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I want to pass it down to my kids. Lets face it i will probably have better modelling skills than them rofl.

If I sold my Warhammer stuff I would go back to GW and buy more.

If I ever got rid of the stuff, I'd probably donate most of it to the store. The resale value is generally so low I'm not sure it would be worth it. Also depends on why I was selling it. Needing the cash is one story, but if I just didn't have time/space anymore? Well, I'd rather it get passed down to someone I know who would care about it rather than just sold to someone. I mean, it's MY work that's gone in to it, however untalented it might be. It's not just some commodity item.

Probably an AR-10 with lots of bells and whistles and a Remington 700 .300 win mag along with dies for .308 and .300 win mag.

I think I'd bank it and sit on it until something else interesting came along.

Another motorcycle.

Probably buy that Barrett 50 I've been drooling over.

I swapped an IG army for a Merc army for WM/H, when i sell my SoB it will probably pay most of my daughter's school tuition for the year. the marines, when i put them up, will probably buy a full fleet of DW stuff plus several nice nights out on the town with the wife.

I'm with Daedalus, I might sell my stuff eventually, but I'd really rather give it to someone who's either starting out or wants to give it a good home.

LunaHound wrote:Just wondering how many people have considered selling their warhammer collection...
Say everything went well, you fetched a fair price etc etc.

What will you spend on instead?

Already doing it and spending in on other gaming options that arn't trying to ... not be worth my time, anymore.

Playing a little more PP and looking hard at Golgo Island, Cutlass, USX minis and 10 or so games that don't cost me over 1000+ bucks to get into. Rafm Vs pulp City.... Muh ha ha ha....

Deep Ones and some zombies Vs some Heros gets a bit of attention. ( because everything goes better with zombies.)

With one army, I got into three different games... figure that one out.

Battletech is next on my list... again.

I'd buy some more stuff for my Khador army.

Like porkuslime, it'd probably go to fund my funeral expenses.

Either that, or my wife will just give them away she's that tired
of seeing them around.

I've been trying to sell all my warhammer stuff for 5 years. The room has more in it now than it every did.

mikhaila wrote:I've been trying to sell all my warhammer stuff for 5 years. The room has more in it now than it every did.

Room in the house or room in the store?

OR ROOM IN THE MALL?

malfred wrote:

mikhaila wrote:I've been trying to sell all my warhammer stuff for 5 years. The room has more in it now than it every did.

Room in the house or room in the store?

OR ROOM IN THE MALL?

The mall store is going to grow to encompass the world. Souls have exchanged hands, and contracts written in the silver bound book of Tzeentch that whispers the secrets to those who listen.....

My fething room at the house however, is now two rooms, and I still can't keep my gaming table clear! I've got 200 chunks of stuff to dump to ebay this week, just to clear the stuff I got in trades over the last couple of weeks. Too many ex-GW employees in this area with bags of old metal. )

Selling my 'Nids, Grey Knights, Lizardmen, and 3 (or 4)Necromunda gangs I would hope to get more than $3K. I'd pay off some bills and give myself a nice little padding on my bank account.

I'd still buy GW stuff, but it would be on a per mini basis, not for an army.

If I only averaged $3 per model, I'd still get over $24,000 (at last count I have over 8000 painted minis, and I know this because they have they're own rider on my home owners insurance policy). Not a clue in the world what I'd do with it....

J'santai Khan wrote:If I only averaged $3 per model, I'd still get over $24,000 (at last count I have over 8000 painted minis, and I know this because they have they're own rider on my home owners insurance policy). Not a clue in the world what I'd do with it....

AWESOME.

How long did it take you to amass that collection and paint it?

I'd buy a drum set and home studio gear.

If I got rid of all my GW stuff I would almost certainly spend it on figures and terrain from other companies. Probably mostly historicals.

If I sold all my gaming stuff and wasn't allowed to buy more gaming stuff, i dunno... a suicide booth maybe?

I thought I was going to have to liquidate 3,500 points of power armor when I thought vet bills were going to be higher than they turned out to be.


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Ssgt Carl wrote:
If I sold all my gaming stuff and wasn't allowed to buy more gaming stuff, i dunno... a suicide booth maybe?

