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In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> [snip]
> ... Loonies at auczilla have paid as much for a ... backpack
> as I do for the entire figure.
Now, wait a second, I'm one of those so-called loonies,
and I'd like to object (just as soon as I can figure out
how to get out of this straightjacket ;-)
The reason I was willing to pay a rather high price
on AucZilla for some of those Backpacks,
and the reason I'd (probably) do the same
for some Shako Hats, is that once I get a Trooper minifig,
whether Redcoat or Bluecoat, I'm not disassembling him!
("No disassemble! No disassemble!" -- trivia points
if you can give movie reference ;-)
Thus, if I'm not gonna disassemble a complete Trooper 'fig
(notice that I did *not* mention the Officer/Lieutenant 'figs...),
then the only way to get extra backpacks and/or shako hats
is to get them from other sources.
Now, you may ask *why* would I need extra shako hats,
and the answer is rather simple: I have *extra* Troopers
that are only *partially* complete; i.e., they're missing
their shako hats. (And, no, not quite all of them
started out as surplus Lieutenants... some of them, yes,
perhaps even *several*, but not quite *all* of 'em...)
And, as far as the backpacks go,
I'd like to be able to use brown backpacks with some
of my custom kit-bashed (modern/near-future) military 'figs.
I also use the dark grey backpacks (from the SW Speeder Bike sets),
but the military 'figs I make using dark grey torsos
look a whole lot better with a brown backpack
than with a dark grey backpack.
Thanks,
Franklin
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In lugnet.pirates, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > [snip]
> > ... Loonies at auczilla have paid as much for a ... backpack
> > as I do for the entire figure.
>
> Now, wait a second, I'm one of those so-called loonies,
> and I'd like to object (just as soon as I can figure out
> how to get out of this straightjacket ;-)
Aha! I knew I'd flush some of the deep-pocketed scoundrels out. :-)
>
> The reason I was willing to pay a rather high price
> on AucZilla for some of those Backpacks,
> and the reason I'd (probably) do the same
> for some Shako Hats, is that once I get a Trooper minifig,
> whether Redcoat or Bluecoat, I'm not disassembling him!
> ("No disassemble! No disassemble!" -- trivia points
> if you can give movie reference ;-)
>
> Thus, if I'm not gonna disassemble a complete Trooper 'fig
> (notice that I did *not* mention the Officer/Lieutenant 'figs...),
> then the only way to get extra backpacks and/or shako hats
> is to get them from other sources.
>
> Now, you may ask *why* would I need extra shako hats,
> and the answer is rather simple: I have *extra* Troopers
> that are only *partially* complete; i.e., they're missing
> their shako hats. (And, no, not quite all of them
> started out as surplus Lieutenants... some of them, yes,
> perhaps even *several*, but not quite *all* of 'em...)
Yes, but I figured out the false economy of that. You buy a Shako for $3. And
a Backpack for $3. Six bucks. Or buy a complete figure for $5 (not that I
pay that much), and sell the stripped figure for a minimum of $2. I can see $1
per BP or shako, maybe $1.50, but after that, It's just cheaper to buy the
whole fig and sell off what doesn't match up evenly.
>
> And, as far as the backpacks go,
> I'd like to be able to use brown backpacks with some
> of my custom kit-bashed (modern/near-future) military 'figs.
> I also use the dark grey backpacks (from the SW Speeder Bike sets),
> but the military 'figs I make using dark grey torsos
> look a whole lot better with a brown backpack
> than with a dark grey backpack.
>
> Thanks,
> Franklin
My extra soldiers without backpack and shako actually aren't sold. I give them
a white or gray backpack, white epaulettes and white pith helmet. A bit
Victorian rather than Napoleonic, much less Golden Age of Piracy, but I like
the variation.
Bruce
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> > ("No disassemble! No disassemble!" -- trivia points
> > if you can give movie reference ;-)
Sure. Short Circuit, starring the immoratal "Johnny 5."
-Chris, who needs more input...
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Xcalabur wrote in message ...
> > > ("No disassemble! No disassemble!" -- trivia points
> > > if you can give movie reference ;-)
>
> Sure. Short Circuit, starring the immoratal "Johnny 5."
