How am I supposed to NOT buy kits in 2017 when they do this..

[Lysus]

https://hlj.com/product/HSGHC23/Aut

2002 tii has been one of my favorites for a looooong time. I mean...how do I stop myself? Willpower? Pfft...

Must resist...must resist...

[Twokidsnosleep]

Hey, wait a sec
You are only supposed to post silly kits of robots who are cross dressing, high heel shoe wearing transvestites
No posting cool cars kits that I wanna buy
What's up with that

[Lysus]

I like other stuff, too

[Twokidsnosleep]

I like other stuff, too

Just hassling you
Perhaps you should buy that kit just for review purposes...you know, good for the masses kind of thing
That way it doesn't count as a new kit...really kind of

[Lysus]

I like other stuff, too

Just hassling you
Perhaps you should buy that kit just for review purposes...you know, good for the masses kind of thing
That way it doesn't count as a new kit...really kind of

I'm not buying k----

Hm.

Hmmmm.....

[Twokidsnosleep]

I have been pretty good with no kits since about...oh shoot only March 9th. I just looked at the eBay history, got a Phantom egg then.
That was Fridgy's fault.....nefarious gent that one, very shady

SO now I am on the no more kits wagon for sure.
Hello, my name is Scott and it has been more than a month since my last kit purchase......

Tools are right out of that pact though. TOOLS PURCHASED DON'T COUNT!!!!!

[Fridgy]

I have been pretty good with no kits since about...oh shoot only March 9th. I just looked at the eBay history, got a Phantom egg then.
That was Fridgy's fault.....nefarious gent that one, very shady

SO now I am on the no more kits wagon for sure.
Hello, my name is Scott and it has been more than a month since my last kit purchase......

Tools are right out of that pact though. TOOLS PURCHASED DON'T COUNT!!!!!

Oi!
I heard that!!

At least i agree on the tools exception

[Twokidsnosleep]

I have been pretty good with no kits since about...oh shoot only March 9th. I just looked at the eBay history, got a Phantom egg then.
That was Fridgy's fault.....nefarious gent that one, very shady

SO now I am on the no more kits wagon for sure.
Hello, my name is Scott and it has been more than a month since my last kit purchase......

Tools are right out of that pact though. TOOLS PURCHASED DON'T COUNT!!!!!

Oi!
I heard that!!

At least i agree on the tools exception

See, he hears all, that is real shady
Sketchy guy, bad influence for sure...and he buys tools!!, ok that makes him alright

[Lysus]

Yep.

Bought a meter clamp thing the other day so I can properly measure stuff. But it wasn't a kit!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Yep.

Bought a meter clamp thing the other day so I can properly measure stuff. But it wasn't a kit!

A meter clamp...what is that, sounds like something I neeeeedd
Just got a polishing set with fine grit abrasive pads and some polish goop

[Fridgy]

I have been pretty good with no kits since about...oh shoot only March 9th. I just looked at the eBay history, got a Phantom egg then.
That was Fridgy's fault.....nefarious gent that one, very shady

SO now I am on the no more kits wagon for sure.
Hello, my name is Scott and it has been more than a month since my last kit purchase......

Tools are right out of that pact though. TOOLS PURCHASED DON'T COUNT!!!!!

Oi!
I heard that!!

At least i agree on the tools exception

See, he hears all, that is real shady
Sketchy guy, bad influence for sure...and he buys tools!!, ok that makes him alright

I'm a tradie...... can never have to many tools... any excuse will do...

Yep.

Bought a meter clamp thing the other day so I can properly measure stuff. But it wasn't a kit!

A meter clamp...what is that, sounds like something I neeeeedd
Just got a polishing set with fine grit abrasive pads and some polish goop

Yep, you will need one. You clamp them to your model and they meter the approval that you receive from it

[Twokidsnosleep]

LOL! That is funny.
I seek no external approval
Well minimal external approval

[Cymru]

Where can I get the tranny robot kits from?

[Nev]

Where can I get the tranny robot kits from?

Lysus stash

[Avgas]

Haven't bought a kit so far this year. I've had one bought as a birthday pressie, unsolicited by me, but that doesn't count. Tools, paints etc are of course exempt from the buying embargo. Funny thing is I have four kits on the go at the moment and one finished and the stash looks exactly the same as it did before Crimbo.

[digger303]

Where can I get the tranny robot kits from?

Lysus stash

He ain't giving them up.....

[Lysus]

Where can I get the tranny robot kits from?

Lysus stash

He ain't giving them up.....

Nor shall I let them down...

[Twokidsnosleep]

Lysus stash

He ain't giving them up.....

Nor shall I let them down...

Ahh, so many jokes, so little time

[Lysus]

Oi!
I heard that!!

At least i agree on the tools exception

See, he hears all, that is real shady
Sketchy guy, bad influence for sure...and he buys tools!!, ok that makes him alright

I'm a tradie...... can never have to many tools... any excuse will do...

