I should do, the new house has opened up some opportunities i've been allocated an entire bedroom for the collection and it's a fair sized room, i haven't brought the display units yet but i'd like units that are tall as the room has high ceilings. So i should be able to cram it in.Double-tap wrote:gung-hoeddie wrote:i like to army build sections. groups of 20, 19 troops and 1 officer, i would like 20 of each like 20 red shadows, 20 crimson guards and so on. Cobra troopers is slightly different i want more 95 troopers and 5 officers. Don't know why though.
will you be able to display all those eddie??
i want to be able to display all my toys instead of them hiding in boxes, thats why i'm looking rid of some of the larger stuff.
i think i have enough room for most of my figs tho.
need to free up some cash for a few more units/shelves-cant wait
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CIA got you pushing to many pencils.
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gung-hoeddie wrote:I should do, the new house has opened up some opportunities i've been allocated an entire bedroom for the collection and it's a fair sized room, i haven't brought the display units yet but i'd like units that are tall as the room has high ceilings. So i should be able to cram it in.Double-tap wrote:gung-hoeddie wrote:i like to army build sections. groups of 20, 19 troops and 1 officer, i would like 20 of each like 20 red shadows, 20 crimson guards and so on. Cobra troopers is slightly different i want more 95 troopers and 5 officers. Don't know why though.
will you be able to display all those eddie??
i want to be able to display all my toys instead of them hiding in boxes, thats why i'm looking rid of some of the larger stuff.
i think i have enough room for most of my figs tho.
need to free up some cash for a few more units/shelves-cant wait
sweet.
i have my "den" which is gonna be my chill out room.
all my dvds, tv, books and comics, computer set up, work desk but especially ALL my toys.
crammed with boxes and the wifes sh*t at the moment tho. gonna take a week of work and finish it soon.
Bill
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sounds cool bill, i must admit to being childishly excited about the whole command centre thing.
CIA got you pushing to many pencils.
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Dear sweet Eddie! Some of us have already been standing where you are now... on the brink of greatness. Then, before you know it Snake Eyes has been replaced by Baby Pom Fimble, Tomax & Xamot become Big Cook, Little Cook and Baron Ironblood has got the elbow by Makka Pakka!gung-hoeddie wrote:sounds cool bill, i must admit to being childishly excited about the whole command centre thing.
How long before the lure of little Eddies and little Annies becomes too strong? I would suggest you put your penis up for trade ......quick.
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Shaunyboy wrote:Dear sweet Eddie! Some of us have already been standing where you are now... on the brink of greatness. Then, before you know it Snake Eyes has been replaced by Baby Pom Fimble, Tomax & Xamot become Big Cook, Little Cook and Baron Ironblood has got the elbow by Makka Pakka!gung-hoeddie wrote:sounds cool bill, i must admit to being childishly excited about the whole command centre thing.
How long before the lure of little Eddies and little Annies becomes too strong? I would suggest you put your penis up for trade ......quick.
lol, luckily my kids have a room each but i have promised them a shelf each in the den.
i too get excited-my own space with all MY stuff but everytime i've made a start to clear some space i return from work to find it piled up with her sh*t. the last time was xmas when she dumped a load of stuff she was gonna "sort" through to sell on ebay................its still fukin there
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When I get a place it will have to big enough for my stuff and the girlfriend's betty boop stuff she said about selling some of mine if we are still in this flat something I didn't want to hear
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"Red! The colour of my Shadows, The colour of fire and of blood......All that I stand for!" Baron Ironblood, Operation Bloodhound
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If the figure has a codename, one is sufficient for me. Troopers are for troop building, the only good guys I have more than one trooper of is Z Force. Just a matter of availability and unless a sweet job lot comes along I won't bother until I have them all..... Bwahahahahahaha. 16 to go now...Sorry. Then I'll worry about building troops, Z troopers, SAS troopers, Shads, Grunts and Cobra's. The rest... just one. Because otherwise it just looks daft. Ala 2 Emperors? Silly idea.
Cobra Troopers I have 3 original and 4 cb guys, 2 officers and 2 cb officers/nco's. Can't remember which is which because they are all canon fodder. 2 little shads so far too.
Oh, and the later MAF era guys I'm only interested in 1 of everything. Not fussed about troop building them and they aren't included in my final 16 either. They are just Candy, the AF's are meat and potatoes.
Cobra Troopers I have 3 original and 4 cb guys, 2 officers and 2 cb officers/nco's. Can't remember which is which because they are all canon fodder. 2 little shads so far too.
Oh, and the later MAF era guys I'm only interested in 1 of everything. Not fussed about troop building them and they aren't included in my final 16 either. They are just Candy, the AF's are meat and potatoes.
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I also try to keep myself with only one of each named character... but there are some difficulties:
1)When I find a character you lacked in a pack with a character/characters I already had. That happened to me when I got a second
to get
, and a second Shipwreck to get
. Also, I wanted the 25th ann Iron Grenadier to keep him accompanying the original one. Therefore, repeated
.
2)I can also be tempted by some specific versions of characters; my first
was the Batlle Armor one. Some time later, I found the hooded one and bought him because of his classic appearance. More time later, I found McDonalds' VvsV
. Well, my favourite appearance of
was with the helmet, so... now I also have a
who comes in an helicopter. So many
! Mos of time, I try to keep myself controlled and await the "wanted" version of a character to come in a pack with a character I lack
3)A repeated character can also come in a load. I think I have mentioned that before.
Most of time, I try to give an use to all versions of a same character. For example, sailor Shipwreck is him when he's on the USS Flagg or driving a hovercraft, while the diver Shipwreck is him when he is going to... dive, duh. However, there are some difficult cases, like
or
.
1)When I find a character you lacked in a pack with a character/characters I already had. That happened to me when I got a second




2)I can also be tempted by some specific versions of characters; my first





3)A repeated character can also come in a load. I think I have mentioned that before.
Most of time, I try to give an use to all versions of a same character. For example, sailor Shipwreck is him when he's on the USS Flagg or driving a hovercraft, while the diver Shipwreck is him when he is going to... dive, duh. However, there are some difficult cases, like



Re: trooper to officer ratio
I have one
and one
, the rest I army build. As there is such a limited range I have made customs of the character figs, ie I now have nine
and a single Black Wolf. I did a smiliar thing with
. I took a
head and made
. I can now army build
as unfortunately
are hard to come by in comparison. I intend to customise each squad leader for this reason. Next up will be a straight-arm
, still haven't decided on 
Ratios aren't really my thing, but I seem to have most of my troops in quantities divisible by 3. Weird.










Ratios aren't really my thing, but I seem to have most of my troops in quantities divisible by 3. Weird.
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Divisible by 3..... weird man. I'm not that keen on newer versions of older figures either. I do have 1 Roadblock v1, 2 v2's and now a v3, not tried but just ended up that way. They just look odd standing beside each other. The only true original versions are v1.5's imho.