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Worthplaying posts 12 new screenshots for Deep Shadows' sci-fi title The Precursors. You can check them out here.
More information.
I am no graphics whore but I was not impressed. Actually, the graphics give me hope that this game WILL see the light of day and that the game may be relatively free of bugs due to the unambitious look of the eye candy.
Sure it's good to see some more screenshots,but even more importantly let's see some gameplay video or more interview/previews where the types of gameplay and environments are described.
They seem to be influenced by the classic space RPG/Strat/sims like Starflight, Space Rogue, Sundog Frozen Legacy, Sentinel Worlds:Future Magic, Hard Nova and Protostar. That should be the main driving force behind the game, and the aspect of most importance to RPG fans.
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Former Gunner John Lukic believes the 1987 League Cup victory against Liverpool helped lay the foundations for years of future success.
Arsenal had not picked up any silverware for eight years when George Graham's side took on the Division One champions at Wembley.
Ian Rush's strike put Kenny Dalglish's men in front, before a Charlie Nicholas brace helped secure a first major trophy under the Club's new manager.
George had got his ideas on how he wanted the team to play, we knew exactly what was required of us and that is one of the reasons we went on to win that trophyJohn Lukic
Two years later, Graham's side would secure the league title in the most dramatic of circumstances at Anfield - and Lukic believes it all started with that win at Wembley,
"We got a little bit swept away with the cup run really," Lukic told Arsenal Player. "We had not managed to achieve a great deal prior to that, certainly in the time I had been at the Club, and we ended up in the final against Liverpool.
"I think it was the only time Ian Rush has scored and ended up on the losing side [in a final] and subsequently he went off to Juventus.
"The goals were bizarre, certainly the winner and even the equaliser that Charlie scored but it is almost like fate played a part.
"I think the foundations had been built at that point. George had got his ideas on how he wanted the team to play, we knew exactly what was required of us and that is one of the reasons we went on to win that trophy.
"The following year, when we were odds-on favourites against Luton, we got beaten. It was a bit of a downer but the foundations had already been laid, in terms of the way we would play and the discipline within the team."
Lukic says Graham's disciplinarian approach helped get the very best out of his players after he succeeded Don Howe as manager in 1986.
"Whatever the back four were doing, you were certainly not stood behind them twiddling your thumbs because you were an integral part of things," he said. "And the finger got pointed, and quite severely if needs be, so you could never rest on your laurels.
"Me and George had a relationship, and it is important to have a mutual respect with someone you work for, whether you like them or not. I certainly had that respect for him, because George played a big part in the achievements of the Club."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source

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Is this a Tuner?
I have not seen a setup like this before. Looking for a truck for my wife and just kinda curious.
Mainly the wire coming out of the dash going into the pocket (could be an AUX input) and the red/black OBDII dongle looking thing.
Mainly the wire coming out of the dash going into the pocket (could be an AUX input) and the red/black OBDII dongle looking thing.
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Hi Kids! Welcome to February's Sweet Adventures Blog Hop. This month's theme is Childhood Favourites. I don't think there was a kid's party in Australia during the 90′s that didn't have Mars Bar Slice. It was absolutely the childhood favourite for my little circle of friends. For those not familiar with Mars Bar Slice (who are you?!) - it's a simple no-bake slice that has a rice bubble, butter and Mars Bar base with a melted chocolate topping. My love for Mars Bar Slice continued into my teens. I remember a school friend's mother used to bribe, I mean encourage, me to get involved with school activities with a few sneaky containers of Mars Bar Slice. Want me to join a school committee? That's at least 2 containers of Mars Bar Slice, thank you. This month's challenge was all about taking a sweet treat that you loved as a child and turning it into a more adult dessert. I was inspired by the Mars Bar Slice to make an indulgent chocolate cupcake with coffee and rum notes, with rich chocolate icing, topped with salted caramel drizzle and a crumble of Mars Bar Slice. It's almost like death by Mars Bar! You could also add the salted caramel as a filling inside the cupcake. The Mars Bar Slice recipe is an Aussie classic taken from The Australian Women's Weekly Cakes and Slice Cookbook, original published in 1989.
- 195g Mars Bar, chopped
- 90g unsalted butter
- 3 cups Rice Bubbles
- Grease and line and lamington pan (19cm x 29cm).
- Combine Mars Bars and butter in a large saucepan, stir constantly over low heat until mixture is melted.
- Take saucepan off the heat, pour in the Rice Bubbles and stir to combine.
- Press mixture into prepared pan, refrigerate until set before cutting into squares.
Slice keeps for about 1 week in the fridge.
- 55g cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 113g brown sugar
- 30ml dark spiced rum (I used Sailor Jerrys)
- 250ml boiling water
- 150g unsalted butter
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 190g plain flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarb soda
- Preheat a fanforced oven to 160 degrees. Line a cupcake tin with 12 cases.
- Combine cocoa powder, instant coffee powder, brown sugar, rum and boiling water in a small bowl. Whisk to combine all ingredients and set aside.
- Cream butter and caster sugar using an electric mixer. Add 2 eggs and mix to combine.
- Double sift the flour and baking powder and bicarb soda.
- Add flour to butter mixture and beat to combine.
- Add cocoa mixture and beat until to combined. Once combined, beat on medium for 2 minutes to thicken slightly.
- Fill cupcake liners ¾ full and bake in the oven for 20-24mins.
- Cool cupcakes for 5 mins in tray and then cool on tracks.
The rich chocolate icing recipe is from Death By Chocolate Cupcakes by Sallys Baking Addiction. The salted caramel recipe is from Homemade Salted Caramel recipe by Sallys Baking Addiction.
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Kristol falsely claimed of Clinton and Obama: "She hasn't passed any legislation. He hasn't either."
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On the July 8 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor and Fox News contributor William Kristol falsely claimed that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) "hasn't passed any legislation" and added that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) "hasn't either." In fact, Clinton and Obama have both been instrumental in the passage of legislation during the time they have served in the Senate, including legislation on which they were the lead sponsors.
