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2019/06/26 23:32:53
Subject: 2018 Battletech Starter boxes model quality?
Whats the quality like on the plastic minis included in Catalyst's starter boxes ("Beginners Box" and "A Game of Armored Combat")? Hard to tell from youtube videos but they seem a little...cheap? Soft detail and plenty of mold seams to clean up? "Preassembled" is rarely a good thing in my book.
I'm a bit of a quality nut. I find for example the WizKids Deep Cuts figures to be horrible (they arnt even plastic, but vinyl which makes them a paint to fix). Just wondering if I'm be disappointed with these mechs.
2019/06/27 00:23:10
Subject: 2018 Battletech Starter boxes model quality?
I think they're pretty good. Softer plastic than you get with GW/Warlord Games, but good detail. Definitely a few spots and lines to clean up, but nothing that's a deal breaker. They take paint and primer well, and the design is pretty true to the line art style you see in a lot of the TRO's/other artwork.
2019/06/27 00:32:12
Subject: 2018 Battletech Starter boxes model quality?
A review and close up view of the new plastics in the 2018 starter.
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2019/06/27 06:38:31
Subject: 2018 Battletech Starter boxes model quality?
Pretty good for plastics in my opinion. But if you want them for painting you might be a bit disappointed by the minor mold lines and pits.
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