Sir Hawthorne. A bit of a Dilemma

[Buddy Lee]

Okay, here's the deal. I have an extra Sir Hawthorne that I was going to send my nephew for Christmas. Well, talking to him over the phone it seems that he is not as into HeroScape as he used to be (Who the heck can figure out 11 year olds anyway?). So my question is:

Do I give the SH to him as I originally intended? I know he would appreciate it, but not like he might have a year ago.

or

Give it away at Dragon*Con as some sort of prize, etc? I know I can find a good home for it there.

Any insight would be appreciated, and BTW Bannister and Rodriquez you are both banned from voting. :) :wink: :D :neener:

Buddy Lee

[Bannister]

Any insight would be appreciated, and BTW Bannister and Rodriquez you are both banned from voting. :) :wink: :D :neener:

Buddy Lee

I was just getting ready to click Dragoncon. Darn it!!!

:(

Bannister

[Sapper]

Send it to someone here. You know there are many people here who would appreciate/treasure/worship that figure.

[K/H_Addict]

run a contest like nether is doing.send it to the winner. i'm sure you'll find something to contest-ify...

[Buddy Lee]

Any insight would be appreciated, and BTW Bannister and Rodriquez you are both banned from voting. :) :wink: :D :neener:

Buddy Lee

I was just getting ready to click Dragoncon. Darn it!!!

:(

Bannister

Just trying to filter out those with an obvious alterior motive. Nothing personal. I want to have pure uncorrupted data. That means nwojedi can't vote either. Since, we all know he is so corrupted already. :)

Buddy Lee

[Jandars_Hope]

I voted 'give to a someone here' so i wouldn't appear selfish but
*ooh, ooh, i'll have it* :D

[Comet5]

I vote give it to me. because here in the UK, short of Ebay mortgage prices, I'll never be able to get him.

[Jandars_Hope]

I vote give it to me. because here in the UK, short of Ebay mortgage prices, I'll never be able to get him.

I'm with you on that one buddy!

[thehandofzarquon]

I voted 'give to a someone here' so i wouldn't appear selfish but
*ooh, ooh, i'll have it* :DYou're just trying to score bonus points, at least I'm honest about my selfish'ness (I voted to give me it) :P

[ninthdoc]

buddy, If you're nephew will not go :drool: over it like the folks here would, then I'd say send it to someone here. I appreciate looking out for your nephew, but you must ask yourself: Who you will make happiest with it? Perhaps you could have a contest for overseas posters only? I know of one other person who's taking care of an overseas poster. Maybe this would be a good way to extend the love past the US.

:2cents:

[feekonea]

It was between the family member and someone here for me. If you think one of your friends/ family members will enjoy it, I would give it to them, if not then probably sending one though here will be fine, Im sure someone will enjoy it.

[Buddy Lee]

Perhaps you could have a contest for overseas posters only? I know of one other person who's taking care of an overseas poster. Maybe this would be a good way to extend the love past the US.


Hmmm. This idea has merit. I will give it all due consideration.

NOTE: I reserve the right to do with the figure whatever the hell I want without any recriminations or hard feelings from anyone. If I choose to melt it in the flaming furnaces of oblivion then I will do so. :) Those who choose to attack my course of action will face the unrivaled disparagements of my wry wit and friendly banterlike insults. So just be forwarned. :wink:

Buddy Lee

[Jandars_Hope]

OF course you should decide what to do with the figure yourself!
'The choice is yours!'

[markwars]

Send it to Ed so he can further finance his Con travels. :P :P

[Dragon4201976]

I think you shoud give it to your Nephew beacause If he decides to keep going with the game he will regret not having it....

[Buddy Lee]

Send it to Ed so he can further finance his Con travels. :P :P

NOW. That would really p!$$ some people off.

:)

Buddy Lee

[Bannister]

... Perhaps you could have a contest for overseas posters only? I know of one other person who's taking care of an overseas poster.


ninth, I know you mean well and all but on behalf of those who will be attending DragonCon, SHUT THE DUCK UP!!!

