Small Scale Military Headquarters

In dealing with your significant other, never say any of the following words:

XD, Elite Force, Action Figures, Planes, aircraft, custom, guys, troops or armor.

If you start to slip, simply replace these words with: shoe or shoes.

Or:

Ultimate Soldier, Admiral Toys, BBI, ebay, toy r us, or walmart..

Simply replace these words with: Donald J Pliner, 9 West, Jimmy Choo, or Prada.

Also critical, when talking about on clearance, always say "on Sale".


For example:

"Honey, I need to run to [Walmart] 9 West. They have the coolest new [armor] shoes from [Ultimate Soldier] Jimmy Choo.

Also, I might be receiving a package today from [ebay] Donald J Pliner so please be on the look out for it. It's an [admiral toys] Prada [custom] shoe and I'm so excited.

It took me forever to find one and I got it on [clearance] sale."

rofl

If I say that she might question my sexuality and force me into therapy

Equally important, there is no such thing as "New", "Just out" or "Hot item". These types of armor, aircraft, and figures are referred to as "that old thing", "have had that forever", or "just got it out of the attic/basement". As has already been covered to protect our own Spudkopf, a relatively convicing dust patina can be created with dryer lint, if needed.

And of course, packages should never be delivered to your home address, and all packaiging should be disposed of carefully. Maybe that's what BadCat needs to do--"Discretely delivered in a plain brown paper wrapper":
Wife/GF: "Did you just got another package of those toy airplane thingys?"
XD Collector: "No honey, it's just some pornographic movies."
Wife/GF: "Oh, ok. It's good to hear you have gotten past that silly fixation."

Too late my G/F just read this thread and is not happy, she is now calling all of your wives to inform them… I tell you …….RUN…. JUST RUN…….. SAVE YOUR SELVES!!!!!!!!!



























Just Kidding If you did run then you might have a problem

sure -sure - but then the wife/girlfriend may expect the aforesaid shoes/handbag/etc. on the next birthday or dinnerdate. If married the conversation runs like this.

Wife - "Honey you mentioned a sale at Ninewest last week - did you find anything?"
XD head - (Fumbles in pockets and for words) Nine er West -oh yeah I um was sidetracked with all the shoes and just couldnt find anything left in your size that i thought youd want..."
(looks away in remorse for having to lie....)

camera zooms in tight - wife in background appears satisfied with answer but looks away....

I have had ebay purchases shipped to either my work or to my buddy. I thne leave them in the car for a period of weeks and then proceede to bring them in at a later date. That way I can pass the polygraph when I say they have been lying around for a while--and seem suprised that she didn't notice.

FieroDude wrote:"that old thing"

An extension on this is "I'm actually thinking of selling it" this gives them some false hope, further this extension then allows you eBay time on the computer as you can claim your doing some research and just checking the prices.

But the best thing to do is to keep your display fluid by moving things around on a regular basis, this way they are never really sure if a it is a new piece or not. Frequent rotation can also hide some variances or increases in the plastic to shelf ratios.

As for the dust/new items issue I think I may have a solution, after unpacking and assembling your new item (it goes without saying never let them catch you doing that), while admiring your new piece keep a soft cloth handy and if she walks in just do a couple of puffs to simulate blowing some dust away and then gently wipe the item with the cloth as if you are cleaning it. Better still actively let them catch you cleaning items from time to time, this way any new items can be misconstrued as old items that have just been cleaned.

If all else fails just attempt to change the subject, it works for politicians!

Hahahahaha Im single! .... Err...
/Shakes fist at sky

I just come right out with the truth with all my XD stuff. No problems thus far although I am missing my 1/32nd $99 playset

My compromise is this . I am allowed to have the planes and tanks in the house for a week. My wife has a new car, my son as well. She is getting new furnture in the living room and all I have are boxes and boxes of XD. Am I missing something here.

Maybe it's more the fear of ending up missing something...

EDIT: Like parts of one's anatomy

if I leave anything out - it usually gets tossed in the trash or out in the garage - XD wise. Im taling figures and weapons - she is more careful with the planes and tanks - but i dont leave those out.

XD and wife are compatible. For exemple, my own experience...

my wife said I was addict to armor, plane and so on so one day a couple of guys wearing white jacket came to home and she introduce them as some friends realy interested by my addiction and those guys said they owned a big colletion too so they invited me to see it.
It's now four weeks I am with them and I am still waiting to see their collection. Anyway, it's a realy quite house and the food is not bad. I don't know why they give me pills but hey, they will show me this famous collection tomorrow... as they said yesterday, and the day before yesterday, and the day before before yesterday, and the day...

phil

grunt1 wrote:In dealing with your significant other, never say any of the following words:

XD, Elite Force, Action Figures, Planes, aircraft, custom, guys, troops or armor.

