That sad part is that there are probably people who think it really is awesome.

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I don't think anyone but the dork who sculpted/designed it does, GW have to push it and big it up, despite thinking it looks like a polished turd, and they implant the feelings into the impressionable 13-year olds who buy it because they were told it was cool, not because they think it is....

on a related note, I just found out my 13-year old cousin (who I've met only once before due to a family rift) is 'well into warhammer'

I'm going to see him in a few weeks, I'll gauge his real opinion then

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Just some guy

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Oddly enough their plastic terrain kits aren't as badly priced as their figures.

Half of them look like utter shit sadly but if you are looking for 28-32mm fantasy or gothic horror terrain those kits are a pretty good deal.

Well, the stone work on the tower looks pretty good. It obviously took someone a long time to design that in CAD. Of course, then they ruined it with the ridiculous giant skulls, but that doesn't make the effort less impressive. I suspect design by marketing exec.

almost certainly, I can imagine them being like a geeky Nelson Muntz: "Robot Castle with guns skulls for arms shooting a plane made out of guns skulls that fires guns skulls"

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You're dead to me! Dead!

Just kidding, of course. And... hope to deliver the goodies to the caster today.

I've been told I shouldn't bite the hand that feeds me, but how else am I supposed to eat hand? I suppose I could make a smoothie.

Then again, a joke about implied cannibalism is probably in bad taste in this instance. I appologize. The Internet is hard when people know who you are in real life.

You're cool, no worries.

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The similarities are uncanny.

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SG

Ghost's Paint Blog, where everything goes that isn't something else.

Oh the memories...i had a Castle Grey Skull too

This i had too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMG6ZnQyjW8

And this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe-v1MoH6zQ

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It's the massive candles on top of the skeleton's head that really get me – even if given the benefit of the doubt to assume that they are magic candles that dont blow out when left exposed up a 30ft tower. On a tangentially related note, I dislike the new GW blog format.

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I loved my Castle Greyskull.

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Me: Hey! Cool Mini or Not has some neat stuff to buy. Let's see, login with normal credentials...
CMon: Sorry, you screwed up your password. That was one of your few attempts before we send the cerebral drill.
Me: Reset password (gives email address).
CMon: Sorry, we don't have any records of that email address.
Me: Make new account (gives email address).
CMon: Sorry, we already have an account with that email address.
Me:

CMON seems to go out of their way to irritate you, Otter. Isn't this the third or fourth Occasional Rant against them?

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Ghost's Paint Blog, where everything goes that isn't something else.