{"product_id":"300mm-round-plastic-base","title":"300mm Round Plastic Base","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#222222; color:#e8e8e8; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height:1.6; padding:26px; max-width:760px; margin:0 auto;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:11px; letter-spacing:3px; color:#888888; text-transform:uppercase; margin:0 0 2px;\"\u003eIncident report · File 300‑R\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:13px; color:#888888; font-style:italic; margin:0 0 24px;\"\u003eFiled by the department that maintains land has no corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a227; font-size:13px; letter-spacing:2px; text-transform:uppercase; margin:0 0 6px;\"\u003eI. The brief\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003eWe were asked for a bigger base. We asked how big. The reply never came. In the absence of a stated limit, we concluded there wasn’t one, and proceeded on that understanding. This understanding has since been described, in the review, as “the root cause.” We dispute the tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a227; font-size:13px; letter-spacing:2px; text-transform:uppercase; margin:22px 0 6px;\"\u003eII. The escalation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003eProgress was logged in millimetres, then in “surely that’s enough now,” then in a silence we chose not to break. A colleague raised a formal concern at 200mm. It was minuted. Work continued. At 260mm the same colleague raised the same concern, louder, and was thanked for their input. It was minuted again. The colleague has asked us to note, here, that they were right. We have noted it. We have not agreed to anything further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a227; font-size:13px; letter-spacing:2px; text-transform:uppercase; margin:22px 0 6px;\"\u003eIII. Prior versions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003eEarlier attempts existed. A 250, and a 275. The 250 was destroyed in accordance with a policy we wrote immediately afterward, specifically to establish that its destruction had been correct. The 275 is a harder subject. It was signed out one evening and never signed back in. We have chosen to record it as destroyed, because the alternative is that it is still somewhere, and we are not equipped to hold that thought during working hours. No images survive of either. This too was policy — drafted, as ever, after the fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a227; font-size:13px; letter-spacing:2px; text-transform:uppercase; margin:22px 0 6px;\"\u003eIV. The number\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003eAt 300mm the printer stopped of its own accord. We never established why. It had power. It had filament. It simply declined to continue, and we elected to read this as the design being finished. No one has since produced an argument strong enough to reopen the matter, and the printer has not spoken on the subject since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a227; font-size:13px; letter-spacing:2px; text-transform:uppercase; margin:22px 0 6px;\"\u003eV. The schism\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003eThen came the question that ended working relationships: \u003cem\u003edoes land have corners?\u003c\/em\u003e We are the department that says no. Land is a horizon. You do not walk to the edge of a field and drop off it — the ground curves gently away, as all serious ground does. We measured to the rim to be certain. There is no rim. We consider this closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003eOur former colleagues disagree. They hold that ground has edges, and that those edges should be paved. We no longer name them. Their version of this base is filed under \u003ca href=\"\/en-us\/products\/300mm-square-plastic-base\" style=\"color:#c9a227; text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e300mm Square\u003c\/a\u003e. You may read it. We would prefer you didn’t. We are not, however, your supervisor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a227; font-size:13px; letter-spacing:2px; text-transform:uppercase; margin:22px 0 6px;\"\u003eVI. Attempts to establish purpose\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eOnce the object existed, the question of what it was \u003cem\u003efor\u003c\/em\u003e became urgent, having gone unasked at every prior stage. A working group was formed. Its findings, reproduced here without comment, were as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px; padding-left:16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#d4af37;\"\u003e01  COLOSSAL MODEL.\u003c\/strong\u003e A base for the models nothing else will hold — the Titan, the large dragon, the scratch-built kitbash on its fourth base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px; padding-left:16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#d4af37;\"\u003e02  COMPLETE DIORAMA.\u003c\/strong\u003e An entire scene across one unbroken circle — a siege, a landing, a last stand that outgrew its table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px; padding-left:16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#d4af37;\"\u003e03  ENTIRE ARMY.