and happy whatever it is you are supposedly celebrating"

As I browsed Amazon to figure out what it was that I would buy, I stumbled into this: Asterix Box Set and a light bulb appeared in my mind [imagine Gru].  A great idea, fairly cheap considering it is 34 books, the whole collection and something that you can give without looking like a dork or a jerk.
I did not hesitate on it and clicked, bought it and instructed the site to deliver as a gift.  When the celebration came I was at peace and ease as I knew my gift was proper, would be well received and certainly it was original.

I wasn't wrong.  When the courier arrive (I had the idea to have it delivered at the office so I could see first hand if I had had a good idea or not), the recipient was in awe as it turns out he grew up reading Asterix's comic books.  The fact that it comes with 34 of the titles makes up for the fact that there are a few that are missing and that are classics.

Another thing that was liked upon receiving the box set was the binding of the books, though personally I prefer them to be soft covers rather than hard ones.  He liked hard ones because they tend to be more protective of the pages inside (this certainly can be verified by my own puny Asterix collection) but still I prefer to be able to partially fold them and carry them around in my purse...

But it was not my gift to choose but his.  He liked it and as far as I know, so did his children.

At a bit over $200.00 is a very good purchase if you are looking for that special gift and will certainly be well received as it has more advantages than disadvantages.