RTB01: The First Plastic Space Marines - Codex Compliant

The RTB01 Imperial Space Marine box contained the very first plastic Space Marines. Let's take a look at them.
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[@Mr_Bunk]

My existence is made infinitely better by knowing that GW made a marine that hijacked a Dalek casing and made it his ride. I shall dub him ‘Brother Pepperpot’.

[@Axquirix]

Wib's Lamentors are Lamentor-cursed with having to be mid-squat for eternity. Truly a horrifying fate.

[@Fluffykeith]

I loved that kit so much. It was so flexible for the time.

[@mostly_harmless3789]

The squat pose of the RTB01 marines always makes me think of 80s metal bands playing their guitars in that wide-legged stance. Beaky marines are just rock-n-rollers!

[@jponeill2151]

I have one left. He has no name beyond 'Stealer-killer'. He was a member of a Dark Angel Tactical squad. During a battle against the Genestealer menace, his unit were charged by a unit of Genestealers. After three turns (maybe four? Time is hard), of brutal hand-to-claw melee, he was one on one with the last Genestealer... As my land speeder whizzed up the right flank charged the task of getting into the enemy rear, with the aim of multi-melting the patriarch.. he stood tall. After the patriarch had been turned into a puddle of smoking goo, and his army disintegrated, (they did that then), my opponent and I decided to go one more round.. He still wears the head on his belt as a trophy.

[@nguy0699]

Both Snipe and Wib's hair looking particularly good in this video! Lovely to see more shots of Wib's Lamentors.

[@tf2warhammerdude]

The 56 RTB01 marines to my right are furiously sweating as they know this will be the onset of me purchasing even more, and causing an over population crisis. Dave the marine is especially worried since he was voted to "most likely be eaten on a deserted island" in 11th grade.

[@WanderlustZero]

Shout-out to the greatest design of Missile Launcher in GW (and probably wargaming miniatures) history

[@evileyeball]

Mentioning dropping the hand reminds me of the time I dropped a Resin Sammael Ravensword and it disapearing until FIVE YEARS LATER when I sold that house and moved and was cleaning out the space fully... Funny thing was I did deep cleaning and vacuuming in that room of the house quite often during that 5 years time. I was like HOLY CRAP It's the Sword.

[@tigeriussvarne177]

Praised be the Emperor, what a lovely day.

[@lordofuzkulak8308]

0:33

[@josephyoung2593]

These guys were still being sold in hobby stores in New Zealand as late as 1993, when I bought them as my first Citadel figures. They played their first several games under the RT rules and then doughtily saw me through the 2nd-ed era as the backbone of an army that lost by a series of tragicomic margins. The "jet pack" misnomer noted here caused some friction in the game club as I was convinced it meant my lads carried jump packs as standard issue.

[@DaSkwire]

11:30

[@RobzterGames]

i feel like this video was one big showcase of Wib's lamenters, love it.

[@davidtrujillo1689]

God that last tilted shot of the closeup marines took me back to a Saturday morning as a kid watching How It’s made.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

I got in WH40K during the last 18 months of Rogue Trader and I remember getting my mum to order me that kit from the back of White Dwarf. Happy days!

[@knuckl6972]

New codex compliant we eatin good tonight

[@Powoga]

10:45

[@randallporter4835]

When these hit the store we were blown away. We knew wonder how they got the tooling for plastic molding down to the point that they could make them affordable. This set was so cheap we kitbashed the hell out of them. But there were no one for them to fight against.

[@AbenZin1]

You should deffo do Fighting Fantasy. Dead of Night best book.