Yeah, I miss the archive service too. I liked being able to pick out obscure miniatures without the fear they’d be recasts, suffering from lead rot, or damaged from decades of poor storage. But with patience, all oop pieces are available with canny eBay use.

I liked the days of the “open” archive service. Made to order is better than what we’ve had until recently, but the old mail order catalogues and the ability to order anything you wanted from them was obviously a lot nicer. It also meant that if you wanted some drunkard marines, you could get them without needing to worry about how popular they might be in (current year) or if some bean counter felt they were worthwhile to be temporarily made available again…

I think you’re very right. Love to be able to see the old miniatures more objectively, like how a 12 year old in 2019 would. It’s always the argument against rereleasing the old miniatures through the archive service – some were very much of their time.

I know! They’re so wonky – it’s really off seeing how Bob Naismith went from doing super refined and detailed sculpting for Citadel in the early to mid 80s (like the LE Gumshoes and the Space Santa), and then boshing out minis like this when 1987 comes round. I guess it’s time and budget constraints.

Thanks Warburton! I’m really excited getting it big enough to start slipping in the characters and vehicles!

Thanks Suber! And a happy new year to you! I really like them in the Christmas colour scheme, but that restricts the possibility of using them all year round as a part of the force. I really like it when people paint up the tactical arrows on the shoulder pads as Christmas trees.