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**Haanz**

Collected Space Wolves for 30K, but didn't know anyone who played. Decided I should build a second army for 30K so I could demo it to friends. Decided on Iron Warriors because I wanted an army with a radically different playstyle to my Wolves, and a friend of mine was already doing Thousand Sons.

Bought about 5k of the army, and painted the first 2.5k of it - all the boring stuff like Tacticals done, so just things like Terminators and Typhons and stuff left.

Then events started popping up, and I went to one with my Wolves, and there were absolutely tons of Iron Warriors armies in my local meta. Played against them a lot too, and hated the experience. Completely killed the idea for me, and I haven't touched that collection since. About £1000 of minatures, and a bunch of hobby hours down the drain.

**FrozenDwarf**

putting my elite cult mech army in comission 4 months before 8th hit.

8th hits, cult mech has been removed and my 9 kataprhon breachers who was blast template wep based are just display models now cuz they are crap due to gakky new wep dmg, and i totaly refuses to have anything to do with skitarii.

**The Newman**

The Newman wrote:
If pressed, I might list my second box of Space Marine bikes. I don't use that squad nearly enough to justify having six men for it.

I might also list picking Marines in general since they're in such a mopey place right now, but I've spent enough time around GW to know that Marines are unlikely to stay a bottom-tier army for very long.

[Edit] ... and I suppose I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried about all the old-style marines I picked up getting obsoleted by future developments on the Primaris marine line.

Is it gauche to quote myelf?

I wasn't really thinking about it, but I did sell out of 40k at one point as well. I had a lot of stuff at the time too, 3000+ point collections of Tau, Nids, Necrons, Orks, Chaos, and IG, and if I'd known I'd be back I'd have probably kept the Guard or the Orks. I used the money to get into Warmachine and I played that for over a decade and never regretted jumping ship (and to be honest, if anyone was playing it at my LGS I'd have bought back into that instead), but not having to buy anything beyond the rules to start playing again would have been nice.

**NoiseMarine with Tinnitus**

Any FW index.

IA:13 Collectors Edition (but I do like it as a stand alone book)

Both Crimson Slaughter codexes (again, good books)

Dark Vengenace (never saw daylight)

Point being I have become very picky with what I buy these days with the proverbial sword of damoclese hanging over the head of any codex, models, etc via CA, FAQs, etc.

**timetowaste85**

tneva82 wrote:
darkcloak wrote:
It's actually surprising to see how many people are so blaise about their property. Chucking titans in the trash, buying hundreds of dollars worth of models only to leave them in a closet or give them away. And for pretty arbitrary things.

I regret selling out all the time. I wish I had had better sense back then. I figured I'd have no one to play with, but really they're worth more than whatever the game is doing, what edition it is, or how powerful their rules are at the moment. I don't need to play a hundred games to feel satisfied with my collection, and I was having a blast making Mordheim stuff and converting and painting. There were outside influences however, but even then, I failed to recognize the importance the hobby had in my life and so I sold out. That was the waste of money right there.

Anyways, I dunno. Just shocking to see how many people acted like I did.

For some morals and ethics are more important than money. Money is replacable. Morals & ethics aren't.

I don't support thieves. Period. Do you? donkey-caves like that cannot be supported. Price I paid for the recasted junk is pittance compared to price of moral integrity. Only regret there is donkey-cave getting that money. Burning money that would buy warlord would have been preferable than that donkey-cave waste of human life getting the price of that warhound.

Moral is what define you. Not physical product you own.

Yes, but you could have contacted Forgeworld, told them what happened, and see what they’d like you to do. In some cases, they’ve asked for the offending model, information about the seller, and sent out a proper replacement. So you’ve thrown away money, gained nothing, and likely didn’t help them catch a recaster. You didn’t actually do anything worthy of a moral high-ground. Just wasted time and money.

**Brutallica**

Biggest mistake was selling An'ggrath... because i want him back, so i guess i have to call FW again.

**oni**

6th edition psychic power cards. Finally pulled the trigger and bought them and then 7th edition was announced shortly after.

7th edition psychic power cards. IG order cards. Planetary Onslaught book because 8th edition was announced about a month after I bought it.

Countless box sets that have never seen the light of day.

**darkcloak**

Wow. Did I just get called out by the guy who threw away a Titan?

That, my friends, is hilarious.

Have fun with your morals and ethics and throwing money away. I'm sure that will pay off in the end.

Please explain to me how throwing away something you bought because you got cheated makes you better than me?

At least I can admit I was an idiot to sell my toys. How about you? Part of growing up, is knowing when you're being an idiot.

