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In this episode of the "Grown Men Playing With Toys" podcast, Erik and Steve tackle one of the most common experiences in the Warhammer 40K hobby — the impulse buy — and discover that they couldn't possibly approach it more differently.

Steve is the guy who walks into a GW store for a battle line unit for his current army and walks out with a flashy monster for a faction that he has never played. Erik is the guy who spends months talking himself into a new faction but then goes "all in" to collect the entire army once he is committed. Somewhere in between, they manage to explore:

• What even is an impulse buy and do you have to be standing in the store for it to count?
• The good, the bad, and the "I paid to paint an entire army I gave away"
• How nostalgia and pop culture fuel some of the hobby's best (and worst) financial decisions
• The impulse that lives inside the game — and why "I choose violence" is a completely valid tactical framework
• What happens when your impulse collides with everyone else's at the table?

Whether you've ever fallen in love with a model you'll never field, talked yourself into yet another army, or just stood in a GW store knowing full well you're about to make a terrible decision — this one's for you.

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