I'm in a hurry, wanna try for a two-for?

Well, I have effectively quit GW games. If I were to sell all the stuff I have for 50% of MSRP, I'd have about $900. I'd invest this in other non-GW games, or musical instruments... A low-end Roland synth, or an Ibanez 7 String guitar and an amp, or some music production software.

I did and it all went on my other crack project, photography equipment

The only gaming forces I have left are Wolfen & Kelt C3 models. Loved the models too much.

I already traded away most of my warhammer stuff for other games. What little i did sell went to paying off bills mostly.
All I have left I want to get rid of is a single death co. dread I converted years ago.

By more Warhammer. I can never have enough.

It would probably end being turned into Beer.

Now, if you're listening Jesus, that I would accept as a modern miracle. Turning unused sprues into beer.

What would I do? Well, I would apply the funds gotten to some of my other hobbies. My kids, my house, kayaking, rifle shooting, some other things.

I have approx. 60,000 points of 40k split between IG, BA, SoB and Tyranids. I have no way to estimate value of all this crap. Assume I could get 10,000 for it all (which, hopefully, would be a low value, but one I would actually consider if I got the offer), that would buy a lot of things I would really use. That heavy bag would go up in the living room, for sure. Some improvements to the back yard would be next. The remaining funds I would split between a new rifle I have been eyeballing for a while (or maybe some cartridge loading equipment, or maybe both) and maybe some investments, a bit of a hedge.

I've thought about it on several occasions, but thankfully I never did it. If I did, I'd probably pick up a new bass guitar. I've already got about 9, but I'd love to have a USA-made Lakland, either a

Decade...

...44-51 (modified early 50's P-style)...

...or a Hollowbody.


If I got a really good price for all my wargaming stuff, I could probably afford one of the above.

However, I like wargaming, and I've already got enough quality bass gear, so I guess I'll keep my Wargaming stuff!

mikhaila wrote:

malfred wrote:

mikhaila wrote:I've been trying to sell all my warhammer stuff for 5 years. The room has more in it now than it every did.

Room in the house or room in the store?

OR ROOM IN THE MALL?

The mall store is going to grow to encompass the world. Souls have exchanged hands, and contracts written in the silver bound book of Tzeentch that whispers the secrets to those who listen.....

My fething room at the house however, is now two rooms, and I still can't keep my gaming table clear! I've got 200 chunks of stuff to dump to ebay this week, just to clear the stuff I got in trades over the last couple of weeks. Too many ex-GW employees in this area with bags of old metal. )

I hear you there, Mak. I live right up in Norristown and some of the models Ive gotten recently have been quite lovely.

I would probably end up buying more models. I've done it a few times...

1. Sold off all I had in college because... well, I was in college ... a Good decision. Needed the money, used for expenses.

2. Sold off my tyranids after cleaning the mold lines off 100 gaunts, trying to get back into the hobby... a Mistake. Should have just put them to the side and picked them up later after not being so burned out. Put the money into fantasy, which was a good thing.

3. Sold off all my random fantasy projects to buy a single, already painted army... a Good decision. I was teaching and didn't have time to paint. I was able to play a lot of games of fantasy with a unique army, and start to learn the rules of a game I'd never played (having been a 40k player before) and even participate in painted-only events.

4. Sold off my painted fantasy army to purchase a Hordes army, and to motivate myself to paint my unpainted one... a Good decision. I was able to get into Hordes, which I love, and I actually did paint my own army for warhammer, so the motivation worked.

At this point- I don't plan to sell off anything that I've painted myself (note that the only time I've done that is in college, when I was in dire straights) or even probably assembled myself . It's more valuable to me because I did it. To this end, I haven't gotten as many models second-hand recently... I seem to value them so much more when I build/paint them myself, and it's rewarding.

So, yeah... if I were to ever sell things again, it'd go right back into the hobby! Oh... I left off that I sold / traded-in some Dark Eldar I'd purchased, thinking of starting 40k, to get Dreadfleet... at this point I plan to do smaller skirmish level games and not start any more "full army" projects. So future funds will likely go to that, after finishing off my Hordes faction.