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Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/

where incidentally you can buy beautifully painted 15mm Historical War
GAME figures for only .90 UK Pence instead of the almost universal
£1.50.

So roll up roll up, see the Right Wing Fascist Monster at play, read
my philosophy, hate me, but do yourself a favour and buy from some one
who has been in all areas of the wargaming hobby since 1964.

Actually this is so good it needs it's own Post.

That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
 
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:12:48 +0000, Donnie
<donnie@dinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
>reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
>friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>
>where incidentally you can buy beautifully painted 15mm Historical War
>GAME figures for only .90 UK Pence instead of the almost universal
>£1.50.
>
>So roll up roll up, see the Right Wing Fascist Monster at play, read
>my philosophy, hate me, but do yourself a favour and buy from some one
>who has been in all areas of the wargaming hobby since 1964.
>
>Actually this is so good it needs it's own Post.
>
>That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/

PS I trade on EBay as donnieitaly. Read my feedback.
>
 
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Wow, those are hideous. Are they from the 70's?

Donnie wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:12:48 +0000, Donnie
> <donnie@dinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
>>reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
>>friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>
>>where incidentally you can buy beautifully painted 15mm Historical War
>>GAME figures for only .90 UK Pence instead of the almost universal
>>£1.50.
>>
>>So roll up roll up, see the Right Wing Fascist Monster at play, read
>>my philosophy, hate me, but do yourself a favour and buy from some one
>>who has been in all areas of the wargaming hobby since 1964.
>>
>>Actually this is so good it needs it's own Post.
>>
>>That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>
>
> PS I trade on EBay as donnieitaly. Read my feedback.
>
>
>
 
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Oh, I dunno. Not too bad -- especially for the price.

Question though, do you only sell the groups of 5 that you have done or
is this just a sampler???

mjc



Mike Monaco wrote:

> Wow, those are hideous. Are they from the 70's?
>
> Donnie wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:12:48 +0000, Donnie
>> <donnie@dinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
>>> reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
>>> friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>>
>>> where incidentally you can buy beautifully painted 15mm Historical War
>>> GAME figures for only .90 UK Pence instead of the almost universal
>>> £1.50.
>>>
>>> So roll up roll up, see the Right Wing Fascist Monster at play, read
>>> my philosophy, hate me, but do yourself a favour and buy from some one
>>> who has been in all areas of the wargaming hobby since 1964.
>>>
>>> Actually this is so good it needs it's own Post.
>>>
>>> That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>
>>
>>
>> PS I trade on EBay as donnieitaly. Read my feedback.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
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Quid Veritas wrote:
> Oh, I dunno. Not too bad -- especially for the price.
>

Well, I'm spoiled by 1/72 plastics regarding price, and 25mm+ regarding
quality, so I don't see myself ever opting for 15mm. But "hideous" may
have been a bit harsh. I just thought they were ugly and not my type --
of course everyone else is welcome to 'em. Hell, I still prefer
Grenadier 25mm fantasy from the 80's to most of what I see nowadays,
Reaper & Rafm being exceptions.

> Question though, do you only sell the groups of 5 that you have done or
> is this just a sampler???
>
> mjc
>
>
>
> Mike Monaco wrote:
>
>> Wow, those are hideous. Are they from the 70's?
>>
>> Donnie wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:12:48 +0000, Donnie
>>> <donnie@dinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
>>>> reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
>>>> friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>>>
>>>> where incidentally you can buy beautifully painted 15mm Historical War
>>>> GAME figures for only .90 UK Pence instead of the almost universal
>>>> £1.50.
>>>>
>>>> So roll up roll up, see the Right Wing Fascist Monster at play, read
>>>> my philosophy, hate me, but do yourself a favour and buy from some one
>>>> who has been in all areas of the wargaming hobby since 1964.
>>>>
>>>> Actually this is so good it needs it's own Post.
>>>>
>>>> That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PS I trade on EBay as donnieitaly. Read my feedback.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
 
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 04:00:55 GMT, Quid Veritas
<quidveritas@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Oh, I dunno. Not too bad -- especially for the price.
>
>Question though, do you only sell the groups of 5 that you have done or
>is this just a sampler???

Not quite sure what you mean by "you have done". If you mean periods
then what you see is what I have, if you mean types of troops
photographed then what you see is what is (or on occasions was) in
stock and you can buy them in any quantity.

