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These domes came with LOL Dolls, but you can also look on Amazon or in a craft store for plastic balls or hemispheres. There's a lot around for Christmas so people can make their own ornaments and such.

LOL dolls

I'm sorry.. I thought you were "internet laughing" and did not realize that was the proper name

Pity my girls are a bit old .. I'd look right creepy buying those..

Lol dolls. Horrifying as a toy, amazing packaging

To Porkus.. lie... claim they're a present.. just don't say who FOR....

stroller wrote:
To Porkus.. lie... claim they're a present.. just don't say who FOR....

Or, you know, don't.

Buying toys rarely involves an interrogation to establish whether or not you actually have kids.

The trick to buying toys without embarrassment is buying them alongside tampons and rash ointment.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Looks like these might be the best for Rhinos.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/202663047853



12cm versus 11.5cm for Rhinos.

Picked up a set of 5 of these for £6 on eBay. Delivery was pretty quick (local warehouse rather than all the way from China, I think).

They're soft plastic, with good strong detail and an awful lot of missiles! Almost exactly the same size as old-style Rhinos, so not as tall or wide as the current design.

I ditched the turrets, although if you want a turreted light tank it's really only the gun barrel that's poor. Popped a piece of plasticard over the back of the tank to cover the missiles you can see, and to act as a hatch. The armed them with bits from the bits box (basically, a Cadian Heavy Weapons sprue and some old Razorback bits).

Any glue that touched the soft plastic was Loctite All-Plastic superglue - highly recommended. Then a coat of Lahmian Medium to give a good grip for the primer spray (standard Halfords grey car primer).

Here they are! "Razorbacks" first - I think I prefer the autocannon to the heavy bolter, and may replace the bolter before I start painting them. The turret is a circle of MDF and a 25mm base. As generic scifi fighting vehicles, I went for modern-style cannon plus missile rather than the 40k-style twin-linked weapon. The Cadian mortar felt better as a missile tube than the actual missile launcher on the sprue.

IMG_20210910_124417 by Derek Hendrie, on Flickr


On to the "Rhinos" with bits from a Rhino/Razorback kit and a spare resin hatch.

IMG_20210910_124427 by Derek Hendrie, on Flickr

Conclusion: I maybe spent £15 on these five vehicles in total, and they're not bad at all. Definitely good for the money.


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 Eilif wrote:
Motomaro,
That sounds really cool. If possible I'd like to see pics of your Bronekorpus tanks.

Good luck with the one buck tanks too.

Just for you Eilif! You've seen these before on LAF, but the Chimera turrets are new.

Footprint is about the same as a Leman Russ or Chimera, but they're not as tall (although it's easy to lift them up on the tracks a little). The Bronekorpus kit comes with a bewilderment of gun barrels, including a one that looks like a plasma gun. There are also hatches, a smaller gun cupola and a radar dish. There's also a replacement front piece that has a dozer blade on it.

The Bronekorpus tanks are £7 each (including postage from Russia) these days, and the 3D printed resin turrets from eBay were £5 each. So 3x Leman Russ and 3x Chimera for £45. Love 'em!

IMG_20210910_124559 by Derek Hendrie, on Flickr

Here's another pair of Bronkorpus tanks. Did these up with corporate logos on a park.
Great kits but there is some mold slippage that needs a bit of love. Still a great deal.

Love the logos and the RAZORBACK on the side so no one can argue they were confused

Sure makes me want to drink Slurm.

Whatever that is.

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Sure makes me want to drink Slurm.

Whatever that is.

I hear it's Highly Addictive!

While we're on the subject, what is the R R logo with the apple?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Sure makes me want to drink Slurm.

Whatever that is.

I hear it's Highly Addictive!

While we're on the subject, what is the R R logo with the apple?

Rotten Apple - the green thing is a worm?

Love 'em @PourSpelur!

Red Apple cigarettes, the brand Tarantino characters all smoke?

