I've had Fantasy Flight Games' "X-Wing" for about two years now. I've not really played it ... just haven't had time. Our old game group (mostly guys I work with) really haven't gotten together in a year or so ... so, no games. So far I've got the starter set (one X-wing and two TIE fighters) and the Millennium Falcon expansion pack (got it mostly just for the miniature). At $15 bux a piece, the miniatures had kind of hit a price limit for me. They're good, really good miniatures but $15 is a bit much for me. Now I've found a dealer selling them for $10 each and free shipping on orders so I'm giving myself the go ahead to start building my fleet and get this game rolling.
These will be the start of my X-Wing game miniatures collection which I plan on adding to each paycheck as well as making some custom capital ships / freighters / support craft through kitbashing. The Tantive IV is one of my favorite ships in all of sci-fi shipdom. My 8 year old mind fell in love with that hammerhead shape and those eleven blazing engines as soon as I saw it on the silver screen way back in 1977 and ever since then I've been looking for a good sized replica of this classic ship. About two years ago I broke down and bought the $300 27 inch long Rand Cooper Tantive IV (currently saving up for his $500 38 inch long Imperial Star Destroyer) but haven't put it together yet. Here's a Tantive IV in much smaller scale (still large) and it's prepainted and assembled so right out of the box it's a display unit. I'll probably only have one Tantive IV in my collection but I've got up to three Rebel transports ear-marked for the collection and this will be my first one. The local hobby shop wanted $50 for the Transport and $90 for the Tantive IV which, again, was a bit much in my book (and for my wallet). I spend some pretty money pretty fast sometimes but even I'm prone to waiting until the price falls or shopping around for the best price. I like to support my local shops but going online I saved about $40 on these two items (the Transport was $40 and the Tantive IV was $60). That savings gives me enough money to either add four fighters to my collection or another Rebel Transport (and I've found an online shop that I'm going to give a lot of business to in the months to come).
So, that's the update. Happy late birthday to me and it was a pretty good birthday with me buying myself the '89 Dodge Daytona Shelby back in June and now, two months later, these two sets of expansion miniatures.