For example, on his presidential campaign website, Obama describes the legislation he "wrote and passed" to promote stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the country's competitive national elections there in 2006. From Obama's website:
Ending the Conflict in Congo
An estimated 3.9 million people have died from war-related causes since the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began. Nearly 80 percent of Congo's 56 million people live in extreme poverty and more than 70 percent are undernourished. The United Nations has its largest peacekeeping force in the world in the Congo, and in the summer of 2006, the country held competitive national elections for the first time in more than 40 years.
Senator Obama wrote and passed legislation to build on this historic election and promote stability in the country. Senator Obama revamped U.S. policy in the Congo to include a commitment to help rebuild the country, develop lasting political structures, hold accountable destabilizing foreign governments, crack down on corrupt politicians, and professionalize the military. The bill also authorizes $52 million in U.S. assistance for the Congo, calls for a Special U.S. Envoy to resolve ongoing violence, and urges the administration to strengthen the U.N. peacekeeping force.
"It was a source of considerable encouragement to learn that the Congo Bill which (Senator Obama) graciously initiated and sponsored was recently passed and signed into law (S.2125). This is an important and most welcome development for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at this critical juncture of its history."
- William Lacy Swing, U.N. Special Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Indeed, Obama was the primary sponsor of this legislation (S.2125) that passed Congress on December 8, 2006, and became law on December 22, 2006. In a June 25 column for The New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof wrote that Obama was "among the few prominent American politicians who have focused on the war here [in the Congo]."
Among the legislative accomplishments listed on Clinton's presidential campaign website is "her work to ensure the safety of prescription drugs for children, with legislation now included in the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act" -- a reference to her work on the Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003 (S. 650), which, according to her Senate website, "gives the FDA the authority to ensure that drugs marketed to pediatric populations have first been tested on children." The legislation became law on December 3, 2003.
Upon the bill's passage, The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York, published an editorial titled "Clinton helps remedy a threat to sick children." From the November 24, 2003, editorial:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has won a victory for children with passage of a bill that will ensure that drugs are safe and effective for kids to take.
Incredibly, it took an act of Congress to guarantee that drugs widely used by children will be studied, tested and labeled for safety and efficacy. The Pediatric Research Equity Act passed the House last week after previously winning approval in the Senate.
When Clinton's husband was president, the Food and Drug Administration adopted a "Pediatric Rule" in 1998 that required drug manufacturers to provide guidelines for the safe use of their products by children. The FDA in March 2002 announced it would suspend enforcement of the rule. The agency later reversed its decision, but a court blocked the rule in October 2002 because Congress had not authorized the FDA to enforce it.
So Senator Clinton and other advocates for childrens' health introduced legislation this year that should give parents the peace of mind they deserve.
The Post-Standard reported on December 18, 2003, that "[Dr. Richard] Gordon [chair of the Committee on Drugs for the American Academy of Pediatrics] praised the bipartisan effort in Congress, and Clinton's work in particular, for moving quickly to pass the bill after the court set aside the regulation."
In a July 23, 2003, floor statement, then-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH), who was the lead sponsor on the bill, said: "I would like to thank [then-]Majority Leader [Bill] Frist [R-TN] and Senators Clinton, [Chris] Dodd [D-CT], [Judd] Gregg [R-NH], [Edward M.] Kennedy [D-MA], and [Patty] Murray [D-WA] for their leadership on this issue. Without their support, this bill would not be a reality."
In her July 23 floor statement, Clinton said: "Senators DeWine and Dodd and I now have worked on pediatric research for many years, and we will continue to be around to work on behalf of children, who, without dedicated advocates like Senators DeWine and Dodd, would not have a political voice."
Clinton continued: "This bill was the product of compromise. We all worked hard and made concessions on all sides to craft the language the Senate was able to pass today. Some of us would have preferred a strong, permanent assurance for children, and not a sunset of these crucial protections in 2007. Indeed, because the purpose of this legislation was to address the uncertainty caused by the court-triggered lapse of pediatric studies, not codify such a lapse into statute, I cannot support the sunset provision."
On March 27, 2007, Clinton introduced legislation that would make permanent the "Pediatric Rule."
Since Clinton took office in 2001, she has sponsored two bills that have become law and co-sponsored 49 bills that have become law, according to the THOMAS database. According to the same database, Obama, who took office in 2005, has sponsored one bill that has become law and co-sponsored 13 bills that have become law.
From the July 8 edition of Fox's Fox News Sunday:
FRED BARNES (executive editor of The Weekly Standard): You know, when you look back over the presidential elections of the last 50 years or so, you realize how little the voters care about experience. I mean, they elected George Bush. I mean, his idea of -- he said he was a foreign -- experienced in foreign policy because Texas had a relationship with Mexico. I don't think that convinced anybody.
And Bill Clinton -- was he experienced? Was Ronald Reagan -- was he experienced in foreign policy and national politics? Was Jimmy Carter? No, people don't care much.
I think this -- the notion that people are going to vote in the Democratic primaries for Hillary over Obama on the basis of experience -- it's just not empirically provable.
MARA LIASSON (NPR national political correspondent): Well, first of all, I do think experience is a big factor. And I think since 9-11, things have changed.
BRIT HUME (Fox News Washington bureau managing editor and host of Special Report): In primary voting?
LIASSON: I think so. I mean, they -- well, they want somebody who can win. If they think that because she's experienced, she has a better chance of win -- of prevailing in the general election, that could help her. I do think, though, that after 9-11, experience in foreign policy became more important. I don't know if George W. Bush could have been elected after 9-11.
KRISTOL: And what exactly is her extensive experience in foreign policy or in anything? She's been a senator for six years. Obama's been a senator for two years. So, I mean, big deal.
She hasn't passed any legislation. He hasn't either. She sat in the White House while her husband was president.
JUAN WILLIAMS (NPR senior correspondent): Literally. She was in the White House.
KRISTOL: Well, big deal.
WILLIAMS: All right.
KRISTOL: Let's nominate Laura Bush. I mean, it's ridiculous.
WILLIAMS: Well, no, no. It's different. She's run and won a Senate seat from a huge state -- New York state.
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"Hello, Mandy," says Kevin, and his voice has dropped half an octave. "How are you tonight?"
