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2021/09/08 11:17:16
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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2021/09/08 11:31:32
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Ork Admiral Kroozin Da Kosmos on Da Hulk
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Well, that should be enough to get a battlewagon or two
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7 Ork facts people always get wrong:
Ragnar did not win against Thrakka, but suffered two crushing defeats within a few days of each other.
A lasgun is powerful enough to sever an ork's appendage or head in a single, well aimed shot.
Orks meks have a better understanding of electrics and mechanics than most Tech Priests.
Orks do not think that purple makes them harder to see. They do think that camouflage does however, without knowing why.
Gharkull Blackfang did not even come close to killing the emperor.
Orks can be corrupted by chaos, but few of them have any interest in what chaos offers.
Orks do not have the power of believe. |
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2021/09/08 11:48:26
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Blood nora! 25 grand...
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2021/09/08 11:50:38
Subject: Re:Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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"Fully plastic"? What?
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2021/09/08 19:28:09
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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He can afford to play new Kill Team with that kind of cash!
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2021/09/08 20:12:49
Subject: Re:Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body
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People do it with Guild Ball minis all the time, thinking resin is plastic. Drives me nuts as this sort of imprecision is precisely what feths with people's expectations.
Although in this instance, I doubt there's many who'd be dropping the cash needed to buy a FW one without knowing exactly what they're getting.
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
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2021/09/08 20:34:04
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Fixture of Dakka
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LOL!
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Casual gaming, mostly solo-coop these days.
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2021/09/08 21:01:40
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Irked Necron Immortal
Sentient Void
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This model is now mandatory for all SM tournament lists.
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Paradigm for a happy relationship with Games Workshop: Burn the books and take the models to a different game. |
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2021/09/08 22:17:39
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Seriously. With like three or four different forces. Maybe even be able to buy all the supplement books/annuals for the edition, too.
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2021/09/08 22:19:19
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Tokhuah wrote:This model is now mandatory for all SM tournament lists.
It is one of the few fw titanic models actually reasonable in terms of points/power level
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2021/09/08 22:22:05
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Fixture of Dakka
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privateer4hire wrote:
Seriously. With like three or four different forces. Maybe even be able to buy all the supplement books/annuals for the edition, too.
Steady on now, I don't think even Richard, Mark or Elon could afford all those!
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Casual gaming, mostly solo-coop these days.
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2021/09/08 23:42:42
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Good point. I wasn’t meaning he could get fancy stuff like the faction dice though.
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2021/09/09 09:31:35
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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(slow clap)
Anyone want to calculate the return on investment from the mid-90s to now?
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2021/09/09 09:57:09
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Locked in the Tower of Amareo
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Well one would need to figure out time spent on painting etc also.
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2024 painted/bought: 109/109 |
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2021/09/09 10:00:55
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Grizzled Space Wolves Great Wolf
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tneva82 wrote:Well one would need to figure out time spent on painting etc also.
Having a YT channel with a third of a million subscribers sure doesn't hurt either.
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2021/09/09 10:06:18
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Was it a straight sale or was he donating any of the proceeds to anything? That can have a big influence on the price something can go for.
At the same time a lot of rare stuff on ebay goes for pennies because its never marketed enough before the sale. Several months of building nad marketing certainly means that by the time it went up for sale; people would have noticed it. So that can easily skyrocket the amount of money it will go for.
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2021/09/09 11:25:23
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Captain, there be whales here!
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2021/09/09 15:40:01
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Insect-Infested Nurgle Chaos Lord
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After (according to Reddit) begging his Patreons for cash to buy this mini which was allegedly his "dream mini" and having a series of videos heavily implying that was as such then turning around and selling it to someone with more money than sense...
Some people are a bit miffed about that part, you see?
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Games Workshop Delenda Est.
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2021/09/09 15:43:50
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Fixture of Dakka
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This has been a great laugh and somehow Kill Team being expensive has made it all worth while!
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Casual gaming, mostly solo-coop these days.
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2021/09/09 15:57:43
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Pious Palatine
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Azreal13 wrote:
People do it with Guild Ball minis all the time, thinking resin is plastic. Drives me nuts as this sort of imprecision is precisely what feths with people's expectations.
Although in this instance, I doubt there's many who'd be dropping the cash needed to buy a FW one without knowing exactly what they're getting.
It's fully METAL so it's even MORE baffling.
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2021/09/09 17:07:03
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body
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The article refers to the "plastic" TH that can currently be bought from FW.
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
Ask me about
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2021/09/09 17:34:30
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Dakka Veteran
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The model in question here is a Limited edition, all white metal thunderhawk that comes in it's own wooden box for the parts. It's super heavy. It was made as a promotional material in the 90s and isn't really meant to be a tabletop item.
I think in the videos he said it was about 6400 USD. Needless to say, it required a few weeks to sand and get to fit together correctly, then he painted it on the channel. I would say the 35,000 is probably just a cherry on the top of the multiple you tube videos with 500k views each.
He definitely made back his money on this project.
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2021/09/09 17:57:33
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Been Around the Block
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Ebay got a nice bite of that as well. Sold first thing on ebay in a long time and they munched 13.2 percent after all feeds and such.
