Uruk Hai, the return! And more……..much much more

Traditionally I have sold off my old stuff to fund the new, or I have done a lot of trades with mates and acquaintances. There has also been an aweful lot of patience and collecting slowly over many years as and when an opportunity to buy at reasonable prices comes up. Most of the time there is a lot of converting, stripping and hashing different sets together. Independent shows are quite good too for people wanting to shift old metals to good homes. But occasionally there is a model that I cannot seem to get. These 3 feral Uruk hai are an example of this.
The two other things I am struggling to get over the last 5 years is empire war wagon and that oldhammer 4th Ed magic expansion:warhammer chronicles of war. I only need the cards!

Need? Interesting word. I desire very much, to my detriment. Is more accurate.

Proxies are often a great solution, especially in the case of the Perry’s, warlord, gripping beast etc. but the above desired pieces are sooo niche that they don’t seem to have acceptable sources for proxie. Printing the cards off may be possible? Making my own war wagon is possible. But it may not work very well. Bit nervous of trying. And the feral Uruk hai in metal just should not be that expensive.

This whole entry may be just a moaning session. But I’d like to also be a brain clarifier for me if possible. Just writing down the moan has me considering making my own war wagon. And printing may be acceptable for the magic cards, a shame though. But the feral Uruk hai, 3D print? Tis not the same to a metal. Re cast my own? Is that illegal?

Any ideas would be welcome.

Finally, there is the (possibly hippocritical) moral dimension to this. If a person has an object that for whatever reason is ‘worth’ loadsa lolly. They should have the right, and my blessing, to capitalise on it. I salute those persons who fairly and squarely put up an auction for a rare item and start the bud at .99p and watch it soar. Those bidders know what they are doing and are happy to pay. I’ve always put up my stuff for 0.99p and let it run. Often I do very well out of it indeed because, as we all know, we are willing to pay for these things. But that’s also not what I’m seeing all the time. Somehow there is a group of carollers who ‘get hold’ of these things and triple or quadruple the price they paid (often more) and hold the line at these lofty heights. That doesn’t feel good, it feels close to a monopoly.

On the other hand, I’ve quite enjoyed the benefits of people who buy sets of figures in bulk, or whole boxed games etc, and sell off individual components piecemeal at what I feel are fair prices. I’ve often wanted only one figure from a set and been happy to pay ,such and such, who does this fairly.

There are also those traders who set their lines very rigidly and get my custom repeatedly for their clearly very fair dealings. My hats off to Troll trader here.

But even they must be subject somewhat  to price inflations.

Where are they sourcing these minis for such a price that they can turn a profit? That’s where we gamers need to go. Cut out the middle man maybe?