:D

Bannister

[LilNewbie]

Wow...what a dilemma! Maybe hold onto it for a bit and see if his interest resurges for the game...Christmas is coming and what a cool present that would be! If he seems to continue to lose interest (or not be as excited about the game in the future) then you can always use it as a prize for future events or as a gift to someone here. I don't think the interest in Sir GB will wane. :D Just my .02 and I'm sure you will do what your conscience dictates.

Newb.

[ninthdoc]

You could withdraw the offer. Hold on to the figure and post a new thread about what to do with it every month. People might begin to curse your name. You could be the next Jason, when he's finally gone. :lol:

[toddrew]

Sounds like you've a reclamation project on your hands :) Give it to your nephew!

[Buddy Lee]

You could withdraw the offer. Hold on to the figure and post a new thread about what to do with it every month. People might begin to curse your name. You could be the next Jason, when he's finally gone. :lol:

Also an idea worth considering? :D

BTW, when are you taking off that d@mn hat?

Buddy Lee

[Nwojedi]

or you could give it back to the guy who gave it to you, and let him give it to one of his favorite people that didn't get one from the boards, since he found out he didn't have any extras when he got back home ;)

[Buddy Lee]

Nah, that ain't gonna happen.

Maybe if he hadn't totally raped me with his Airborne Elite...

Nah, wouldn't make any difference either.

Sorry, he's just SOL.

Buddy Lee

[ultradoug]

Any insight would be appreciated, and BTW Bannister and Rodriquez you are both banned from voting. :) :wink: :D :neener:

Buddy Lee

I was just getting ready to click Dragoncon. Darn it!!!

:(

Bannister

Just trying to filter out those with an obvious alterior motive. Nothing personal. I want to have pure uncorrupted data. That means nwojedi can't vote either. Since, we all know he is so corrupted already. :)

Buddy Lee

I cant vote eather I'm insain! DONT FORGET ABOUT ME! I voted for give it to me cuss I'm a greedy bas-- cant type that anymore, nevermind, give it to Nindoc. He is cool.

[ninthdoc]

BTW, when are you taking off that d@mn hat?

Buddy Lee

What hat?

Maybe if he hadn't totally raped me with his Airborne Elite...

A bunch of soldiers pulling a 5 way train on you was more than I needed to know.

give it to Nindoc. He is cool.

Awww.... :oops:

[ultradoug]

dry humps mark er I meen nindoc.
that joke never gets old NEVER!

[brokeasajoke]

I couldn't vote. I didn't see an option to sell it on Ebay for ph4+ |_3wtz!!!!!11!11!1oneoneeleven!!11! :whistle:

[ninthdoc]

ultradoug, put that thing away, or I'll show you a side of it you've never seen. The inside.

Congratualtions, you're on the list:

1. Jason
2. funrun
3. Bannister
4. toddrew
5. ultradoug

[happyjosiah]

Someone here, I say. And I have no one in mind and I already have one, so that is unbiased.

[RichardD]

If being from the UK is any sort of qualifying factor, give it to me too!

Aternatively, melt it down and send it back to Hasbro as a protest about limited availability Heroscape figs.

Actually, if you liked that idea, send it to me and I'll melt it down on your behalf. Honest.

[Roufus]

Give it to one of the nicer people on here.
Someone who's polite and curtious.
Care to hear nominations?
(no, I'm not going to nominate myself)

[Pilgrim]

Buddy - definitely give it to someone who will leap for joy over it, someone who every time they pull it out will smile smugly and tell their friends YET AGAIN the story of how they got a Sir Hawthorne for free even though they're now selling for $80 on ebay, someone who will be so excited they'll name their next cat Buddy Lee because of your generosity . . . . . That's the kind of recipient you want.

If that's your nephew, then definitely give it to him.

