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So this weekend the new Lego Star Wars sets showed up at my local store. Lego has released some large Death Star sets in the past but those are out of my budget so I got the new Star Wars Planet Series Death Star. Above is the front of the package.The back of the package shows the contents a little better and also the two other sets from this first release. Neither of those sets interest me as

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I recently picked up this mini along with a few others on ebay. Due to GWs lack of support for Blood Bowl in the 2000's compared to 1990's, this mini is far harder to find than many 20 year old minis even though it is from like 2004. For some reason GW decided to stop making it while they still produce a fair range of Blood Bowl minis some sculpted like 24 years ago.The detail on the back is

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So I was checking out some of GW new FAQs. Just because I have not played in a while does not mean I have no interest. I do have a sizable unpainted Marine force and a hlaf built nid force waiting to see what 6th ed has in store.I noticed these two items in the Current BRB FAQ:Q: Can models embarked upon a vehicle use its firepoints to draw line of sight to a unit to use specialrules or wargear

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We are fans of the Lego Collectable Minifigures line. Series 6 has just been released and I found a relatively new display in Target. There were already two other people there sorting through the figures so we worked as a team to try to get every one the one they wanted. We picked up 10 different ones.Here are the first 5 that we opened. The dancer is my daughter and the rest are mine. The

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This is the other Lego Star Wars set that I got for Christmas, Slave 1. Set comes with the ship, Boba Fett, Bossk, Han Solo plus carbonite. This set came out in 2010 and is nearing the end of its production cycle. Lego has dropped it from its online store but it is still available on Amazon where mine came from after a failed order with Toys R Us.Here is the Boba Fett minifigure. Add a bit to

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Here we go with the last 2 of the 2nd edition Chaos Dwarves. Look mom, no stupid hats. Interesting the first mini has goat legs.This one is supposed to be very rare. I think the set I picked up had 3 of them which makes me wonder about their authenticity. I have noticed what seems like more possible fraudlent Blood Bowl minis showing up on Ebay. 20+ year old lead minis that are shiny and new

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One of my Christmas gifts this year is the current edition of the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon. This is my first Falcon as I do not have any of the previous versions either from Lego or Action figure scale. Above is the image of the front top of the completed set. Looks pretty reasonable and is instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with the series.Here is the other side. I forgot to

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Here are 4 of the 6 Chaos Dwarves that actually appear to exist from 2nd Edition Blood Bowl. In 2nd edition the Chaos Dwarves as a team was not very different from the normal dwarves. Pretty much just add mutations. While they still have some interesting hats they are not the stupid ones found on the 3rd edition team. These guys need to be stripped. I have another 6 coming in this week which

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So I have been working on filling in my Big Guys for Blood Bowl. While I can field most of the goblins from 2nd and 3rd editions I only had Ripper as a troll so I was a bit short on what you would want to field a real goblin team. No longer a problem.Here is Blood Bowl Troll 1 from 2nd edition. I got this as part of a trade from my barter bin which is now Eriochrome's Bargain Bin. Still some

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I have never been much a of a sideline figure buyer. I have very few cheerleaders and such in my Blood Bowl collection but I recently picked up 2 refs in a trade. Refs used to have rules for them moving around the pitch but now have no need for any figures except to represent the get the ref rule as a reminder that the ref is gone.So I now have a Dwarf and Human Ref.The human ref is clearly

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That is what my wife asked me yesterday as I packed up a small package going out from Eriochromes Bargain Bin. I told here that this package contained unbuilt models purchased like 2 years ago back when I planned on starting a whole new themed army. I also told her it would cost about 500 dollars to build that army to the proper level.I also noted that I really did not need another whole army

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I recently acquired the remaining chaos players for my 2nd Edition Chaos pact team. Here are the two normal chaos players. Almost all the 2ed chaos players were named stars but these 2 were the generic ones.These are the other two chaos players I was missing. Lewdgrip Whiparm and the Chaos Chainsaw looney. Love this Chainsaw guy. Not a real fan of them on the pitch as they seem pretty easy

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So I have created a permanent page listing stuff I have for sale. I am calling it Eriochrome's Bargain Bin. I think everything there is pretty fairly priced for a buy now kind of thing. This is not a business it is just me moving along excess stuff. Currently produced stuff is 40-50% off GW list. Classic Pieces are like 30-40% off other online stores. Take a look, I have Blood Bowl, Fantasy

