Your most collectable miniatures

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**Cannibal**

There's no green stuff, that's some residue from a long-stripped paint job. Several years ago I collected Rogue Trader models. This was before they got hot so I was paying like $2-3 a figure or cheaper if I bought lots from people clearing out their attics. I got over a hundred RT-01 plastic guys that way for pennies a figure. Anyway, she was in one of those lots and stood out to me because of the different hair.

**Jayden63**

Just because something is old, doesn't mean its collectable. There needs to be a demand for it in order for it to be of any value. In my case, I have 20 of the metal Dias damonettes that I know I could probably get a good price for. However the three Ork Goff Rockers that I have, while older, have a much smaller collectabilty ratings as I probably could only give them away.

**Howard A Treesong**

The Goff Rockers oddly are currently available on their web store.

**redbristles**

Quite a few GD exclusives, Archaon on foot for example. I have some rare LotR figures including an alternative pose of Lurtz with a bow that seems to fetch a lot on eBay the couple times a year one pops up. Oh and inquisitor Gideon Lorr in blister.

Also less rare things like a Wulfen squad, lots of SoB, FW event-only's, should really catalogue my collection there;s a lot in there I know I have but can't remember off the top of my head...

**Oaka**

I like collecting the harder-to-find Kroot pieces:

I just ordered this guy off eBay, and am expecting him soon:

I think the hardest pieces to find will be these two:

**Krellnus**

I have a box of Braganza's besiegers but that's about it.

**Valkyrie**

Miniatures
- Classic Emperor's Champion (managed to get for £15 off eBay)
- Games Day Sergeant with Thunder Hammer (converted into Dante)
- Games Day Chaos Sorceror (got a second one free, sold it off).
- Harry the Hammer
- White Dwarf with Josef Bugman and Gotrek
- This guy
- And this guy
- Old web exclusive Sergeant
- Forge World Boarding Marine
- Forge World Reaver Princeps (not mine in the image)
- Forge World Thunderbolt Pilot
- Forge World Enforcer

Non-Miniatures
- First edition copy of Prospero Burns, signed by the author.
- First edition copy of The Primarchs, signed by all three authors.

- My holy grail: A copy of The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions, signed by approx. two dozen Games Workshop and Forge World designers and writers. Got it at Games Day 2010 and will never, ever get rid of it.

**Ehsteve**

I have the complete Gotrek and Felix diorama (Gotrek, Felix, Snorri, Max and Ulrika) including the full resin base, all rock bases and even a spare set of legs for Ulrika. All unassembled and never painted.

Also a full Malakai Makaisson Goblin Hewer, sealed Harry the Hammerer, and a couple of other things from the same period. Damn those models are lovely but I can't open them until all the other projects are done.

**Orlanth**

I have the old Citadel Emperor dragon from the 80's

http://www.solegends.com/citdragon/ta6emperor/index.htm

My first miniatures were old Caldur Craft medievals, I still have the bombard from the st, its the first mini I painted back in 1981.

Other than that most of my stuff is fairly generic and from the late 90's and ten years onwards for Gw and everything else afterwards.
I have a lot of rare AT-43 stuff, but the only other hard to get stuff were the custom Moa rough riders made by a fan project in the pre chapterhouse years.
Mty miniatures collection doesnt have a lot thats special.

My RPG and boardgame collection on the other hand....

**PastelAvenger**

I have a blood bowl trophy I won at a GW run tournament
A Tau FW tank commander
Archeon on foot (this model is a beast)
And to round it off a wolf scout with shuriken gun

**Eilif**

Just looked up the cost of my Necromunda "Mad Donna" on ebay. Jeez, and I thought regular necro figs were overpriced!

**chromedog**

Schmapdi wrote:
Hmm, I have the LE. Inquisitor Gideon Lorr - he can sell for quite a bit on Ebay (and took me ages to track down at a semi-decent price).

This guy?

I have three of him.
He wasn't LE over here (at least NOT in the Sydney store. He was in a blister ON THE RACK next to the other DH/WH stuff like GK blisters. ).
That's why I have three of him. He's a cool model though. Lots of people want to buy one off me - but I didn't buy them as investments - I bought them as conversion fodder and then lost the love for the game - so they're in the bits box, unharmed - can't bring myself to sell them I bought them because I liked them. If I was going to resell them, I'd not have bought them to start with.

**SorataZ**

I have 40 Juan Diaz Daemonettes and a Seeker. Also a bunch of old Games Day miniatures, mostly Ork/Chaos things.

**hungryp**

LOL, I had 't realized that Inquisitor was limited. Picked one up for $3 a couple months ago from a local shop that sells some used stuff. Extra glad I did, seeing some of the asking prices for him, as it's easily one of my favourite models.

**dragqueeninspace**

Probably a squad of the top left terminator in this page http://www.solegends.com/citcat1989/cat1989p048-01.htm I also have some bits a bobs from earlier but I think they are the most unusual other than possibly a pre slotta marine.

**Buttery Commissar**

I don't own a lot that I know the value of. The pin I wear on my lapel is probably the most valuable small piece I own, before we get into large boxed kits and full ranges. I only know because someone tried to pinch it.
Plus the one I had on the strap of my figure case. Replaced with a badly painted press-mould greenstuff copy after someone tried to remove it. On the plus side the copy has correctly snapped daggers so it's A) cooler and B) useless for a thief or recaster.