If not, my second choice would be to give it to someone you know who would be NUTS over the figure, and just buy your nephew an expansion pack of some sort. I got two Neraks at last year's TRU giveaway, and I gave one to my best buddy who's a die-hard HSer. It was great to see how much he loved getting his very own Nerak.

And if you don't have a friend who lives nearby who'd go crazy, then yeah, I'd say pick some sorry slob on this site. Or even trade it for something unique. I'd be happy to send you a live New England lobster via the mail! :wink:

Sir Hawthorne is too cool of fig right now to be given to someone who won't appreciate the gift . . . . . my $.02.

[Roufus]

Aww heck, I'll just nominate three people.
I haven't a clue if any of these people already own a copy, so my nominations may be null.

Bunjee
K/H Addict
Revdyer

Those are the three people that I know of that I think deserve a present.

[geddy lifeson]

Send it to Ed so he can further finance his Con travels. :P :P

Way wrong, funny but totally wrong :lol: :lol:

You could be the next Jason, when he's finally gone. :lol:

Will he ever be gone? Did boo ever leave? Will Jason be like Jesus and resurrect himself? Enquiring minds want to know...

[jdtenor]

Send to Jason Christ
Because all his other figures suck! :popcorn:

[player_of_volleyball]

donate it to the last unit standing contest su-bak-na is running

[blindmiceinboots]

what do hawthornes go for on ebay nowadays?

[Eclipse]

what do hawthornes go for on ebay nowadays?

I got mine for $35 :D

Now that I'm feeling a little more impartial, I say give it to someone who will really cheerish it. I can afford paying to much for plastic, but I know there's people out there who something that simple would mean the world too. I still can't find my Nerak :(

[ChaosChild]

Wow...what a dilemma! Maybe hold onto it for a bit and see if his interest resurges for the game...Christmas is coming and what a cool present that would be! If he seems to continue to lose interest (or not be as excited about the game in the future) then you can always use it as a prize for future events or as a gift to someone here. I don't think the interest in Sir GB will wane. :D Just my .02 and I'm sure you will do what your conscience dictates.

Newb.

I'm with LilNewbie on this one. Hold on to it at least until Chistmas. He might show renewed interest in Heroscape by then.

And you wouldn't want to have to give him yours. :wink: :D

[Nwojedi]

Nah, that ain't gonna happen.

Maybe if he hadn't totally raped me with his Airborne Elite...

Nah, wouldn't make any difference either.

Sorry, he's just SOL.

Buddy Lee

Such negativity from a generous situation. :P You should PM me and we should agree on the person to send to to, together :)

[Venom]

well as much as i would want one, you should keep it for when you have a massive game and someone else wants to use him also but doens't have him.

[bunjee]

Aww heck, I'll just nominate three people.
I haven't a clue if any of these people already own a copy, so my nominations may be null.

Bunjee
K/H Addict
Revdyer

Those are the three people that I know of that I think deserve a present.Wow, not sure how I rated into that list, there are so many deserving people on this board it is sad.

Thank you for the nom, but I already have a Sir Hawthorne, and even managed to sob story one from GB to give to my boyfriend who is stuck in Indonesia and couldn't come with me to GenCon.

Nope, no one who went to Gencon gets to be the lucky recipient of a Sir Hawthorne, they had their chance ;)

I did vote to give it to someone from these boards. How Buddy decides to choose is his battle to fight.

[Agent Minivann]

My take:

Give it to someone here. I would have to say Parduz if he hasn't received one yet for solidscape. If he's already got one, I'd have to say the cool thing to do would be to hook one of our other fellow scapers from across the pond. Perhaps Zzzzz for virtualscape. Selfish side of me says give it to Agent Minivann, but I realize I may only be a random scaper you don't really recognize.

Giving it to the nephew is kind of a catch 22. If he ends up really digging Heroscape, he might hold it against you down the road. If he ends up not caring that you gave it to him, the community might hold it against you. So I have to say if you give it to him, tell us that he LOVES it, and the game, even if you are lying through your keyboard. That way everyone will be cool with it. I'm sure there will still be grumbling, but if everyone thinks the nephew is jazzed, you're home free.