If you start to slip, simply replace these words with: shoe or shoes.

Or:

Ultimate Soldier, Admiral Toys, BBI, ebay, toy r us, or walmart..

Simply replace these words with: Donald J Pliner, 9 West, Jimmy Choo, or Prada.

Also critical, when talking about on clearance, always say "on Sale".


For example:

"Honey, I need to run to [Walmart] 9 West. They have the coolest new [armor] shoes from [Ultimate Soldier] Jimmy Choo.

Also, I might be receiving a package today from [ebay] Donald J Pliner so please be on the look out for it. It's an [admiral toys] Prada [custom] shoe and I'm so excited.

It took me forever to find one and I got it on [clearance] sale."

GRUNT1 it seems like your second half PSYOPS is working on you....stay away from whatever food she is feeding you....hahahahahhaha!!!!

Me, Honey look : I just got this plane and it has tiger stripes!!!!

The Wife, Honey look : The tail gate goes up with a click of this button and the seats fold down with this button !!!!!

I have found that by purchasing for my wifes BMW ahead of time and putting it away works for me! So when I get a package delivered and she gives me that "What did you get in the mail?" I respond with "Oh, I ordered you a new ..... for your car!" And if she wants to see, I take the package and go into the garage and retrieve a previous purchased part for her car! Works!!
I also use my covered, seldom driven, Porsche 911S in the garage to store those XD Walmart purchases which I sneak into the garage from my truck when she isn't looking! Then I blend them into my sons XD troops over a period of time! Also, works great for my son as a reward for doing something well.
These skills come from years of purchasing expensive antique toys for my own collection. Now that I have retired, I don't have a toy specific budget that I had before!

All of these post here point to the fact that I am not alone in this cloak and dagger!
What I do when I buy an item is keep my them in the bed of my Avalanche and wait for 'the changing of the guard' when my wife is heading out to work or not in the house I run out pick up the item and run it upstairs to the ONLY room I have and stash it. When she goes in that room and notices a new item I tell her, "oh that, I got that in an trade or I am going to give that as a gift to a nephew or the one that I use alot is MAN I got a deal on that and I want to keep it!" She does not keep track of what is what.
As far as packages in the mail, since my wife does not use the front door to enter/leave the house and since our front porch is large any box that is dropped off is not noticeable from the driveway/street, I just pick up the delivered box and place it in the bed of my truck and wait for the changing of the guard!
Now with the introduction of the new 1/18 aircraft I am going to have to come up with a new place to store/display them!

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exether_mega wrote:XD and wife are compatible. For exemple, my own experience...

my wife said I was addict to armor, plane and so on so one day a couple of guys wearing white jacket came to home and she introduce them as some friends realy interested by my addiction and those guys said they owned a big colletion too so they invited me to see it.
It's now four weeks I am with them and I am still waiting to see their collection. Anyway, it's a realy quite house and the food is not bad. I don't know why they give me pills but hey, they will show me this famous collection tomorrow... as they said yesterday, and the day before yesterday, and the day before before yesterday, and the day...

phil

Phil by any chance is your room padded?

I have waited outside to intercept the postman or the UPS lady a couple of times then stash the item in the shed, then I would send my G/F out on to an errand so I can retrieve my prize…



One question why do we do this cloak and dagger?

VMF115 wrote:

exether_mega wrote:XD and wife are compatible. For exemple, my own experience...

my wife said I was addict to armor, plane and so on so one day a couple of guys wearing white jacket came to home and she introduce them as some friends realy interested by my addiction and those guys said they owned a big colletion too so they invited me to see it.
It's now four weeks I am with them and I am still waiting to see their collection. Anyway, it's a realy quite house and the food is not bad. I don't know why they give me pills but hey, they will show me this famous collection tomorrow... as they said yesterday, and the day before yesterday, and the day before before yesterday, and the day...

phil

Phil by any chance is your room padded?

How do you know that ?

exether_mega wrote:

VMF115 wrote: Phil by any chance is your room padded?

How do you know that ?

Are you the guy in the next room that Keeps yelling XD s not an addiction it’s a way of life? Or the other guy in the room across from me that keeps saying “ don’t touch my XD its all I got”