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2016/01/21 15:23:52
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
Bunch of dreadball xtreme and mars attacks stuff just showed up in Miniature Market's clearance bin, ~50% off. DBX teams, MA redbrick battlezones, and the MA army/booster sets. Stocks are existent, yet not particularly fat/healthy so jump in there sooner thanater if interested.
2016/01/21 16:26:40
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
I'd be all over the red brick terrain, if it weren't for the stupid solid windows. If I'm going to have to cut out windows to allow line of sight, then I might as well do it in foamcore.
2016/01/21 20:09:16
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
The same applies to you Australians who like to use "welcome to my world" on Americans complaining about shipping prices. If I were in your world, I could go out and get eaten by a shark, get stomped by a Kangaroo, or be bitten by any number of things whose venom is far deadlier than anything we have in the USA.
On the plus side you wouldn't get shot while doing it.
The galaxy is littered with the single-planet graveyards of civilisations which made the economically sensible decision not to explore space.
2016/01/21 21:24:50
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
BobtheInquisitor wrote: Just finished the Warpath PM. Twenty dollars shipping on a handful of sprues. Twenty fething dollars. Keep that in mind throughout this KS.
I'm in Australia. I'll have to check and see if they have tubes of KY as a shipping add-on.
They do, but a tube will add $20 AUS to the tab. This will require the purchase of another tube, and you get into something of a loop...
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2016/01/21 21:26:15
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
The same applies to you Australians who like to use "welcome to my world" on Americans complaining about shipping prices. If I were in your world, I could go out and get eaten by a shark, get stomped by a Kangaroo, or be bitten by any number of things whose venom is far deadlier than anything we have in the USA.
On the plus side you wouldn't get shot while doing it.
Ya sure? Seem to recall who populated Australia originally...
And what the very near future is
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2016/01/21 21:37:58
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
The same applies to you Australians who like to use "welcome to my world" on Americans complaining about shipping prices. If I were in your world, I could go out and get eaten by a shark, get stomped by a Kangaroo, or be bitten by any number of things whose venom is far deadlier than anything we have in the USA.
Kangaroos don't stomp, though they can give a nasty kick designed for disembowelling.. but we've indeed got lots of venomous things.
Mymearan wrote: I'd say "g'day mate", then go to the beach to look at incredibly hot women in bikinis while drinking Foster's. Then I'd complain a bit about GW prices.
Huh. Again you foreigners get it wrong. No-one here actually drinks Fosters!
I plan on doing an unboxing thingy but, I might as well be boring and tell you.
Uber Crazy Box of Doom:
Mars Attacks Big Stompy Robot plus shrunken soldiers
Mars Attacks Flea
2 Mars Attacks insects and handlers
Mars Attacks Martian Chancellor
Mars Attacks Martian Standard Bearer
Mars Attacks Civilian
Dreadball Extreme Plague Team
Dreadball Zzor MVP
Dreadball Helder, Void Sirens MVP
Warpath Corporation Infantry Squad
Warpath Forge Fathers Stormrage Veterans
Warpath Forge Fathers Jotun Cannon
Warpath Orc heavy weapon / sergeant
Deadzone Zombies sprue
2 Battlezone Accessory Sprues
2 Battlezone Angled / extension sprues
2 Battlezone Core Sprues
Loka Yellow team
To be honest, it's not bad but it's not worth £50 in my view. - But then, my opinion is probably coloured by the fact that I already have 2 Plague dreadball teams. If I didn't have that though, a dreadball team would be a pretty darned awesome thing to have in a crazy box.
2016/01/22 03:59:34
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
The same applies to you Australians who like to use "welcome to my world" on Americans complaining about shipping prices. If I were in your world, I could go out and get eaten by a shark, get stomped by a Kangaroo, or be bitten by any number of things whose venom is far deadlier than anything we have in the USA.
On the plus side you wouldn't get shot while doing it.
Well said!
Dakkadakka: Bringing wargamers together, one smile at a time.™
2016/01/22 09:35:10
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
The same applies to you Australians who like to use "welcome to my world" on Americans complaining about shipping prices. If I were in your world, I could go out and get eaten by a shark, get stomped by a Kangaroo, or be bitten by any number of things whose venom is far deadlier than anything we have in the USA.
Kangaroos don't stomp, though they can give a nasty kick designed for disembowelling.. but we've indeed got lots of venomous things.
Mymearan wrote: I'd say "g'day mate", then go to the beach to look at incredibly hot women in bikinis while drinking Foster's. Then I'd complain a bit about GW prices.
Huh. Again you foreigners get it wrong. No-one here actually drinks Fosters!
Duh! I actually knew that, from similar conversations in the past... it's primarily an export good, right? My bad The rest of my post still stands! *looks out of window at -20C snowy landscape*
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2016/01/22 09:38:17
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
On the Deadzone Infestation comments section, Mantic have stated that the Veer-myn tunnelers will be done in hard plastic, like the other vehicles. That's a bit of a surprise upgrade, as they were never advertised as hard plastic during the campaign. I think I'll be doing that bundle of 3 deal for them now.
Mantic also said that the Veer-myn Tangle will be either metal or resin.
I realize that the rest of you lubbers don't like the Veer-myn, so I posted this just to waste your time.
