The FLGs had the fall swap meet this Sunday, and despite shopping there for something like 24 years this was the first time I actually attended.
All of the very sizable game space was full of tables with people selling things, some new, some used, and a few vendors selling wares as well (mostly 3d printed stuff). The very first table was a guy selling effectively a whole game store of stuff, mostly new in box, some partly built or painted, as well as six plus boxes of citadel paints which were new/used.
Loads of people getting out of Horus Heresy, which is a shame. Not much in the way of historicals, and far less Flames of War than you would expect as well. Lots of old board games, including a two pack of the original boxed CityTech and AeroTech for Battletech (unpunched, so $$$$).
So what did we get? Well... sort of a lot.
Plastic chaplain, banner bit, five partial assault intercessors, and six partial blade guard, $20. Same guy was selling a stack of Horus Heresy marines, as well as a nicely painted fleet for Victory at Sea (with the thick bases).
I got the OOP ruins new in box ($20), some opened contrast paints ($1 each), a brand new shade ($3), and a Harlequin star weaver with a hull that had been used for an airbrush test ($25). The same seller had a few other terrain sets, and what seemed like a dozen Eldar Avatars new in box, but I passed on getting more.
The real find though was the shoe box above. Complete partly painted Imperial Knight for $30. The kid is pretty excited about that one, even if it is partly painted and is the original model with fewer options. The seller also had a large stack of never read Games Workshop publications, so we picked up an issue of the short lived "visions" magazine as well.
So we got out comparatively cheaply, and it really makes you wonder what was available at the beginning of the sale, and what the deals were like as the sale was coming to an end and people were wanting to go home...
We were there an hour and a half, and the kid and I could have spent another hour there picking through bins of miniatures, but we had to hurry along before going to pick up kid #2 from water polo practice. I am sure that we will plan to go again next year.
5 comments:
Looks like a lot of GW tat to me
And me anonymous. I really do not understand the overpriced and overrated Games Workshop product. I guess the blogger had a bargain or two, but I cannot see it, Simon
Hey Simon, thanks for the post. Yeah, GW stuff is expensive new, which is why getting it used or on sale is nice. Why? Because they are pretty high quality models if you buy into the aesthetic, and even if you do not, many of them are pretty generically useful (ghosts, knights, vampires, sci-fi infantry etc.)
Looks like some fun finds!
swap meets are always dangerous, I don't go very often to one, but when I do I have to treat it like a casino, and have a pre-set amount that I'm allowed to spend. 😁
nice finds you had. probably cool to have the kid along?
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