It's always nice to see someone score an item that's been on their list for a while, or to bag something that has great personal value.

So, I'll add a WOOT!

faro wrote:*looks totally clueless on minis*

Heh, heh, congrats, anyhow!
Ya gonna do a proper paint job on that, then?

Oh yes!  This one will be a centerpiece (of my mini collection that is - while my wife is a gamer geek too, I doubt if this would go over well at dinner!).

It isn't so much that it has some huge value, I just always wanted one of these from the time I saw 'em for sale at Zayre's department store Back In The Day(TM).

Gosh I am SO happy!

I remember having that set. It's pretty neat! I'll have to pick up the next one that comes along.

That's a great set, and you got it for a good price.  Congrats on that one.  I've been trying to find one for a while myself.  Well done!

Almost as rewarding as re-collecting the stuff you DID have when you were a kid, but sold for a pittance to buy cider and smokes!!!

Deadlord36 wrote:I remember having that set. It's pretty neat! I'll have to pick up the next one that comes along.

Welp keep your eyes peeled, mang.  This is like the fourth one in six or seven months I've seen go thru; they're out there and folks are unloading 'em.

I am amazed that my devout parents allowed D&D games on their dining room table for three years of high school.  Aside from dominating the entire house from 7:00 to midnight, it also involved guys yelling about killing each other and magic and everything.

    I guess my parents were wiser than I gave them credit for.

Mark

MrFilthyIke wrote:

DungeonDelver wrote:...or that your overzealous parents 'relieved' you of because of poor school grades

I think my mom would've done the same had she not seen d&d got me into reading, and as a teacher she was hard-pressed to fault that (thought as a devoted christian she wanted to get rid of it) so I managed to not loss the collection, somehow.

My parents had a strange dichotomy; they never restricted my reading - I was reading (and understanding) Tolkien from age 6, along with many many pulp SF authors as well as "children's" books, but D&D freaked them out for some reason.

I think the chief problem was due to the whole paranoia of the time coupled with the other people who gamed that they knew of, namely a bunch of psychos who had no business playing RPGs in the first place...!

Anyway.  That was...err, about twenty five years ago so I still win.

Deadlord36 wrote:I remember having that set. It's pretty neat! I'll have to pick up the next one that comes along.

There's one up right now Deadlord along with some other Grenadier AD&D figs. Looks like all but the biggest "diamond" is missing though (but the box looks complete). Here's the link:



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Big-set-of-vintag ... dZViewItem