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I love the sorceress, was a little disappointed the Penn State Five didn't contain an Amishman or a guy in a white and blue football helmet.

 Wehrkind wrote:
I love the sorceress, was a little disappointed the Penn State Five didn't contain an Amishman or a guy in a white and blue football helmet.

A football player has actually been considered as both the Penn State Five 5th 'and' the Nola 5th, but ultimately we kinda thought it was too silly. Without the pads they're just a guy wearing a football helmet (Which isn't tooo silly and we may still make) and wearing the pads they would just look daft as those things weigh like a 100lbs

Your sense of football pad weight clearly marks you as Brits

The reason I expected it was mostly because Pennsylvania is referred to as "the Keystone State"; Penn State is the big state university known predominantly for football (till the last 6 years or so at least... different reputation since.) So Penn State 5th made me think of football, engineering buildings without air conditioning, and sorostitutes. College was a long time ago

 Wehrkind wrote:
Your sense of football pad weight clearly marks you as Brits

The reason I expected it was mostly because Pennsylvania is referred to as "the Keystone State"; Penn State is the big state university known predominantly for football (till the last 6 years or so at least... different reputation since.) So Penn State 5th made me think of football, engineering buildings without air conditioning, and sorostitutes. College was a long time ago

Indeed, I'm just kidding to make a point about the pads. The reason the football player was considered was your point for Penn State and with the Nola 5 that I've been to the Superdome for the Saints

I know they don't weight that much, they probably never did, it's jut a funny joke we like to make about American Football, especially in countries where men play rugby

More seriously though, it just doesn't look right, it seems odd to wear such bulky stuff in a zombie apocalypse, I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't immediately take them off. It may still happen at some point, the most likely scenario for one to appear is that I decide I want a football player zombie and if we're doing that we may as well make the player human first then zombify him

Well, I don't want to argue the functionality of things in the zombie apocalypse too much, your vision is just fine! It is worth noting though that plastic layers like that actually make pretty effective body armor if bullets and blades are not your prime concern. Motorcross kit is a little better than football oddly, but still it isn't a bad way to keep from breaking a bone when hit with a club or prevent teeth from getting in

Your survivors are awesome though, no doubt!

 Wehrkind wrote:
Well, I don't want to argue the functionality of things in the zombie apocalypse too much, your vision is just fine! It is worth noting though that plastic layers like that actually make pretty effective body armor if bullets and blades are not your prime concern. Motorcross kit is a little better than football oddly, but still it isn't a bad way to keep from breaking a bone when hit with a club or prevent teeth from getting in

Your survivors are awesome though, no doubt!

I shall try and remember to add it to the next 'Challenge' we do and see how much interest there is. If you see us starting a challenge there'll be a 'nominate something' part on our FB so just get in there and do it yourself in case I forget

(Will probably be around june/july though)

Facebook... I will do my best!

 Wehrkind wrote:
Facebook... I will do my best!

We'll make more of an effort to get the challenge out and about the next time around. You could also just reply to our newsletter if you don't like FB and we'll add it on your behalf.

And as a final option, we are still uhming and aahin about starting our own forum. The FoD still exists but isn't quite what we want and a forum will be handy for certain things that we'd like to set up, like a gallery/conversion section, vlogging, video reviews of our stuff etc. Sticking it on FB is great for instant feedback but forums are still handy for more medium and long term feedback. We may still sort one out before the next Challenge is due

Kami is a descendant of the Riko family, founders of one of the Galaxies largest weapons megacorps. Somewhat of a black sheep of the family, she fought with the Rebels against the Akulian Empire and has since lived a life of adventure rather than boardrooms and takeovers.
This is a Limited Edition Resin 'Master Casting' of Kami Riko. These Master Castings are strictly limited to however many we can get out of any Master Moulds before they deteriorate. These are about as limited as anything we've made and are the closest thing to Kev's original green as possible so hold the highest level of detail available.
Creator: Kev White
Weight: 15.5 grams
In stock
Price £12.50 +VAT

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=resin-master-%252d-kami-riko~hfmaster-sf132&category=sci%252dfi-%26%0D%0Aweird-war~%2Anew-sci%252dfi%2A

As mentioned earlier metal takes longer to get in but should come eventually. But if you want her now...