**Coolyo294**

Sim-Life wrote:
£300 on a hierophant biotitan. Saw the table once then my dad threw it out accidentally when I moved house.

Yeowch. I hope he apologized.

**Stormonu**

battyrat wrote:
I tried to work myself back into gaming and collecting first a couple of years ago after a 28 year break and was sold End Times. Within a couple of weeks AOS was released and End Times was no more. Really took the biscuit. Recently purchased the new AOS set Soul Wars. Still nobody admits to playing it in this area so it's just going to collect dust. Also spent out on a second hand starter box for Silver Tower. Again no players in this area. It's mostly all 40k here.

So turned my back on modern releases and started to concentrate on what I remember from my first time gaming in the 80's.No longer feel I am throwing money away for something I will never use.

Oh, I feel your pain. I had tried an Elf Army way back when - the Herohammer edition - only to drop said army after being soundly trashed by an enemy army I had NO hope of beating. Was so disgusted, I sold the army off. Fast forward several years and I got talked into trying the game again, so rebought a High Elf army (with the Isle of Blood starter, and also bought a Vampire Counts army), only to have End Times drop a month later. When AOS hit, everybody else dropped out and sold their armies off. This time I kept mine, but I’ve got no one to play it with. However, I was smitten by the Nightgaunts I bought Tempest of Souls and a few extras. Just gonna paint and display them, no plans to actually use them in a game.

**Grimtuff**

timetowaste85 wrote:
tneva82 wrote:
darkcloak wrote:
It's actually surprising to see how many people are so blaise about their property. Chucking titans in the trash, buying hundreds of dollars worth of models only to leave them in a closet or give them away. And for pretty arbitrary things.

I regret selling out all the time. I wish I had had better sense back then. I figured I'd have no one to play with, but really they're worth more than whatever the game is doing, what edition it is, or how powerful their rules are at the moment. I don't need to play a hundred games to feel satisfied with my collection, and I was having a blast making Mordheim stuff and converting and painting. There were outside influences however, but even then, I failed to recognize the importance the hobby had in my life and so I sold out. That was the waste of money right there.

Anyways, I dunno. Just shocking to see how many people acted like I did.

For some morals and ethics are more important than money. Money is replacable. Morals & ethics aren't.

I don't support thieves. Period. Do you? donkey-caves like that cannot be supported. Price I paid for the recasted junk is pittance compared to price of moral integrity. Only regret there is donkey-cave getting that money. Burning money that would buy warlord would have been preferable than that donkey-cave waste of human life getting the price of that warhound.

Moral is what define you. Not physical product you own.

Yes, but you could have contacted Forgeworld, told them what happened, and see what they’d like you to do. In some cases, they’ve asked for the offending model, information about the seller, and sent out a proper replacement. So you’ve thrown away money, gained nothing, and likely didn’t help them catch a recaster. You didn’t actually do anything worthy of a moral high-ground. Just wasted time and money.

Laughs in Chinese...

**Stormonu**

tneva82 wrote:
darkcloak wrote:
It's actually surprising to see how many people are so blaise about their property. Chucking titans in the trash, buying hundreds of dollars worth of models only to leave them in a closet or give them away. And for pretty arbitrary things.

I regret selling out all the time. I wish I had had better sense back then. I figured I'd have no one to play with, but really they're worth more than whatever the game is doing, what edition it is, or how powerful their rules are at the moment. I don't need to play a hundred games to feel satisfied with my collection, and I was having a blast making Mordheim stuff and converting and painting. There were outside influences however, but even then, I failed to recognize the importance the hobby had in my life and so I sold out. That was the waste of money right there.

Anyways, I dunno. Just shocking to see how many people acted like I did.

For some morals and ethics are more important than money. Money is replacable. Morals & ethics aren't.

I don't support thieves. Period. Do you? donkey-caves like that cannot be supported. Price I paid for the recasted junk is pittance compared to price of moral integrity. Only regret there is donkey-cave getting that money. Burning money that would buy warlord would have been preferable than that donkey-cave waste of human life getting the price of that warhound.

Moral is what define you. Not physical product you own.

Ha, to me Copyrighting is the crime. A bullying crime at that. My concern is entirely on the quality of the product. If a recaster or 3rd party can create a product that is equal or better in quality, the “original” IP holder can go to hell.

**carlos13th**

Does the unpainted pile of models count?

**ChargerIIC**

carlos13th wrote:
Does the unpainted pile of models count?

They are if you've ever picked a sprue up and realize you don't remember buying the models.

