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A large number of Warhammer hobbyists are collectors at heart. Much as we might poo-poo GW's statement about the GW hobby being about collecting GW miniatures, many of us have a Gollum-like tendency towards squirrelling away limited edition goods, be they third party primarch figures, or Games Day figures from the nineties.

I've personally managed to acquire a number of the female Cadian/commissar conversion kits created and distributed by the Phoenix Wargames Club the better part of a decade ago. I've also got some of those gorgeous truescale marine conversion kits Anvil Industries did before they got C&D'd by GW, and the corresponding ones sold by Chapterhouse. I've just been lucky enough to score one of the vic miniatures Kolonel Elisabeth Dietrich to stash away next to last year's Adepticon model by her. And last but not least, I also managed to grab some of a very small run of LE IG jacket torsos by good ol' Col. Gravis.

So, what rare miniatures have you got lurking in your modelling cabinets?

I have a chaos toilet mint in blister.. Don't believe there is a miniature like that... look at this link

http://solegends.com/citle1990/numbered/le17chaostoilet/le17ChaosToiletf-01.htm

I have 2 2005 Tyranid army box Lictors - not terribly limited but still about $60 each on eBay...

I have a Cadian standard bearer:

THAT IS AWESOME

I have a Fine Molds 1/72 scale Millennium Falcon that I acquired when Fine Molds brought it back on a limited reissue last year (shortly before their Star Wars license expired) and it is now discontinued. It retailed for around $200 (give or take, depending on the exchange rate between USD and the yen) and is now going for $400+ on eBay. Before it was brought back for the reissue, it was going for as much as $500-$600. Depending on what happens with future Star Wars models, it might be worth that much again.

I've got a Chaos Dwarf Wizard, a handful of KS exclusives, all of the Warlord Games day minis, and the frothers charity Tank Girl & Booga from last year.

Most of my IG are now OOP as well, including the 2nd Ed Yarrick, and I think all of the metal characters from 6th Ed.

I had a few other special edition GW/FW pieces but they were mostly finecast so I got rid.

Hmmm tricky as I have quite a few but my favs are;

The Chainsaw Warrior 3 mini set but the main one serves as my IG Colonel.
Chainsaw wizard used as a IG Priest.
Mad Donna Ulanti.

Not really LE but worth allot; a whole army of '86-90 Dwarves, probably 3-4000 points worth including orginal slotta Bugman's regiment and Dragon Company x2, flame cannon and 2x Goblobber. These are my addiction, my obsession, my precious!

A bunch of OOP FW stuff, the best one being Shadowsword #98 (out of at least 1500-2000) and a set of the interior detail parts for it:



(Not my tank, mine's still in the box waiting for me to have the confidence to build and paint it.)

I have an entire Chaos fleet for Man O'War consisting of 3 Hellgalleys, 3 Ironsharks, 1 Plague ship and 1 Tzeentchian flying fortress. And no less than three (yes, 3) unused, mint condition mast sprues that I need to make moulds of.

After that there is my old Imperial Steam Tank, a series of 1st edition (pre-slotta) Citadel mini's, Praznagar, the Prince of Agony, A Greyseey character I cant remember the name of - hes the one whom recaptured the Black Arc from the Amber Wizards, a MK1 Rhino, and some other little things including a Matchbox Churchill AVRE (in need of some repairs (and still at my old school in the display cabinet))

The closest I have is this guy:


I believe it was a GW webstore exclusive a few years back. Hardly the rarest thing about, but seeing as I was given it for free and it goes for abou £25 on Ebay, I reckon I was pretty lucky there. Not that I'd ever sell it, it's too cool!

Some of my LotR stuff may end up more valuable in time (and there are plenty I wish I got years ago, seeing the resale prices now that make it impossible to get them). Ultimately, though, no matter the kit's rarity, it's worth more to me as something to paint up and play with than sitting in a box gathering dust and value. I've never bought into this 'keep it in the box' idea, for game stuff, action figures, whatever.

I want to cry.

MB

BrookM wrote:I have a Cadian standard bearer:

I want me one of those.