Thanks!
Nailed it, Red Apple cigarettes from Tarantino flicks. Slurm from Futurama. Have Weyland Yutani and Blue Sun logos in there as well. Did a small force of Corporate sponsored dudes on a lark. Always wanted to go back and add/touch up the logos.
Point is, the Bronkorpus tanks are pretty solid. A bit cartoony in proportions but certainly workable

Your annual reminder that Halloween decorations are filling the shelves of hobby and craft stores this month (in America at least). You can get them at a discount Nov 1, but you'll only get the dregs.

A Khorne tree!

M.

Behold:



DINO RIDERS!




Edit: Found cheaper source. https://smile.amazon.com/Dino-Riders-Rulon-Warriors-Battle-Pack/dp/B08SDQZRKD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=dino+riders&qid=1633747431&sr=8-1

I just figured out what's wrong with that Dino-Rider set.

The Deinonychus and Parasaurolophus are swapped. They should be in the other colour, with the Para on the Valorians side, and the Deino on the Rulon side.

Why?

Because the Deinonychus has a Brain Box, something only the Rulons used. The Para does not.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I just figured out what's wrong with that Dino-Rider set.

The Deinonychus and Parasaurolophus are swapped. They should be in the other colour, with the Para on the Valorians side, and the Deino on the Rulon side.

Why?

Because the Deinonychus has a Brain Box, something only the Rulons used. The Para does not.

Good catch.

And you, sir, have just put more thought into it than the whole of the company that is selling these little coloured trinkets

Finally, something from this wonderful thread that actually appears to be available from Amazon UK.

So many other glorious doodahs seem to be on the US site only.

I was never exposed to Dino Riders as a kid except through this one German toy catalog my dad brought back from a work trip but I kinda want them to be a real wargame.

Blastaar wrote:
Behold:



DINO RIDERS!




Edit: Found cheaper source. https://smile.amazon.com/Dino-Riders-Rulon-Warriors-Battle-Pack/dp/B08SDQZRKD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=dino+riders&qid=1633747431&sr=8-1

$15 Exodite starter army.

Nice.

And there's a codex too!



https://smile.amazon.com/Dino-Riders-Coloring-Book-Adults/dp/B08QBY9PTC/ref=pd_bxgy_1/131-7987237-4837004

And a titan!

Oh the nostalgia...

H.B.M.C. wrote:I just figured out what's wrong with that Dino-Rider set.

The Deinonychus and Parasaurolophus are swapped. They should be in the other colour, with the Para on the Valorians side, and the Deino on the Rulon side.

Why?

Because the Deinonychus has a Brain Box, something only the Rulons used. The Para does not.

The 80s child in me is outraged. Outraged, I say!

This from a license that originally had dino models so accurate they were repackaged to be sold at museum gift shops.

It's almost as bad as when Jurassic Park featured Deinonychuses and called them Velociraptors, callously refusing to show respect for the objectively coolest dinosaur of all time.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

And there's a codex too!



https://smile.amazon.com/Dino-Riders-Coloring-Book-Adults/dp/B08QBY9PTC/ref=pd_bxgy_1/131-7987237-4837004

To this day I feel it's not a real laser unless it has a bright red muzzle warning bystanders to stay away from the shooty end. The real Red Period was the Mesozoic.

Incidentally, I recall an episode of the Dino Riders cartoon where the bad guys had a legit wargames / strategy table with a scale model of the local terrain.

Hammerhead guy proposed encircling the good guys' base with a cunning entrapment plan. And poured mud onto the table to demonstrate.

Ruler guy said he had a better idea: get every ceratopsian dino they could rustle up, form up into a gigantic charging V formation and stampede the base. He poured mud on the table to demonstrate. A lot of mud.

Oh man. I remember the mud thing.

I also remember Sareena having to save Krulos' life when his dome helmet cracked.

And "Toro! Torosaurus!".

Since there have been two Kickstarter’s already, I thought I would post these. They are roughly 35mm heroic. Very heroic.




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For anyone in the UK, the Starlink weapon packs -- ripe for converting into SF turrets -- are now in OneBelow discount shop at 79p a pack (two big guns).

 Llamahead wrote:
Posted this before but it's really useful and widely available in the UK so.....

£6 in Poundstretcher currently available and looks the part straight of the bat.

My son needs this for his Lizard Men army. How cool is that.