"I'm very well," I say, swigging on my bottle of water, then giggle. "A bit tipsy."
"Oh yeah? Me too. What have you been up to?"
"Ooh, you know. Went out for a couple with the girls from work."
"That's nice," says Kevin. "What do you do, Mandy?"
"I'm a secretary," - well, at least that's not a lie - "in a big advertising firm."
Well, this lot do advertise. Pretty much every day in The Sun and The Sport, alongside the "Naughty Schoolgirls Lose Their Clothes" lines and just below the stairlift ad. My job is to keep the drunken, lonely or underage lads who call up in search of a thrill on the line for as long as possible; if I can spin the call out to longer than 20 minutes I get a 10 per cent bonus.
"Ooh," says Kevin, "a secretary." We're all secretaries, or beauticians, or work in fashion stores here. These are the ideal jobs; not so high- powered we scare them away, classy enough to feed their fantasies. Of course, what they're all hoping to get is a model, but you only get models on the XXX-rated double-premium lines. And then - if Lauren,who staffs the phone-sex booth next to mine, is anything to go by - they weigh 18 stone and haven't washed their hair in three weeks.
"Is that a good job, then?" "OK." I notice my nails are looking a bit ragged, dig in my bag for a file. "Bit boring. We get famous people in sometimes, though."
"Famous?" Kevin squeaks a little, then returns to his manly tenor. "Like who?"
"Ooh," I say. "We had that Linda Robson out of Birds of a Feather in the other day. And Vic Reeves. He's always doing voiceovers." "Vic Reeves?" splutters Kevin. "You know Vic Reeves? What's he like?" "Quite ordinary, really. So, Kevin, what do you do?" "I'm - " a pause while he thinks something up - "a racing driver." "A racing driver? Blimey! What's it like?"
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"Kevin," - that's it; fish caught. I'll be getting my bonus tonight - "you're not supposed to ask me questions like that." "Are they red? Have they got lace on?" Suddenly there's a squeak. "Oh no! It's my mum!" and the line goes dead. Damn. I dial back into the switchboard and listen as a host of voices goes "Hello? Hello? Hello?" Once line one's been holding for 45 seconds, I pick him up.
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The Sultan said: "There's evidence abundant To prove this unbelieving dog redundant." To whom the Grand Vizier, with mien impressive, Replied: "His head, at least, appears excessive." --Habeeb Suleiman
Mr. Debs is a redundant citizen. --Theodore Roosevelt"
"I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless."
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U.S. burger chains aim to scoop up patrons with boozy milkshakes
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gourmet hamburger chains are spiking milkshakes with everything from beer to red wine in a bid to steal customers from "dry" rivals like McDonald's Corp.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc on Tuesday will debut a Samuel Adams Octoberfest milkshake, made with vanilla ice cream, beer and caramel, at its roughly 460 restaurants around the country.
Red Robin is not the first restaurant to add booze to milkshakes, which are a menu staple at most burger joints. But its move comes as bartenders take a bigger role in creating menu items that will set more upscale restaurants apart from fast-food chains that often do not sell alcohol.
"Now our guests don't have to choose between a beer or a shake to go with their burger," Donna Ruch, Red Robin's master mixologist in charge of developing alcoholic and nonalcoholic drink recipes, said of the chain's new beer milkshake.
The number of frozen cocktails on restaurant menus is up 52 percent since 2009, despite the flagging popularity of classics like pina coladas, daiquiris and mudslides, according to Mintel Menu Insights, which tracks trends across all types of restaurants.
"Boozy shakes are kind of a thing right now," Mintel food service analyst Kathy Hayden said.
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay sells bourbon, rum and vodka-spiked milkshakes at his chain, called Bobby's Burger Palace.
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Casablanca [1942 film]
by Michael Curtiz (Director), Julius J. Epstein (Screenwriter), Philip G. Epstein (Screenwriter), Howard Koch (Screenwriter)
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I don't usually list all the extra features on my discs, but this two-disc Special Edition has so much content that simply saying the DVD contains the 1942 film would be missing the point of owning it.
Here (for those, like me, who own this edition) is what can be found on the discs. Even if you don't have this version, the film is worth owning on its own.
Commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
Commentary film historian Rudy Behlmer
Introduction by Lauren Bacall
Theatrical trailer
50th Anniversary 1992 re-release trailer
Bonus trailers: "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre"
Cast and crew list
Awards list
"As Time Goes By: The Children Remember" featurette
2 deleted scenes
8 outtakes
Scoring stage sessions (six vocal tracks from Dooley Wilson, and 2 instrumental)
"Bacall On Bogart" documentary
"You Must Remember This: A Tribute To Casablanca" documentary & backstage tour
Screen Guild Theater Radio Show (1943)
Television Adaptation, 1955: "Who Holds Tomorrow"
Cartoon Homage, 1995: Carrotblanca
Production notes
DVD-ROM: Warner Brothers website
A wealthy, influential rogue in WWII Morocco refuses to take sides.
It's not possible to like movies and not love Casablanca. It just can't be done.
Concept: A
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: A
Enjoyment: A Plus
Humphrey Bogart – Rick Blaine
Ingrid Bergman – Ilsa Lund
Paul Henreid – Victor Laszlo
Claude Rains – Captain Louis Renault
Conrad Veidt – Major Heinrich Strasser
Sydney Greenstreet – Signor Ferrari
Peter Lorre – Ugarte
Dooley Wilson – Sam
Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch
Based on the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's (1940) by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Premiere: 26 November 1942, New York City.
Warner Home Video, 1999. 99 min. B&W. 4:3 (1.33:1). Bonus documentary You Must Remember This (37 min).
I really don't know how many times I've seen this movie. At least a dozen; probably two dozens in just about as many years. I have always found it moving, amusing and thought-provoking. It has never failed to seem too short. It's a perfect movie.
Now, movies are the most collaborative of all arts. You need so many things to make a great movie. But above all you need the one thing you need for a great novel, too. You need great characters, well-written, compelling and believable characters. This is what Casablanca is shamelessly full with. What is more, they are beautifully acted to the smallest part. Who can forget Sascha, the crazy Russian barman, and his killer line "Yvonne, I love you, but he pays me"?
