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Looks familiar, no?

The horrifying thing is, if you stuck that into a 40k video game I probably wouldn't even blink twice at it...

Would GW have grounds to sue?

I dunno, even if GW can't afford a lawsuit, can they at least lodge a complaint? Sort of like when the weedy kid at school goes 'heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey...' when you steal his milk?

I mean, what irks me is how it seems almost identical in many respects: Like how the hull slopes under the turret. Looks totally ripped off.

I was about to say that I can't think of a GW model that looks identical to something, but then this happened:

Absolutionis wrote:

Henners91 wrote:I was about to say that I can't think of a GW model that looks identical to something, but then this happened:

GW has ripped off many things in the past, including Starship Troopers... but the aesthetic is NOT it.

Starship Troopers were not described as anything like what the movie displayed. They didn't have bare arms and goofy helmets. The novel had them with full faceplates, heavier armor, and the occasional trooper in Power Armor.

The movie was made in 1997.
Cadians first came out around 1989.

When did the Cadian Shock Troops box come out? I know old Cadians looked nothing like them.

And yes, I get that there's a lot of rage about Starship Troopers being butchered... I've not read the book but from what I understand it's a lovely pro-fascist piece of work by a staunch militarist whose 'service' to his country was... in the Coast Guard. So I'm not sure about just how much I am going to enjoy that one.

Yep, and they looked god-awful... yet somehow have a following, just like how there are people that like those stupid squad models




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And once again I allow Wikipedia to form my opinion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers#Controversy


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Looks like I am wrong about Heinlein being in the coastguard though... damn my School-friend lying to me back then...