Yep.

Bought a meter clamp thing the other day so I can properly measure stuff. But it wasn't a kit!

A meter clamp...what is that, sounds like something I neeeeedd
Just got a polishing set with fine grit abrasive pads and some polish goop

Yep, you will need one. You clamp them to your model and they meter the approval that you receive from it

Metered caliper

See, lads? Do you SEE what happens when you have kids? Your brain knows the words but you are so tired and confused by your toddler that you can't make them come out right.

[Lysus]

Haven't bought a kit so far this year. I've had one bought as a birthday pressie, unsolicited by me, but that doesn't count. Tools, paints etc are of course exempt from the buying embargo. Funny thing is I have four kits on the go at the moment and one finished and the stash looks exactly the same as it did before Crimbo.

Ya...I'm with you. I can't seem to make it smaller no matter how many builds I'm working on and maybe finish.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ahh I see what you mean. I did find some cool clip on electrical meter to read live circuits...maybe as need both those tools

[Tomcat64]

I have been pretty good with no kits since about...oh shoot only March 9th. I just looked at the eBay history, got a Phantom egg then.
That was Fridgy's fault.....nefarious gent that one, very shady

SO now I am on the no more kits wagon for sure.
Hello, my name is Scott and it has been more than a month since my last kit purchase......

Tools are right out of that pact though. TOOLS PURCHASED DON'T COUNT!!!!!

Lysus said egg-planes don't count either so you're ok there too

[digger303]

AND if a kit is much larger in size than normally encountered OR a rarity OR is about to be ......thats Ok as well.
There ya go all restraint is now lifted....knock ya selves out guy's

[Twokidsnosleep]

AND if a kit is much larger in size than normally encountered OR a rarity OR is about to be ......thats Ok as well.
There ya go all restraint is now lifted....knock ya selves out guy's

See, now I like your kind of thinking
You ought to be in government, like prime minister

[Tomcat64]

Oh and anything discounted in a sale is allowed too right?

[Avgas]

No. The rules are (that I have just made up) that you can't spend any money on a kit. If you have been given one that's fair enough, but no giving money to someone and hoping they accidentaly buy a kit for you. Spending on equipment and consumables (a kit doesn't count as a consumable) is OK too but no buying bits of plastic that make a kit. Or resin. Or anything else that could possibly make up a kit. The panel of Overlords will be the final arbiters of what is and what isn't a kit.

I bought my last kit on 9 Dec 2016. 127 days ago. Anyone beat that?

[Tomcat64]

I bought my last kit on 9 Dec 2016. 127 days ago. Anyone beat that?

Ummm... no... I'm a pair of egg-planes (because I optimistically thought I'd have time for this year's build) and an X-Wing (Stokesy made me do it) down so far this year.

I liked Diggers rules better

[Fridgy]

No. The rules are (that I have just made up) that you can't spend any money on a kit. If you have been given one that's fair enough, but no giving money to someone and hoping they accidentaly buy a kit for you. Spending on equipment and consumables (a kit doesn't count as a consumable) is OK too but no buying bits of plastic that make a kit. Or resin. Or anything else that could possibly make up a kit. The panel of Overlords will be the final arbiters of what is and what isn't a kit.

I bought my last kit on 9 Dec 2016. 127 days ago. Anyone beat that?

I would come close... I bought my egg plane late last year, but I can not remember the date nor can I when I uploaded the original picture in the "what goodies did the mailman deliver" thread

[Fridgy]

Nope found it... it got it o the 1st of feb

[digger303]

I bought my last kit on 9 Dec 2016. 127 days ago. Anyone beat that?

Sorry we really don't want too......that's just plain masochistic

[Avgas]

Sorry we really don't want too......that's just plain masochistic

But pain makes you feel more alive...

[digger303]

Sorry we really don't want too......that's just plain masochistic

But pain makes you feel more alive...

Does nothing for this little black duck

[Twokidsnosleep]

If someone was to buy a junkyard kit that would otherwise have been melted down....remember the toy story scene and the blast furnace. Ya it was just like that. I rescued it from the bowels of Las Vegas..if there is such a location
So I didn't as much buy a kit as adopt a rescue kit in need of a forever home

GD it I bought a Cobra 1/24 glue bomb incomplete semi built model
There I said it

[Fridgy]

If someone was to buy a junkyard kit that would otherwise have been melted down....remember the toy story scene and the blast furnace. Ya it was just like that. I rescued it from the bowels of Las Vegas..if there is such a location
So I didn't as much buy a kit as adopt a rescue kit in need of a forever home

GD it I bought a Cobra 1/24 glue bomb incomplete semi built model
There I said it

Well it's a rescue right??

Just like rescuing a dog from the pound...

