I have become addicted to eBay.
I have been out of the battletech universe since shortly after the publishing of the Technical Readout 3058 although I do seem to have the Record Sheets 3060 which puts me around 1998. Since then a number of strange things have happened to the Inner Sphere. Most of which I don't care for which is neither here nor there.
More importantly Ral Partha (now IornWind Metals I think) quit producing many of the Mechs from the traditional Technical Readout 3025. The Revised Technical Readout 3025 no longer contains the Mechs I am talking about. These are now called the "Unseen". There are some of these I never got around to getting. Now I may never have a change to get them.
Enter eBay.
I am now keeping an eye on some sellers of the "Unseen" Miniatures. My favorite is dave_the_toymaker. Not only does he have a truckload of "Unseen" mechs he has also fixed them up so they are ready to paint. In a past life he taught people how to paint Mechs and create dioramas. Many of these he leased out to various hobby stores. Now most of them are coming back and he is cleaning them up and putting them on eBay. If you are in the market he is great to deal with. Very understanding. Of course he is also subsidizing his income with a large chunk of mine.
So now I surf eBay at least once a day. I have even installed the eBay desktop which I'm pretty sure makes me a junkie.
You could help me out by donating to the cause. I take money, old Mechs, and a Map of the Inner Sphere 3025 from the Succession Wars box set. You can also help me out with my Amazon Wishlist. Thank you for your support :-)
I have been out of the battletech universe since shortly after the publishing of the Technical Readout 3058 although I do seem to have the Record Sheets 3060 which puts me around 1998. Since then a number of strange things have happened to the Inner Sphere. Most of which I don't care for which is neither here nor there.
More importantly Ral Partha (now IornWind Metals I think) quit producing many of the Mechs from the traditional Technical Readout 3025. The Revised Technical Readout 3025 no longer contains the Mechs I am talking about. These are now called the "Unseen". There are some of these I never got around to getting. Now I may never have a change to get them.
Enter eBay.
I am now keeping an eye on some sellers of the "Unseen" Miniatures. My favorite is dave_the_toymaker. Not only does he have a truckload of "Unseen" mechs he has also fixed them up so they are ready to paint. In a past life he taught people how to paint Mechs and create dioramas. Many of these he leased out to various hobby stores. Now most of them are coming back and he is cleaning them up and putting them on eBay. If you are in the market he is great to deal with. Very understanding. Of course he is also subsidizing his income with a large chunk of mine.
So now I surf eBay at least once a day. I have even installed the eBay desktop which I'm pretty sure makes me a junkie.
You could help me out by donating to the cause. I take money, old Mechs, and a Map of the Inner Sphere 3025 from the Succession Wars box set. You can also help me out with my Amazon Wishlist. Thank you for your support :-)
