PaSquall
Underboss
1399 Posts
    
 | | 11/05/2007 10:10 AM |
| At last, I got my 2 cases (should have got them friday, but my schedule didn't fit). Anyway, my daughters and I had a fun hour of booster opening once again. They are turning into professional cherrypickers 
I had the best possible start : first booster, G-cube !!! Happy Pasquall.
I was very lucky with the rares : I only got 4 duplicates (average of 6) : angel of vengeance, sphinx, osyluth and naga. Not the best duplicates I could ever dream of, but could have been worse too. I'm missing elf conjurer, mercenary general, drider and umber hulk. I couldn't care less for the mercenary, but the other 3 are great and I'll have to buy them. Too bad for the umber hulk, that I think might get quite expensive... Oh, anyway.
The uncommon were almost perfectly balanced, as I got 3 of most of them (18), and 4 fire elementals  , only 2 tiefling rogues and 2 shadar kai assassins . Award of the "most bendy ever mini" for the assassin, as it only sticks to the base with 1 foot 
Nothing special with the commons.
Another nice thing is the way they protect the skeleton with the hard plastic piece : it cannot possibly bend. Good.
Now I have it in hand, I think it's a pretty good set. Far better than what I had envisioned with the few previews.
Oh, and for the cherry pickers : the heaviest mini by far is the bar-lgura, equal to cyclop + boar or troll + warhorse... A really heavy booster probably contains a bar-lgura, for those interested...
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MAURIZIO
Sergeant
960 Posts
Lima, Perú
| | 11/07/2007 1:48 PM |
| Posted By PaSquall on 11/05/2007 10:10 AM At last, I got my 2 cases (should have got them friday, but my schedule didn't fit). Anyway, my daughters and I had a fun hour of booster opening once again. They are turning into professional cherrypickers jara, jara, jara... Oh, and for the cherry pickers : the heaviest mini by far is the bar-lgura, equal to cyclop + boar or troll + warhorse... A really heavy booster probably contains a bar-lgura, for those interested...
So, not good miniatures on heavy boosters!
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Knight of the
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Thenameless
Warlord
12541 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 11/07/2007 5:33 PM |
| | Nice to start the opening party with a G-Cube. Congrats! | |
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zenthrus
Warlord
5132 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 11/07/2007 6:01 PM |
| Pity you missed the Drider. So far, that suckers reigning champeen for expensive rare from the set (much higher even than the Umber Hulk).
Sounds like very good case distribution (although I'd personally be bent pulling two Angels of Vengeance).
I'm keeping my skeleton plastic protectors to use as Invisible Stalkers. Best protective insert ever | |
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Olaf the Stout
Sergeant
404 Posts
Adelaide, Australia
| | 11/07/2007 10:01 PM |
| Also, for the cherry-pickers out there, the G-Cube just barely fits in the booster. If you find a booster out there that doesn't have much give in it, chances are it contains a G-Cube. Olaf the Stout | |
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Dordledum
Commander
3463 Posts
Netherlands
| | 11/08/2007 6:26 AM |
| wow, people giving advice to cherrypickers. I remember the good old days when we shot them on sight.
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Mushroom King
Thor
Underboss
1938 Posts
| | 11/09/2007 11:09 PM |
| Back in the old days we did not shoot the Cherry Pickers, We traded with them.........
GRIN | |
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----THOR (Atlanta GA)
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Knight of the
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Thenameless
Warlord
12541 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 11/09/2007 11:11 PM |
| Posted By Thor on 11/09/2007 11:09 PM
Back in the old days we did not shoot the Cherry Pickers, We traded with them.........
GRIN
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Mushroom King
Thor
Underboss
1938 Posts
| | 11/09/2007 11:22 PM |
| I have never had any luck with Cherry-Picking. Tried it with the Huges in GOL. Never ever got what I was trying for.
Buddy of mine has "magic mini hands" but it is probably just luck.
I'm not sure it really works. Best to just buy all the Boosters and be sure...... GRIN
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Cheers !!
----THOR (Atlanta GA)
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Knight of the
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Thenameless
Warlord
12541 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 11/09/2007 11:26 PM |
| | I do my buying by the case now, so no cherry picking for me. | |
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Knight of the
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Thenameless
Warlord
12541 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 11/09/2007 11:27 PM |
| Posted By zenthrus on 11/07/2007 6:01 PM
Pity you missed the Drider. So far, that suckers reigning champeen for expensive rare from the set (much higher even than the Umber Hulk).
zenthrus, where are you getting prices for the new set this early? | |
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Mushroom King
Thor
Underboss
1938 Posts
| | 11/09/2007 11:33 PM |
| | Hey Nameless: Shipped is Clicked. I just saw your note. Minis's in route. You should have em' by now....? | |
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----THOR (Atlanta GA)
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Knight of the
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Thenameless
Warlord
12541 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 11/09/2007 11:38 PM |
| | Almost. I've been tracking them using the number you gave me. They cleared customs yesterday, and are in the same city as me now. You can finish up the rest of your side of the trade too. "Received" and then "Feedback". Thanks again, can't wait. | |
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Mushroom King
Thor
Underboss
1938 Posts
| | 11/09/2007 11:58 PM |
| They told me delivery on Thursday of this week. Sorry you had to wait.
Lets do another trade soon. Thrashers won. I'm a fan again. Are you guys letting us win???? Grin | |
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----THOR (Atlanta GA)
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