BlastScape Craters are made to a really poor Quality... [Photos]

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**Alpharius**

clansittingducks wrote:
Each month it gets harder and harder to justify purchasing anything from them outside of their paint line. I wrote up a review for Planetstrike and it didnt get top marks, hell it felt unfinished to me. So, do we boycott GW if this sort of thing happens again? Or do we let it slide and keep giving them our money?

Well, that is (of course) entirely up to you.

In this case, however, I would suggest that EVERYONE who bought one of these things and is upset at the fact that it doesn't match the piece used to advertise/sell it get in touch with GW via e-mail, phone AND snail mail and COMPLAIN about it.

In a calm, professional manner, but get the word out there to them.

Maybe they can fix it and get another "splash release" going.

I really wanted to get these pieces (based on the pictures of course!) but now I'm glad I didn't.

Which is no good!

**DrunkenSamurai**

Did anyone get the Mines, Bombs and Booby Traps set? Are these made the same way? They were off pre-order very quickly and I wonder if anyone got them.

**Alpharius**

I think those were cast resin pieces, so they are probably OK...

**Blaznak**

DrunkenSamurai wrote:Did anyone get the Mines, Bombs and Booby Traps set? Are these made the same way? They were off pre-order very quickly and I wonder if anyone got them.

I got a set and I think they are aces. Very good quality stuff. Your dakka may vary...

**BrassScorpion**

Did anyone get the Mines, Bombs and Booby Traps set? Are these made the same way? They were off pre-order very quickly and I wonder if anyone got them.

The Mines, Bombs & Booby Traps set is made of resin and the pieces are quite good. The set comes with twelve 40mm bases too. It was an excellent set and sold out very quickly. I'm very pleased with that set. If the Blastscape was the same quality, there would likely be no issues with it.

**Mahu**

Blaznak wrote:
DrunkenSamurai wrote:Did anyone get the Mines, Bombs and Booby Traps set? Are these made the same way? They were off pre-order very quickly and I wonder if anyone got them.

I got a set and I think they are aces. Very good quality stuff. Your dakka may vary...

A comment like that deserves pictorial proof.

**BrassScorpion**

A comment like that deserves pictorial proof.

The proof in this case is on the GW website. The box contents looks exactly like what is shown in the online store, unlike the Blastscape.

**chris_valera**

CT GAMER wrote:
chris_valera wrote:

The drones are still buying, but for how much longer? Given how much they've spent on a smiple piece of vac-formed plastic, they have a right to be irate. GW gets things wrong, but in general, the quality is there. Now they don't even have that. Will the disgruntled customers in this thread be as eager to pre-order the next product?

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

How many sets of these do you think they sold? Probably not more then the sales tothe people who spent many hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours converting and painting armies like LATD, Genestealer cults, etc.,etc.

I don't think GW is losing sleep over potentially losing the small percentage of their customer base that both bought these and have the willpower to actually stop buying. For every irate customer that thinks these are gak and quits (a very small number that will actually do so) you will add 10-15 new Timmies buying first armies to take their place...

Most people, even those that feel they got burned on these will be right back in line for the next shiny toy they release and GW bnks on that fact...

Maybe. But the normal business strategy is to assume for every good experience a customer has, they tell two people, or for every bad experience, they tell 10.

Type "Sears" into youtube, and you get a video of a man complaining about his dishwasher. Then there's the story of the band member who had his guitar smashed by an airline, and made a music video about it. It got millions of hits.

Sure there are waaay more fanboys than hoary old grognards, but GW has backed off in the past, with the Chaos Space Marines and such.

Also, notice that WD no longer lists the prices of its new releases.

Gee, wonder why?...

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

**Waaagh_Gonads**

They have multiples of the ones they are advertising but what you received look awful.

I'd be sending them back and making my own...

**H.B.M.C.**

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:They have multiples of the ones they are advertising

Are we sure about that? Has anyone actually seen, with their own eyes, any Blastscapes that aren't complete fuXX0red?

**VoidLord**

I got mine today and DAMM was I upset. I made a video about it and while showing how weak the thing is I actually cracked and put a dent in it. here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ZWUMzc2BM

This is the link to my first video. Its not of great quality and you might not want to watch if you hate moving cameras as it may cause motion sickness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7fxpQalDg

**Crazy_Carnifex**

Almost looks like the underside is more detailed.

**BrookM**

BrassScorpion wrote:
A comment like that deserves pictorial proof.

The proof in this case is on the GW website. The box contents looks exactly like what is shown in the online store, unlike the Blastscape.