Editted for easier understanding. Stupid filter, the "d" word is in the Bible.

[Revdyer]

Aww heck, I'll just nominate three people.
I haven't a clue if any of these people already own a copy, so my nominations may be null.

Bunjee
K/H Addict
Revdyer

Those are the three people that I know of that I think deserve a present.
Thanks, Roufus, but, like Bunjee, I already am getting one; and I don't think I really deserve that to start with. That leaves K/H Addict, I guess.

[Slade]

I think that you should hold on to the fellow and see if your nephew redevelops his interest as most boys of that age have the attention span of a gnat on a weekend bender. Failing his interest, Sir Hawthorne should go to that most worthy of crowd, the heroscape fanatic among us who cannot afford his price and could not attend Gen Con. Otherwise I think this post is a great idea! Sir Derrick must die!

[robaula]

I would be only too pleased to take it off of your hands (and maybe send you something unique in return?)

[robaula]

Hey - just had another idea. Its Monkeyfish's birthday on the 29th of August - why not send it to him as a present? I dont figure that he has one yet, and it would save him spending his allowance to get one (only a litlun compared to some of us oldies)

[spiderM9]

Give it to your nephew. Then show him this thread. He'll be able to get some sense of how valuable it is, and he can decide to:

1) Keep it and maybe get a renewed interest in the game.
2) Sell it on e-bay, make some $$ and get it back into circulation.
3) Become a heroscapers.com LEGEND by coming up with some sort of giveaway contest of his own.

[Rÿchean]

yeah give it to your nephew....

that is what i did :-)

[Turtleboy]

I'll give you a cookie for it :D

[IX Legion]

:wink: I kniow there are probably more deserving peoploe, but i love in australia, i havent seen anything other than the master set, and mallidons prophecy. i have nothing other than a master set and SH would make me and all my friends happy(there are 6 of us who all use my master set only).

[IX Legion]

sorry bout typos, suposed to be "live" in australia

[Hendal]

Very intersting question to throw at us, your online heroscape community. What to do, that is a great question, I am not voting because I am torn between 2 decisons really.
1). yea give it to your nephew, he is blood, but more importantly it is an exclusive you can have in the gaming group you will hopefully be gaming with for life. Sure he isn't into it right now, but who knows in antoehr year or 5, and how cool if you are playing a game over christmas 10 year from now and he has Sir Hath., which is now selling for $300 on e-bay -- and the kicker you gave it too him.
Now with this one, you now your family, is he lickely to sell it on e-bay now or in a few years when he figures out he can get $50 bucks for it.

2). Have some kind of contest on heroscapers and give it to really good home where it will be loved and cherished. This of course is cause then Ihave a chance to get at it, but more make it where it is regular posted who couldn't make it to Gencon, and do a trade for there best custom contest or something where they write a story, or jump threw hoops so many times. This just also sounds like a lot of fun if down right.


I did not read any of the the posts, so if I repeated someone elses views, sorry.

Part of my family I would not give it too, half I would, so that doesn't help much, but that would be how I would be looking at it.

Hendal

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

Give it to meeeeeeeeeeeeee! :D

[robaula]

Give it to meeeeeeeeeeeeee! :D

I'm sure its long gone by now :wink:

[DarkDino]

I don't have a hawthorne and would love one, but I think the Dragon*Con prize is a good idea.

[Tiberius]

Buddy

I would keep it in your family or group of friends, if you know of someone close to you that doesnt have one but would love it, give it to them.

[InfinityMax]

This thread was started in August. Being as it is now February, I think advice is a little late. I can't even begin to guess what made Fuzzee decide to post here, especially with just a weird begging cry. How do you even dig up a thread this old?

[Tiberius]

Well that will teach me, I just didnt see it before and saw it was freshly posted in. Oh well.

