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Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Birthday Acquisitions

  

The X-Wing meme of – Mistakes Were Made – seems almost applicable here, except that this was no unforeseen splurge, but rather a birthday acquisition. The U-wing is a very pretty craft from Rogue One that I think has all the attributes that made the X-wing so iconic.

Ghost of course, is from the cartoon series Rebels, which like The Clone Wars has added more to story than some of the prequel and sequel films in the Star Wars franchise.

  
Either way, I like the ships and I'm looking forward to playing a game of X-Wing at some point with these two models, and trying out some of the special rules that go with them.
  
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15 comments:

  1. The Angry Lurker19 February 2019 at 16:33

    Very nice, got a game in myself recently!

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    1.  Ashley20 February 2019 at 09:42

      Its one of those games that takes very little effort to get others to play a game with one. And it's fun.

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  2. irishserb20 February 2019 at 01:40

    Supermegabuncha Happy Birthday Wishes to You!!

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    1.  Ashley20 February 2019 at 09:42

      Cheers. Still recovering from all the excitement.

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  3. SkilTao20 February 2019 at 02:48

    I came across an unlabeled Hot Wheels model of that Ghost recently. I've never seen Rebels, and it's a rather unassuming looking ship, and yet - and yet - you can instantly tell it's Star Wars. Remarkable that such a thing is possible! My hat is off to whoever designed it.

    & I agree of course about the U-Wing, too. I hope your day is as lovely as the ship.

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    1.  Ashley20 February 2019 at 09:43

      Well worth watching Rebels, assuming one doesn't have a dislike for animated stories.

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    2. SkilTao20 February 2019 at 17:08

      I'll add it to my list. Cheers.

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  4. Fred20 February 2019 at 16:40

    There is never enough star wars stuff to be had. Happy Birthday

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  5. SITZKRIEG!22 February 2019 at 05:16

    Nice haul! The U wing was actually the last ship I got for the game and my favorite new design from the Disney era movies. I like the new X-wing too but obviously that's a revision of a classic and not new.

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    1.  Ashley22 February 2019 at 08:31

      I've been tempted to get one of the new X-wing models for the play value, but fear that it will lead me down the road to wanting to upgrade to v2.0 of the rules, which I'm disincline to do.

      I don't play enough games to make that worthwhile, and I'd rather be spending my money on models of giant stompy robots.

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    2. SITZKRIEG!23 February 2019 at 02:14

      Same here. I was tempted but the cost of buying a new starter plus one or two faction packs when in all likelihood they'll just sit there convinced me otherwise. If I ever start playing again then maybe I'll buy the rebel faction box and just mooch off my opponent for the rest (with their permission of course!) to see if I like the changes enough. The game just got too Pokemon for me a few years in with the "gotta buy'em all!" releases with just have upgrades for existing ships in unrelated or repaint products.

      On the previous U wing topic, buying that had me for the first time in many, many years flying around the living room making swoosh noises on Christmas Day with my new model. :)

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    3.  Ashley24 February 2019 at 21:07

      We play Star Wars music when playing games too. Everything just feels more awesome with the Imperial March on in the background.

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  6. Wouter6 March 2019 at 23:57

    A bit late but: 'Happy birthday'!
    These are fantastic gifts, enjoy :).

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