Zhu Bajie wrote:Very nice condition!
So what is your plan... are you going to paint up one of the rarest and most peculiar pieces of GW/FF polystyrene in the world, or keep it in its archival, pristine, museum quality state?
I used it for some dioramas early on but have never used it for gaming. Since then, it's always been kept out of the way. And each time I've moved home, I've protected it in bubble wrap and moved it myself, not left it to movers. So it's in the same condition today as the day I got it. Polystyrene doesn't break down chemically in a human - or dwarven! - lifetime which is good for gaming accessories (but bad for the environment).
I have no particular plans for it. I don't see myself painting it and will almost certainly keep it the way it is.
Zhu Bajie wrote:It is a bit odd that Steve didn't recognise it. Maybe it was just a long time ago and so much else going on, a bit of grey dungeon didn't stick in the mind.
He said he couldn't remember one way or the other. In fairness to him, it was at a convention and the pictures were on my mobile which has a very small screen. Maybe if it had been on a larger screen and he had had time to think about it, it might have jogged his memory.
Zhu Bajie wrote:BTW I think Jamie was having a bit of a guess in the FF price guide - I'm not sure that one has ever actually changed hands on the open market.
When I was making enquiries as to what it was, someone (not Jonathan or Steve!) offered me a three figure number for it just on the basis of the pictures above. I suspect the prospective buyer knew what it was but didn't want to say. I'm not going to say how much I was offered, but it was higher than Jamie's figure. I have no intention of selling it but am curious how he came up with the £200 price.
If there was ever a museum exhibition dedicated to tabletop gaming with secure glass cabinets, I might consider lending it. The idea of a museum having an exhibition related to tabletop gaming may seem fanciful, but the British Library had a temporary exhibition many years ago called the Mythical Quest
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/mythical/mythical.html and one of its displays was a fantasy board game, possibly HeroQuest though I can't recall precisely.