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Saw this in Squadron's sale list

http://www.squadron.com/1-6-Moebius-Models-Cylon-Centurion-MW00917-p/mw00917.htm



13" tall!

Necron or Adeptus mech Knight?

Why does it stands like it needs a walking stick?

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Why does it stands like it needs a walking stick?

When you're a 13 million year old war mech you need a bit of help!

That's pretty funny.
For real though, it's probably those leg joints. That ball joint looks janky and the mechanism for the knee looks like it's kinda loose. Putting it on the stand and posing it like it's copping a squat might be the only way to get it to stay upright without glue.

Alien King to soon be released by Sideshow Collectibles
https://www.scified.com/news/sideshow-collectibles-unveil-epic-alien-king-statue-for-alien-day


May see some action as a Tyranid Dimachaeron or Knight Counts-As.

[url=http://hlj.com/product/kbytf-093]Here is a fab new set...[/url



Together with various other scale Danboard kits this makes it possible to create an entire army of Danboard with infantry and mechs of several sizes.



http://hlj.com/product/KBYKP-208/Fig



http://hlj.com/product/KBYGZ-978/Gsh

and others...

That's kind of a wierd and cheap knockoff of the Minecraft toys...

Other way around, more than likely. Danboard predates Minecraft by 5 years, having fist appeared in Yotsuba in 2006. Plus, those figures in the first pic aren't poseable while the various plastic models are.

OK, fair enough then.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
That's kind of a wierd and cheap knockoff of the Minecraft toys...

Reported for anti danboard talk!

Anyway there are many version of these even USB and huge kits, also from real cardboard

 Barzam wrote:
Other way around, more than likely. Danboard predates Minecraft by 5 years, having fist appeared in Yotsuba in 2006. Plus, those figures in the first pic aren't poseable while the various plastic models are.

Minecraft is a total Lego ripoff, but done electronically.

The irony of Minecraft Lego sets is simply mind boggling.

If you go into a toy department these days you will find Lego everything nearly.

It's just a pity the kits are getting so expensive.

Thankfully, Megabloks remains relatively well priced and has far, FAR, FAR superior minifigs. Plus, they don't mind tackling military themed sets.

Megabloks doesn't have the same degree of quality control for their bricks, though. You do get what you pay for.

I would say that you actually do, these days. Back when they first acquired the Halo license, I would have agreed with you. My original Ghost would fall apart if you looked at it funny, but some of their more recent stuff? My Seraph, which isn't event recent anymore is a solid mass. Hell, just to test it, I threw that thing and nothing even came off of it. Their kits are top notch quality these days. I would say that since Mattel bought out Megabloks, their quality has actually gotten even better.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
If you go into a toy department these days you will find Lego everything nearly.

It's just a pity the kits are getting so expensive.

Yes, I just find a Lego set based on an electronic rip off of Legos funny.

In much the same way the Magnificent Seven is nicely ironic. It is based on a Kurosawa samurai film which were based on westerns.

Barzam wrote:I would say that you actually do, these days. Back when they first acquired the Halo license, I would have agreed with you. My original Ghost would fall apart if you looked at it funny, but some of their more recent stuff? My Seraph, which isn't event recent anymore is a solid mass. Hell, just to test it, I threw that thing and nothing even came off of it. Their kits are top notch quality these days. I would say that since Mattel bought out Megabloks, their quality has actually gotten even better.

It really depends on what you're goal is. Are you looking for a buildable action figure playset or a system of building.

If the former, then Megablox is right up your alley. Impressively articulated figs that are practically mini action figures, incredibly realistic accessories, lots of painted and detailed building elements, etc. If you're into military and military sci-fi themed models then Mega also has some really impressive large kits that are unlike anything else.

However, if it's a complete and flexible building system that you're after then LEGO is the way to go. The detail is in every way deliberately more abstract, but LEGO sets are far better designed (in terms of color, piece selection and sets available) to be combined across themes and used beyond their intended theme. In addition to lots of buckets and piece sets just designed for free building, there's a huge back-catalog of pieces for the advanced builder. The selection is also just ALOT bigger.

It's interesting to me how Mega has settled into their niche. They used to really try to compete in the general-building system market with an absolutely HUGE array of realistic kits that still centered around brick elements and generic themes similar to LEGO town, Castle, Space, etc. I have the giant Steam Express and Sea Wolf kits on my wall now, but currently, they don't seem to make anything like these.

Maniac_nmt wrote:

Minecraft is a total Lego ripoff, but done electronically.

The irony of Minecraft Lego sets is simply mind boggling.

LEGO Minecraft is really an interesting example of fan-driven develpment. there were already quite a few minecraft models made by the LEGO fan community. The first official LEGO minecraft set was actually a fan chosen theme via the LEGO CUUSOO program back in 2012. It was expected to be a one-off but was so successful it was grown into a whole theme.

I gotta ask, Lego vs Megabloks Mini-Figs, which is a better stand in for a 40k scaled figure?

Minecraft Lego is kind of hilarious because it's a building block toy of a building block videogame. Two different mediums for the same thing.

Jefffar wrote:
I gotta ask, Lego vs Megabloks Mini-Figs, which is a better stand in for a 40k scaled figure?

