| TwinMirror | 19 Feb 2014 6:55 a.m. PST |
My sci-fi game could do with some androids and assorted robots, prefereably civilian (I'm already well catered for by Copplestone and em4 for armed robots). My requirements: preferably around or under £2.00 GBP per figure, and since I live in europe, preferably from uk or european companies (unless postage from the US is reasonable).
Plus, I'd rather not scrape around on ebay after clix or other one-off figures, I'd rather get them from a company where I can get a haul of goodies all at once. Cheers guys, hope you can help! |
bandit86  | 19 Feb 2014 7:10 a.m. PST |
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| Norrins | 19 Feb 2014 7:36 a.m. PST |
Have a look at Reaper – link
Can be sourced within Europe and if you get them off auction sites, they can be less than £2.00 GBP a figure. |
| TwinMirror | 19 Feb 2014 7:43 a.m. PST |
Bandit and Norrins – thanks guys, I'll check those out! |
| Mako11 | 19 Feb 2014 10:00 a.m. PST |
Star Wars collectibles – the plastic ones on eBay, though I'm not sure they are from the UK. Many will be suitable for your needs, and reasonably priced. |
| CorSecEng | 19 Feb 2014 11:51 a.m. PST |
The Ghost of Heife (sp?) Kickstarter should be shipping soon. He has some cool androids releasing when that is filled. |
| Lardie the Great | 19 Feb 2014 1:36 p.m. PST |
Ainsty have the Silent Running Huey, Dewey and Louey droids |
| FATC Tim | 19 Feb 2014 1:50 p.m. PST |
Jeds got the I-bot civi @ 2 for £4.50 GBP link and the guardian robots are very nice as well |
| Gokiburi | 19 Feb 2014 2:36 p.m. PST |
Black Cat Bases makes a number of 28mm robots. Although they were having trouble for a while, I'm not sure if that's over or not. link GZG makes a pack of 15mm droids that contains a roughly 28mm scale Wall-E (two of then actually) link |
| D A THB | 19 Feb 2014 4:23 p.m. PST |
I would not order from Black Cat Bases just yet.I am still waiting for either my order from August or a reply to my recent email to them. |
| TwinMirror | 20 Feb 2014 5:20 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. ainsty, gzg and antenocitis all look like good candidates. I can't find any pics of the gzg 25mm androids – anyone know what they look like? I agree with D A THB – steer clear of Black Cat Bases for a while. I also placed an order at the end of august, strangely enough, and I still haven't heard anything from them, despite my emails and phone messages. I think Ben is really ill, which is very sad, but they should at least close up shop, otherwise their problems will only grow. |
| Capt Flash | 20 Feb 2014 7:19 a.m. PST |
Old Glory/Blue Moon have modular robots in 28mm…
link I have a pack and like them very much. They have a very nice, 50s-60s sci-fi look to them. |
| TwinMirror | 20 Feb 2014 9:39 a.m. PST |
Those modular 'bots look awesome, capt flash. if only I could get them shipped to norway without incurring vast taxation wrath! maybe someone in the uk supplies them, in which case i could just send them to my folks in england and pick em up when i visit…the trials we go to, to get our figures! |
| Capt Flash | 20 Feb 2014 9:56 p.m. PST |
Check out old glory UK(I think that's what they're called!). |
| TwinMirror | 21 Feb 2014 11:15 a.m. PST |
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| markmors | 21 Feb 2014 3:10 p.m. PST |
Regarding what GZG stuff looks like. I will enter GZG or the full name plus the code number into a search engine. Often times, I will get pictures of that item that someone else owns and has pictures of on the net. |
| TwinMirror | 25 Feb 2014 3:41 a.m. PST |
I finally tracked down a blog with pics of th egzg 'droids, so thanks for the suggestion markmors!
like a lot of gzg 25mm, they're a bit chunky, but basically decent sculpts with a certain 50's-60's -style robotic charm. So I'll definitely pick up a couple of sets of those. |
 etotheipi  | 26 Feb 2014 6:10 a.m. PST |
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| TwinMirror | 26 Feb 2014 8:19 a.m. PST |
Great stuff, etotheipi. I should have known you'd already have a characteristic solution for this! Over here in Norway, they don't really get the whole dimestore concept – even the stores that claim to be bargain basement are not cheap, and their toy range is weak…still, I scavenge what I can and I'll look out for any stuff like this. However, I read your post on making hoverbots, and I do have a bag of wingnuts and suitable stuff in my bits box, so I'll give them a go. Cheers! |
| Bishop Odo | 16 Mar 2014 9:06 p.m. PST |
Captain Flash Old Glory/Blue Moon have modular robots in 28mm…
link I have a pack and like them very much. They have a very nice, 50s-60s sci-fi look to them. I have been hunting for scale pictures and picture in general of the Old Glory "build your bots" to no avail, do you have any, your the first person I have found that has some? |
| Bishop Odo | 16 Mar 2014 9:07 p.m. PST |
Reaper has a new one out that I just ordered, Blood Nebula Mercenary, that's bot. I'll post it when I get it, supposed to have variant heads and arms.. link |
| Capt Flash | 16 Mar 2014 10:04 p.m. PST |
Bishop, I've only assembled one. I'll grab a pic of some of the torsos next to some GW figures tomorrow or Tuesday. |
| Bishop Odo | 17 Mar 2014 10:51 p.m. PST |
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