Is this a bad thing? There has been reports of skin rashes due to toxic chemicals in a 3rd party Gunpla kit recently. So i’m all for making sure stuff I buy doesn’t contain something that will harm my health.

Two possible reasons:

1. I didn’t know
2. Facepage did tell me but I failed to connect your name with your handle here

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I had my 111th birthday this month. How did you miss my cake day?

Agreed; but … ethics v cheap crap? This is why the GPSR is killing hobby companies’ desire to play against the Chinese.

Don’t get me wrong, some stuff does come from China that is legit – I’m writing this on an iPhone. I didn’t have a choice, did I?

Also, my spouse is Chinese-born. I know the reality of life under Xi, and the life that she…[Read more]

If the page of faces isn’t lying to me than today marks the cakeday of @panzerkaput

Happy cakeday mate

Then you might be one of the few. Just have a gander at any Weekender, project or build vlog. They wouldn’t be selling that stuff in masses if nobody is buying.

@pagan8th I hear you.

Sad thing is: I’m a member of a gaming club for ages now. Initially it was founded as a “club for the younger ones”. With a suggested upper age limit of 25. Needless to say the average age is something around 30 – 35 these days because no new blood is coming in. Or little to none. The last “large influx” was when Star Wars…[Read more]

Its not just the OTT site , many groups I am involved with are in flux . Sign of the times maybe ?

Probably. @a27cromwell  I rarely see anyone below the age of 30 in the hobby locally. Maybe it has lost its appeal? Maybe the previous “what got us started” company is just too bloody expensive? Who knows.

Will phase 3 be “Gerry’s World”

Or “The A…[Read more]

One Gerry to Rule them all

One Gerry to Bind them

One Gerry to bring them all

and in metal cast them ?

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@sundancer I can say with a high degree of personal integrity that I do NOT buy from those sources. I am serious about that. From my previous work life, the counterfeit products which are lethal, are enough to make me not save money for a bit of more stuff. Furthermore, many of these counterfeit or cheaply made items, are used to finance…[Read more]

I believe your take on this is correct: it’s directed squarely at Temu, AliExpress, and the huge number of the same sellers who operate through Amazon. 100% Chinese market issues, for sub-standard suppliers.

And let’s not forget ebay and facepage marketplace or etsy here. Basically every big selling platform that operates internationally has the s…[Read more]

Hopefully it will arrive soon, I’m slowly reading through it as I need to build up and assemble forces for it.

So far I’m enjoying what I’m seeing, the campaign system looks fun and games can at times be a single squad from the platoon.

Canada Post is on strike. Like 5 days now. So my book is … somewhere…

Can’t wait to see it!

Fogou is a miniatures company.

the list of companies so far:

Bad squiddo games.
Warp miniatures.
Fogou models.
statuesque miniatures
taro modelmaker
charlie foxtrot models
Mammoth Miniatures

Blotz

Fighting 15s

source/ LAF