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2021/09/09 17:58:15
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Ireland
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Grimtuff wrote:After (according to Reddit) begging his Patreons for cash to buy this mini which was allegedly his "dream mini" and having a series of videos heavily implying that was as such then turning around and selling it to someone with more money than sense...
Some people are a bit miffed about that part, you see?
That is my understanding of it as well. If true it does seem a bit dishonest... having said that I can imagine once he finished painting such a colossal model he found that there was nowhere to store it and found it too precious to game with. With that in mind I guess selling it would be the best thing to do. Could be that just wanted it to paint.
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The objective of the game is to win. The point of the game is to have fun. The two should never be confused. |
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2021/09/09 18:10:45
Subject: Squidmar sold his Thunderhawk...
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Ignoring the financial aspects, its fully possible that for him the hobby is building and painting and that display has a lesser appeal to him. Heck for most of us "display" means that we have it on a shelf in the house, which is mostly just so that we can easily pick it up and keep it dust free.
If you are lucky enough to have a local store with a display case you MIGHT get to put something inside it for a while. Though in general after a week or two everyone who hobbies there will have seen it.
So display can be a bit lack-luster as an aspect, esp once you've taken photos to share with your online friends. Then its just a thing in the corner and perhaps you don't get enough joy out of just "owning" it.
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2021/09/10 04:32:45
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Fixture of Dakka
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Grimtuff wrote:After (according to Reddit) begging his Patreons for cash to buy this mini which was allegedly his "dream mini" and having a series of videos heavily implying that was as such then turning around and selling it to someone with more money than sense...
Some people are a bit miffed about that part, you see?
Ah... no? I watched the videos about it, and his take was a 'if the money gets raised I'll buy and paint it' or some such. I certainly don't remember him claiming it was a dream mini or anything.
Of course, I could be wrong. Tell me which of his video it was in so I can go back and re-watch it.
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CHAOS! PANIC! DISORDER!
My job here is done. |
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2021/09/10 06:45:41
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Grizzled Space Wolves Great Wolf
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Overread wrote:Ignoring the financial aspects, its fully possible that for him the hobby is building and painting and that display has a lesser appeal to him. Heck for most of us "display" means that we have it on a shelf in the house, which is mostly just so that we can easily pick it up and keep it dust free.
If you are lucky enough to have a local store with a display case you MIGHT get to put something inside it for a while. Though in general after a week or two everyone who hobbies there will have seen it.
So display can be a bit lack-luster as an aspect, esp once you've taken photos to share with your online friends. Then its just a thing in the corner and perhaps you don't get enough joy out of just "owning" it.
I dunno if he does anything for income else at this point, but it seems like painting minis is basically his job, so holding on to stuff probably makes less sense than selling it off.
He also just bought a Manta recently, which is $1700, weighs more than the metal Thunderhawk and is waaaay bigger. Then made a video that mostly just complains about how it's all warped, lol.
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2021/09/10 08:07:46
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Regular Dakkanaut
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AllSeeingSkink wrote:He also just bought a Manta recently, which is $1700, weighs more than the metal Thunderhawk and is waaaay bigger. Then made a video that mostly just complains about how it's all warped, lol.
Yep, though it only appeared to be some warping of very thin parts which would pretty much straighten themselves if you bunged them in some hot water for a few seconds.
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2021/09/10 09:06:35
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Frightening Flamer of Tzeentch
Manchester, England
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Vulcan wrote: Grimtuff wrote:After (according to Reddit) begging his Patreons for cash to buy this mini which was allegedly his "dream mini" and having a series of videos heavily implying that was as such then turning around and selling it to someone with more money than sense...
Some people are a bit miffed about that part, you see?
Ah... no? I watched the videos about it, and his take was a 'if the money gets raised I'll buy and paint it' or some such. I certainly don't remember him claiming it was a dream mini or anything.
Of course, I could be wrong. Tell me which of his video it was in so I can go back and re-watch it.
Yeah, I don't remember him saying that. It was more a case of him giving us a glimpse at a collectors model that isn't seen around much anymore, and then detailing what a massive pain in the neck it was to build and paint. I'm not shocked at all that he sold it. It's a massive piece of Games Workshop wargaming history, but as an actual miniature it's hilariously impractical and silly. Sell it, plough the funds back into the channel (or buy a car, I don't care) or whatever. He's a youtuber, he documented the whole thing on youtube, so what difference does it make for the rest of us as viewers as to whether or not he kept it?
Just as with Games Workshop themselves, some people just seem to want to be annoyed about something.
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2021/09/10 17:33:31
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Resentful Grot With a Plan
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Vulcan wrote:
Ah... no? I watched the videos about it, and his take was a 'if the money gets raised I'll buy and paint it' or some such. I certainly don't remember him claiming it was a dream mini or anything.
Of course, I could be wrong. Tell me which of his video it was in so I can go back and re-watch it.
He says it in the first five seconds of the 'why im selling it' video but he also said he's not a collector and isn't bothered about keeping it.
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