So, my “end of this” posts become ever less plausible.
Attack wing keeps popping up and I keep stressing the small stuff.
At last count I have 15 more ships and several card packs coming.
Wizkids had another half price clearance, so I jumped on another original Starter Set, a Blood Oath and To Boldly Go faction packs.
Ebay produced some reasonably priced OP card packs, Kruge’s BOP, Kohlar’s Cruiser, the Reliant and other bits and I got the very last $10 clearances from a local retailer to fill out a number of fringe fleets.
Lots of Excelsior and K’Tinga class in the mix, but they are the bread and butter f the franchise.
I am sitting on a well priced, but still insanely expensive Chang’s BOP, that will cost me close to half what I sold a chunk of my original collection for, including Chang and the Reliant.
This is the breaking point for me.
I will not spend $100au for basically three cards I do not have, any of which I could replace with a glue stick and a little effort (Chang gets a free Echo action and his BOP gets to fire torps and remain cloaked, both easily enough done in other ways).
The completist side of me, rarely denied, is getting put in the corner on this one.
The fact is, there are only so many combinations of abilities available within the scope of the games mechanics and sometimes a few ways of skinning that same cat (sorry cat lovers, figure of speech).
More Klingons generally, have been the key, but hair splitting is not needed.
Klingons never go to waste, especially K’Tinga’s and BOP that can theoretically fit into many periods (TNG/DS9, TOM, TOS, Voyager maybe even Kelvin).
The number of actual Fed ships and some others are getting silly (6 Akira class), but I have plans to make a few “assimilated” Borg versions, using up some of my excess cards, ship multiples and deep cuts.
Is it finally over for real?
I think so this time, running out of room.