Seriously, though, after the latest material switcheroo brou-ha-ha, isn't it nice to have an unexpected Mantic material switch that everyone can be pleased with? Even if you're not into the Veer-myn per se, in hard plastic these vehicles should be simple enough to re-purpose by inserting the pilots of your choice.
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2016/01/23 19:33:09
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
The Tunneler (large vehicle) was always HIPS its the tunnel runners (1 man bike size) that are an as yet undecided material. Mantic correctly answered the question asked (about the tunneler) but you've mixed up the vehicles when you asked the question about material.
Tunneler
Spoiler:
Tunnel Runner
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2016/01/23 19:46:59
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
I might be getting rats (or dorfs ) for Warpath so I'm liking a lot of the Infestation stuff turning plastic. Really looking forward to those squeel wheels being shown, before the damn PM closes at least. Need to know if I should buy too many, or WAY too many.
2016/01/23 19:52:14
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
I jumped around because an hour and 8 minutes is too much for me, but it looks like you got some cool stuff in there.
Balance in pick up games? Two people, each with their own goals for the game, design half a board game on their own without knowing the layout of the board and hope it all works out. Good luck with that. The faster you can find like minded individuals who want the same things from the game as you, the better.
2016/01/24 12:01:20
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
Yeah, I should have probably snipped off the stuff at the end before exporting it to youtube. - The last chunk of it was me having a look at all the pieces of the robot, which is fine for twitch but not really necessary for youtube.
2016/01/24 17:17:47
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
Mars Attacks Big Stompy Robot plus shrunken soldiers
Mars Attacks Flaming Cows
2 different Mars Attacks insects and handlers
Mars Attacks Martian Chancellor
Mars Attacks Martian Standard Bearer
Mars Attacks "Beloss Bel" Civilian infiltrator
Dreadball Extreme Plague Team
Dreadball Zzor MVP
Dreadball Helder, Void Sirens MVP
Warpath Corporation Infantry Squad
Warpath Corporation Rangers Squad
Warpath Forge Fathers Stormrage Veterans
Warpath Forge Fathers Jotun Cannon
Warpath Orc heavy weapon / sergeant sprue
2 Battlezone Accessory Sprues
2 Battlezone special sprue A (i.e. the ones that were only offered as last-minute PM add-ons in the 1st Kickstarter)
2 Battlezone special Sprue B
Loka Blue team (Undead)
...so not much variance from what has been posted already! Fortunately a lot was stuff that I either didn't have or could use duplicates of, but this is only very debatably worth £50.
2016/01/24 17:31:22
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
Any word on when Mantic intends to deliver on the last Deadzone KS? I would REALLY like to have that before I fill out my Warpath pledge manager (currently pledged at $1.00).
Every time a terrorist dies a Paratrooper gets his wings.
2016/01/24 17:34:27
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
Damn, I meant to ask about the tunnel runners, not the tunneler. Now I'm back to expecting the tunnel runners will be resin or metal.
I guess Mantic is trying to wait and see how many get ordered before committing, while their customers are trying to wait and see what material Mantic are going to use before committing.
I think I'll stick with my original plan of just ordering hard plastic 20 for 20 troop deals and skip the whole "mystery materials" nonsense.
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2016/01/24 17:50:21
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
Dammit Vermonter, you got my hopes up for plastic buzz saw rat wheelies!
I'm afraid my PM selections are going to end up rather limited to hard plastics as well for the most part- I will be grabbing a Tangle though. Got to have a complete set of Deadzone rats at the very least.
Plus it'd probably fit in rather nicely with all my Skaven anyways.
Woe to my Skaven slaves and clanrats if there are any spare weapons on those sprues, because they will most certainly be getting them grafted onto them!
Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!
I think you're supposed to be able to make both gun and pistol/weapon versions of the basic rat dudes. Though... if the steel warrior bits shortages are indicative of how the hard plastic is going to run in general... you may not be getting double parts *per sprue*, hard to say atm.
Right now I have the one dollar down, that's a pretty good investment for the rule PDFs, especially if they turn out well. Even the 20/20 hard plastic dudes aren't swaying me right now, though that's largely due to this being my slow season with work...though there's some model overload in there too. Trust is an issue as well but not a huge one. TWD coming up also doesn't help.
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2016/01/24 18:55:08
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - DZI production minis, Plague Bursters and Hornet renders pg57
Vermonter wrote: Damn, I meant to ask about the tunnel runners, not the tunneler. Now I'm back to expecting the tunnel runners will be resin or metal.
I guess Mantic is trying to wait and see how many get ordered before committing, while their customers are trying to wait and see what material Mantic are going to use before committing.
I think I'll stick with my original plan of just ordering hard plastic 20 for 20 troop deals and skip the whole "mystery materials" nonsense.
Keep in mind that shipping is $20, so the deals are not nearly as good as they sound unless you are buying a lot of troops. Personally, I haven't pledged for a Mantic Lot of troops since the Basileans... 20 bucks for 20 new plastics is what I consider a great impulse buy price, until shipping damps down the impulse.
" - Rick Priestley "I've decided that I'd rather not have you as a member of TMP." - Editor, The Miniatures Page "I'd rather put my testicles through a mangle than spend any time gaming with you." - Richard, TooFatLardies "We need a Doug Craig in every store." - Warlord Games "Thank you for being here, Judge Doug!" - Adam Troke 
The rest of my post still stands! *looks out of window at -20C snowy landscape*