Peregrine wrote:A bunch of OOP FW stuff, the best one being Shadowsword #98 (out of at least 1500-2000) and a set of the interior detail parts for it:



(Not my tank, mine's still in the box waiting for me to have the confidence to build and paint it.)

And I definitely want me one of those!!!

I also just remembered that I have two Terminator conversion kits from Irina_est, who vanished off the face of the earth a few years ago. Here's a picture of one (thousand sons terminators) minus the gorgeous intricate shoulder pads they came with, I can't find a picture of one of the other on the web, but it's a set of six generic heresy terminator armour conversion kits.

I've got a limited edition Ike and Eva from Ammon miniatures, not sure what number it was though.

I don’t think I’ve got anything that could be classified as “rare” Everything I've picked up has been off the shelf of a FLGS. That said, I’ve got a shedload of really, really, old stuff.

A bunch of metal squats. Rarity is relative, but they're apparently desireable that I could never afford them via ebay.

As for real rarities, I've got lots of figs that most folks have never seen, but they're not necessarily valuable, just old.

I still kind regret selling the set of space dwarves that Bob Olley sculpted for the "Simtac" company. Those were Rare and valuable.

I have the gamesday wolf priest, wulfen, and the gamesday daemon slayer.

I also have some OOP daemon princes, but no one cares about them because they look silly!

Turns out I have a fair amount of limited edition or just ancient stuff.

Some of my oldest things are an Ambull and an original Land Raider.

But I have tons of things, such as this, and this, and both of these guys and two of these guys, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and her, and her, and this.

By far though, the one rare thing that I have that I love the most, is the full Skullz Adeptus Mechanicus set.

1st print run flower night from kingdom death.

The 25 year space marine diorama.

The studio McVey cowgirl ridein a raptor.

Some old big hat chaos dwarfs.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

By far though, the one rare thing that I have that I love the most, is the full Skullz Adeptus Mechanicus set.

You win.

I have the Grumlock and Gazbag from the Collector's Edition of Warhammer Online AoR.

I think that's the rarest one I have right now.

I have:

Unreleased Inquisitor Scale Necron Warrior (looks like the 2nd edition metal warriors)

Unreleased Epicast Knight Titan (finally have official rules for it)

A bunch of original run Harlequins including the Solitare (Bought all 25 of them for $30 about 8 years ago)

OOP Dreamcast resin 15mm Leviathan Crusader

OOP Dreamcast Gabriel Knight (the resin one that GW made them discontinue)

Unreleased Armorcast titan heads


(I almost bought an Armorcast Warlord titan, but the guy was a crook and sold it to a number of different people and never sent it to anyone)

This bad boy! I have had him for 20ish years now!



I have almost the full line of epicast/armorcast ork stuff. I still use them in tourneys for fun. A gobsmasha makes a great lootwagon.

Where the female commissar and the Female Catachan Grenade launchers really that rare? I (just by chance) happen to have three of those commissars and about a dozen of those grenade launchers (Two command squads with 4 each, plus some in squads).


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nkelsch wrote:
This bad boy! I have had him for 20ish years now!



I have almost the full line of epicast/armorcast ork stuff. I still use them in tourneys for fun. A gobsmasha makes a great lootwagon.

I've been collecting a lot of armorcast and epicast stuff. The only things I am missing is a Great Gargant, Armorcast Warlord, and an Armorcast Squiggoth. The last two were never released.

I've got Ephrael Stern.

I have a Dogs of War army, my Dad has Chas Dwarves and Hobgoblins. They aren't rare as such but would cost quite a bit to acquire on eBay and the like.

I have quite a bit of Rogue Trader stuff, some are now becoming rare like the patriarch on his throne.

My second ed Nid metal Hive Tyrant had a miscast on the midriff making her about 1/5 inch smaller than normal. Picked it up for 9 quid back in the day.

Well none of my miniatures are from after 1996, most are from 1985 to 1988...

So I guess all 500 of them are collectable.


Most rare? No idea... But the Dwarf with No-Name is sought after, as are my Chaos Dwarfs and Squats.

I have an unassembled Genestealer Patriarch on Throne still in the original package. Probably going to end up selling it once I find a buyer who will give me a good price.

I've still got 2 Confrontation Worg's along with my Wolfen army and Kelts. I see they go for silly prices sometimes