Must... have...

pyratejohn · 01-13-2010, 02:26 PM

giant... ANTS!
You know, if this was Halloween I bet I'd have no problem at all finding a bag of plastic ants. Right now, I have struck out in four different places: the party store, the craft store, the teacher's store and the dollar store.
Dang!

AOTA · 01-14-2010, 08:01 AM

SJGames used to giant ants miniatures could find those but here is a link to the card board ones.

http://www.warehouse23.com/item.html?id=SJG7303

pyratejohn · 01-14-2010, 10:03 AM

Thanks Bob. I think I may have some of the cardboard ones laying around in a shoebox somewhere.
What I really want are:
http://www.zymetrical.com/product.asp?dc=b&3=334
They'd be perfect for giants ants in my current campaign, and at that size, I could use them as even bigger bugs vs Traveller 15mm figures.

AOTA · 01-14-2010, 01:17 PM

I've seen things like these at the Dollar Tree/Dollar General/Dollar Store. Might want to check there.

pyratejohn · 01-14-2010, 05:49 PM

That was one of the places I checked yesterday. I hit a toy store, a game store, a $5 and under store and a novelty gift store today and still no luck.

I made some paper minis just now. They'll have to do. Thanks again for the suggestions!

pyratejohn · 01-18-2010, 06:59 AM

Ahhhh, the irony... after I laid out the 24 paper minis I made for Friday night's game, and mentioned I had looked high and low for little plastic ants, my wife says to me, "we have a whole pack of them in with the Halloween decorations."
DOH!

LKW · 01-21-2010, 01:27 AM

I saw a bag of plastic toys called "Army Ants" many years ago, and I always regret not having picked them up. They were plastic ants with cartoony helmets, web gear, and guns. The mind boggles.

pyratejohn · 01-22-2010, 03:40 PM

Sounds like fun! What scale were they?

LKW · 01-24-2010, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyratejohn

Sounds like fun! What scale were they?

They were basically 1-1.5" high (but in a product like this "scale" is an alien concept), and were bipedal -- the other four arms held weaponry or gestured.

pyratejohn · 01-29-2010, 04:06 PM

These?
http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics2/mimp18.jpg

01-13-2010, 02:26 PM	#1
pyratejohn Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, Maryland	Must... have... giant... ANTS! You know, if this was Halloween I bet I'd have no problem at all finding a bag of plastic ants. Right now, I have struck out in four different places: the party store, the craft store, the teacher's store and the dollar store. Dang! __________________ Happily RPGing since 1976. My Gaming and Reenacting Site (under construction)

01-14-2010, 08:01 AM	#2
AOTA MIB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Olathe, KS	Re: Must... have... SJGames used to giant ants miniatures could find those but here is a link to the card board ones. http://www.warehouse23.com/item.html?id=SJG7303 __________________ Bob Gilson Mib#3477 Formally Bobzilla GURPS Checker for Prime Directive

01-14-2010, 10:03 AM	#3
pyratejohn Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, Maryland	Re: Must... have... Thanks Bob. I think I may have some of the cardboard ones laying around in a shoebox somewhere. What I really want are: http://www.zymetrical.com/product.asp?dc=b&3=334 They'd be perfect for giants ants in my current campaign, and at that size, I could use them as even bigger bugs vs Traveller 15mm figures. __________________ Happily RPGing since 1976. My Gaming and Reenacting Site (under construction)

01-14-2010, 01:17 PM	#4
AOTA MIB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Olathe, KS	Re: Must... have... I've seen things like these at the Dollar Tree/Dollar General/Dollar Store. Might want to check there. __________________ Bob Gilson Mib#3477 Formally Bobzilla GURPS Checker for Prime Directive

01-14-2010, 05:49 PM	#5
pyratejohn Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, Maryland	Re: Must... have... That was one of the places I checked yesterday. I hit a toy store, a game store, a $5 and under store and a novelty gift store today and still no luck. I made some paper minis just now. They'll have to do. Thanks again for the suggestions! __________________ Happily RPGing since 1976. My Gaming and Reenacting Site (under construction)

01-18-2010, 06:59 AM	#6
pyratejohn Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, Maryland	Re: Must... have... Ahhhh, the irony... after I laid out the 24 paper minis I made for Friday night's game, and mentioned I had looked high and low for little plastic ants, my wife says to me, "we have a whole pack of them in with the Halloween decorations." DOH! __________________ Happily RPGing since 1976. My Gaming and Reenacting Site (under construction)

01-21-2010, 01:27 AM	#7
LKW *GURPS Traveller* Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Illuminati World HQ, Austin Tx	Re: Must... have... I saw a bag of plastic toys called "Army Ants" many years ago, and I always regret not having picked them up. They were plastic ants with cartoony helmets, web gear, and guns. The mind boggles. __________________ Loren Wiseman Traveller Guru-in-Residence Austin TX www.lorenwiseman.com www.irbw.com

01-22-2010, 03:40 PM	#8
pyratejohn Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, Maryland	Re: Must... have... Sounds like fun! What scale were they? __________________ Happily RPGing since 1976. My Gaming and Reenacting Site (under construction)

01-29-2010, 04:06 PM	#10
pyratejohn Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, Maryland	Re: Must... have... These? http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics2/mimp18.jpg __________________ Happily RPGing since 1976. My Gaming and Reenacting Site (under construction)