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 chris_valera wrote:

As a seven-figure company, Mongoose really can't raise the fat £2,000 it would take to put this into production? They have to do a kickstarter, really?

Well, this depends on your perspective. Card games are not our main market at all, and so what a Kickstarter allows us to do is see whether there is a market at all for this kind of game - which, you could argue, is kinda the point of Kickstarter! From the point of view of a company, it means you can gauge the interest without the investment beyond development which, in this current economy, is extremely attractive.

We just wanted to fill everyone in on some recent changes we have made here at Mongoose to our mail order system, in our ongoing quest to provide you with a quicker and more comprehensive service.

First off, we are moving our entire mail order operation to the UK. From now on, all US and Canadian mail orders will be dispatched from here rather than our Ohio facility, which will now be dedicated almost completely to metal miniatures manufacture. Our UK office will now be able to provide you with a 24 hour turnaround on most orders, and we have negotiated a fast track air mail service with Royal Mail to both the US and Canada (to different airports, depending on where in the country you are). The overall effect will be to ensure you get your books and models within just a few days of ordering. Furthermore, we are not making any changes to the postal/shipping charges, and so you will be paying no extra for this service.

We enacted this change last Thursday (April 18th), so many of you should already have seen a difference in our turnaround times.

In light of this, we are also moving our resin production to the UK, along with our book printing. This will give us a great deal of flexibility and control in our products, and a much tighter grip on stock levels - several books which have been out of print for the first part of this year are being reprinted right now (and, in fact, Spinward Marches and Traders & Gunboats arrived earlier today - if you have been waiting for either of these books, they are already in the post to you!).

This also removes a bottleneck that had cropped up in our production, so if you have been waiting for certain Judge Dredd or Victory at Sea models, expect a veritable avalanche of new things over the next couple of months!

We have just released two of the mightiest warships to ever duel on the high seas - Bismarck and HMS Hood. As with all ships in the growing Victory at Sea range, these ships are cast in resin with integrated bases, use a small sprue of metal parts for details (and we include an extra/back up sprue, just in case you lose the first!), and come in 1/1800 scale.



You can find both new ships, along with the rest of the current range at;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/victory-at-sea.html?dir=desc&order=position

Coming next... all vessels of the King George V class!

Not one of ours, but the nice chaps at Evil Twin are currently working on this, and would very much like your support! If successful, could lead to all sorts of interesting things;

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ievilgames/victory-at-sea-a-naval-war-game-for-iphone-and-and?ref=email

On June 15th, we are throwing open our doors for the premier A Call to Arms: Star Fleet tournament - Star Fleet's Finest!

This is where the elite admirals get together and demonstrate their tactical prowess (or not, as the case may be), and is always an easy, fun event with plenty of prizes, good games, and great company!

The tournament pack can be downloaded freely and tickets are available here;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/ctastarfleet/rulebooks/sffinest-tournament.html

If you use the coupon code FLEET when purchasing your ticket, you will not be charged any postage!

MongooseMatt wrote:
There is a whole bunch going out over the next 2-3 weeks, including the Manta and the Judges of the World set (and I hear Travis and DeMarco have just been put into production moulds!).
These models will make it into stores, about 3-4 months after Kickstarter people have them in hand.

Any updates on this lot?

 Azazelx wrote:

MongooseMatt wrote:
There is a whole bunch going out over the next 2-3 weeks, including the Manta and the Judges of the World set (and I hear Travis and DeMarco have just been put into production moulds!).
These models will make it into stores, about 3-4 months after Kickstarter people have them in hand.

Any updates on this lot?

I received my Judges of the World a few days ago.

I'll give it another week then before emailing Matt.

 Azazelx wrote:


Any updates on this lot?

An update will be com,ing ina few days via the KS page but I can tell you we only have about a dozen Judges of the Worlds sets left to send out next week - I have a feeling they are all for Australia!


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On July 13th, Mongoose Publishing is throwing open its doors to hold an official tournament for the Judge Dredd miniatures game. Heroes of Mega-City One is a yearly Judge Dredd event that pits players against one another in a series of high-powered games to decide who has the greatest gang or force in Mega-City One. This is your opportunity to use some of the more powerful models and personalities in the game, within an official setting!

You can download the tournament pack from; http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/heroesofmc1.pdf

We have a great range of scenarios planned and some awesome prizes.

This is a great opportunity to meet and play with like-minded gamers, and everyone always has a great time at these events. The Mongoose store will be open with a few new goodies, and prizes will be given for the finest players at the event!

For more information and to pick up a ticket, go to;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/judge-dredd/rulebook/apocmc1-tournament.html

If you use the coupon code DREDD, you will not be charged postage on the ticket!

I love the minis of the Judge Dredd game but I was just wondering if and when the dark judges are coming out? you had some lovely sculpts earlier in this thread so I was wondering if or when there is a chance there of them coming out?