Humphrey Bogart famously said he was not a great actor and he probably meant it. I'm not sure I agree with him there. Looking briefly through his filmography, I can't help noticing a remarkable versatility. He nailed the two most famous private dicks of all time, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, with such precision that the following generations have paled in comparison. Rick Blaine, though not a sleuth, belongs to the same species of sharp-tongued tough guys who look unusually smart with a gun or a cigarette. But Bogie has played equally well a good-natured regular fellow in The African Queen (1951), a mentally deranged navy captain in The Caine Mutiny (1954), something like a villain in The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948) and even a romantic lead in Sabrina (1954), one of the finest comedies of all time.
Rick Blaine is surely one of the greatest characters, in every sense of the world, who have ever graced the silver screen. He doesn't remember last night because it was "so long ago" and he never makes plans for tonight – "that far ahead". He is profoundly cynical and blunt to the point of rudeness. He likes to pretend he cares nothing about the world and the cause Laszlo is ready to die for. He says defiantly things like "I'm the only cause I'm interested in" and "I stick my neck out for nobody". He doesn't seem to think much of people. When Ugarte wants to know if he despises him, Rick's answer is "If I gave you any thought I probably would." He means that. The scenes with Ugarte show Rick at his most uncompromising best:
Ugarte: Heh, you know, watching you just now with the Deutsche Bank, one would think you've been doing this all your life.
Rick: Oh, what makes you think I haven't?
Ugarte: Oh, n-n-n-nothing, but when you first came to Casablanca, I thought...
Rick: You thought what?
Ugarte: Hm, what right do I have to think, huh?
Ugarte: Too bad about those two German couriers, wasn't it?
Rick: They got a lucky break. Yesterday they were just two German clerks. Today they're the "Honored Dead".
Ugarte: You are a very cynical person, Rick, if you'll forgive me for saying so.
Rick: I forgive you.
But under that "cynical shell", as Captain Renault discovers, Rick is "at heart a sentimentalist". The minor episode with the Bulgarian couple who tries to leave Casablanca is telling. Rick is brusque with the lady, but then he goes to the roulette table and arranges for her husband to win enough money for their journey. When Louis cites his record of fighting on the side of the underdog, Rick remarks that he was well-paid, but he can't fool the shrewd police inspector who immediately observes that "the winning side would have paid you much better." Of course, it is the Paris affair with Ilsa and its "sequel" in Casablanca that turn Rick into a human being worthy of our admiration. They reveal extraordinary courage, nobility and common sense. The finale with the foggy night at the airport, "We'll always have Paris" and "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" is one of the greatest scenes in movie history.
Claude Rains very nearly steals the show from Bogie. Captain Renault is quite a feather in his cap, quite on par with his stupendous Caesar against Vivien Leigh's Cleopatra in the fine 1945 adaptation of Shaw's play. He is an outstanding and much underrated actor, with expressive face and lovely voice. He has many of the best lines in the movie and he delivers all of them with impeccable taste. Louis, in a way, is not unlike Rick. He likes to pretend that the heart is his "least vulnerable spot" and that "Ricky" is the only man in Casablanca "with less scruples than" he, but just a little below the cynical surface he is a kind-hearted and compassionate gentleman. The relationship between Louis and Rick is indeed a beautiful friendship throughout the whole movie. For example:
Captain Renault: Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that you've never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open.
Rick: Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette.
Captain Renault: That is another reason.
By the way, one of the best things about Casablanca is the prodigious sense of humour – sometimes goofy, sometimes serious, but always uproariously funny – that permeates the flawless dialogue. Rick and Louis carry out most of it, not least in the wonderful scenes between them, and the old movie lover cannot fail to appreciate the perfect timing of their repartee or the subtle inflections that colour certain phrases. The following lines always crack me up:
Major Strasser: You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American.
Captain Renault: We musn't underestimate "American blundering". I was with them when they "blundered" into Berlin in 1918.
Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.
Major Strasser: Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?
Rick: It's not particularly my beloved Paris.
Heinz: Can you imagine us in London?
Rick: When you get there, ask me!
Captain Renault: Hmmh! Diplomatist!
Major Strasser: How about New York?
Rick: Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.
Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.
Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: Oh, thank you very much.
Captain Renault [loudly]: Everybody out at once!
Paul Henreid may not have been a great actor, but he certainly was a very, very good one. He is just as convincing as a dashing buccaneer in The Spanish Main (1945) as he is lighting two cigarettes at the same time and giving one to Bette Davis in Now, Voyager (1942). He excels as Victor Laszlo, a fearless anti-Nazi fighter whom even the "persuasive methods" of the concentration camps couldn't induce to betray his friends. Who can forget the tremendous scene with the singing contest between Die Wacht am Rhein conducted by Major Strasser and the Marseillaise conducted by Laszlo? Tall, elegant and distinguished, Paul Henreid has a low-key but very effective way of portraying intensity and inner strength that fit the character to perfection. No wonder Rick himself is impressed:
Rick: I congratulate you.
Laszlo: What for?
Rick: Your work.
Laszlo: I try.
Rick: We all try. You succeed!
But there is much more in Laszlo than the indomitable spirit of the Resistance. He is a remarkably complex and fascinating character. He has a fine sense of humour, for example:
Berger: We read five times that you were killed, in five different places.
Laszlo: As you can see, it was true every single time.
He is extremely smart and sensible fellow. He immediately understands that there was something between Rick and his wife in Paris. But he blames nobody and demands no explanation. He knows his wife was lonely. He understands. This is quite an achievement since Laszlo obviously loves Ilsa. The world would have been a much better place if more men took the infidelity of their wives like that:
Rick: You seem to know all about my destiny.
Laszlo: I know a good deal more about you than you suspect. I know, for instance, that you're in love with a woman. It is perhaps a strange circumstance that we both should be in love with the same woman. The first evening I came to this café, I knew there was something between you and Ilsa. Since no one is to blame, I – I demand no explanation. I ask only one thing. You won't give me the letters of transit: all right, but I want my wife to be safe. I ask you as a favour, to use the letters to take her away from Casablanca.
