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Legendary Master of the Chapter





SoCal

I haven't been following the game side of the range, but it looks like Wizkids hasn't released any new Star Trek sculpts since the Xindi ships and has no previews for anything new. Is that accurate? They also seem to have limited online retailers' ability to discount STAW, making each wave much more risky for retailers and customers. Are they done with Trek?

Also, is there any market for just the ships or just the cards? I have a bunch of not-the-ships stuff I'd love to trade away for some ships I don't have. I know X-Wing has developed it's own bartering economy; did STAW ever reach that level?

   
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Legendary Dogfighter





England

At the start of the year wizkids announced a new edition of the game would be coming this year.

An updated rulebook with faq's etc rolled into it, along with some new products such as upgrade card only packs, unpainted ships at a reduced price and faction fleet packs, which have several ships for one faction in them.

None of this stuff has been previewed yet, and we seem to be in limbo waiting for a big rush of new releases.


There is a bit of a market on ebay, primarily for the prize ship / op resources stuff. You don't tend to see individual cards etc from retail packs showing up, like with x-wing. But then It's very rare to see a build with duplicates of an upgrade card so there just isn't a need.

it's the quiet ones you have to look out for. Their the ones that change the world, the loud ones just take the credit for it. 
   
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The Battle Barge Buffet Line

My guess is that they're playing it safe and not reinvesting in new sculpts until the relative success or failure of the new edition is evident. YMMV.

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Legendary Master of the Chapter





SoCal

Thanks for the updates, guys! The new unpainted ships sound pretty interesting to me, although I'd really love to expand my collection with an Ambassador or some Son'a ships

When does the new edition drop?

   
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Knowing WizKids, GenCon.

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Abel





Washington State

 Mattlov wrote:
Knowing WizKids, GenCon.


Wizkids has pretty much skipped Gencon for the last few years due to the fiasco, trample, knock down of booths, and people getting hurt back in 2014.

Over at the Facebook page, they are supposed to make some kind of announcement about STAW at Origins this weekend.

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The Battle Barge Buffet Line

IIRC they premiered the game at Origins. I remember watching youtube videos from their showing off the contents and gameplay in interviews with Wizkids staff. I don't recall if it was released for sale there though.

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SoCal

Did they ever release a Klingon BOP with its wings up? I thought I had heard that they did, but can't find it.


What happened at their Gendon booth?

   
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Mississippi

Chang's has the wings horizontal, but I'm not aware of any with the wings up.

It never ends well 
   
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The Battle Barge Buffet Line

https://www.facebook.com/pg/stateofthefederation/posts/

Origins news. Unpainted ships this summer and then faction packs of 4 ships in November. No new sculpts in either.

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