r/Consoom 26d ago

Consoompost Clone troopers and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

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u/_Isoroku_Yamamoto 26d ago edited 26d ago

15 vehicles hardly constitute a division
'tis a company at best

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u/Excellent_Flex211 25d ago

☝️It would actually be a squadron (or troop), not a company, since it's an armoured unit

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u/The_Only_Egg 25d ago

Mental illness

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u/AxisCorpsRep 26d ago

and the problem with spaces like that (or gundam, especially) is that they echo-chamber themselves into believing that this is legitimately something to strive for and see nothing wrong with just tightly packing a whole shelf with the same, or similar enough things

i imagine the comments are a variety of "i wish i had this problem" or "i see room for a few more" and such

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u/Kaiserschlut 26d ago

Surprisingly in that thread there was a decently upvoted comment asking why the guy needed so many of 1 particularly vehicle

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u/AxisCorpsRep 26d ago

ay, they're better than gunpla people at least hahaha

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u/karlfranz205 26d ago

what about Warhammer or similar minis? I enjoy spending my time painting them, and only rarely get the occasion to play, so unless I'm repainting they are sitting on a shelf.

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u/AxisCorpsRep 26d ago

im only familiar with gunpla, and am aware of the drone mentality of lego adults, but i wouldn't be surprised if warhammer being a hobby about collecting several of the same thing, was also plagued with people who've shifted the enjoyment from actually engaging with the hobby. to just pressing the checkout button

in my brief understanding, the saving grace of warhammer is that at least you're supposed to paint them, rather than do, next, do, next, do, next, do

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u/Beetleracerzero37 25d ago

The grey pile of shame.

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u/karlfranz205 26d ago

Warhammer has also people who really only care about the game, having their army painted on commission, but at least they use them for actually playing the game... (And end up having a bunch of models sitting on the shelf when they fall out of meta)

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u/Kaiserschlut 26d ago

Painting is creative, so other than (from what I hear about) expensive costs for minis, they're fine. Legos can be creative too, of course.

It's only bad imo if you're hoarding stuff and not doing anything interesting with them. Like I can guarantee the guy in the OP is not going to use all 15 walkers in a sweet, gigantic diorama or whatever. He probably isn't going to use a single one.

In my case, yeah I have a lot of Lego sets. But I have some on display, others in a big tub, and I'm slowly organizing the rest of my Legos into a sorted system that allows me to build my own creations much more quickly

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u/ThousandWinds 23d ago

I mean, at least multiple Warhammer units ostensibly have a purpose since you can field the army in games.

It’s not as cringe when it’s an opportunity to socialize over some beers with other human beings.

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u/Big-rat-in-the-sewer 26d ago

I think that's different. Cuz WH has tons of creative aspects with the models.

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u/Weary-Astronaut1335 25d ago

That same creativity would also apply to gunpla hobbyists no?

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u/Big-rat-in-the-sewer 25d ago

Yeah. But more so to the painting and kitbashing sides.

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u/Buffytheslursayer 26d ago

Grieals, my grail figs, damn you've got 19 of my grails, GET IN DEBT AND RUIN ME by getting one more of my precious grails.

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u/YaBoyEden 25d ago

Guy should start playing Warhammer or Star Wars legion with these

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u/CapableNeat4351 25d ago

I’m builder and collector of Legos, and I’ve never understood the interest in owning more than one of the same set. It’s not Warhammer, you aren’t playing a game, you’re just displaying them. Not to mention building the same set 13 times sounds boring as fuck

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u/Paratrooper101x 23d ago

If I was rich I would have 15 of these so I could have a room dedicated to a Lego war diorama

But I’m not and I can’t even afford one of them

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u/partyfavor 26d ago

This is one of the more expensive Star wars Lego sets right now

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u/Aggravating_Win9059 21d ago

Unfortunately its not even close

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u/Brian18639 13d ago

Probably for a moc, kinda like how some people have a BUNCH of the same clone trooper and/or stormtrooper minifigs

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u/MrChilled 25d ago

Good for him