\u003c\/strong\u003e Per a single report we have chosen not to verify, an army may be based upon it as one continuous piece. When your army is the unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003eForty models. One base. One activation. No rulebook covers this scenario. Ours included. We checked ours specifically, then dissolved the working group before it could reach any further conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a227; font-size:13px; letter-spacing:2px; text-transform:uppercase; margin:22px 0 6px;\"\u003eVII. The matter of the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;\"\u003eShipping was raised late, as everything here was. The object does not fit in the box. It does not fit in any box we own. It ships flat, which is the single reasonable decision it makes, and it arrives as a circle of ground with no packaging large enough to have dignity. It won’t fit in the box. That’s the point. They told us it couldn’t be done. They were correct. We did it anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #3a3a3a; margin:26px 0 0; padding-top:20px; text-align:center;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px; color:#d4af37; font-size:15px;\"\u003eIt won’t fit in the box. That’s the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0; color:#c9a227; font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:3px;\"\u003eTHIS. IS. THREE HUNDRED.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- COMMENTS --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:32px; border:1px solid #3a3a3a; border-radius:6px; overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"padding:10px 14px; background-color:#1b1b1b; border-bottom:1px solid #3a3a3a; font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing:1px;\"\u003eCOMMENTS (6)\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan style=\"float:right;\"\u003eSort: Recent ▾\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 14px;\"\u003e\n\n      \u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:18px;\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003e★☆☆☆☆\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003cstrong style=\"color:#e8e8e8;\"\u003eDave_TFW\u003c\/strong\u003e · 3 weeks ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:5px;\"\u003eI based my entire Ork army as one unit. My opponent conceded on sight.\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin:10px 0 0 18px; padding-left:12px; border-left:2px solid #3a3a3a;\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e↳ \u003cstrong style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003eHobbyHeaven\u003c\/strong\u003e · 3 weeks ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:4px; color:#c9c9c9;\"\u003eWe have asked Dave to verify this. Dave has not responded.\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n      \u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:18px;\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003cstrong style=\"color:#e8e8e8;\"\u003eshelf_crisis\u003c\/strong\u003e · 2 weeks ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:5px;\"\u003eIt arrived. I wept. It did not fit on my shelf. I built a new shelf.\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n      \u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:18px;\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003cstrong style=\"color:#e8e8e8;\"\u003ewarlord_down\u003c\/strong\u003e · 12 days ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:5px;\"\u003eFinally, somewhere to land the Warlord. It fits. Barely. As promised.\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n      \u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:18px;\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003e★★★☆☆\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003cstrong style=\"color:#e8e8e8;\"\u003estill_here_since_march\u003c\/strong\u003e · 9 days ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:5px;\"\u003eStarted a diorama on it in March. I live here now.\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin:10px 0 0 18px; padding-left:12px; border-left:2px solid #3a3a3a;\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e↳ \u003cstrong style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003eHobbyHeaven\u003c\/strong\u003e · 9 days ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:4px; color:#c9c9c9;\"\u003eWe have logged this and referred it to someone better qualified than us.\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n      \u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:18px;\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003e★☆☆☆☆\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003cstrong style=\"color:#e8e8e8;\"\u003einadequate_bases\u003c\/strong\u003e · 6 days ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:5px;\"\u003eToo powerful. My other bases now feel inadequate.\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n      \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12px; color:#888888;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:#c9a227;\"\u003e★★★★☆\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003cstrong style=\"color:#e8e8e8;\"\u003eLGS_regular\u003c\/strong\u003e · 4 days ago\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:5px;\"\u003eMy local store asked what it’s for. I said “everything.” They stopped asking.\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Hobby Heaven","offers":[{"title":"Smooth","offer_id":48447556845757,"sku":"BAS\/RO\/300\/PL","price":12.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Textured","offer_id":48447557730493,"sku":"BAS\/RO\/300\/TX","price":12.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/9583\/4503\/files\/Hero1_08de40c3-2111-4571-9a58-dacd0fa8e991.jpg?v=1789458930","url":"https:\/\/hobbyheaven.org\/en-us\/products\/300mm-round-plastic-base","provider":"Hobby Heaven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}