What have you bought that was a complete waste of money?

[Aksu]

Pax Limpopo 28 mm pig tickler set, a hoot of an idea if you are into steampunk and pith helmeted unicyclists, but the castings suffered from mold misalignment to such an extent I did not even bother to start removing the flash.
Cheers,
Aksu

[Roy]

Actually, when I think on it (and now of relevance to this forum), I bought Future War Commander when it first came out.
Bought one (or two, I can't remember) small armies from Baccus, looked at them all and then... Absolutely no idea what happened to them. I'm pretty sure I sold the book on, but I wouldn't stake money on it. 

[petercooman]

According to my wife, everything.

According to me, definately my heng long 1/16 RC jagdpanther. I like it, but at that price i could have bought two armies.

[Vamboozle]

Somewhere I have a copy of the Newbury Ancient Rules (early 80's if I remember correctly) that were never used.

To go with this is about a full cohort of 25mm republican Romans bought just prior to the decision that 15mm would be cheaper.

And the.......I could go on

[Ithoriel]

Somewhere I have a copy of the Newbury Ancient Rules (early 80's if I remember correctly) that were never used.

Ooh! Want a near mint and unread/ unused set of Newbury's "Warfare Through The Ages: Wargames Manual and Foundation Rules for the Period 3000 BC to 1700 AD" to go with those?

[Vamboozle]

Ooh! Want a near mint and unread/ unused set of Newbury's "Warfare Through The Ages: Wargames Manual and Foundation Rules for the Period 3000 BC to 1700 AD" to go with those?

Oh lord - now I feel an ill considered purchase coming on.   

[FierceKitty]

Arrrgh! Those Newbury rules were the first set I purchased. They may be part of why I prefer to write my own.

[Last Hussar]

"The Just a Few Orcs guide to manners"

[Shecky]

The $250 in 1/144 scale WW1 airplanes I bought about 15 years ago. I had grand ideas - needed British, French and German planes to cover 1916 - 1918. Put together one, painted it somewhat, then totally lost interest. I'm not sure what happened to the models.

Then there's the $150 I spent on 15mm HYW French 10 years ago. A friend was at Historicon and phoned me up saying he was going to buy HWY English and would I be interested in getting the French. I never opened a pack and he never painted the English.

And I won't even mention the $200+ my same friend convenced me to go in with him on the By Fire and Sword "Deluge" kickstarter. I'm not sure I'll ever see anything from that and even if I do I've lost interest in the game. I did order some figures separate from the kickstarter, and though they look nice, the metal is so brittle they don't hold up very well.

[Nosher]

I never spent on anything I consider a waste of money on wargames, much in the same vein that women never consider their 358th pair of shoes or 975th handbag a waste of money.

[NTM]

Combined Arms rules for WWII 

[cbr3d.com]

And I won't even mention the $200+ my same friend convenced me to go in with him on the By Fire and Sword "Deluge" kickstarter. I'm not sure I'll ever see anything from that and even if I do I've lost interest in the game. I did order some figures separate from the kickstarter, and though they look nice, the metal is so brittle they don't hold up very well.

I too am in the Fire and Sword 'The Deluge' kickstarter, it seems this week they are starting to ship the main batch of those figures and the book.  Yes the metal is hard and a little brittle but I actually like the figures.  Anyway just wanted to let you know that at least you should get your figures in the next few weeks now.  

My worst investment, and there have been a few, was actually a purchase of a Napoleonics uniform guide on CD, cost just under £30 was actually worth IMO £1.99, and that is being generous.  Anyway, I consider that the worst waste of money even though it by far is not the most expensive purchase I have made but never used.  

[Leman]

The Konig Krieg stable of rules. Never used them and sold off my 15mm SYW before I'd even completed one army.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Combined Arms rules for WWII 

There are at least 3 with that title.....one is excellent, like my punctuation.

IanS

[Leman]

The one on siege warfare may get an outing one day as I have a Pendraken star fort begging to be used.

[NTM]

There are at least 3 with that title.....one is excellent, like my punctuation.

IanS

Just messing with you it's actually one of the few sets of the dozens purchased that I've actually played and enjoyed.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

You could explain it to me some time....

IanS 

[Orcs]

"The Just a Few Orcs guide to manners"

You just don't mix in the right circles to use them 

[Last Hussar]

No, because I have some!

[jambo1]

Javis Foam Hedges and walls - Binned again.

Oh noes!! I have just purchased both hedges and wall!! If only I had read this first!