Donnie.
>

>>>> That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>>
 
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:23:26 GMT, Mike Monaco
<mmonaco.No@Spam.neo.rr.com> wrote:

>Wow, those are hideous. Are they from the 70's?
>
>Donnie wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:12:48 +0000, Donnie
>> <donnie@dinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
>>>reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
>>>friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>>
>>>where incidentally you can buy beautifully painted 15mm Historical War
>>>GAME figures for only .90 UK Pence instead of the almost universal
>>>£1.50.
>>>
>>>So roll up roll up, see the Right Wing Fascist Monster at play, read
>>>my philosophy, hate me, but do yourself a favour and buy from some one
>>>who has been in all areas of the wargaming hobby since 1964.
>>>
>>>Actually this is so good it needs it's own Post.
>>>
>>>That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>
>>
>> PS I trade on EBay as donnieitaly. Read my feedback.
>>
>>
>>
Please don't top post.
 
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Sorry!

Donnie wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:23:26 GMT, Mike Monaco
> <mmonaco.No@Spam.neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Wow, those are hideous. Are they from the 70's?
>>
>>Donnie wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:12:48 +0000, Donnie
>>><donnie@dinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
>>>>reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
>>>>friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>>>
>>>>where incidentally you can buy beautifully painted 15mm Historical War
>>>>GAME figures for only .90 UK Pence instead of the almost universal
>>>>£1.50.
>>>>
>>>>So roll up roll up, see the Right Wing Fascist Monster at play, read
>>>>my philosophy, hate me, but do yourself a favour and buy from some one
>>>>who has been in all areas of the wargaming hobby since 1964.
>>>>
>>>>Actually this is so good it needs it's own Post.
>>>>
>>>>That's http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>>>
>>>
>>>PS I trade on EBay as donnieitaly. Read my feedback.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> Please don't top post.
>
 
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Out from under a rock popped Donnie and said

> Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
> reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
> friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/

I pointed out this thread on RGMW and now it has Jimi's sock puppet "Mike
Hunt" posting again. If you start getting threatening or abusive emails
you may wish keep them in case you can verify that it's Jimi and raise it
with his ISP. In the past at least one UK ISP has given Jimi the boot for
threatening people with violence via email.

--
rob singers
pull finger to reply
Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere
 
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On 17 Nov 2004 20:51:41 GMT, Robert Singers
<rsingers@finger.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Out from under a rock popped Donnie and said
>
>> Nor will it remove people like Jimi who attempted to draw me into a
>> reason discussion off group and then told me he was telling all his
>> friends not to deal with me at : http://www.minifigures.co.uk/
>
>I pointed out this thread on RGMW and now it has Jimi's sock puppet "Mike
>Hunt" posting again. If you start getting threatening or abusive emails
>you may wish keep them in case you can verify that it's Jimi and raise it
>with his ISP. In the past at least one UK ISP has given Jimi the boot for
>threatening people with violence via email.


Thanks for the information. My sons works as a computer guru and such
a search would not be difficult for him.

"Jimi" certainly threatened my lively hood which all things considered
is a bit extreme for simply stating that one does have to read OT
posts.

Thanks again.
 
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"Donnie" <donnie@dinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:60inp0tspss1bdjdvg0t2kgd0ba1ok2jik@4ax.com...

> "Jimi" certainly threatened my lively hood which all things considered
> is a bit extreme for simply stating that one does have to read OT
> posts.

<shakes head>

I'm rather perplexed at the notion of refusing to do business with someone
simply because they disagree with your political views. Myself, I'd purchase
a game from *anyone* if I liked it. (Assuming the seller wasn't a front for
the Mafia, a terrorist group, etc.). Heck, I'd even buy Piquet -- if I
enjoyed the game. This despite my rather pointed disagreements with Bob
Jones on nearly everything.

--Ty
 
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Ah, Singers raises his merry head.

Just a word of advice, his posts are extremely one sided so take his advice
at your own risk. However you may find he is a kindred spirit (quick
judgements, fond of telling others what to do and goes looking for
arguments).

Cheers
 
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Out from under a rock popped Justin Taylor and said

> Ah, Singers raises his merry head.
>
> Just a word of advice, his posts are extremely one sided so take his
> advice at your own risk. However you may find he is a kindred spirit
> (quick judgements, fond of telling others what to do and goes looking
> for arguments).

Oh the irony.

--
rob singers
pull finger to reply
Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere
 
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In article <cngikt$ful$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Justin Taylor,
justint@hellou2.*takethisout*fsnet.co.uk Varfed out the following in
Timo speak...
> Ah, Singers raises his merry head.
>
> Just a word of advice, his posts are extremely one sided so take his advice
> at your own risk. However you may find he is a kindred spirit (quick
> judgements, fond of telling others what to do and goes looking for
> arguments).

Ahhh, refresh my memory there Justin. Weren't you the very same
twit, who when it was pointed out *by numerous people* that your posting
style largely renders your posts worthless in terms of helping others
(supposedly your reason for replying to posts at all) responded to the
effect that 'you didn't care because you've always done it that way'.
And you wonder why much of use-net views you as a mental midget? The
pure genius of your reasoning is overshadowed only by your own savvy
advice.

