[Warmaster] Interest in a joint purchase

[Geep]

I'm just wondering if anyone else out there has any interest in the contents of this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181492226943?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true

I'm interested in the Brettonians and/or Dark Elves, but can't afford the lot, and I suspect many others would be in the same boat. We could have a 'Kickstarter' style joint-auction though, where if enough people want to contribute we have one person bid (ideally in the US for postage costs). If we win we split the cost as appropriate (I recommend per blister, though some blisters are rarer than others), if we lose no one pays anything.

I count 282 blister packs (though may have lost track) making it just over $7 US per pack right now- very decent if there's enough people wanting the various items.

Is there much interest for this here?

[marell le fou]

I'm interested.

I think after three or four guys, it will be hard to divide the stuff without having everyone wanting the same stuff.

[Geep]

Probably true, but even if 3 or 4 people are interested we can buy it, take what we want and try and sell the rest. Or just divide the less wanted stuff evenly and let people do what they want with that.

What parts of it are you after Marrel?

[ruiza97]

I would be interested in the Bretonnion Peasents, a few DE to get to 200o pts and 2 sauruses and 2 skinks.

[mspaetauf]

I'd love to get my hands on the Dark Elves. But I think therein lies the problem of the whole thing. There's most likely two or three armies everyone is going to be interested in, and the rest is going to sit on the shelf for ages (Dwarves for example) because people already have it or it doesn't appeal to them.

regards,

[Geep]

That does make it difficult, but I'm sure it could be worked around.

One method could be that everyone could 'shotgun' one army, then organise trades separate to the purchase (eg. I could 'shotgun' all Brettonian models, then organise to trade the peasants with ruiza97). People could also have preferences- eg. Pref 1: Dark Elves, Pref 2: Brettonians, Pref 3: VC, and the preference you get depends on how much you're willing to contribute (see below).

Any unclaimed blisters could be sorted by a random choice process. Eg. Divide all remaining blisters into groups (randomly), assign these groups to different people (randomly), then have a 'choose one from the group, pass the group to the left' system. Obviously this would be done online, not by actually sending the models around.
Once it's all sorted people could trade, keep or sell from their stash as they want.
We could even divide the entire lot like that and then just let trades sort things out in a fair manner.

I guess the most important point it comes down to is: How much are people willing to put in? I'd seriously consider $400+ US, as I think that selling and trading anything I receive but don't want is probably worth it.

[Stormwind]

Yeah the problem is that the Lizardmen / Dark Elves / Kislev are so so so much more desirable than the starter armies.

[Blindhorizon]

Interesting thread here. If everyone put equal amount of money in you could just draw numbers 1-5. 1 picks a blister first and go in order. Once everyone gets one redraw 1-5 so everyone has a random chance to go first. It's. Little intensive but hey it would be kind of exciting to see who goes when and how often does an amazing lot like this come up. On e everyone has made their picks they are free to trade.

[Geep]

That's a fair point.

Maybe having the entire lot be divided into groups and 'passed around' (I'm sure this system must have a name?) would be best. People would need to contribute evenly in that system. Once things were sorted out those who took Lizards/Dark Elves/Kislev/etc. can make deals among themselves. That way people may not get all that they want, but they should have some things they want or enough to sell to possibly turn a profit.

If anyone else has other ideas I'd like to hear them (it's easy to criticise, but I want to be hopeful  )

Edit: BlindHorizon covers the idea well

[ruhki]

Well, iam also interested in severel Blister (Tomb Kings, Chaos Demons and Mortal Chaos, maybe Dwarfs).

But how could we share this? I am from Germany....

[Stormwind]

Well someone has already bid on it!

Might make it moot for all of us.

[ruhki]

I think we will see a huge offer of WM-Stuff (about 300 packs) during the next month on ebay.

Can not imagine someone wants to buy this huge amount for his personal collection.

[Stormwind]

Yes and the DE, Lizardmen and Demons will be £70/$99 a packet, I bet.

[ruhki]

Jepp, this seems realistic. But as long as people pay such prices, they will ask for such prices.

[Stormwind]

OK, so of the desirable armies, there are 75 blisters:

Vampire Counts = 4
Lizardmen = 17
Brets = 10
Kislev = 14
Chaos Demons  = 11
Dark Elves = 19

The rest are "common" ie from the 6 starting races:

Undead
Mortal Chaos
Orcs
High Elves
Dwarves
Empire

The common ones would need to justify a place for themselves with other people seeking starter armies.  Myself, for example, I would be interested Orcs and Goblins and some Undead myself as I don't have any right now.