Author Archives: Tony

These Must Be The Droids You’re Looking For ?

We’re stepping back down to 15mm sci-fi for our new release this week. We have a new pack of six general purpose droids ranging from a bipedal liaison droid to various wheeled and tracked utility models. Perfect for all your … Continue reading

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Strike Two !

If you’re in Canada, you’ll know that your posties are on strike again. Consequently, Royal Mail have suspended deliveries to Canada once more. So any Canadian orders will still be processed and packed, but will have to sit in a … Continue reading

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Robot Factory

Pioneer Station is a large facility and needs constant upkeep. It can’t keep all the parts that could possibly be needed for repairs in its stores, instead it has its own manufacturing facility that allows it to fabricate just about … Continue reading

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Scavengers and Mavericks

Pidge coaxed the attitude jets of the Maverick 3 into reluctant life again, slowing the ship as it approached the imposing bulk of Pioneer station. They hissed and spat erratically as the avian fought the controls and attempted to manoeuvre … Continue reading

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Supper’s Ready

Pioneer station is, as space stations go, pretty big. One entire level is given over to crew accommodation and recreation, and at the centre is the Mess Hall. Although not as grand as some surface installations, for an orbital station … Continue reading

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Off Again…

The summer’s drawing to a close, but there’s still time to slip in one more short break before the winter is upon us. Tony’s off to Dorset with the Brigadieress and faithful hound for a few days, hoping that the … Continue reading

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Into the Void

As mentioned last week, we have some copies of Osprey’s latest blue-book rules, Voidfighter (although we did sell a number of copies at Colours, so we’ll have to order some more). These are now on the website and available for … Continue reading

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New for Colours

We’re all packed and ready to go to Colours this afternoon – it’s just over a couple of hours round the M25, traffic permitting. We have a couple of new last minute items which we’ll have with us tomorrow. One … Continue reading

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A Cluster of Castles

Apparently there’s no recognised collective noun for a group of forts or castles. Google’s AI overview (for what that’s worth) suggested ‘cluster’ as one possibility – can anyone do any better ? Anyway, Phil has come up with a fine … Continue reading

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Crossed Fingers, an Apology and a Show That’s Crept Up

First, some shipping news – our initial batch of parcels bound for the US using the new courier service left this morning. However, we shall be crossing our collective fingers until all of them have arrived safely at their destination … Continue reading

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