In terms of other companies and desirability, I own a complete range of Wolfen of Yllia (in most cases, twice) and any Devourers of Vile Tis that match. I love me some big cuddle-dogs.
I own a Dark Sword Miniatures Golden Dragon of Chaos boxed and signed by several people including Elmore. There's no explanation as to who the other signatures are.

Pet Chemist has walked past, so I asked his, and he says, "FW Weathertop? Oh! I know! The Nottingham Games Workshop Robin Hood from the day they opened..." I'm not sure about collectible but it is damn funny.
He also used to demo-paint for Citadel very early on, so keeps remembering things I don't know half a damn about.

**CptJake**

My 15mm OGRE MKIII.

**Zuul**

I think these are the rarest citadel minis I have. There are a couple of the EXO-terminators in my night stand, but I think those are a bit more common.

**SagesStone**

I've been hunting down some hard to find things for my Eldar for a while.

**Alex Kolodotschko**

I've got quite a few nice bits but this 54mm Tau is a pretty good one....

**Mr. Burning**

I have quite a lot of old miniatures.

I have some bashed up old lead toy soldiers from the early 1900's.

Brittans figures from various eras - The Knights are my favourite.

I have a Trish Morrison Bugmans Beer Cart. Bugman and his rangers and some Marauder Miniatures dwarfs - I'm pondering getting these pro painted as I really like them.

I have a lot of 2nd ed Metal Cadians which are going to be resurrected along with some original plastic storm troopers.

Lots of Necromunda figs, which I am debating whether to sell or to paint up. (procrastination is the sign of a good mini hoarder).

**Schlyne**

I have a 2nd ed metal termagant, 2 3rd ed biovores (1 is partially converted with a genestealer head) .., I have a couple of warhammer quest squigs.... (I'm not sure how rare the warhammer quest squig growler is...I got both of them in a lot of squigs somebody was selling...had to look them up as I didn't recognize them.)

And while it's not a mini....I realized this a couple of weeks ago..the dice that came with the black box D&D set in 1991 are still in my dice bag.

**Rainyday**

I don't have many "collectible" GW models, just a few RT marines and vehicles and some oop Inquisitorial acolytes that got rolled into the sisters codex.

Outside of GW I have a handful of Kingdom Death limited releases, and some low-print-run anime garage kits.

**oadie**

I only have a handful or two of GW metals, none of which I believe to be particularly rare or valuable - a pair of Techmarines, a captain, a standard bearer, etc. All OOP, but also all quite common, in their day.

Closest stuff I have to "collectible" is probably Mantic stuff. There's the messenger bag that their first(?) Crazy Christmas box came in, which doesn't appear in their webstore, and a pair of Undead Standard bearers (one earned, one sent as an apology for part of an order delayed by the Kickstarter fulfillment crunch) which appear to be points-only items. Have a set of Infinity factions pins from The War Store's Black Friday freebies a few years back, too, which I haven't seen for sale. Again, though, none of that seems terribly rare or valuable. I don't tend to get rid of models, so something I own may one day hold value above MSRP, but I haven't been collecting long enough for scarcity to have set in.

**fryguy49**

I have a pair of Mordian Plasma Guns.
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/File:Iron_Guard_plasma_gun.jpg
I had hunted for these for about ten years before I ever found someone who was willing to part with some.

**Doonan**

I have a harry the hammer somewhere. a bunch of the old Dogs of War units. Large platoon and steel legion. the fat cadian with a shotgun.

I have a few battletech minis that are from the 90s but don't remember what they are.

Haley limited warmachine somewhere.

and the BFG fleets

**JohnHwangDD**

I have this little dude:

Not that rare, but a little bit obscure.

**squidhills**

Cannibal wrote:
Awesome thread. I have that Cadian standard bearer, most of the Rogue Trader Marines, and a Rogue Trader Predator still on the sprue and in the box. But by far the most rare thing I have is this, I've never, ever seen another one:

I've got her, too. And another female in power armor. They are quite possibly my oldest models (but not the ones I've owned the longest).

Also, I have this gal: http://www.solegends.com/citle2000/specialist/bonnieannerson/index.htm

And a few of the Daleks from here... http://www.solegends.com/citdrwho/index.htm (remember, kids! GW made models before Warhammer existed)

This lovely gal: http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/File:Unreleased_-_Undead_Lahmian_Vampire_1.jpg She gets a lot of comments when I whip out my VC army...

Lenny (http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/File:Unreleased_-_Squat_2nd_Edtn_Cyberslayer_3.jpg) and Squiggy here (http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/File:Unreleased_-_Squat_2nd_Edtn_Cyberslayer_2.jpg)

And a few of the others that have already been posted.

**KaptinBadrukk**

Blood angels.

**Ruglud**

Some of my old and possibly collectable miniatures...

CM2 Gargantuan Fire Giant Lord ~c.1985

Various chaos wizards / sorcerors from the mid-late 90s plus a chaos familiar

LE9 - Space Skeleton; LE6 Space Santa; RTLE Spaced Out / Christmas Marine

DRAG7: The Dragon Masters (sadly the leg attached to the rock is broken, one day I will fix it...)

And finally my favourite and most prized GW piece which is not a miniature...

Golden Demon Pin Badge ~c.1991 (I think) Received this for winning a regional Golden Demon (Beckenham GW) and got a free ticket to the Games Day that year...