Jungle Patrol for £4!

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Dropped into a toyshop on way to the station this evening
and picked up these diecast hovercraft for just £1 each!

I a bought a patrol, ready to roll on the table for £4.00!

Wouldn't be too hard to give the windows armour protection and repaint them as required for different theatres/planets, perhaps with a grey-black-white scheme for artic/ice planet operations. Or blue-black-grey for a waterworld.

Cheers
Mark
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15mm Space Trooper Jet Bikes from THE SCENE

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Mike at The Scene has released a new pack of Space Trooper Jet Bikes today:

The Scene 15mm Sci Fi
16- STJBB: 3x Jet Bike Bombers for £3.50

The Jet Bike Bombers are armed with a laser cannon and 2 light bombs. Whilst ostensibly labelled as Space Troopers - the helmets worn by the bikers are non-canon and so could potentially mean these jet bikes can be utilised with any human/humanoid/Covenant Sci Fi force.

Available now from:

WWW.THESCENEUK.COM

Cheers
Mark
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Eureka Sci Fi Germans - Support Weapon Choices?

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My mate Eli of I See Lead People fame has received an email from Nic at Eureka regarding plans to extend Eureka's current pack of Sci Fi WW2 Germans with heavy weapons.

Eli has posed a topic on TMP here:

"New Heavy Weapon Troopers for Eureka Sci Fi WW2 Germans"

Nic is wondering what suggestions potential customers have for up to four heavy weapons, before the final decision is made and figures sculpted.

Eli himself suggests:

1) Panzerfausts armed troops.

2) Flamethrower.

3) Heavy anti-material/sniper rifle with scope.

4) "Death Ray"

Me? I think they'll be too vanilla for my Weird World War 2 tastes. But, a big F.O. retro flamethrower and a multi-headed or multi-exhaust Panzerfaust would be fine.

Pop over to TMP and have your say!

Cheers
Mark
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Life Work The Universe...... I Am Spartacus and so's my WiFi

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I am Spartacus!

Well Nicole, seen here on the cover of GQ, you could be couldn't you!

As a lay student of the human condition my workplace is a fascinating classroom at the moment. Actual work has all but ground to a standstill as we are nailed to the cross of redundancy one by one along the Appian Way of 'efficiency savings'. Everyone is struggling to come to terms with this. There is no "I AM Spartacus", daggers are out behind backs - it's survival of the bitchiest.

So, there was a welcome light-hearted moment today when my colleagues decided I was a GQ kind of guy, to which with a smile I openly admitted that yes, I did use to read the mag - but just for the articles you understand!

I enjoyed the regular column written by Alexis Sayle, zany neo-marxist comic turned novelist. There was one particularly piece that tugged at my funny-bone about him being called up to do National Service in the Albanian Army or similar whilst he was on holiday there - and from that my own imagi-nation of Slobenia was born.

Of course there were wry comments all round about my admission, but a scan of the other desks reveal a litter of STUFF, WHAT CAR, D-SLR MONTHLY and similar well-thumbed titles. So I'm happy being a GQ kind of guy.

Cheers
Mark
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Ex-MJ Space Troopers Back On Sale!

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They're Back!!!

Mike's 15mm Sci Fi range is back on sale
and available via the webstore NOW!

These are FUN Sci Fi miniatures! Especially brilliant for Alien Squad Leader or similar genre fun Sci Fi games. These are well sculpted minis which come in a good selection of combat poses with a mix of small arms, melee and heavy weapons. Get them from:

WWW.THESCENEUK.COM

Cheers
Mark
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Dropship Xmas Pressie: Winners!

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Our thanks to everyone for taking part in the Dropship Xmas Pressie and entering the spirit of the competition!

Over to Heather........

"I was particularly impressed by the economy of the suggestions. This is especially pleasing as I spent an obscene amount of money on a Mulberry handbag last week. It took me 24 hours to pluck up the courage to confess to it's purchase. But what can I say, it is iconic and I would have my ashes put in it. That may, of course, be sooner rather than later if Mr H has his way! So, on with the competition.......and the winner is......Phil Curran.

Congratulations Phil, you came out on top by mystically knowing that my most favourite sci-fi genre is the Alien movies and that's in my own right, not as the patient Gaming Widow of 20 years! The vehicles can also be painted individually and used separately. This means Mark won't be squirrelling himself away creating a business case and outline project plan before he even lifts a brush!

A close second is Jeff Racel. I've asked Mark to arrange a little something for you as runner up ;-)

I've threatened a Christmas address on this blog but should you miss it, or I end up in that handbag after all, let me wish you all the very best for the season, however you may chose to celebrate!"

Heather x
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