Re: [Epic] Orks with LandRaiders

From: Scott Shupe <shupes_at_...>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 18:44:36 -0400

Tyler Provick wrote:
>
> >>
> >> > What's wrong with the army cards?
> >>
> >> Making an Eldar Force and going broke buying the boxes to fill
> >> out all the required minis.
> >
> > That's not a problem with the army cards, that's
> >a problem with GW's packaging scheme. Which isn't any
> >better now than it was then... so it's kinda silly to
> >think that there's been some improvement on that front,
> >or to blame the cards (a result of the rules) because of
> >the boxes (a result of GW marketing).
> >
> Actually, I picked up some Vindicators yesterday for $12.60 Canadian, and
> they came three to a blister(Okay, I bought one blister) Hmm, three, that's
> the maximum you can make a Vindicator squadron with.

        The metal blisters have always been fairly
sensible, with some exceptions. It's the plastics
that are generally the problem.

> Granted some tanks come
> in twos, and the fact that you get 8 bikes, but you need to pair them in
> threes(i know) doesn't really make sense. You do have to applaud their boxed
> sets.

        You do? I certainly don't. They're even
more of a rip-off than the old ones.

> $12.something Canadian, and you get a couple of sprues(I hope) instead
> of one big one.

        I thought it was 1 sprue per box.

Scott
shupes_at_...
Received on Thu Aug 28 1997 - 22:44:36 UTC