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I picked up two copies of Heroscape Master Set 1 at a K-Mart for $4 each a few years ago.

Probably well over a decade ago by now I found an ebay auction with no pictures labeled just "Space Figures" for $80. I took a chance and ended up with 100ish metal GW models from the Realms of Chaos and Rogue Trader era. Over the years I've sold a bunch of them making back more than my investment and still have about 30ish metal Rogue Trader Space Marines that I go back and forth about selling.

Hmmm well I've had a pretty decent run of luck since I started collecting my Guard this spring but the highlights of recent months are as follows:

Finding $20 on the deck, I gave it to a Hawk and Falcon rehab group to help feed a flock of baby kestrels they were taking care of, figure I should pass the luck on.

Had 20 IG and 6 HWT drop in to my lap for free when a mate's friend decided to get out of 40k. Also caught an auction a couple months ago that got me 30 guardsmen with lasrifles, appropriate number of vox casters and sergeants for $39 shipped. About $1.30 a model when the official kit goes for $3/model. So I went from 30 guardsmen to approx 80 in a very short amount of time.

More recently I acquired about $850 worth of Sisters of Battle for approximately $400 USD shipped. Not the greatest of deals but the SoB have always been my white whale, and even now as an adult well beyond my ability to afford new from the Grand Overseers at GW ($110 or so for a squad of Sisters, Sister superior and a rhino!? Outrageous even for GW)

Within the above deal but separate from the bulk of my sister buying was a whirlwind tank with the old school missile pod (which I prefer, and /really/ prefer for an Exorcist over that silly pipe organ) for $27 shipped which I was rather pleased about. It just needs to be stripped, given some fresh bits and painted up Sisters style and it's ready to rain devastation on the enemies of the Imperium.

$65 USD

30 choppa boys partially painted
2 AOBR warbosses (1 painted to tabletop std)
3 killa kans (table top std)
deff dredd (table top std)
3 warbikes w/ riders half painted
5 custom "tankbusta" partially painted
5 big shoota ork boys
5 stormboys partially painted
metal boss zagstruck
metal painboy w/ orderly
5 AOBR nobs table top std paint
3-4 primed AOBR nobs
10 assorted nobs primed (big choppas/ pks kombi wpns etc)
3 aobr deffkoptas unpainted
plano gun case w/ custom coat foam interior

best one i ever have found personally!

My best find of my collecting career thus far:

1991 Games Day Marine x 2 for under $40!

I saw them going on ebay for 50gbp!

I also see a lot of people trying to see miniatures that really don't know what they have. I saw a 1987 Rogue Trader First Release Space Dwarf for $10. One would think the first ever set of 40k miniatures Citadel released would be worth a little more than that

Rarehammer wrote:I also see a lot of people trying to see miniatures that really don't know what they have. I saw a 1987 Rogue Trader First Release Space Dwarf for $10. One would think the first ever set of 40k miniatures Citadel released would be worth a little more than that

One man's trash is another man's gold.

I started a thread on a find a friend of mine led me to at a Library sale....picked up what you see for $5

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/462500.page

Bought a 'job lot' of guardsmen for £30, got £120 worth of Cadians, lot of metals, and 2 somewhat-limited edition Cadians at ease. Colour me pleased

got given both lost and the damed and slaves to darkness books plus the old gw elric rpg and shed loads of extra stuff by my cosin when he joined the marines :]

Recently, I picked up 5 AoBR terminators for $5, then another 10 for $30. I'm currently building the rest of my deathwing army with them. Not often that I can get a 1500 point army for that cheap.