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[urofpersia]

Dear fellow forummers,

its that time of the year again when Ur of Persia solicits for all your Mooncake tins! They will go towards storing my precious toy soldiers. The reason why Mooncake tins are great is because they are ferrous (and thus magnetic) and sufficiently broad yet not too high.

So do pass me your leftover tins.

Thank you!

P.S. naturally applies to forummers in Singapore only.

[WangEnlai]

They are works of art.

Even the cheap ones!

[Centaur]

Dear fellow forummers,

its that time of the year again when Ur of Persia solicits for all your Mooncake tins! They will go towards storing my precious toy soldiers. The reason why Mooncake tins are great is because they are ferrous (and thus magnetic) and sufficiently broad yet not too high.

So do pass me your leftover tins.

Thank you!

P.S. naturally applies to forummers in Singapore only.

Ummm dear, not all are made of tin... have some in card board paper and some in wood. This year, you will see a huge array of different kinds... in any case, yes, will keep the boxes for you.

[urofpersia]

Ummm dear, not all are made of tin... have some in card board paper and some in wood. This year, you will see a huge array of different kinds... in any case, yes, will keep the boxes for you.

I only want the tins. The rest I cant use. I want them for storage, not for collection.

[Centaur]

I only want the tins. The rest I cant use. I want them for storage, not for collection.

Ok, will weed out the undesirables...

[urofpersia]

It is again that time of the year where I solicit Mooncake tins from my fellow forummers. Please don't throw away your tins and pass them to me! I am using them for storage and need their ferrous magnetic friendly properties. Much obliged!

Cheers

[kaiselin]

It is again that time of the year where I solicit Mooncake tins from my fellow forummers. Please don't throw away your tins and pass them to me! I am using them for storage and need their ferrous magnetic friendly properties. Much obliged!

Cheers

Ooooohhhhhh, what a wonderful way to store your minis, and a continual supply every year of unwanted tins that you can recycle!!!!
I have resorted to using pizza boxes to store mine at times. but the magnetic tins sound wonderful as well as they have to look better on your shelf then cardboard pizza boxes.

Just out of curiosity, since I have never seen a Mooncake box except in a picture, how many figures can you store in there easily, is there enough height to get mounted figs in ?

I took a large wardrobe cabinet took out the rod to hang clothed and made shallow trays/drawers to fit into brackets that I mounted on the sides of the cabinet so that I could store all our miniatures, but finding just the right boxes to travel with the figs is always a problem

[urofpersia]

Ooooohhhhhh, what a wonderful way to store your minis, and a continual supply every year of unwanted tins that you can recycle!!!!
I have resorted to using pizza boxes to store mine at times. but the magnetic tins sound wonderful as well as they have to look better on your shelf then cardboard pizza boxes.

Just out of curiosity, since I have never seen a Mooncake box except in a picture, how many figures can you store in there easily, is there enough height to get mounted figs in ?

I took a large wardrobe cabinet took out the rod to hang clothed and made shallow trays/drawers to fit into brackets that I mounted on the sides of the cabinet so that I could store all our miniatures, but finding just the right boxes to travel with the figs is always a problem

Here is a picture.



If you know how big a mooncake is you can judge the size, a tin can store 4 of them. They are deep actually a little deeper than I require but great for those who game with 28mm or larger. Mounted figures should ok, again depend on your scale. 15mm is the most popular scale and it goes in well. I game in smaller scales.

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[kaiselin]

Here is a picture.



If you know how big a mooncake is you can judge the size, a tin can store 4 of them. They are deep actually a little deeper than I require but great for those who game with 28mm or larger. Mounted figures should ok, again depend on your scale. 15mm is the most popular scale and it goes in well. I game in smaller scales.

Thanks Urofpersia,
I really like the tin that has the see thru lid, how handy that would be!!!!

Unfortunately I game with and paint 25/ 28 mm figs, 15 definitely have the advantage as far as saving space both on the gaming table and in storage, but they are way too small to paint. I like to get into the detail and just can't see it in the 15mm- even the 25/28mm I have to paint under a magnifying lamp, Old age is a b####,

[urofpersia]

Thanks Urofpersia,
I really like the tin that has the see thru lid, how handy that would be!!!!

Unfortunately I game with and paint 25/ 28 mm figs, 15 definitely have the advantage as far as saving space both on the gaming table and in storage, but they are way too small to paint. I like to get into the detail and just can't see it in the 15mm- even the 25/28mm I have to paint under a magnifying lamp, Old age is a b####,

Should still work with 28mm cavalry as long as there are no long lances sticking up. Fellow wargamer of mine stores his 1/72 Shermans in them. Forget 15mm, that is so 70s. The newer scales of 6mm and 10mm are better. But then I am first and foremost a wargamer and painting is a distant last on my priorities.