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Metal kits with small connecting parts are so annoying.

On a smaller note, the PP plastics with random bits of gak just left on the parts,

For me the hardest kit to assemble was the metal Thunderfire Cannon, the most tedious was the drop pod - I can't say what exactly about it I hated so much, but I did - and the most annoying would be the finecast HQ's. I got some of the Necrons when they first came out and each and every one had issues ranging from fixable to garbage, and in some cases multiple returns didn't get me a better kit (Overlord). Man, I still get mad over how much Finecast sucked.

High Elves Phoenix guards… Most annoying models ever, why?
1. Big gaps needing greenstuff in all cloaks, all of them!
2. They can not stand together unless you build them with a clear 3d view of the finished block (rather annoying if you want 30 in a block).
3. They only have the option for holding the weapon with two hand in a 300 degree angle over the hip. So much for the vision of HE s perfect discipline when all the guys looks like a heroic individual…
Rage...

 Zygrot24 wrote:
Dwarf gyro copters of any era.

Oh god, this, very much so. I had even forgotten by now since I sold my dwarves but that kit induces such an amount of rage, it even took flight in some rage induced flying experiments

There is a special place of hatred reserved for the new malifaux plastics though. I love the models but the building is horrible. They have such tiny fragile components that with my big hands I have to ask my gf to glue some components as my big fingers can't deal with them. But then again, that might be personal.

Other than that, pretty much any kit with mold lines on it, there's no real excuse for those, if you can charge genuine high end model kit prices, you can provide the same quality. Period.

Anything that's designed to live only inside a case (or 3d render) rather than actually be handled. Thin bits on metal that are too small to be feasibly pinned, yet you know will break off the moment someone bumps the table. Models with only a small point of contact with the base. Wyrd is particularly bad about that. I present Nekima, otherwise known as she of the broken ankle.


Their most recent Copycat Killer is connected to the base by a single point of scissors. Who the hell approved that?

Bits connected by thin bits. Wyrd's stupid hanging tree had the corpses connected by plastic ropes about 2mm thick. 2 of mine didnt even survive transport while they were on the sprue. But I think this guy takes the cake. No idea how this is supposed to not break.

Already been said but Necron Warriors.

The way the heads are placed within the sprue is completely insane and Even when you do manage to get them free, you still have to clean up that teeny tiny recess and end up with either a far to hollow cheek or a lump. I imagine that taking time with them would yield better results, but when you have sixty warriors waiting for you, time is not my friend.

 Gertjan wrote:
They have such tiny fragile components that with my big hands I have to ask my gf to glue some components as my big fingers can't deal with them. But then again, that might be personal.

Get some tweezers. I've got a fairly light touch and nimble fingers and I still find myself reaching for the tweezers on occasion. Also use a fresh blade on your knife with those kits and you'll get on just fine. GW really have spoilt us.

The cataphractii terminator kits has legs that appear to have been designed not to fit with the torsos.

Fleshborers, fleshborers and more fleshborers

Nothing, I mean nothing gets me more infuriated them then, put together over 100 of them, yet still cannot seem to get the knack of it. They have resulted in so many swear words being shouted and fingers being glued together that I've simply lost count. What's even worse is that they don't even look that good!

Oh I scrolled past this quickly and thought it said "kids that annoy you" and I was hoping to find some hilarious rage stories about kids, instead I find rage on kits instead

The thunderfire cannon was annoying ,but honestly the drop pods? Send them to me and pay for the sending back and I'll do them anytime!

 gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
The new SM kit, the way the arms are positioned you have to use the instruction booklet to get the arms right, the old kit was nice and easy the right arms were place together.

it's not that bad. check the numbers on the sprue. the ones that have similar labels go together, you shouldn't need the instructions.

I don't like unfinished Unit boxes.. Privateer press has a few of them left but are slowly discontinuing them and replacing them with full unit boxes. Because they care about their customers. If a unit is X members you should get everything you need to field them in one BOX period.. If a unit can field a weapon it should be in the box period. I think GW are experts at not giving you everything you need in one box; but that is part of there market strategi, it is Stupid and makes you lose customers...

Golgo13 wrote:
I don't like unfinished Unit boxes.. Privateer press has a few of them left but are slowly discontinuing them and replacing them with full unit boxes. Because they care about their customers. If a unit is X members you should get everything you need to field them in one BOX period.. If a unit can field a weapon it should be in the box period. I think GW are experts at not giving you everything you need in one box; but that is part of there market strategi, it is Stupid and makes you lose customers...

This exactly. Nothing pisses me off more than looking at buying a squad and realizing that I also need to buy another box (or worse, more than one) to get the parts I need. It wasn't quite as bad when they had bitz because if I needed lets say a lascannon for a marine squad I could get the bitz via Mail Order, but without bitz now do they really expect me to buy a devastator box as well as a tactical squad box? Or worse, think of if you wanted a Devastator squad with 4x Lascannons; is their answer seriously to buy 2+ devastator boxes? Ridiculous.

Necromunda Enforcers were horrible to assemble since I had only experience with plastic/FC previously.

 Palindrome wrote:

 Zygrot24 wrote:
Dwarf gyro copters of any era.

Even pinning the damn things doesn't work.....

