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In my local area we have a Facebook page called Facebay, I think it is pretty common in the UK to have regional pages where people can buy and sell bits and bobs to local people, avoiding eBay fee's etc.

The one for my area is normally furniture, TV's, video games etc etc but today something popped up that immediately caught my eye.

'Joblot of Warhammer 40k, need gone ASAP'

There were a few photos showing a mess of marines, orks and even some Dark Eldar, mostly unpainted and some unassembled. I decided what the hell and messaged the seller, she wanted an ok price, seems it is her other halves and they are moving so wanted it shot quick. I agreed the price and went over to collect it.

I have got it all home and spent the past few hours sorting and cataloging my buy.



The metal case came with it all.



This one was stuffed full of metal marines and untouched weapon sprues.



The metal case was all modelling stuff and a bunch of bits



The assault on black reach box was next -



A massive pot of bitz



Found these warbikers, and yes also found the nobz, wheels and other bits to ride them all ready to be glued on



Finally I opened the Dark Eldar Megaforce box....



JACKPOT

Completely untouched, everything on the sprues, brand spanking new.

My Total list of what I bought -

Complete Assault on Black Reach Box, assembled but unpainted. containing -
1 Marine Captain
5 Termies
10 Tacticals
Dreadnought
Warboss
20 Boyz
5 Nobz
3 Deffcopters
Rules, dice, templates all unopened

5 x Death company on sprues
10 scouts assembled, one squad snipers, one squad bolters
Metal sgt Telion
Metal Calgar
Metal marine captain
8 metal assault marines
5 metal devs the really old school ones
2 metal powerfist sgt
8 metal bolter boys
A raft of plastic untouched sprues with all the arms backpacks and weapons for the metal marines plus more than enough bases
3 unmade ork warbikes
An assembled reaver jetbike

A metal case containing -
39 citadel paints (almost all unopened)
23 random brushes
2 pots grass flock
2 pots sand
A heap of green stuff
A massive jar of loose bits (from a quick look I reckon there are bits for a few more marines and scouts in here)

And a Dark Eldar Megaforce contained EVERYTHING it should brand new on sprues...
20 Wyches
5 Scourges
10 Warriors
1 Venom
1 Raider
1 Ravager
9 Jetbikes

And what did I pay for this?

£70
Thats about $110

I am a VERY happy Dakkaite. If the new DE Codex is decent I am good to go! I'll add the marines I need into my army and I will sell the rest for a tidy profit.

That's a great find

I hope you paid in cash and covered your tracks I have visions of some biker ex-boyfriend finding out his old lady just sold his stuff to cover her tab at the local pub before she left town!

Seriously, though, nice score.

I genuinely feel sorry for the guy. I am pretty sure it was without his consent.

That, or he isnt the brightest light bulb.

To quote Captain Blackadder: 'lucky lucky luck lucky '

That's one hell of a deal, good find!

 Sir Arun wrote:
I genuinely feel sorry for the guy. I am pretty sure it was without his consent.

That, or he isnt the brightest light bulb.

Or he bought stuff a while ago and lost interest along the way as there seems to be very few completed pieces in there and a lot in progress or unopened.

I met him as well, he was happy to sell it.

I found loads of bits from models not included in the sale including at least 4 hunter killer missiles which indicates he has had a bunch of marine vehicles as well.

I wonder if he has a big army and this is just all the stuff he never got round to using.

Or perhaps he sold his army off and this was just the stuff left over.

I also found a heap of those fold out leaflets where you could post the voucher off for 4 paints a marine and an ork which I haven't seen in a box of 40k since 2nd edition so he must have been in the hobby for a long time

Awesome find man!

I check yard sales and craigslist on a regular basis but I've never even seen an old model much less the huge haul you pulled in. Fantastic find.

Great find. Good to hear he was parting with it off his own volition. Happy modeling and assembly. Be sure to show off any unique things you come across.

FM Argos

I'll snap some photos tomorrow as I start working out what I'm keeping.

I think the metal assault marines are destined to bolster my existing Jump Chaplain and assault squad and a few bolter boys might make it onto the shelf to pack out my devs etc.

It mostly sits on the Dark Eldar, if the codex looks good, we in fact not even good but at least fun to play I'll be picking up an Archon and putting it together, if not then might be eBay!

Holy cow! That's amazing!

Awesome find. Your handwriting is awful, lol.

Munga wrote:
Awesome find. Your handwriting is awful, lol.

Tell me about it

The curse of being a lefty I'm afraid, luckily I'm fantastically good looking


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Well after searching it all and some soul searching it has all ended up for sale online, I figure better to take the cash out and invest in my fledgling Guard army than start another project.

The paints and brushes etc will all be very handy and a raft of bits have made it into my bits box but the rest is on it's way out the door!

I think a cadian defence force box and a baneblade are on my horizon