Triples report - part 3 - retail excess

It is, in my experience, generally a mistake to go to a wargames show without a shopping list.  With a list, there is a fair chance that most of the weekend's defence budget will be spent on stuff I knew I wanted.  Without such a 'plan', anything can happen!

My list for this year amounted to some additional bits of Hexon terrain and er, that was about it.  I had even pre-ordered and paid for the Hexon.  What could go wrong?  Well quite a bit actually.  Things started quite gently with some useful looking 54mm figures from a trader's rummage box.

Along with the Britains Horse Guards and bandsmen, the rather camp mechanic (in the fetching yellow & red outfit), I picked out the rather dodgy Ninja as a possible assassin figure.

On then to the Bring & Buy at which point the slippery slope became much steeper. The stall was awash with old 25mm ancients - most quite decently painted and temptingly cheap.  Negotiations were begun and I eventually emerged with a rather splendid Sassanid army with a few additional bits:

I already have plans for the Sassanids (and indeed had previously planned building such a force) so maybe it wasn't too ridiculous a purchase.  In fact this army falls into a poor second place in the list of silly purchases.  The number one spot was won, by a considerable margin, by the box of Chinese chariots.  Help me.