Hey, a slightly obscure movie reference that I got (though I would have
struggled to remember the movie title). I watch so few movies, and
essentially no TV that I tend to dislike trivia type games. Though if
there's enough historical or geographical trivia, I can do well, in fact, in
high school one year, we played "Jeopardy" every Friday, and the teacher
quickly told me and one other fellow that we had to be on opposite teams
(she divided the class into two teams). I constantly amazed her at the stuff
I answered, heavily due to our families travels (a cross country trip and a
trip to Europe), but also due to my studies of history (especially military
history - though the question that the answer was "charge of the light
brigade" [the category was "light" and the question was something like "a
military action"] was one of those "pull it out of your posterior" answers,
since even now I couldn't tell you what the charge was, or what war it was
in).
Follow-ups to: lugnet.off-topic.fun
Frank
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> My extra soldiers without backpack and shako actually aren't sold. I give • them
> a white or gray backpack, white epaulettes and white pith helmet. A bit
> Victorian rather than Napoleonic, much less Golden Age of Piracy, but I • like
> the variation.
I'm planning on converting my red soldiers to use dark grey backpacks. This
will free up plenty of brown backpacks to outfit more blue soldiers (now I
just need to find a source of red epaulettes).
Frank
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> > In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > [snip]
> > > ... Loonies at auczilla have paid as much for a ... backpack
> > > as I do for the entire figure.
> >
> > Now, wait a second, I'm one of those so-called loonies,
> > and I'd like to object (just as soon as I can figure out
> > how to get out of this straightjacket ;-)
>
> Aha! I knew I'd flush some of the deep-pocketed scoundrels out. :-)
They're around...sneaky devils, they be. ;) Actually, the Pirate Game created a
few deep-pocketed scoundrels out of otherwise normal people!
> > The reason I was willing to pay a rather high price
> > on AucZilla for some of those Backpacks,
> > and the reason I'd (probably) do the same
> > for some Shako Hats, is that once I get a Trooper minifig,
> > whether Redcoat or Bluecoat, I'm not disassembling him!
> > ("No disassemble! No disassemble!" -- trivia points
> > if you can give movie reference ;-)
> > Thus, if I'm not gonna disassemble a complete Trooper 'fig
> > (notice that I did *not* mention the Officer/Lieutenant 'figs...),
> > then the only way to get extra backpacks and/or shako hats
> > is to get them from other sources.
> >
> > Now, you may ask *why* would I need extra shako hats,
> > and the answer is rather simple: I have *extra* Troopers
> > that are only *partially* complete; i.e., they're missing
> > their shako hats. (And, no, not quite all of them
> > started out as surplus Lieutenants... some of them, yes,
> > perhaps even *several*, but not quite *all* of 'em...)
Well, here's what I've done:
Blue troopers get grey backpacks from 7128; that way I have more than enough
backpacks for my red IG soldiers. Sure, it sounds like sacrilege, but they really
do look pretty good with the grey packs. And no, I'm not trading away the surplus
browns--I do occasionally get red soldiers without the packs.
> Yes, but I figured out the false economy of that. You buy a Shako for $3. And
> a Backpack for $3. Six bucks. Or buy a complete figure for $5 (not that I
> pay that much), and sell the stripped figure for a minimum of $2. I can see $1
> per BP or shako, maybe $1.50, but after that, It's just cheaper to buy the
> whole fig and sell off what doesn't match up evenly.
Yeah, that. Except for those of us who demand no extra parts! I've been weird
this way before.
> > And, as far as the backpacks go,
> > I'd like to be able to use brown backpacks with some
> > of my custom kit-bashed (modern/near-future) military 'figs.
> > I also use the dark grey backpacks (from the SW Speeder Bike sets),
> > but the military 'figs I make using dark grey torsos
> > look a whole lot better with a brown backpack
> > than with a dark grey backpack.
Try the blue soldier/dkgrey pack matchup--it looks surprisingly good, IMHO.
> My extra soldiers without backpack and shako actually aren't sold. I give them
> a white or gray backpack, white epaulettes and white pith helmet. A bit
> Victorian rather than Napoleonic, much less Golden Age of Piracy, but I like
> the variation.
Same here. I love that variation; they encounter the Islanders (who proceed to
laugh at them for wearing so much wool in the tropical heat). So very 1880s
British--about the time of South Seas colonialism and the Samoan Tangle (1893).
Actually, when juxtaposed with the Islanders, giving them pith helmets is correctly
in-period; shakoes are a bit old.
best
Lindsay
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