Poster: "How do I strip paint from expensive minis with bad paint jobs?"

Justin: "I can't strip paint - therefore you might as well throw them
out and buy new ones."

Rest of N.G. "Here's a long list of products that will strip paint,
here's what is safe on plastics, here is what's hazardous about them,
here's what you need for safety, etc."

If there were prizes for "Most useless advice presented in the
most useless format" - you'd have garnered them all. I have no doubt
that the word 'Putz' was coined just for you.

Myrmidon




--
It's the Scots who fry chocolate bars.

- Philip Bowles

RGMW FAQ: http://www.rgmw.org

Or...

http://www.sheppard.demon.co.uk/rgmw_faq/rgmw_faq.htm
 
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"Justin Taylor" <justint@hellou2.*takethisout*fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cngikt$ful$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Ah, Singers raises his merry head.
>
> Just a word of advice, his posts are extremely one sided so take his
> advice
> at your own risk. However you may find he is a kindred spirit (quick
> judgements, fond of telling others what to do and goes looking for
> arguments).
>
So he's nothing whatsoever like you JT?
 
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> "Jimi" certainly threatened my lively hood which all things considered
> is a bit extreme for simply stating that one does have to read OT
> posts.

Yup, that's him to a tee.... His Modus Operandi is getting kinda obvious
these days... 😉

--
Daniel Blakemore
Mini Gallery #1 - http://www.rottenlead.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=8
#2 - http://www.voidgamers.com/channel/b.190.html?author_name=MYLORDKHORNE
#3 - http://www.pbase.com/mylordkhorne/
ICQ:14459824 Yahoo IM: mylordkhorne
 
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:16:45 -0000, "Justin Taylor"
<justint@hellou2.*takethisout*fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Ah, Singers raises his merry head.
>
>Just a word of advice, his posts are extremely one sided so take his advice
>at your own risk. However you may find he is a kindred spirit (quick
>judgements, fond of telling others what to do and goes looking for
>arguments).
>
>Cheers
>
>
Thanks, but I'll take his word over yours. (Nothing personal.)
 
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>Poster: "How do I strip paint from expensive minis with bad paint jobs?"
>
>Justin: "I can't strip paint - therefore you might as well throw them
>out and buy new ones."

How about instead:

Poster: "How do I strip paint from plastic minis with bad paint jobs?"

Justin: "I have tried and nothing I have tried works effectively. Your time
would be better spent working and earning the money to buy new figures."

Sorry to rain on your parade with a dose of reality but some of us live in
the real world.

Have a nice day.
 
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:55:08 -0000, "Justin Taylor"
<justint@hellou2.*takethisout*fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>>Poster: "How do I strip paint from expensive minis with bad paint jobs?"
>>
>>Justin: "I can't strip paint - therefore you might as well throw them
>>out and buy new ones."
>
>How about instead:
>
>Poster: "How do I strip paint from plastic minis with bad paint jobs?"
>
>Justin: "I have tried and nothing I have tried works effectively. Your time
>would be better spent working and earning the money to buy new figures."
>
>Sorry to rain on your parade with a dose of reality but some of us live in
>the real world.
>
>Have a nice day.
>


>"Your time
>>would be better spent working and earning the money to buy new figures."

And you really can't see what's wrong with that. My God.

Oh, and have a nice day.
 
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>And you really can't see what's wrong with that. My God.

Nope. Simple maths, if it takes 2 hours to clean up the figures and you can
earn enough to buy new figures in an hour, then its better to spend the time
working rather than try to clean up the figures. Thats how economics work.

I appreciate that some people just enjoy spending time on their hobby no
matter how unproductive but I would not recommend that course of action.

As you might have noticed from the previous posts the 'Singers society'
didn't even bother to get the facts right and induced their own little twist
to the tale to make it seem even better.

Now to go even further down the path, I have decided that I prefer metal
figures over plastic because of the time spent clipping out and gluing
plastic makes them more expensive (for me) than buying metal. I also find it
hader to produce a good result for painting on plastic compared to metal.

And to relieve the tedium of the 'he said that, I disagree' of the recent
postings, here are some pictures of my models:

http://www.geocities.com/zedeyejoe/gallerypage.htm
 
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In message <cngikt$ful$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Justin Taylor
<justint@hellou2.*takethisout*fsnet.co.uk> writes
>Ah, Singers raises his merry head.
>
>Just a word of advice, his posts are extremely one sided so take his advice
>at your own risk. However you may find he is a kindred spirit (quick
>judgements, fond of telling others what to do and goes looking for
>arguments).
>
He fits in perfectly here.
--
John Secker
 