Just to add to the chorus -- I order regularly direct from Hasslefree. The only reason I don't order even more regularly is that I have bought so much from them there isn't much left that I don't already have.

I've never ordered from Hasslefree, but that clearly needs to change. Two quick questions though...

1. How is shipping to America? Should I save for one really large order?

2. Do out-of-stock items return to stock in time? My wife urgently wants the not-Furiosa from Mad Max, and I can't even find one on Ebay.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
I've never ordered from Hasslefree, but that clearly needs to change. Two quick questions though...

1. How is shipping to America? Should I save for one really large order?

2. Do out-of-stock items return to stock in time? My wife urgently wants the not-Furiosa from Mad Max, and I can't even find one on Ebay.

1. Shipping time average is 1 week, cost starts around £5 and that covers maybe 7 or so human sized minis (it's based on weight).

2. Yes, newer releases being out of stock means literally that and they'll be back in with the next restock. Have no idea which mini you mean because of 'course' we don't sell minis named after other people's IP but we have a new release restock coming in in about a week (There's a huge trade show coming up in the UK and so casters are slammed) so hopefully you mean one of those

Older minis being out of stock for a while normally means they are awaiting a remould, which can take considerably longer.

Thanks man. I'll definitely place an order should the restock happen.

Incidentally I was referring to this model. Clearly it isn't the character I was thinking of *ahem*. It is gorgeous though, as is not-Joel-from-The-Last-of-Us.... and many more.

These will definitely be featuring in my new All Things Zombie campaigns though.

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=foxtrot-multi-%282%29~hfa157b&category=modern-%26%0D%0Apost%252dapoc~modern-adventurers

I'll definitely be looking for those restocks!

Yeah never had an issue ordering from them.

Also i got free candy last time.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Thanks man. I'll definitely place an order should the restock happen.

Incidentally I was referring to this model. Clearly it isn't the character I was thinking of *ahem*. It is gorgeous though, as is not-Joel-from-The-Last-of-Us.... and many more.

These will definitely be featuring in my new All Things Zombie campaigns though.

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=foxtrot-multi-%282%29~hfa157b&category=modern-%26%0D%0Apost%252dapoc~modern-adventurers

I'll definitely be looking for those restocks!

Should be end of next week if we're lucky. We were hoping it'd be this week but the huge show has slammed all the big casting companies already and it's not until April

3 new metals in with the restock too, Jynx, Dynamic Jynx and Xanthia.


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 Desubot wrote:
Yeah never had an issue ordering from them.

Also i got free candy last time.

Everyone gets candy! Part of our office looks like a sweet shop

Is it weird that I am more inclined to order since I get to try weird UK candy that I have never heard of as someone from the US? :-p

Do let us know when that restock shows up! Seeing this thread get bumped will remind me to place my order!

So, when is this miniature going to come out?

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
So, when is this miniature going to come out?

Maybe never. I don't think it made the cut for the winners mould. We do have to revisit that after Salute though so we may end up with spares of the regular ones.

Sorry! That whole thing is one of those projects that perennially never gets to the top of the queue. We are catching slowly p with regular metal moulds though so that's all getting better.




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NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Is it weird that I am more inclined to order since I get to try weird UK candy that I have never heard of as someone from the US? :-p

Do let us know when that restock shows up! Seeing this thread get bumped will remind me to place my order!

*grin* Nope, we go out of our way to choose British candy. The Tango popping candy at the top left is my favourite for it as it comes in flat packets that fit in envelopes and boxes easily and Tango is a soda that the Americans really should get, much better than Fanta!

As if they'd drink Fanta.

I find it weird that I recognized most of the candy, then. Being so close to America, you'd think we'd have more overlap.

I did a whole range of Infinity minis with Hasslefree, nothing but good words for the quality of the minis, and the fast service. The quality of the sculpt is just... pure Arete.

