My first job was at 14 (I was a soda jerk)...I was paid something like $45 a week for working 3 hours a couple evenings. I remember my first "big" purchase was spending $50 on a pretty painted squad of old Space M****s...the old plastic beakies. Man, I thought they were damn cool.
I lost interest more and more with Space M*****s until Forgeworld started making the Heresy stuff. Beakies were just awesome. I like the stubbed shoulder pads, the single piece knee/shin, the non-eagle breast plates, etc.