Rick: You love her that much?
Laszlo: Apparently you think of me only as the leader of a cause. Well, I'm also a human being. Yes, I love her that much.
Laszlo too, like Captain Renault, clearly sees through Rick's how-misanthropic-I-am poses. "You're trying to escape from yourself", he tells him perceptively, "but you'll never succeed." This is a great scene, a highlight in a movie that contains nothing but a string of highlights.
Rick: Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for.
Laszlo: You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.
Rick: Well, what of it? It'll be out of its misery.
Laszlo: You know how you sound, Mr. Blaine? Like a man who's trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe in his heart.
Ingrid Bergman is a little lost among so much male talent, but in her quiet way she does just as fine a job, particularly in the great scene with Rick above his café. The minor roles are splendidly done as well. Conrad Veidt takes the palm in this category with his marvellously sinister Nazi major. Just note the scenes when he tells Louis to close the café or Ilsa that in Casablanca "human life is cheap". Dooley Wilson is charming as Sam, a piano player and great friend of Rick's. Nobody plays "As Time Goes By" like him, right? Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre are not quite as memorable as in The Maltese Falcon (1941), but then they have much less screen time here.
If one – in this case I – must carp about something, one might complain that the Paris interlude is conspicuously inferior to the rest of the film. So it is. Some of the dialogue is positively cringe-worthy ("Was that cannon fire, or is it my heart pounding?") and the story on the whole unduly sentimental. It might have been made shorter or left entirely to the imagination of the audience. But this is a very insignificant quibble. It doesn't spoil the movie's perfection.
That aside, there is not a single weak thing about Casablanca. Story, dialogue, cast and characters, let alone the combination of all, don't get better than that. All this in mere 99 minutes 73 years later. Even Max Steiner's score is superb, adroitly mixing exotic Arabian motifs with the Marseillaise. I have nothing to complain about the direction of Michael Curtiz, either. He brilliantly conveys the unique atmosphere in Rick's café, where shady deals in dark corners abound, or the oppressive and murderous climate in Casablanca, where people anxious to leave Europe wait… and wait… and wait… and wait… and wait…
PS The bonus documentary You Must Remember This is a nice summary of how Casablanca came to be. Introduced by Lauren Bacall herself and including interviews with some of the people originally involved in the production, it contains many interesting details, though some of them should be taken with a pinch of salt. One of the more fascinating bits is the claim of screenwriter Julius Epstein that each of the major studios at the time produced a movie a week – 50 movies or so a year – and nobody expected Casablanca to score the success it did, much less to become an enduring classic still fresh nearly 80 years later. The rousing scene with the Marseillaise drowning out the Nazi choir seems to have been present in the original play as well, and playwright Murray Burnett shares that he cried when he wrote it. Warner Bros did their best to exploit the success of the original with sequels and TV series, but though they duplicated the setting they could never recreate the magic. Their most successful tribute was the Looney Tunes production Carrotblanca (1995), starring Bugs Bunny as a carrot-juice drinking Rick Blaine. "Of all the juice joints, in all the towns, in all the countries, she picks this one."
The minor characters are marvelous actors and add joy to the experience of watching this film. (I've read that this is true because so many had fled, in real life, the goings on in Europe.)
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There's only really one way to tell.......pull one of the heads. A casting number under the valve cover could tell you whether or not they are small or large combustion chambers but there were different piston designs used. The size of the piston "dish" changed the compression.
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Thanks, Lux, it sure doesn't sound as easy as a serial number search! Having no idea what year model the donor car was, I guess I'll just have to hope it was a good one. Could one assume the earlier, higher hp/torque/comp. ratio engines would NOT run well on regular, while the later, subdued models might?


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Ever since the 1990s internet messaging software has been around in some form and people were enjoying the benefits of easier correspondence and quick sharing of information. Instant messaging was very popular in the 2000s and chat rooms were something that caused a real mini-revolution in the way in which people understood and used Internet. More and more people were attracted to internet messaging and the software that was created to facilitate that was advanced and progressive for that time. AOL Instant Messenger and later MSN were among the first big-time names that conquered the globe, and especially young people got "hooked" on the chance to speak to their friends in real time for almost no charge.
In the later years, more and more internet messaging software appeared and the overall technology was quickly mowing forward, which resulted in even greater popularity of this type of social contact. However, this desire for social interaction gave birth to the idea of social networks, and 2006 saw the appearance of Facebook, and some other social platforms soon followed. This would not be a problem for messaging software if it wasn't for the fact that social networks, like Facebook, Twitter or similar, offer their own messaging service and that this makes third-party internet messaging software completely redundant.
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Here is mine as it is for now. The pics suck cause it was from a cell phone. I used Georgia Clay color spray paint. It looks like a nice red/brown to the eye. But the pics make it look a tad darker then it is.
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Ive been a little busy, but i found time to get a airbrush and experiment a little. Havent beeen able ti find something to pin the trigger in with yet but here it is.
Got mine a while back, but never got around to posting anything about it metal parts looked great and I think they are huge selling point for this kit. But the resin grip was kinda sub-standard and had a good section of the grip (near your thumb when holding) more or less flaking off. This wouldnt be a problem if it was on the smooth part of the grip, but it runs across the textured section making it much harder to clean up.
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Kind of disappointed about it but still a great opportunity to get a casting of such a rare piece.
Anyone have one of these and the FP holster? Wondering how the fit is...
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Our Nuvi 50 came preloaded with maps and Points of Interest (POIs) for the lower 49 United States. It also features a database of safety camera proximity points and can sound a chime upon approaching one of these red-light or speed cameras. If the chime is annoying to you, it can always be disabled in a menu.
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Thankfully, the Nuvi got us where it said it would every time. However, like most PNDs I've tested, the Nuvi's database of local businesses was missing many smaller restaurants and privately owned establishments (including a few establishments that I've frequented for at least three years). Connected navigation devices bypass the limitations by augmenting their internal databases with Google or Yelp search, but at this price point such functionality is simply not available. That said, the Nuvi's database is preloaded with millions of destinations, and users can add up to 1,000 favorites and custom POIs if necessary.