[markwars]

Ah well, you tried to help Tiberius. ;)

[King Bravemore]

I vote make a contest

[zanter]

The last one is the good American thing to do. :wink:


EDIT: jeez! I didn't see how old this was! :shock:

[ZBeeblebrox]

I vote make a contest

:reaper: :wtf:

WE HAVE A NEW THREAD NECROMANCER!

[Rodriquez]

wow must be a day to res up old threads...

[scottishlad5]

I voted 'give to a someone here' so i wouldn't appear selfish but
*ooh, ooh, i'll have it* :D


Same here I'll have it,but you should probually put in a contest if you choose to give it to an heroscaper. the winner gets it.

[NecroBlade]

Once again, OLD THREAD.

:bang:

[Cavalier]

I voted 'give to a someone here' so i wouldn't appear selfish but
*ooh, ooh, i'll have it* :D


Same here I'll have it,but you should probually put in a contest if you choose to give it to an heroscaper. the winner gets it.It is pointless for you to vote in this as it is OLDER THAN DIRT. :roll:

[Onacara]

I'm bookmarking this thread so I can place my vote in 2010

[ninthdoc]

Lock it up, please... :roll:

[Fezzikthedoor]

Hey, to be fair, guys, if somebody resurrected a thread this old, at least he was probably using the search key. You can't have it both ways--no compaining about duplicate threads if you're gonna jump down the throat of somebody that at least tried to find an old one...even if it was REALLY old.

[oni]

Hey, to be fair, guys, if somebody resurrected a thread this old, at least he was probably using the search key. You can't have it both ways--no compaining about duplicate threads if you're gonna jump down the throat of somebody that at least tried to find an old one...even if it was REALLY old.

I disagree. I think Necromancing an old thread is fine IF they add something to the thread. If they're just going to add, "Yes I agree too," then they should have left the thread alone.

This thread is a prime example of someone NOT reading enough. All they needed to do is read the date of the first post.

[Rÿchean]

But is it really that big of a deal? Why are we getting in a twist becasue he necro'd an old irrelevant thread and contributed nothing to it. I don't see the problem. We have so many posters posting worthless crap in fresh threads, what is the harm here? I fully agree with Fezzik.

Lighten up, Francis.

[knuds64]

I don't know how to convince you that this is true, but I have a 11 y/o son and his friend that are love Heroscape and I would love to give them a Sir Hawthorne.

[NecroBlade]

:deadhorse: :brickwall: :surrender:

[Onacara]

I wonder how many PMs Buddy has gotten the past few days. :ponder:

[ParaGoomba Slayer]

Where's the "Keep it for myself so if someone else comes over we can both draft a Sir Hawthorne instead of fighting about it" option?

[Onacara]

Where's the "Keep it for myself so if someone else comes over we can both draft a Sir Hawthorne instead of fighting about it" option?

It's right next to the *EDITED SO I WON'T GET BANNED* option.

[S1R_ART0R1US]

What ended up happening to it?

[Eckels]

What ended up happening to it?

After reading through the thread - I too, am curious. It's funny that this thread came back from the dead twice.

Though clearly accidental, I don't think this is a pointless necromancy at all. There's an ending to the story somewhere that could still be interesting.

What say you, Buddy Lee? What became of Sir GB?

[Heroscape Elffy]

Seriously. I never voted, but I saw the thread. Can you tell us?

[Sweetcurse]

All the negatives really need to lighten up. This thread has taught us all the spirit of sharing and selflesness. Without this thread the droves of Heroscape fanatics would be mobbing to get the latest relases and stalking each other out to steal those exclusives. Thanks to BL gentle spirit peace has been restored to the HS universe. God Bless BL and the Necromancer.

Yes, I beieve the thread did just that, bite me. :p

[Thorgrim]

I'll give you one SHINY NICKEL for it.

[d3athkiller]

Well you could always do a raffle to see who gets it ,but they would have to tell you if they want to be in the raffle or not. Or you could give it to me.

[Buddy Lee]

I giv to nefw.

He lik it.

Bddy L