Whichever is cheaper and has more guns. So Megabloks. If you're gonna do Lego-style wargaming, yeah, a cheaper alternative is absolutely the correct choice.

Jefffar wrote:
I gotta ask, Lego vs Megabloks Mini-Figs, which is a better stand in for a 40k scaled figure?

LEGO is closer in size at about 40mm. Still too big though as is Mega whose figures are even bigger. Megabloks figs might be cheaper, but MB isn't nearly as cheap as it used to be and LEGO has a HUGE second hand market if you know how to buy.

I've not done mass battle, but I had a blast using the Song of Blades and Heroes rules for fantasy skirmish with LEGO minifigs.
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2012/07/song-of-bricks-and-lego.html

I don't think I could quite put on a game WHFB or KoW, but I could easily run a platoon size game like Dragon Rampant with LEGO.

I posted this elsewhere but it seems worth repeating here if anyone has a use for several 100 1" space ships...

https://www.sciplus.com/p/BUCK-ROGERS-FIGHTER-PLANES-96-PER-BAG-10-BAGS-PER-OUR-PKG_50879



For $3-$4 (plus shipping) you can get anywhere from (literally) 240 shuttles to (literally) 960 (!!) fighters.

Or gun turrets or war birds.

They're game pieces from TSR's Buck Rogers board game in the 80s/90s and about a half inch each.

I have no idea what I would do with over a 1000 plastic space ships, but wow. If I ever wanted to make a space game these would be a great way to start.

They're also all over ebay in smaller sets if you want them.

I have a ton of those. The gun turrets are particularly useful for greebling 6/10/15mm stuff. Chop off the guns and you have awesome little chemical tanks.

I havne't painted any of the ships yet, but I have used them for status markers in other games.

We seem to have similar tastes Eilif

Found this blog which shows how they paint up.

http://dougssoldiers.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-space-ships.html



Fighters and Shuttles in the 2nd row from the back, warbirds in the 3rd.

I'll do a more through look at them when I get mine (and have time!)

I also found a set of 144 plastic ships for $7 on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Pack-144-Space-Ships-Assortment/dp/B004N6V4KC?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01



I think I spot a few in the image above.

Wow, that's some nostalgia right there Kid_Kyoto. We used to have a bunch of those back when I was a kid. We used to use them as birthday cake decorations. Might even still have a few.

I noticed something interesting about those ships, too. That red one in the second pic you posted? That's the Liabe, from Toei produced movie, Message in Space. That's really random for it to show up there. I wonder if those other ships came from other properties or if they're original designs?

Apparently the Rinco ships are totally random, some of the Silent Death ships have shown up among them as well.

I have a more detailed discussion here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/689209.page

And will do a review once I get my 144.

I have no idea what I'd use the ships for; but I know I would like to have a lot of them.

KidKyoto,
Thanks for that link. I also had those ships as a kid and was looking for some more for my son to play with. I'll definitely be buying some!

If folks like the silent death ships, you can find the plastic ones here for about 40 cents each.
http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html

You can get 12 in vinyl scaled up to twice the size here:
http://www.ustoy.com/toy-space-cruisers-1
A buddy of mine painted some up and they look pretty good in 10mm.

These 72 ships have potential too.
http://www.amazon.com/US-Toy-Cruisers-Vehicle-Assorted/dp/B00362MR1E/ref=pd_sim_21_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=517xyDzsYsL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL200_SR160%2C200_&refRID=0H0XS0RGSH9QZ1KAEEW9

And if you want a 28mm robot army...
http://www.amazon.com/Pack-Battle-Space-Robot-Figures/dp/B000YZF23Q/ref=wl_mb_wl_huc_mrai_3_dp

EDIT: Just gave in and bought the 144 and the 72. They're for my kids. Really...

Lemme know how the 72 come out, I've been eyeing them too.

And come on, spring for the 1000+ Buck Rogers ships, you know you want to, you know it.

And if you want Robots, you can do a lot better than them.



http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html

5 for UKP2.50

Anyone know where they are from? Some Battletech clone I don't know?

Something I've noticed well looking at gundam kits are these things called "Gundam Markers". People use the black ones to draw black lines into the panel details of Gunpla kits. You just sort of fill them in, and then whipe off the excess.

With GW putting out all these giant robot kits with the Riptide, Knight Titan, ect. It maby be interesting to try these effects on thows kits. I wouldn't know how good using this technique would turn out, but it's a though.

Fine Tip
Brush Type

Dose anyone know anything about these things? Because they look alot like just normal paint markers and/or the art markers I use when drawing. (Copics & prisma)

A youtube video showing them off at the 14:17 mark.


They seem to just be putting it over bare plastic, so not sure how well it will work for wargamers. But might be worth people's time.

The effect would essentially be the same as if you did a pin wash in a kit's recessed panel lines. Something to be aware of thouse is that if you used one over unsealed paint, you're likely to scratch the paint right off and ruin the pen's tip. This was a lesson I learned the hard way in my early days of model building.
There's also paint markers you can get in the same line. They're interesting, but overall I don't think I would recommend those. The panel line pens are pretty useful though.