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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mournblade94" data-source="post: 5094628" data-attributes="member: 74608">That's pretty sad from what I am hearing.  I remember Orc's nest being advertised in old 80's issues of DRAGON.  My friend and I made a 'pilgrimage' there.  I was underwhelmed.  i don't know what I was expecting.  They had a faux piece of armour, specifically a Bascinet for sale.  It was something like 75 pounds sterling.  I was holding it, asked the guy (the orc?) if it was made of steel. (I knew it wasn't, but I was going to negotiate a price because it was a chinsy helmet from Orc's nest)  Bragging rights and all.  He Rolled his eyes, and in perfect cockney said "No its made of CHEESE!"I smiled, and as squeezing the obviously tin helmet at the bottom, substantially depressing the sides, I said "Oh that is why I can push the sides in like this!"  We left.  Sad that our overseas gaming mecca was anything but.On a better note, that same trip we went to Nottingham.  We went to find Gamesworkshop.  This was in 1998 before GW stores were common.  It was a sunday in that industrial city, and after a night in the oldest pub "Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem" we decided to seek out GW.  We found a store, got excited, then realized... it was just a store.  The friendly clerk however, pointed us in the direction to find the HQ, in an industrial park o nthe edge of the city.  We walked there for about an hour (No taxi knew what the hell we were looking for), and wound up in an industrial park.  We wandered for about another 20 minutes and just as we were about to give up... there it was.  A few wee cars in a parking lot beneath this giant granite statue of a SPACE MARINE.We knocked on the door, this was the GW headquarters mind you on a sunday, and the people were shocked to see us.  We explained our story, of how we were fanboy americans, and they laughed, gave us a tour of the facility, and gave us parting gifts.  It made the trip to Nottingham worth it.</blockquote>

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