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I have a few mini available if anyone is interested:2ed ChaosWormhowl GreyscarDuke Luther Von HawkfireGalmen GorebladeDieter HammerlashSlarga FourstikeBilerot Vomitflesh2ed Ed OrcsOrc Blitzer #3Orc Thrower #2Orc Thrower #3Orc Lineman #2Orc Lineman #42ed SkavenSkaven Kicker #2Skaven Lineman #3Skaven Lineman #4Skaven Lineman #5Skaven Lineman #72ed ElfElf Catcher #2Elf Catcher #3Elf Lineman #1Elf

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Do you have any unused Blood Bowl minis in the closet. I am looking for a couple random minis to fill some gaps.Here is the list of second edition minis I am looking for: Dark Elf Kicker 2 Dwarf Kicker 3 Human: Blitzer 1, Thrower 1, Kicker 1, Kicker 2 (Interested in other blitzer and catchers) Orc: Blocker 1, Thrower 1Most Big GuysHere are some pics to help people out who do not collect

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In response to a post over at Imperius Dominatus about how a Psycannon is not anti-tank, I decided to run all the marine portable weapons against a 2 weapon chimera in my tank destruction simulator. Here are the results:So where does the Psycannon fall. Well the best weapon is a half range melta. It outstrips pretty much every other weapon a marine can carry. Ofcourse half range is 6 inches

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I got invited to contribute to the M42 Project which is a fan organized effort to see if we can create better rules than GW for a future table top battle game. Why might a group of individuals be able to create better rules? Not being slaved to selling codex updates and tons of new miniatures with each update is probably the best reason. Check it out. The project is only beginning so you can

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So for fun, I wrote up a little Monte Carlo generator for determining the probability of destroying vehicles based on all the relevant parameters. While it is trivial to calculate whether a single shot will destroy a vehicle, if you want to do it properly you have to worry about the things like multiple weapon destroyed results leading to destruction and that all member of a unit fire at once.

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I was reading Fritz 40K's discussion of the Battle for Salvation GT. He discussed how most of the armies have moved totally away from assault and it was all about the firepower at the event. While there are still some assault units in armies those units either have exceptional survivability or mobility to be effective in these games. A good shooting unit can kill 6 units a game. A good

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So here is a wide shot of the family's Collectable Lego Minifigure Collection. First 2 rows are the current series 5 while the back are from series 4. My daughter and I share these but they stay with the assorted Lego collection in her room instead of the Star Wars stuff in the basement.I really like the magnifying glass on the detective. The plastic is pretty clear and has about an inch focal

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So I saw this list on Imperius Dominatus called BulletStorm:Coteaz 100 (5) Purifiers, 2x Psycannon, 2x Halberd, 1x Hammer 149 Razorback, TLHB, Psybolt ammo 50 (5) Purifiers, 2x Psycannon, 2x Halberd, 1x Hammer 149 Razorback, TLHB, Psybolt ammo 50 (5) Purifiers, 2x Psycannon, 2x Halberd, 1x Hammer 149 Razorback, TLHB, Psybolt ammo 50 (3) Warrior Henchmen 12 Razorback, TL Asscan, Psybolt

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I picked up a copy of the new edition of Gamma World. I played Gamma World when I was younger so was interested in seeing what they did with the setting. It is a very interesting update where they went mainly for comic fun over serious story and game play. Instead of a post nuclear war, the world has been destroyed by scientists at CERN who while using their atom smasher broke down the

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Recently picked up this box on Ebay to bulk up squat infantry. Specifically I needed more Exo Armor and Hearthguard to get those to full units. I have also gotten some other assembled infantry but I have found that stripping and remounting this tiny plastic models is very tough.This set is has 5 sprues in them and they were essentially all uncut which is pretty uncommon given how old this set

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I saw on Michigan 40K that Blood Bowl Legendary Edition is on sale until Monday around 1 PM on steam for only 8 dollars. I already have the Dark Elf Version as a physical game but could not resist 8 dollars to get all the other races. I just found out recently that I cannot even get to my gaming boot on our pc since the new USB keyboard is not active when the dual boot windows asks me what

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Because I have unbuilt marine stuff along with all the stuff in my garage sale bin.What am I looking for:Blood BowlBig Guys, GW Pro Elf Team, GW New Human Team, Norse Blitzer with Single Spike, 2nd Edition Chaos, 2nd Edition Humans, other individual models 2nd edition models.EpicSquat Land Train, Mobile Combat Fortresses, Megacannons, Thunderfire Cannons and Gyrocopter.Eldar Warlock Titan.

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