With exception of the multiple skulls on a stick piece everything shown is included.

**BrassScorpion**

BrookM wrote:With exception of the multiple skulls on a stick piece everything shown is included.

I own multiples of this set and I have an open one in front of me as I'm typing this. The contents is exactly what is shown in this picture of the back of the box plus 12 40mm bases. This is what I was expecting when I bought the set, though the 40mm bases were a nice surprise that I didn't realize was included. I don't know what other parts some people may have been expecting, but these contents more than met my expectations. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I'll be able to say the same for the Blastscape.

**BrookM**

BrassScorpion wrote:
BrookM wrote:
BrassScorpion wrote:
A comment like that deserves pictorial proof.

The proof in this case is on the GW website. The box contents looks exactly like what is shown in the online store, unlike the Blastscape.
With exception of the multiple skulls on a stick piece everything shown is included.

That is NOT correct. The minefield warning signs with the multiple skulls on the ARE INCLUDED. I own multiples of this set and I have an open one in front of me as I'm typing this.

NOT in my case, I got the bombs, shells, minefield signs and booby trap markers, but NOT any campy skulls on sticks.

**Alpharius**

VoidLord wrote:I got mine today and DAMM was I upset. I made a video about it and while showing how weak the thing is I actually cracked and put a dent in it. here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7fxpQalDg

I can't quite be sure as the camera never really settles on it for too long, but the detail in YOUR Blastscape set does seem a bit more crisp, sharp and defined.

Is this really the case?

For example, do the 'rocket pod exhaust stacks' on your sets have the fins on them, and do they have the 'hollowed out' look, as seen in the 'official' GW pic?

It looks as if they might.

I mean, I think I actually saw detailed rivets in yours.

I think...

**H.B.M.C.**

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

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VoidLord wrote:I got mine today and DAMM was I upset. I made a video about it and while showing how weak the thing is I actually cracked and put a dent in it. here is the link

Cinema vérité does not become you VoidLord. If we could request you re-film some of that, but keep the camera and the craters as still as possible. Your detail level looks excellent, but it is difficult to see with you Coverfielding all over your commentary.

We request you do it again, but a little more still this time.

**VoidLord**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Automatically Appended Next Post:

VoidLord wrote:I got mine today and DAMM was I upset. I made a video about it and while showing how weak the thing is I actually cracked and put a dent in it. here is the link

Cinema vérité does not become you VoidLord. If we could request you re-film some of that, but keep the camera and the craters as still as possible. Your detail level looks excellent, but it is difficult to see with you Coverfielding all over your commentary.

We request you do it again, but a little more still this time.

Your right I was so upset I just wanted to put a video up to get the word out then I saw this forum on it as I was searching to see if I was the only one or not. Here is the new link and I fixed the old one as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ZWUMzc2BM

**Mick A**

My vac form rubbish will be going back tomorrow. I also got the bombs and mines set, which is really nice, and it did include 3 of the sign post with skulls...
Mick

**Alpharius**

Thanks for that!

It seems as if you did in fact receive a set with SLIGHTLY sharper detail in places, but overall, quality was not a concern for GW on this product, apparently.

Again, thanks!

**LunaHound**

Which ones are the 40mm bases ? there are 12 per box?

**BrookM**

Just 12 40mm bases so you can stick the markers onto those.

**H.B.M.C.**

That's a better avatar Brook.

I'm actually going into GW this afternoon when I get home from work. If they don't have better versions I'll try to swap 'em for a Skyshield.

**BrookM**

Swapping for something else or a discount isn't a bad idea, I'll go with a LS Storm if the cheeky bastards go all Dutch on me.

**LunaHound**

Guys , looking at the youtube video i suddenly realized something . Something that is all too familiar to asians in night markets.

The flimsy cheap materials seems just like these 25 cent masks

**Manchu**

But the mask seems to be of better quality.

**JohnHwangDD**

So GW is selling a $0.25 thing for how much again?

**H.B.M.C.**

Very little gain if we keep returning them.

**LunaHound**

JohnHwangDD wrote:So GW is selling a $0.25 thing for how much again?

There are 5 pieces , so it'll be $1.25 , the package materials 20 cents , so $1.45

30 cents goes toward charity of chinese child labor , $18 because it doubles as a game piece not just hobby.

sums up to perfectly even $19.75 usd

I must also express my suspicion that over 60% of GW customers suffers certain degree of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

**George Spiggott**

£11.75 UK, They're released tomorrow apparently.