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This is a question mostly aimed at Game Masters who utilize miniatures extensively in their campaigns. I currently have a couple hundred miniatures, about half that I've purchased over the years, and about half that I have sculpted myself. However I frequently don't have what I need and for that reason I just bought about 350 minis on eBay and now I am realizing that my current mini storage "system" is simply not workable. I need a way to organize and categorize my minis, and it needs to allow me to quickly locate a particular miniature or set of miniatures.
So, for those of you who have hundreds of miniatures, especially if they include groups of like minis and a significant number of large or even huge minis, how do you keep them organized? Do you use tackle boxes? A bunch of sacks? Shoe boxes? How do you keep them all straight?
|Fatespinner RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32
So, for those of you who have hundreds of miniatures, especially if they include groups of like minis and a significant number of large or even huge minis, how do you keep them organized? Do you use tackle boxes? A bunch of sacks? Shoe boxes? How do you keep them all straight?
Well, my collection is far from vast (I have maybe 4 dozen pewter minis) but I keep them in Styrofoam egg containers. Each little "cup" is about the right size for standard "medium creature" minis and the Styrofoam keeps them relatively safe from bending/breaking. I only buy miniatures to represent player characters, though, so all of mine are medium humanoids. I have them organized by role (fighter-types, caster-types, woodsy-types, and rogue-types) with each role getting its own egg carton.
For most of my miniatures, I use stackable boxes purchased from Ikea (can't find them on the website to illustrate) that have movable dividers inside them.
Originally, I had everything sorted by creature type: Dragons got a box, Outsiders got a box, Aberrations got a box, etc... However certain types quickly outgrew their boxes and I have been forced to subdivide the types further. I believe I have undead split into skeletal, cadaverous and incorporeal. The major PC races each get their own box, while gnomes and halflings are divided in a single box. Outsiders are sorted by alignment. Dragons by nature (metal, colour, other). And so on.
Each box has a label on its side so it is easy to spot the box I want. The only problem is that I have two stacks of boxes as tall as I am, and I always seem to want the box at the bottom of the stack.
For huges and certain overly large larges, I keep them on display around my gaming room.
A shelf, with all of them on display. Painted on 1 shelf, unpainted on annother. Humans (and humanoids) on 1 side, monsterous humanoids next, then animals, then other monsters.
If you can't see the couple hundred minis, you will never know where to look. And what is the point of having them if they are not on display.
|Chief Cook and Bottlewasher
I have about 50, housed in 3 chocolate boxes (plastic ferrero rocher) in the trays. They're loosely divided into a monster box, an NPC type box and a box for the PCs and NPCs we're currently using. I suppose with more, I'd start by organizing them by type (animal, humanoid etc) but I don't envy you the task :)
I don't know what they are called, but I've seen cases designed for tabletop games like Warhammer that have a perforated grid of foam inside. You tear out enough cubes to accommodate your figurines snugly and just pop them in. I presume they're available at most hobby shops. Dunno if they'd work for small minis though.
Lots and lots of foam trays and carrying cases. You see a lot of them sold for the miniature gamers out there and they work pretty well for what they do, but also tend to cost you a fair amount of coin. Hundreds and Hundreds of miniatures needing a storage solution is always a tricky problem as most of the carriers are made to hold a typical fantasy/modern/future army and those tend not to number quite so high.
Paizo has some nice solutions for sale if your FLGS is lacking them that they've got listed HERE.
I have a 5 foot wide, 6 foot tall shelf that was originally made for dvd/cassettes to be displayed on. It's 5 inches deep.
I keep my 1500 or so DND figs on it, large/huge figs on the bottom, animals on the 2 shelves above that, then undead for a couple of shelves, then non-core race sentients. Finally, at eye level, are the core race sentients, divided by type (armored, druids, casters, halflings, gnomes, dwarves).
On the 5 extra shelves I keep my 3.5 inch gashapon Gundams glued to 2 inch plastic warhammer bases (for when I do mechwarrior), as well as a shelf dedicated to scenery (tables, chairs, barrels, traps, statues, etc) from various game systems that work with my D&D minis.
On a different shelf, I have about 500 star wars minis, including ships and figures.
Another shelf holds my painted minis that I have collected over the years, a couple of dozen hot wheels (for playing transformers games). I'm still organizing, but I will have 4-5 more shelves with actual Mechwarrior figs (from the clix game, for playing mechwarrior RPG).
My supers clix are currently being sorted out by gender, and will either live on a shelf, or in plastic shoe-boxes stacked up in the gaming room.
My 1000 or so pieces of tile bits (from the D&D tiles sets) are all sorted by size and type and terrain on a separate shelf.
My rolled up maps are all in a holiday wrapping paper plastic container shoved into the corner of the room, between the walla and a shelf.
My Paizo fold up flip maps and paper map tiles are all on a shelf of their own.
My 500 or so RPG books are in 4 different shelves.
I use plastic containers that have adjustable dividers in them. Purchased from Big Lots, I believe.
I find the BEST way to organize, is to go over the adventure you're running and find the mini's that the group will encounter in the amount of time that is available for the session. I have a pretty good idea of how far my group can get in one session, so I just flip through the book or my notes and take out just the mini's that will be needed for that evening.
Then I just toss em in a small tupper-ware container. It's a lot easier to sort through 15-20 minis at the table than to dig through the hundreds that I have on the shelves.
I've never counted but probably have 2,000+ D&D minis...my collection got away from me quickly and I ran into the same problem you're facing!
My solution was to buy three large and one small plastic storage containers from Office Depot. I use the large ones for general storage and the small one to keep stuff I'm using regularly (general NPC people, basic monsters, dogs, and other things that appear a lot) or currently (the next few encounters and potential drop-ins). In the large ones, I have ziplock bags labled by basic type: orcs, goblin, drow, aquatic, elemental, evil humanoid, clerics, rangery, armored martial, aberrations, etc. - as you can tell, these don't necessarily correspond to official Bestiary type...I categorize by appearance mainly, not game terms, because that's what matters on the table.
