Ok, for 10 years now I've been making Marine Armor to order. I've always done my best to make sure that anyone that ordered gear from me was happy with what they got out of the box, no matter what.

Let's be honest, I don't turn much of a profit from Armor, anyone who has gotten a set of my armor can attest to how much work goes into the final product. And when measured against what it cost, you always come out ahead of me.

Sadly (or awesomely), Wizard Entertainment contacted me yesterday about coming on board and working at their conventions. There was a lot of back and forth, but ultimately they made me an offer that I just could not refuse.

So as of today, I am the Convention Coordinator for Wizard. That means I am running, or helping run Wizard World Philly, Chicago Comic Con and The Big Apple National.

This is a full time, 9-5, Monday to Friday type job, with weekend work thrown in on top of it.

So this means I can no longer accept Marine Armor orders. It's just not going to be possible for me to work a full time job and make armor to order.

All orders currently in hand will be finished in due time of course, but as of tomorrow night (April 16th), I'll be pulling all the armor out of the SpatCave store.

Resin kits will remain, but the armor will be on hold.

I know people are going to be pissed, so here's my plan. In my spare time, once all the armor orders I currently have are shipped, I'll sit down and make 2 sets of armor. One with a Large Ab Pad, and one with a Regular Ab Pad. I'll also make a steel helmet and a plastic helmet. Once they are complete and ready to go, I'll post pics and info on the suits in the PX here. First come, first served as it were. If they don't sell here in a week, I'll pop them on eBay. I'll try and do that once a month or so.

But that's the current plan. I'm sooooo sorry to have to do this, but working for Wizard is my dream job and I know for a fact that I will not have the time to take orders directly anymore. But I still want to make sure that people can get awesome armor at an awesome price.

The only other option I had was to double the price of armor to scare people away and get them not to order it unless they really, really wanted it. But I think this is best, and will always make sure that the members of the Aliens Legacy board get first dibs on my gear.

Feel free to gripe and hate me now.

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-Spat

Congratulations...
I think most will be happy for you in getting your dream job.
I am glad you will be still offering some of your items.
Especially since a welder and more mags are on my IRS list(4-24).

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A12/TQ1.0.22137E1
PVT. Schmaus, Christopher J.
2nd Batt 6th Regt
USS Tahoma

Congratulations Spat!

Going after your dream job is never a bad thing. Good luck and I hope it's all you hoped it would be!

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Cpl Dan Callaghan

"On an express elevator to hell...going down!"

Just call me Admiral....

Fantastic news, Mr. Spat!!!

Hey, nothing to gripe about really, is there?
This just means that once a month you'll have a set of armour already produced, so when someone comes to order you can take payment in full and ship it out there and then, right? Still a win-win all round!

One of those sets will be mine...

Seriously, well done fella.

Congrats on your new job offer mate, hope everything works out for you. Man Im glad I got my armour and bits and bobs ordered a couple of weeks ago

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Marcel A11/TQ0.0.92143E1

66th Regt 1st Batt The Bucketheads

Call sign "WIDOW MAKER"

"Cecil" the pred Area 51 bio weopens division

Spat, I don't think you have a single thing to apologise about.

You have to take care of number one and even in your post you can tell how excited this next venture is for you - and I don't think a single person here will accept your apology as it's not needed whatsoever.

I'll be buying armour from you in the future so I'll be looking out for your PX posts, as and when you put them up. Judging by people's awesome comments when they receive the armour I can wait a few more months for what will be 1st class armour!

Good luck Spat, and congratulations!!


Martin

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Congrats Spat!


Like everyones said so far, no need to apologize, live your dream!

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PFC Tom "Kenny" Kness
A10/TQ2.0.72155E1

Very many congratulations!
Great news – sounds like a fine job!
Really well done.

Conspatulations!
I'll echo the sentiment - Don't be daft, you have nothing to apologise for!

Maybe you could outsource some of the work? There's a guy in England with some experience of making armour you could call


Seriously - Doing things the way you now will be may even work better for folk as if they time their request right they could end up with armour with no wait time!

