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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: dominic on March 06, 2007, 10:57:22 AM

Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: dominic on March 06, 2007, 10:57:22 AM
Woo hoo!!  I finally won an ERTL Cow Town set!  

I saw Grimm's stuff at Tactica and they fit 28mm perfectly!

(http://www.mts.net/~gisby/4421.jpg)
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Argonor on March 06, 2007, 11:12:40 AM
Nice. Those are not available from stores anymore?
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Post by: Poliorketes on March 06, 2007, 11:20:42 AM
Congratulations. May I ask how much you spent?
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: dominic on March 06, 2007, 01:42:14 PM
$42 for the bid and $30 :o  for shipping!
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Post by: Grimm on March 06, 2007, 03:12:24 PM
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$42 for the bid and $30 Surprised for shipping!


wilcome in my world  :freak:
wy only all the US guys have the nice O scale stuff on ebay
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: dominic on March 06, 2007, 03:15:58 PM
Hi Grimm,
At least I spent about EUR60 compared to the EUR100 that you advised me to budget.  So in a sense, I did "save" some money!

Yeah, but you are right.  All this stuff is so much cheaper in the US.  The shipping really doubles the price of everything we buy from the States.
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Operator5 on March 06, 2007, 03:25:18 PM
Quote from: "dominic"
Yeah, but you are right.  All this stuff is so much cheaper in the US.  The shipping really doubles the price of everything we buy from the States.


Yeah but think how inadequate we feel in the States seeing all the beautiful stuff you turn out.  :lol:

And I feel the money pain when I look at buying miniatures from UK companies and am hit with shipping at the strong Pound vs. the weak dollar.
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Post by: fatgoblin on March 06, 2007, 03:43:24 PM
looks like a super solid set!
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Grimm on March 06, 2007, 03:49:04 PM
but after all dominic you can´t get
 4 buildings(complide with adjustment) ,1 stage coach, 1 pin wheel ,1m fence , Importend a bog and a few Longhorns
for 100 €
show me were you can get all these stuff for 100 € !!! :twisted:


cheers Grimm
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: dominic on March 06, 2007, 03:53:05 PM
Grimm - but in the US you can get it all for EUR20 and $5 shipping!!!!
Naja..so ist es...

FG - a coat of paint, some drybrushing, and they'll be ready for a game!
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Grimm on March 06, 2007, 04:36:26 PM
Hmmm I say it ones I say it again
I living in the wrong country  :roll:

A mix from US Nevada/desert New York/Woodeland ,Good O scale    availability,Britsh Figure trader Companys and German Beer will be my favorite
country and me as a the `` Kaiser `` :lol:
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: PeteMurray on March 06, 2007, 04:45:31 PM
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A mix from US Nevada/desert New York/Woodeland ,Good O scale    availability,Britsh Figure trader Companys and German Beer will be my favorite
country and me as a the `` Kaiser `` :lol:


Given the pounding of the dollar these days, you could probably buy a house in the desert, a house in upstate New York, a big old Buick to drive back and forth between them, and premium mail-delivered beer all for about 350,000 Euros.

For a million Euros, you could buy a town and name it "Grimmsburg."

I hate having a weak dollar.  :cry:
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: dominic on March 06, 2007, 05:00:11 PM
Hey Pete - what happened to that town in California that put itself up for sale on Ebay?  I think it was 2 years ago?
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Post by: PeteMurray on March 06, 2007, 07:02:35 PM
The town is/was cursed.

The original buyers backed out, and an Internet millionaire picked it up for about a third of the sale value. Then the owner sold it again, and the new owner committed suicide about a year ago. Sale price seems to hover around $1.7 million, but I'm sure you could get a discount for cursed merchandise.
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Terrible Tim on March 15, 2007, 11:18:51 PM
You guys have nothing to complain about. Try living in Australia with the weak Australian dollar and have to buy EVERYTHING internationally.  :(  
It is a rich man's or single man's hobby here. (AND I am married with 2 kids!!!!!)

TT.
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Grimm on March 16, 2007, 05:20:09 AM
Hey but you get the sunshine there !!! we in north germany have only rain most of the year  :? that is the reason why we can brew  good beer  :mrgreen:


Grimm
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Terrible Tim on March 16, 2007, 12:14:49 PM
Yes you are right, there is plenty of sunshine. On Monday it was 42°C (too hot to leave the air conditioning) and it has not rain much this summer (yes it is summer here now) . We are having water shortages across the country and our water reserves are drying up........

In saying that, it is great country but gaming is so expensive!

TT.
Title: ERTL Cow Town
Post by: Johan on March 17, 2007, 05:55:58 AM
TT

Everything is expensive in our country, not only gaming.

I'll try to send you some of our rain your way, because I can count the days it DIDN'T rain this winter (on our side) on one hand.

Johan