I have a similar setup for Star Wars and misc minis (Heroscape, Clix, etc.) though I don't have nearly as many (maybe 500).
Sabol Design. has very nice mini storage but are a little pricey.
Also look for plastic fishing lure containers at your local super store
Small plastic containers/removable trays/tackle boxes etc..
But I have a 8 level glass door and shelved cabinet from Ikea - stores several hundred minis quite happily and all the glass helps me choose whats required, they are then packed into boxes for the scenario.
So, for those of you who have hundreds of miniatures, especially if they include groups of like minis and a significant number of large or even huge minis, how do you keep them organized? Do you use tackle boxes? A bunch of sacks? Shoe boxes? How do you keep them all straight?
I use various Snapware containers purchased from Target, similar to these.
They've got 2 sizes that work real well for me. There's the smaller size, 2 and/or 3 tiered containers, which usually have at least 1 tier with a tray system. This works some medium sized minis. We've got plenty of races divided and then some are sub-divided by general 'class' distinctions like light armor wearing elf, magic user types, barbarians etc.
The lower empty layer fit other medium sized, like most of the heavy armor wearing fighter types. These figures are the ones in big action poses with weapons pointing everywhere. We also store the nonhuman mediums there, or entire swaths of human females.
They've got a larger container that I've found works real well for anything large sized. So the army of giants, orges, most animals, even mounted humanoids. I can usually get the huge sized minis in there as well, but they have to lay sideways.
Well, I can't take credit for it as a gamer buddy showed me how he did it ,but we use these plastic storage carts found at all sorts of places( walmart/target/kmart...etc):
here is some examples of those found at walmart:
Sort as desired....rolls well so when dming I can reach over and pull the whole container to me if necessary during play and some are even big enough for the huge/gargantuan figs.
Also, I use a matting placed on the bottom so that the figs do not slide as much.
I've got just under 10,000 minitures - about 7,000 of which are painted or came pre-painted. My organization syatem is a mixed system, depending on the use of the mini.
Minis that belong to armies (historical, WFB, 40K) are organized by army. Pained figures are in hard plastic cases with foam trays, unpainted miniatures are in cardbaord boxes that fit on the same shelves (in my garage) as the army they go to.
Plastic miniatures (D&D, MageKnight, Heroscape) are in zip-lock plastic bags sorted either by type (goblins, bugbears, gnolls, etc for D&D) or by force at certain point levels (for example I have a bag with a 500pt X-men battle force, and another with a 1,000 pt Black Powder army). Extra or unused figures are loose in cardbaord boxes, labeled by type.
However, since MageKnight is now dead in mmy arera, I'm slowly converting my MageKnights to RPG figures.
For my painted RPG figures I use a large multi-drawer Craftsman rolling toolbox. I stock it with the painted figures I expect to be using during the current campaign. It can hold about 900-1000 figures on bases (less if I'm also adding scenery pieces. It rolls smoothly enough that the trip from the hall closet (where I store it) to the kitchen (where we game) doesn't knock over many figures. I have a simular small (hand carried) toolbox with mostly PC and common monsters that I can use if I'm gaming at my FLGS.
Painted figures I'm currently not using are sorted by type and stored in padded cardboard boxes in my garage. The same goes for scenery pieces.
Unpainted metal figures are kept inside the packaging in cardboard boxes, again sorted by type until I'm ready to prime them. At any given time there are probably 25-50 figures on my painting desk in various stages of completion.
It's a complicated system, but I have a serious addiction to painting and gaming on a table with minis and scenery (trees, hills, caves, buildings, etc).
One of my player once complemented me by saying that I set a pretty gaming table. I strive to do my best.
My current system is a mess and over the last year I quadrupled or so the number of minis I have... My current thought is to use these cases from Mantic Games.
Basically you can use them to store minis in cases like books then just grab the cases you need for any given game. If you buy their minis they come with cases but you can also buy the cases separately which is what I am doing.
Halidan, I'm not sure if I should be impressed or alarmed by your post. 10,000 miniatures!!! Wow.
Funny that you mentioned terrain though, because I have also started making terrain as well. My gaming group was wowed by my custom terrain in our last session. I am currently working on a complete scale model of a four story palace where most of my current campaign is going to take place, so organizing my miniatures is just part of my problem, I also need to store my terrain.
I have considered having my minis on display on open shelves, but I don't care for dusting, and I know it wouldn't be long before my minis would be dust-covered eyesores. I suppose I could build a plexiglas display case...
For now I have my minis in three plastic storage boxes, one of which also contains my dozens of gaming dice and various markers. I also keep a bunch of large minis in a Crown Royal whiskey bag. But I am currently just piling them into large compartments five or ten at a time. I mostly try to keep some organization to things, but they tend to get all jumbled up overnight.
I wouldn't mind a more protective system especially considering that half of my current miniatures are my own personal creations. But I can't spend another couple hundred bucks on this hobby. Well, not all at once anyway.
I do like the individual foam compartment idea. I wonder if I can find a way to do that on the cheap.
Since I never host, but either DM or sometimes supply minis for the game I've developed a nice (for me) way to organize them for travel.
I buy stackable plastic storage containers - something like this!
Each container has a theme, like "orcs", or "elves", or "undead". I pick and choose from the monsters I need, and stack those containers up.
I've also got some larger containers for various other game items like maps, spell templates, and plastic mini flying stands.
Personally, I use stackable plastic drawers for all the D&D and SW minis, sorted into different types (animal, aberation etc), and use Cystal Caste Battle Hives for character figures and metal monster figures. Two cases for character figures and one for monsters at the moment.
However, my husband, who is also a wargame player in addition to RPG player, has an even cooler set up. He managed to score a large set of metal drawers that maps were stored in. There are about 10 drawers about four feet by two feet, but only about 3 inches high. He puts sheet magnet on the base of his minis and stands then up in the drawer. It is a very space economical way to store a couple of thousand figures while still allowing them to be very accessible.
Personally, I use stackable plastic drawers for all the D&D and SW minis, sorted into different types (animal, aberation etc), and use Cystal Caste Battle Hives for character figures and metal monster figures. Two cases for character figures and one for monsters at the moment.
