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a bit over a year ago, i was up in sydney for an Infinity tournament. there was a decent sized Buy Swap And Sell table set up to one side. I wandered over there before the games started, and saw a big box slightly overflowing with epic stuff (by big boxes, it was an apple crate, so about 2ft x 1-1/2ft x 1ft)
i could see within it, a bunch of cards and rulebooks from the old SM/TL era. which was to my mind, the best edition of the game. I'd wanted to play it for some time, infact a banner of the imperator titan was what first got me interested in the hobby, but when i first came into the hobby i was too young to appreciate the scale properly (plus perhaps more importantly, none of my friends played it) and by the time i was keen for it, they had pulled it. e:40k made me feel sad, so for years i had given up on epic. recently, i'd been starting to get keen again. anyways back to the story.
so theres a big old box of stuff i am quite interested in. i ask the guy behind the desk how much for the stuff as it did not have a pricetag unlike so much else. (knowing in all likelyhood that as a poor student, i cannot afford it)
he says "i actually dont know. its stuff the club used to own. i'll check with the guys and get back to you.
heart sinking, i wander off to my games. midway through the second game, a guy taps me on my shoulder. asking if i was the guy who wanted to buy the epic stuff. directed back to the desk, the man awaits me and says "we've talked about it, and here's the deal. it'll cost you $30 but you have to take it all."
no hesitation later (well, there was some "did i hear him right?") i grabbed the box and took it away. at that price, there was no way i even needed to look into the box to see what was there. apparently it had been on the sale rack for the last 3 years, and i was the only one in that time to ask about it...
that night, in my hotel room, i pulled it appart and discovered:
a fair chunk of space marines, about 5-8k points worth in the current scheme several of the original thunderbricks and a few of the mk2 thunderhawks, another model i had longed for as a child). rules cards and templates from most of the expansions (including hivewar, it lacked renegades, but had squat and ork warlords) a large bunch of metal ork vehicles and several gargants of varying size (but very little ork infantry) a bunch of IG superheavies, an few knights (including a couple of metal ones, but mainly plastic)
and an imperator titan!* hurrah for childhood dreams fulfilled.
(*it wasnt pristine, the paint job was pretty fierce in a not good way, and one of its arms had been converted into a big double-barreleld cannon, but still. it was an imperator titan.
which brings me to my other good deal. late last year, at another tournament i met a dude, and while talking about games of various sorts, he mentioned he had an imperator titan he was considering selling off. my ears perked up, he'd previously discussed an interest in the plastic cogs i had used iin my army for the tournament (my Necrorks, can be found in the 28mm gallery for those interested) which i had acquired for free at my old place of work (they came from inside printers, which i dismantled) so naturally, i suggested a trade. i would provide him with a bunch of cogs, and some money, and he would provide me with his imperator. he declined the money, saying the cogs would be sufficient.
this one was pretty much perfect, one of the spikes on the top tower had broken, and it was primed and drybrushed brass, but otherwise untouched. but a proper imperator titan, which i still hold rather irrational love for** total cost? free!)
(** i now own 4, almost bought 2 more from steve54, but was able to restrain myself. the original one and another ratty one i picked up will be chaosed up, the two more pristine ones will be centerpieces when i get around to painting up my now quite considerable titan legion)
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