I bought this case a while ago but worth a post now - the excellent folk at Tablewar have opened up an AU-based operation this week (tablewar.com.au) with their range of cases, accessories and mats now being sent locally from a distribution hub in Australia.
Previously, given the size/weight of the cases, the only option was to go with a freight forwarding company to ship from the US to Oz, with something in the ballpark of $200 for postage alone (with a bit extra for the forwarding service).
In my case, I ended up being lucky in having a work trip to our US office a few months ago and had a nice shiny red one sent there to our EA for safekeeping before arriving. I mentioned a parcel would arrive, but a 12kg box she couldn't fit under her desk with a massive 'TABLEWAR' on the side of it caused a little curiosity. As it also did when checking extra airport luggage on the way back.
First of all - it's bigger & heavier than I was expecting. The package weighed a heap, although this included a bunch of unit trays, display boards and a decent bag of magnets for keeping all the bits together.
The case has 4 big latches and the front can be unclipped entirely to leave the trays exposed.
With the top flipping up to give a bit more access to the slide-out holding trays inside.
Each rack can hold 3x 'standard' width unit trays (I'll write these up separately as I've got a couple coming together for tac squads, including basing material & paint). For 32mm bases, each unit tray will take 12 marines (or a squad of 10 with some leftover space for an objective marker or something...). I also bought 1x 25mm base tray (able to fit 20 bases) for my older grey knights.
The system is quite ingenious in how everything ladders together. Each tray comes in 3 parts; you sandwich a layer of tin between a plastic frame and a tray-topper (cut with the size of the bases you want to hold - or no topper if using square-fantasy bases) and paint/base as you please.
Small magnets go on the underside of your troops, which then stick to the tin base. Large magnets go on the underside corners of the frame and in the black slide-out trays in the case. The marines stick to the tray, the tray sticks to black frame and then the frame slots into the rails in the case, with the door to stop them sliding out.
I've held a unit tray upside down (not that I've shaken it...) and the magnets hold plastic miniatures fine. While I haven't tried it, in theory you could tip the whole case up 90 degrees and apart from a little movement on the rails, nothing should come off. Parking a case between back/front seats of a car should be all good.
Tactical squad modelling one of the trays - after the pieces are superglued together, these will get a bunch of my usual debris scattered on the top and a healthy coat of dawnstone & some washes.
Very happy with the case so far and great to see a local online store/delivery option now available.
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