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In message <cnl4vv$58s$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>, Justin Taylor
<justint@hellou2.*takethisout*fsnet.co.uk> writes
>>And you really can't see what's wrong with that. My God.
>
>Nope. Simple maths, if it takes 2 hours to clean up the figures and you can
>earn enough to buy new figures in an hour, then its better to spend the time
>working rather than try to clean up the figures. Thats how economics work.
>
Spoken like an economist. But you are making two heroic assumptions
here. First, that everyone is in a job where they can simply do a little
bit more and earn a little bit more. Maybe Ty can spend a few extra
minutes tax lawyering and earn the price of a new army, but for a lot of
people it doesn't work like that. I am on a salary, and if I work extra
hours (which I do, every week) my extra earnings are zero.
The other assumption, which is the one which really scuppers your
argument, is the assumption that an hour working at your is the same to
you as an hour spent on your hobby. I would propose that this is
manifestly untrue for very nearly everybody. We enjoy our hobbies -
that's why we do them. And we don't enjoy our jobs, or at least not as
much as we do our hobbies - that's why we have to be paid to do the
jobs. The two hours spent cleaning the miniatures will bring pleasure,
perhaps only after the finished product is done, and surmounting a
challenge is all part of the fun. That's why so many people do DIY/home
improvements themselves, even when their hourly rate is greater than the
workman they could employ to do it. They get pleasure out of completing
the task themselves, out of doing something skilled with their hands,
which they would not get just by paying for the finished product.
--
John Secker
 
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:54:38 -0000, "Justin Taylor"
<justint@hellou2.*takethisout*fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>>And you really can't see what's wrong with that. My God.
>
>Nope. Simple maths, if it takes 2 hours to clean up the figures and you can
>earn enough to buy new figures in an hour, then its better to spend the time
>working rather than try to clean up the figures. Thats how economics work.
>
>I appreciate that some people just enjoy spending time on their hobby no
>matter how unproductive but I would not recommend that course of action.
>
Then you need to re-think your definition of a hobby.

PS If you like I'll fly over to you and play your games for you,
thereby leaving your much more time to make more money to pay me to do
it.
 
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Justin Taylor wrote:

>>And you really can't see what's wrong with that. My God.
>
>
> Nope. Simple maths, if it takes 2 hours to clean up the figures and you can

Another salary man, I disagree.

>
>
> Now to go even further down the path, I have decided that I prefer metal
> figures over plastic because of the time spent clipping out and gluing
> plastic makes them more expensive (for me) than buying metal. I also find it
> hader to produce a good result for painting on plastic compared to metal.

I spend less time cutting plastic sprues than filing metal figures, but
more importantly like that look of plastics. I haven't had any
significant problems with plastics I washed before painting.

>
> And to relieve the tedium of the 'he said that, I disagree' of the recent
> postings, here are some pictures of my models:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/zedeyejoe/gallerypage.htm
>
>

Very nice work. I like hoplite's shields.

Some of my stuff is here:

http://home.neo.rr.com/mikemonaco/wargamehome.html


Regards,
Mike

>
>
 
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Out from under a rock popped Justin Taylor and said

>>And you really can't see what's wrong with that. My God.
>
> Nope. Simple maths, if it takes 2 hours to clean up the figures and
> you can earn enough to buy new figures in an hour, then its better to
> spend the time working rather than try to clean up the figures. Thats
> how economics work.

Interesting world in which Justin lives. I pick up miniatures cheaply
second. I pay on average NZ$1 per metal 28mm mini. I leave those minis
soaking in metholated spirits for anywhere 2 weeks to 2 months, depending
on what else I'm up to. It takes around a minute to scrub each mini
clean. If we say that a minute of my time is worth $1 then I'm getting a
miniature for $2 far cheaper than what Foundry, GW etc sells them for.
Plastic I buy even cheaper.

Now of course that's not the entire picture. There's the cost of the
toothbrush for scrubbing, the container for soaking them in and the meths
to soak them in. Well it's an old toothbrush of mine that would have
otherwise been thrown away and an old yoghurt container, so I think we
can savely assign no financial value to them. A 1L bottle of meths is
about $4. However I reuse the meths. When it starts to get mirky I
strain it through a paper towel and keep using. So the cost of the meths
is minimal as well.

Now in the thread where Justin told the *teenager* to throw away the
second hand miniatures he'd bought with his *pocket money*, lots of
helpful advice about how to safely strip minis had already been given.

> I appreciate that some people just enjoy spending time on their hobby
> no matter how unproductive but I would not recommend that course of
> action.

One wonders what Justin would recomend. Actually it rather frightens me.

> As you might have noticed from the previous posts the 'Singers
> society' didn't even bother to get the facts right and induced their
> own little twist to the tale to make it seem even better.

Society? Well I suppose that could be people who like the truth. If
anyone is interested enough to google you'll find that Justin kill files
me whenever I ask him to substaniate the claims he makes about me. Some
how he thinks that stop people telling that he's lying.

--
rob singers
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Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere
 
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