**ccs**

darkcloak wrote:
It's actually surprising to see how many people are so blaise about their property. Chucking titans in the trash, buying hundreds of dollars worth of models only to leave them in a closet or give them away. And for pretty arbitrary things.

(shrugs) As long as I've got the space I'd rather store my unused models than part with them.
Because I'm well experienced with GW, their shifting rules, and that local metas change.
What's not useful today may well change tomorrow/next edition. And digging it out of storage is a helluva lot cheaper than buying it a 2nd time.

**JohnHwangDD**

ccs wrote:
darkcloak wrote:
It's actually surprising to see how many people are so blaise about their property. Chucking titans in the trash, buying hundreds of dollars worth of models only to leave them in a closet or give them away.

(shrugs) As long as I've got the space I'd rather store my unused models than part with them.
Because I'm well experienced with GW, their shifting rules, and that local metas change.
What's not useful today may well change tomorrow/next edition. And digging it out of storage is a helluva lot cheaper than buying it a 2nd time.

This. The effort of rebuying, rebuilding, repainting? No.

**Polonius**

ccs wrote:
darkcloak wrote:
It's actually surprising to see how many people are so blaise about their property. Chucking titans in the trash, buying hundreds of dollars worth of models only to leave them in a closet or give them away. And for pretty arbitrary things.

(shrugs) As long as I've got the space I'd rather store my unused models than part with them.
Because I'm well experienced with GW, their shifting rules, and that local metas change.
What's not useful today may well change tomorrow/next edition. And digging it out of storage is a helluva lot cheaper than buying it a 2nd time.

to answer more generally: I think that for many people, the anxiety or psychic toll of incomplete projects is unpleasant, so they'd rather get rid of things rather than save them.

There's also that moment when you are honest with yourself, and ask when you are really going to build certain armies or projects.

**VIlacom**

Bought a Heriophant bio titan about a month before 8th came out, got to play it once in a 2k point game, now it costs the entire army allotment

**Chute82**

7th ork codex and data cards. Thankfully I sold them on eBay to recoup some of the loss. That codex wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on, was surprised I was able to sell it

**jeff white**

Imperial Agents...

**Kap'n Krump**

Buying the 7th ed Waaaagh! Ghazghkull codex.

Twice.

**Easy E**

I bought an Eye of Terror Codex and bits to start building a Legion of The Damned Nurgle army. By the time I had the bits and started working on it for real, that Codex was dead and buried.

That pretty much ended me for 40K in any meaningful way.

**ZergSmasher**

Painstakingly collected and built the models to run a full Battle Company with my Dark Angels (Lion's Blade Strike Force with 2 Demi-companies). I ended up not getting to go to the one tournament I would have been able to run the list at due to not being able to get the day off work, and by time of the next one, 8th edition had dropped and the list was no longer valid. Now I'm sitting on a whole bunch of useless Tacticals and footslogging Assault marines that I'll probably never use given how cabbage their rules are in 8th.

**dreadblade**

From another thread:

Brother Castor wrote:
I gave up at the end of RT and my parents gave all my WH40K and Space Hulk stuff away (with my permission) while I was at uni

Having said that, miniatures have moved on a long way in 25 years so at least I now have a modern set of models.

**Just Tony**

NoiseMarine with Tinnitus wrote:
Any FW index.

I forgot about these. That would have been a squad or vehicle each back in 3rd when I bought those wastes of paper.

**Moriarty**

The last two Ork Codex count? ATM I’d rather play with the third ed book.

Ooo! Ooo! Just thought! Apocalypse rules - biggest clunker in a good while.

**Jidmah**

Kap'n Krump wrote:
Buying the 7th ed Waaaagh! Ghazghkull codex.

Twice.

We have a winner

**chromedog**

I regret nothing.

But that's because the majority of stuff for the armies I had wasn't purchased at retail (even discounted) but 2nd+ hand at a vast discount over the space of about 16 years.

This was my army.

I now only have enough left to play a 1500pt 40k 2nd edition army and no more (15 Bikers was a 1500pt raven wing army in 2nd ed to give you an idea).

**niv-mizzet**

A guy I knew started a late 7e army focusing on a lot of drop pods carrying centurions. A few months and an edition later and his army was straight up unusable.

**IronBrand**

chromedog wrote:
I regret nothing.

But that's because the majority of stuff for the armies I had wasn't purchased at retail (even discounted) but 2nd+ hand at a vast discount over the space of about 16 years.

This was my army.

I now only have enough left to play a 1500pt 40k 2nd edition army and no more (15 Bikers was a 1500pt raven wing army in 2nd ed to give you an idea).

Is that a lego titan? I can see at least some lego on it.