Attention tyranid players - drop pods

Angelwing · by **Angelwing** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:08 am

Sainsburys are selling those megablocks plasma hatcher toys for £1.87 each.
Heres the dakkadakka link: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/po ... 72802.page

Please bear in mind your local branch may not have any stock left, but it's worth a look.

I bought 6 with my staff discount.

Look to the skies! :twisted:

Edit: found this conversion idea for them: http://thetyranidhive.proboards.com/ind ... e=1#425928

PaddyF · by **PaddyF** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:11 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez5CuOhKsTE

Ljundhammer · by **Ljundhammer** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:13 am

I saw some of those WHW at th weekend - they look really good when painted up.

Angelwing · by **Angelwing** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:26 am

looking closely at them, there are quite a few mold lines and a bit of a gap to fill in with green stuff, but nothing too serious. Might get a bit tedious getting ride of the lines from all six however!

killmaimburn · by **killmaimburn** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:03 am

Ljundhammer wrote:I saw some of those WHW at th weekend - they look really good when painted up.

Its was the highlight of the trip...aside from the beer

If your driving by one, fancy picking 3ish up at listed price? (other places seem to sell around £6 each

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these generic toy counts-as things are the kind of thing I'd like GF to sell

DaBoss · by **DaBoss** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:09 pm

I got mine a few months ago from 'The Works' for £3 each.

Looking to use all 6 in my next game of Apocalypse, 2 for Screamer-killer Carnifex, 2 for Spinegaunts 20 strong, 1 with 2 Zoanthropes (for synapse and Anti-tank) and finally 1 with my Doom of Malan'tai.
Should be interesting to see if Mycetic Spore drop is an effective deployment option.
And £18 pounds for that compared to just 1 Space Marine DropPod!
GW really missed the ball on this one.

mattjgilbert · by **mattjgilbert** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:49 pm

I wonder if GW have a spore kit ready to go which has now lost all potential and has become a big waste of money!?

killmaimburn · by **killmaimburn** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:08 pm

There is a white dwarf.. wayy back in the day.. that has the how to make a spore pod out of foam and stuff for a diaorama.. i chopped it up and scanned it into my "actually usefull" (very small) folder.
But its still more time effort and materials than £2

conscriptboris · by **conscriptboris** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:42 pm

also,

£1.99 : Amazon

£2.80 : Ebay

£2.99 : Netpricedirect

Plenty, others on google search!

Elvis

Angelwing · by **Angelwing** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:24 am

Right, I've done a quick job of getting the mold lines off (which is more difficult and almost impossible in places) and given it a an undercoat.
I'm doing just one first to see what it turns out like.

@Matt: I'll still buy one GW pod for my collection. But I had visions of them being £20+. I don't fancy spending that sort of money on numerous disposable transports. Lets face it, you will need a couple at least.

killmaimburn · by **killmaimburn** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:51 am

Checked derby sainsiburies last night..too small toy section.. none there

conscriptboris wrote:£1.99 : Amazon

Mine eyes are confused -£3 from amazon.. unless your referring to the 3..available from random mcrandom 3rd party seller.(which charges a fiver in delivery)

mortiferum · by **mortiferum** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:10 am

Heres mine!

Toys R Us (Oxford) had them in the sale a few weeks back at £1.49 each - I bought two - went back the following week to pick up a couple more - they were all gone!

Ljundhammer · by **Ljundhammer** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:13 am

mattjgilbert · by **mattjgilbert** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:22 am

I think we just found a use for all those cheap excess easter eggs.

conscriptboris · by **conscriptboris** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:08 pm

killmaimburn wrote:Checked derby sainsiburies last night..too small toy section.. none there
conscriptboris wrote:£1.99 : Amazon
Mine eyes are confused -£3 from amazon.. unless your referring to the 3..available from random mcrandom 3rd party seller.(which charges a fiver in delivery)

bah didnt see the stupid postage!

Elvis