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

And last night after 7 years I finally made the decision to order a set!










No, not really.


Oh- congratulations on the real job.




Kevin

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

Congrats Spat!

Just yesterday night I was showing your store to the better half... how ironic. Guess I might be looking at the PX store in the upcoming months. If someone's pissed that you decided to accept such an awesome job, they are morons. Again, congrats.

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-Mars

Yay Spat!!!
That is awesome news

I hope you will be able to still attend the smaller cons

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Rob Slater
A08/TQ2.0.42136E1

Congrats! Now we know who to hassle for free con tickets.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Going to sound like a broken record soon but THATS AWESOME SPAT!!!!

You got to look out for #1 these days. If someone does not understand well that is their problem.
(glad I got my armour when I did. LOL )
Will be looking for your offerings in the PX still kicking idea about the plastic helm.
I would have ordered last week but a chance for a real VP70 came up and had to get it. hehe

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SFC
Michael Larson
Minnesota-USA

A03/TQ1.0.92141E1

Congratulations bro, that's AWESOME! Good for you!

What about ab pads? Are you still able to make those?

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USCM- The Colonial Marines- A Brotherhood of Bad Asses!

no armor? you son of a BIT--!!!!!!!! LOL

cool gig dude, about time u got a real job

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Beserker
Brian "Anubian" Webb
WYI/TQ1.0.04837E5
U.S.S. Nemesis
Weyland Yutani Inmate

You Suck Spat!

But that's not about you not being able to make armor.

Congrats on the job! Wizard World is... just damn!

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Nice one mate, so hanging around cons can get you a job? Lol. I never really thanked you for my armour how ever many years ago i got it, so thanks very much and good luck mate.

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Just one more voice raised in congratulations, man! I'll be keeping an eye out for those month PX posts, and I know there's already a plan in MD to keep any armor "in house" if the guys upgrade to metal.

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General all around pain in the ass and master of the overshare.
"...a geeky kinda dorky kinda nerdy kinda gurl...and I like it!"

UKCM FOREIGN LEGION:
"DEVIANT DRAGOONS"

Spat....work 9-5....thats 5pm right??

Congratulations sir!!
You were just offered your dream job and you took it, everyone would do the same thing.

Firstly you have nothing to apologise for....nothing at all.
This will just a) make the armor go higher on eBay as its now going to be a rarer commodity and b) no one here will suffer because we get first dibs.

So you get your dream job, we stilll get the armor and those who will get it from eBay will have to fight for it.

Whats to apologise for?

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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Don't talk bloody daft.

Grats on getting a proper job.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

dang. i jsut found out about you last night! lol.

good luck with the new job! i hope you enjoy it as much as you do making props!

Keep the family to the North in mind too, the only downer is now I won't be able to get longer leg armor.


Man I might have to go to Wizard World Philly this year just to see Spat in charge

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PFC Tom "Kenny" Kness
A10/TQ2.0.72155E1

Here's another voice echoing out to ya':

Congrats on your dream job Spat; you've done alot of good work for alot of people. You were one of the coolest dudes I've dealt with in helping me get my armor.

Wizard World?!?! Damn man, well done!! You've earned it.

And you've got nothing to apologize for man. That's just crazy talk Good luck with your new job & wish you all the best!

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"It illuminated a vision Dante could not have imagined in his wildest nightmares, nor Poe in the grasp of an uncontrollable delirium." - from ALIENS the novel, by Alan Dean Foster, when Hicks looked up in the ceiling panels of operations.

"I was killing your kind when being a Jedi meant something." - Jabba the Hutt, ROTJ novelization

"You are
What you do
When it counts."
- The Masao, from ARMOR

Congrats on the new job and thanks from all of us for all you
have done and will do.... For a lot of us would have never
been able to aford the armour if not fot Spat Cave...

Never turn down a dream job, lots of luck.........

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Cpl. " Radar " West - A08/TQ0.0.72128E1
The sleeper has awaken...
Long live the fighters..