Yep that thing was a royal pain in the I made my mine "magically fly"

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
The new SM kit, the way the arms are positioned you have to use the instruction booklet to get the arms right, the old kit was nice and easy the right arms were place together.

Only thing I don't like about the current kit is the fact that all (an I mean all the guns) are on the hand. I'd really like a guy holding a gun in the left hand, or, y'know, at his side.

I was also unaware that the base kits had changed. Seems pretty silly to me. I bash GW prices all the time, but one thing you always got with GW kits was an incredible degree of modularity and ease of customization. Being able to quickly swap weapons among basic space marines and even with IG was a nice feature. Especially since you didn't have to worry about cutting them apart.

This seems like a definite step back.

 Midnightdeathblade wrote:
Centurions....just no please go away..

Preach it brother!

Drop Pods. I hate the drop pod models so much that I buy all my drop pods already built by someone else through ebay or bartertown. I never want to build one again.

Assuming by anoying kit you mean the most annoying one to keep together, personally, I'd have to say the Zoanthrope. Don't get me wrong, the model doesn't look bad, but It's really kind of a pain to glue it to the base when the majority of its body weight is leaning forwards, making you hold the thing in place for a good 20 minutes hoping it doesn't fall over as the glue is drying.

kb305 wrote:

 gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
The new SM kit, the way the arms are positioned you have to use the instruction booklet to get the arms right, the old kit was nice and easy the right arms were place together.

it's not that bad. check the numbers on the sprue. the ones that have similar labels go together, you shouldn't need the instructions.

Agreed, I built all 30 of mine without even glancing at the instructions.

What's wrong with the Centurions? I put a few together for my FLGS and they were fine. Really very well made kits, without any trouble putting them together...

Eldar tanks, the stock Falcon/Fire Prism/Wave Serpent chassis. Top portion has nothing to hold it in place, and has a tendency to curve upwards. So you have to get your glue in place then hold it tightly until it's welded properly or it separates upwards. Very annoying.

On the other hand, the new Eldar kits, particularly the Wraithknight, are a joy to put together. Really great examples of excellent injection moulding (with the small exception of the shoulder pads on the 'knight, since they have very little in the way of self correcting mate surfaces.

Hands down the worst kit I ever assembled was the "unseen" Marauder for Battletech. I have never met anyone in my life that was able to assemble one of those without throwing it across the room or gluing their hands together.

2nd edition metal landspeeder.

2nd edition metal big bug Tyranids.

Nyss Hunters.

My Revell B-17G scale model... It's detailed enough to be bloody annoying... the interior bits actually, literally requiring forcep devices to install. Tamiya has some fiddly plastic pieces, but they actually tend to be big enough I dont require special tools to build.

I seriously don't get the problem with Rhinos? I've put together at least 15 of them and I've always found it one of the easier kits to put together.

It takes me an hour or two. Seriously, aside from the back door not closing (I don't glue the chassis together, so that's cool) there's absolutely nothing I find irritating about the Rhino.


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majendie wrote:
What's wrong with the Centurions? I put a few together for my FLGS and they were fine. Really very well made kits, without any trouble putting them together...

Eldar tanks, the stock Falcon/Fire Prism/Wave Serpent chassis. Top portion has nothing to hold it in place, and has a tendency to curve upwards. So you have to get your glue in place then hold it tightly until it's welded properly or it separates upwards. Very annoying.

On the other hand, the new Eldar kits, particularly the Wraithknight, are a joy to put together. Really great examples of excellent injection moulding (with the small exception of the shoulder pads on the 'knight, since they have very little in the way of self correcting mate surfaces.

this thread wasn't intended just for kits that are hard to put together, but kits you don't like. I don't like the centurion kit because the models have predefined poses and far too many plates of armour to look cool.

FW's Storm Eagle kit. That thing is so incompetently done I actually wanted to throw mine against a wall. Never had that happen before.

Old metal Talos. The thing was a shoddy, all metal kit and the top and bottom halves of the main body didn't fit together properly.

I had problems with the Vendetta kit, mainly the cockpit, it just did not go together well. The pilots made it tricky to put the windows on. Another one are the older-new gen Saurus Calvary. The Cold Ones did not go together and left cracks in the head that needed to be filled with green stuff. Then for Bolt Action, the guns are so brittle that they break when I try to remove them from the sprew. Also, I spray the guns black then color the metal with a soft graphite pencil, it gives the guns a real WW2 blueing look, but the guns are so brittle I have broken them in the process. Same with my 28mm Romans, their swords and spears are just too thin and easy to break.

 Gertjan wrote:

There is a special place of hatred reserved for the new malifaux plastics though. I love the models but the building is horrible. They have such tiny fragile components that with my big hands I have to ask my gf to glue some components as my big fingers can't deal with them. But then again, that might be personal.

Personally, I love the new Malifaux plastics (except for their prices). They go together like a puzzle, challenging but not tedious. However, I do end up using tweezers, bright light and an inordinate amount of squinting.

For kits I hate--restic. Anything restic. Everything restic. Damn the black heart and rotten soul of the mamzer who brought that stuff into our hobby.

Any Dark Elf raider or vehicle kit. I'm not sure how many times I've accidently impaled a finger on a spike, but it's a lot.

Tomb King Skeleton Warriors... annoying to get off the sprue without damaging legs/heads/arms and even bodies, painfully annoying to put together