I don't recognise any of those lollies.

Dear god, are those Haribo gummies? Why not some Visine-flavored iced tea while you're at it?

Needs to be proper British stuff like tunnoks caramel bars kendal mint cakes , murry mints and liquorice allsorts lol

I wonder if any of those are dangerous items to ship airmail . Every time I have to explain my little plastic men in a box that i am mailing out to the person behind the counter they get one of those faces......and then ask if they are liquid, fragile, flamable, toxic or a hundred other things before i say no. I just wonder if the gummies could explode if not within a pressurized compartment.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Dear god, are those Haribo gummies? Why not some Visine-flavored iced tea while you're at it?

That's the sugar free ones you're talking about


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 Theophony wrote:
I wonder if any of those are dangerous items to ship airmail . Every time I have to explain my little plastic men in a box that i am mailing out to the person behind the counter they get one of those faces......and then ask if they are liquid, fragile, flamable, toxic or a hundred other things before i say no. I just wonder if the gummies could explode if not within a pressurized compartment.

All checked for such things, also everything we send has to have the ingredients on the individual items too. Other than bubblegums, which don't do it, we also only send things that are completely sealed, in case something is stored in a hot place


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 CURNOW wrote:
Needs to be proper British stuff like tunnoks caramel bars kendal mint cakes , murry mints and liquorice allsorts lol

If they did murray mints with individual ingredients I probably would

I remember buying some stuff from you at Salute a few years back, and getting a couple of those plastic tubes filled with sherbet along with them. I stuck them in my bag and forgot about them ... until I was going through check-in at Heathrow. Luckily the woman behind the monitor didn't notice them either, or it might've been latex glove time.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
I remember buying some stuff from you at Salute a few years back, and getting a couple of those plastic tubes filled with sherbet along with them. I stuck them in my bag and forgot about them ... until I was going through check-in at Heathrow. Luckily the woman behind the monitor didn't notice them either, or it might've been latex glove time.

*grin* The best ones are the small packets of white sand we sell.

I'm not trying to derail this amazing thread... but I am pretty sure sugar-free Haribo gummies are banned in the US. There was that stretch where it became a Youtube game to see if you could survive having explosive poops for an hour, after eating an entire bag.

I don't think I ever saw anyone make it... and since those bags were relabled with laxative warnings... no joke.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
I'm not trying to derail this amazing thread... but I am pretty sure sugar-free Haribo gummies are banned in the US. There was that stretch where it became a Youtube game to see if you could survive having explosive poops for an hour, after eating an entire bag.

I don't think I ever saw anyone make it... and since those bags were relabled with laxative warnings... no joke.

It's based on an Amazon review thing. I'm pretty certain it's just a joke although eating a load of anything with artificial sweeteners in will have you on the toilet for a while

 Artemis Black wrote:

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
I'm not trying to derail this amazing thread... but I am pretty sure sugar-free Haribo gummies are banned in the US. There was that stretch where it became a Youtube game to see if you could survive having explosive poops for an hour, after eating an entire bag.

I don't think I ever saw anyone make it... and since those bags were relabled with laxative warnings... no joke.

It's based on an Amazon review thing. I'm pretty certain it's just a joke although eating a load of anything with artificial sweeteners in will have you on the toilet for a while

Challenge accepted. ;-) We'll see when my Hasslefree order arrives.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:

 Artemis Black wrote:

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
I'm not trying to derail this amazing thread... but I am pretty sure sugar-free Haribo gummies are banned in the US. There was that stretch where it became a Youtube game to see if you could survive having explosive poops for an hour, after eating an entire bag.

I don't think I ever saw anyone make it... and since those bags were relabled with laxative warnings... no joke.

It's based on an Amazon review thing. I'm pretty certain it's just a joke although eating a load of anything with artificial sweeteners in will have you on the toilet for a while

Challenge accepted. ;-) We'll see when my Hasslefree order arrives.

Ours aren't sugar free, nor gummy 'bears' which are the things in the meme

In fact I think the ones we are currently using are Tangtastics, which are sour.