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1. The joy of being half done with that 30 figure phalanx is marred by the longing to build a Republican Roman Army, but is that after or before the Seleucids get upgraded.... 2. You have old Minifigs figures in your miniatures "to do" boxes, but you know you are never going to "do" them but you cant toss them because you might be able to cut their helmets off someday. 3. You keep every horse model ever ordered even though most of them really suck, but ... you never know when those RAFM horses might be useful. 4. Ordering figures by mail is a good way to evaluate if you want to order them by mail. 5. You drive 150 miles to the hobby store in your area so you actually see some of the models you wish to order. 6. You have at least 7 excuses prepared for your spouse why you need those new figures. 7. Your wife has given up, and now has decided that your hobby is good because it at least keeps you at home. 8. New figures are always better that the ones you have done and painted nicely. 9. Increasing scale of 25mm miniatures doesnt bother you because your eyes are older and they are easier to paint than those Ral Partha figures of your youth. 10. You start your own museum of wargames miniatures.... "See, Honey, those are old 20mm Scruby's phalangites I bought those in High school, and then these Minifigs came out, then Hinchliffe, these over here are Garrison, this is a Ral Partha phalanx, This is my cool new Old Glory phalanx.....someday I might live to see a Foundry phalanx....." 11. You vow that you must finish the current project before you allow yourself order anything new... this really speeds up the current project. 12 You have your miniatures delivered to another address so you can better smuggle them into the house. 13. You buy stuff that seems really cool only to discover when you bring it home you already bought that 6 months ago...ooops. 14. You are nervous about bringing "More crap" home so you hide the figures in your socks and underwear while coming home (yup - done that!). 15. Friends like to come over your house to see the your miniature collection and not so much you! 16. You go to a marriage counselor and your wife brings up the fact that she wishes you had an affair with a real women instead of with "those figures" 17. When you talk about "your children" to others you have to clarify whether you mean the two live ones or the metal ones. 18. While travelling on vacation with your family to 'stumble' upon a store that sells miniatures. "Gee, look over there at that hobby store! Gee, I wonder if they sell anything worth while?" The whole time you had it planned in advance. ;) (done that) 19. The idea of selling or giving away even the absolute worst figures on the planet is horrifying. 20. Having kids is a good reason to buy more minatures. "Honey, I bet Samantha would like an army when she grows up. I had better get it for her now. They'll never make these figures ever again." (yup) 21. You pray for bad weather so you are forced to stay indoors and do something else...wink wink. 22. You race home to try to catch the mailman before the wife does and sees that 50 lbs. box from Grandiosity. 23. It is one month away from a big show. You know you will be able to save money with s few deals there but... you mailorder stuff anyway. You can't wait that long! 24. The ideas of the Keeper really make sense and you spread the word knowing he'll help you find more minatures somehow. 25. You can't believe it when gamers actually say stuff like, "Aaah, I don't need to buy any more miniatures. I already have a few packs left to paint." WHAT?! Are they crazy?! 26. You secretly have a life long craving to paint up the entire army of _____ (fill in the blank) in a one to one scale for 25mm. "That would be COOL!" 27. You meet Michael Perry at Gettysburg and your wife actually knows who he is! (yup - I have the photo to prove it. She actually said to him, "Thank you _very_ much for making such nice figures. We have tons of your crap!" ...yikes...sorry Mike... he laughed though) 28. You know damn well that if they drop a nuke outside your house you are safe from the fall-out and radiation. |
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