However, my husband, who is also a wargame player in addition to RPG player, has an even cooler set up. He managed to score a large set of metal drawers that maps were stored in. There are about 10 drawers about four feet by two feet, but only about 3 inches high. He puts sheet magnet on the base of his minis and stands then up in the drawer. It is a very space economical way to store a couple of thousand figures while still allowing them to be very accessible.
Hmm.... that sounds like an awesome storage system... I wonder if I can make something like that....
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Halidan, I'm not sure if I should be impressed or alarmed by your post. 10,000 miniatures!!! Wow.
I should mention that I started painting 30mm historicals (ACW and Napolionics) in 1975. When I started role playing in 1977, I just kept on painting
I do like the individual foam compartment idea. I wonder if I can find a way to do that on the cheap.
Try using pistol and rifle cases. The plastic is actually tougher that the GW Army cases, the latches on many models are metal reather than plastic, and the foam is usually pre-perforated, so you can make any size compartments you want. If you can only find cases with the bumpy waffle-pattern foam, that's still good for holding 25-28mm figures. I recently added a couple of 4-pistol cases to my collection (which will hold 100+ figures on three levels) for $10 each.
I acquired my storage system from the local hardware store, they're a 26 and 40 drawer sized for about 10-15 mini's per little drawer, and around 40 in the larger ones. Only drawback is that crossing into huge, or oddly shaped large, there's nowhere to go, and they're spreading out across the top and onto my desk. I have a large (up to) 18 slot clear plastic case for organizing a small portion and making it mobile. This one I intend to use for society, with a bunch of mediums and many larges to fill in for the pc/npc designators.
Dragons, wyrms, and trade stock are kept in a binder.
Forests, islands, mountains, plains and swamps are each kept in their own box.
Common greens, have a box and are alphabetical. Green rares have a box. Red, blue, black, and white have their own box. Gold, artifacts and dual lands live in their own box.
hah just kidding.
Quadropreds, monsters & pcs are in seperate boxes. These are sorted into archers and melee. I have a box of random minis that lives in my bag, and the PCs all have their own minis. Large, huge, my pcs & dragons live on a display shelf*. I take them only as needed. I have one carry case for these, though mostly the dragons just get carried by hand.
I can zip them in my gaming bag on top of my books, leaving the wings sticking out. It looks pretty cool and gives my players a bit of fret when they see the dragon's wings without seeing the dragons.
*ask me about 95 pounds of chocolate someday :)
|Lady Aurora
I have 2,782 miniatures - mostly plastic prepainted with a dozen or so pewter ones. I use Plano 737 tackle boxes, Keter tool boxes, and assorted clear plastic hobby boxes with adjustable dividers. I have 4 of the Plano boxes and they work the best. The top is clear plastic and has 14 sections that you can readily see right through the cover. Then it has a deeper section under the lid that you can literally store dozens of miniatures in if you don't mind them sliding together. Then the front has three drawers with 10 long sections per drawer. And finally, it has little plastic containers with dividers that are perfect for small minis. One Plano box is just for humans - divided by class with separate sections for armored soldiers, "commoners", and females (also subdivided). The big open space under the lid I use for animals (mammals). The second Plano box is for humanoids. Elves, Dwarves, and orcs each get their own drawer. They are further subdivided by class and gender. The little boxes on the side are for gnomes and halflings. The big space under that lid is for animals (birds, reptiles, and insects). The third Plano box is for monstrous humanoids - a drawer for gnolls, lizardmen, and goblinoids. Kobolds and other small humanoids in the little side boxes. The 4th box is for undead - a drawer for skeletons, zombies, and incorporal beings. I keep my dragons in one of the Keter tool boxes because its compartments are larger. I divide them by color. I use the clear plastic hobby boxes (with handles) for everything else - one box for angels, one box for devils & demons & misc. outsiders, one for elementals, one for plant-based creatures and lycanthropes, one for flying monsters, and one for giants & giantkin. Each box is labeled with an index card that lists the contents by category and identifies which drawer or level they are in. I like this system because the boxes are easily trasportable and readily stackable. Before a gaming session, I go and pick out what I'll need for the night along with a few extras (in case of random encounter) from my walk-in closet where all the boxes are stored. I throw the current minis into a small cardboard box that my players have taken to calling "the box of doom". Then I just reach in and pull out what I need as the adventure progresses. The players are responsible for their own personal character minis so that isn't an issue except when we're just drawing up characters and starting a campaign.
I have 1 of these
http://au.element14.com/raaco/126762/cabinet-organiser-44compartment/dp/136 709101
by the way, if anyone's 'getting rid' of their miniatures, I have been searching for a feasible bulk purchase. The prices on ebay and sites like miniature market are insane for me to contemplate buying them just to use. I know they're collectable, but that's never concerned me, just want variety and multiplicity (ever throw 60 orcs on the board?). If anyone's got suggestions, PM me.
As a follow up suggestion, I found a great buy last night. In the scrapbooking section of a certain store, I found a paper/stuff container that's about 4 inches deep, and completely open. They're stackable too, but on the low end of quality. In either case, they're clear see thru, and come in a variety of depths, widths, and heights.
|Fake Healer
I use 2 of these, fastened together with short bolts and washers so that they face away from each other. All the plastic boxes inside are separate and come out. I use a sharpie to label the clear plexi above each box to tell me what is in them (or should be). I don't know how many minis I have in it but I would estimate around 500-600ish... I can fit up to large size in there so I have to keep my huge and biggers in something else.
I usually use sharpie labels like "Orcs", "goblinoids", "reptilian humanoids" (which have kobolds, serpentfolk, yuan-ti, etc), "winged creatures", and stuff like that.
It works well for me and is easier to tote than any other solutions I have found....Oh and it's really about the cheapest good solution I found.
|Ross Byers RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32
We had almost all of our minatures stolen by a player. So when I started gaming I had to start rebuilding the collection. Right now we us craft sorter with removable trays. I fill the top tray with PCs and the rest with NPCs or monsters.
Monsters are still low currently as it gets very expensive to re-purchase all of those creatures you use in an encounter.


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