So it falls under the good samartian clause

[Twokidsnosleep]

If someone was to buy a junkyard kit that would otherwise have been melted down....remember the toy story scene and the blast furnace. Ya it was just like that. I rescued it from the bowels of Las Vegas..if there is such a location
So I didn't as much buy a kit as adopt a rescue kit in need of a forever home

GD it I bought a Cobra 1/24 glue bomb incomplete semi built model
There I said it

Well it's a rescue right??

Just like rescuing a dog from the pound...

So it falls under the good samartian clause

Yep you got it, really a humanitarian effort on my part. Good Samaritan...I like that angle
If you guys saw the look in her headlights It would break your heart and you certainly would understand my donation to save her



Perhaps I should stay OFF eBay

[digger303]

Spruefinders had a weekend sale today.....the quick story is I now own 2 more kits I shall drool over and may never build....but hey I got'em
He's holding a sub stash completely off the books in another state.... You know in case the world melts down !

inquired as to another...a 1/72 wiking....these Germans had big idea's !

[Stokesy44]

We are all helpless in the face of the spell cast upon us by those glossy cardboard boxes and their magical mysterious contents. Here's a story poem of an inveterate stash builder who, when faced with the global hunger crisis, resolved to change his ways.

An Ode to the stash - I will not buy new models for a year

If my change of heart can save a life
I'll put myself through all hell's strife
I will not buy new models for a year

I could send my wedge to The World Bank
And not buy that Dragon Tiger tank
I will not buy new models for a year

The internet's been my downfall
I call it the devil's shopping mall
I danced on the keyboard and threw my cash away

I've got enough kits under my bed
To maintain my hobby beyond when I'm dead
I will not buy new models for a year

Well the folks in need have all been waiting
For me to stop my accumulating
And spend my stash dollars on international aid

So if a pizza helps the hungry's plight
I'll quit buying kits from Hannants' site
I will not buy new models, well maybe for a couple of months
I will not buy new models for a year……

Yeah right… click Enter… wait for postman.

(nicked from an original song by Bill Bailey, the title of which is too rude to mention here!)

[digger303]

Well that's OK then...it's official nothing can be done, so grin and bear it....oh what a burden

[Lysus]

You dudes crack me up, poetry and contract amendments in the same thread

[digger303]

You dudes crack me up, poetry and contract amendments in the same thread

And we are sober, not even a little bit tiddly.....things really get interesting once the amber liquid starts to flow....

[Fridgy]

I went to the model store today... and I managed to get out without buy a single thing

I went in looking for 3 or 4 kits, but sadly couldn't find them
Not sure if that makes it a victory or defeat

[Tomcat64]

Both - definitely claim both!

Moral victory in the "no more kits" battle, but stash expansion defeat - which in itself maybe a partial victory as it leaves space available for impulse buying... not that I'm advocating impulse buying of course as that breaks Rule 1

[Nev]

Walked past my local model shop with my wife and I said to her it's ok darling I don't need anymore kits to which she agreed. I had a slight twitch but all was well.

Then I ordered an ultimate apex online when I got back... that's sort of a win right

[digger303]

Walked past my local model shop with my wife and I said to her it's ok darling I don't need anymore kits to which she agreed. I had a slight twitch but all was well.

Then I ordered an ultimate apex online when I got back... that's sort of a win right

Bit machiavellian ( that's my word for the month ) though, first racking up a brownie point with the missus and then buying what you want and having it delivered.... I shall have to remember that one. Should work at least once or until the credit card statement rolls in

[digger303]

This weekend was a kit free transaction weekend, I was not tempted once. Well I was but only briefly ...I was strong ! Not one buy from the net, dispite watching 8 facebook pages, gumtree and a Aussie modeler site which is very popular for buying and selling.
It's one day at a time.....It is now 8 days since my last binge. I'm feeling all weak


Actually I realy like the scamel kits that will be coming out soon. There was a pic of one named blue moon for sale on ebay. I cannot find it anymore, but would like to replicate that vehicle. It was so dune buggy style....really cool !

[Stokesy44]

Jut got back from Breedon with Bronco Models' airborne jeep, trailer and towed howitzer kit and a Mitch's Models 200mm Resin RAF pilot.

Spectacular failure on my part - how I love losing!!

[Tomcat64]

Jut got back from Breedon with Bronco Models' airborne jeep, trailer and towed howitzer kit and a Mitch's Models 200mm Resin RAF pilot.

Spectacular failure on my part - how I love losing!!

[Lysus]

So what's the opinion on gift card money? If it counts against the new kit ban, then I've failed spectacularly.

[Fridgy]

So what's the opinion on gift card money? If it counts against the new kit ban, then I've failed spectacularly.

Well gift cards are purchased with someone else's money, not yours....
So technically you didn't purchase it...

[Lysus]

So what's the opinion on gift card money? If it counts against the new kit ban, then I've failed spectacularly.

Well gift cards are purchased with someone else's money, not yours....
So technically you didn't purchase it...