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Central Valley, California

Dust Studios, makers of the weird WW II game Dust 1947, have gone out of business.

Info on their FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/303941853917/permalink/10158795760718918


~ Shrap

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I thought they went out of business years ago. Have they been making new plastics this whole time?

   
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Myrtle Creek, OR

Like the phoenix of legends, they will arise in the future. With new plastics in their fiery wings.

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Central Valley, California

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I thought they went out of business years ago. Have they been making new plastics this whole time?


The game was going strong with a loyal fan base under Paolo Parente. Always selling fast online.

But supply chain issues, shipping, distro has been difficult for them.

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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I thought they went out of business years ago. Have they been making new plastics this whole time?

I think so - existing Dust thread.
   
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DUST going out of business is just one of those things that happens every few years

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and nothing of value was lost.

I know, harsh, and said mostly in jest. Bit of a bummer, I picked up Luftwaffe and IJN starter sets a couple years ago but never did anything with them. I intended to build out a complete collection of both factions for the lulz but meh

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In tomorrows news Paolo Parente will be coming out with a new game system based in a WWII era period where things went wildly divergent from our timeline. The system will feature many great NEW models based on Paolo's art style and have a considerable showing of Cleavage. Unlike many systems these models will come as both pre-assembled but primed and ready for painting to get you going quicker and a luxury pre-painted version of the same models so all you have to do is open the box and play.

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Germany

Again?

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There is a certain calming quality, in these times, when some things are seen to return to their regular ways ... Such as Dust going out of business again.
I love Parente's art direction of this game, but I'd also love for it to be produced by Wargames Atlantic in reasonably priced plastic and with established distribution channels. Perhaps in one of the future iterations eh?
   
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Lucas Blackwolf wrote:
There is a certain calming quality, in these times, when some things are seen to return to their regular ways ... Such as Dust going out of business again.
I love Parente's art direction of this game, but I'd also love for it to be produced by Wargames Atlantic in reasonably priced plastic and with established distribution channels. Perhaps in one of the future iterations eh?


Given how the last attempt to partner with a company (Battlefront) went, I highly doubt Dust will ever be produced by an outside company.

I prefer to buy from miniature manufacturers that *don't* support the overthrow of democracy. 
   
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 ScarletRose wrote:
Lucas Blackwolf wrote:
There is a certain calming quality, in these times, when some things are seen to return to their regular ways ... Such as Dust going out of business again.
I love Parente's art direction of this game, but I'd also love for it to be produced by Wargames Atlantic in reasonably priced plastic and with established distribution channels. Perhaps in one of the future iterations eh?


Given how the last attempt to partner with a company (Battlefront) went, I highly doubt Dust will ever be produced by an outside company.


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Lucas Blackwolf wrote:
There is a certain calming quality, in these times, when some things are seen to return to their regular ways ... Such as Dust going out of business again.
I love Parente's art direction of this game, but I'd also love for it to be produced by Wargames Atlantic in reasonably priced plastic and with established distribution channels. Perhaps in one of the future iterations eh?


WGA doesn't do vehicles though, at best they do like, Machine Gun emplacements or Sci-Fi Field Cannons.

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Is, or rather, was (or rather, will be, apparently) this franchise in any way related to the also defunct AT-43 franchise?

Somehow, the art style and miniatures always remind me of it.
   
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Dunno why everyone suddenly thinks Wargames Atlantic is the solution to all of the industries problems. They don't do vehicle kits and it would take them many many years to build out the DUST product line again (you can probably kiss the original molds goodbye). Their supply chains aren't necessarily better (I don't know a single local store that carries their products or which can even get them through their regular distributors), etc. etc. etc.

Besides that, WGA has everything to lose by getting involved with Paolo, the game/company/he has gone bankrupt/out of business, etc. so many times with so many different partners, etc. Hes clearly difficult to work with and the game/product line is a toxic commodity amongst the community at large outside of its own small cult following. Its simply not worth the risk for what seems to be very little gain.

As for AT-43 - Paolo was one of the lead artists on that game.

CoALabaer wrote:
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Another company discreetly closing...
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cue the Miniature Market sale.

I don't have much Dust. But I could tell they were struggling when I ordered some decal sets earlier in the year and they took about three and half months to get to my door. Shame for those that enjoy the game, the Dakka thread has some pretty die hard fans, but I think people could see this coming as nothing was ever in stock.

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chaos0xomega wrote:


Besides that, WGA has everything to lose by getting involved with Paolo, the game/company/he has gone bankrupt/out of business, etc. so many times with so many different partners, etc. Hes clearly difficult to work with and the game/product line is a toxic commodity amongst the community at large outside of its own small cult following. Its simply not worth the risk for what seems to be very little gain.


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I feel the company lost the plot a couple years back. Went from really cool mecha designs to carousel planes and uninteresting tracked vehicles. Their infantry kits felt out of scale with the excellent FFG produced box infantry set. The Cthulhu stuff was... it was there. There was that fantasy thing they were trying too.

You couldn't buy any of it without waiting ages either.

Dust going out of business is a shame, but it's not an unexpected shame.

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Hadn’t this been on the cards since the last disastrous KS was bailed out ?

I’ve never actually seen any of it in the U.K. in a real store.
   
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Affton, MO. USA

They had a winner with the building kit. I bought a bunch of those in a miniaturemarket sale. Wish they were still available I'd buy more at the right price.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
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Feel much the same. I've been collecting Dust (mostly FFG era models), and also liked AT-43, but it was pretty clear with the constant out-of-stock issues that the company wasn't doing well.

As the poster above said, I'm sure we'll see another "what-if" WW2 game from him when the world rights itself once again.

In the meantime, closely watching MM for a sale to pick up a couple mecha/walkers I'd been holding off getting.

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 lord_blackfang wrote:
chaos0xomega wrote:


Besides that, WGA has everything to lose by getting involved with Paolo, the game/company/he has gone bankrupt/out of business, etc. so many times with so many different partners, etc. Hes clearly difficult to work with and the game/product line is a toxic commodity amongst the community at large outside of its own small cult following. Its simply not worth the risk for what seems to be very little gain.


Wisdom


I agree with the above and I should have added "with Paolo working on nothing but the art". WGA seems to have a very competent leadership with a solid production plan - it's what I'd wish for any IP I care about. And while AT-43 and DUST were backed by some of the strongest companies in the industry I recall reading P. was at best overprotective of his IP and at worst difficult to work with. Oh well, off to see if prices of the leftover stock go up or down ...
   
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Also WGA is working on way too many things currently to get involved with something like Dust '47, last time i checked they were currently simultenously working on over 30 full plastic kits.

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Anyways.

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chaos0xomega wrote:
... and the game/product line is a toxic commodity amongst the community at large outside of its own small cult following.
What does that even mean?

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Mmm might have to snag some vehicles and Mythos monsters. Don’t care for their infantry kits, but their Mecha look better than Konflikt’s.
   
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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
chaos0xomega wrote:
... and the game/product line is a toxic commodity amongst the community at large outside of its own small cult following.
What does that even mean?


It means that theres a small group of people that would consider touching it with a 10 foot pole, while most people want nothing to do with the game because of how unstable its history has been.

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 His Master's Voice wrote:
I feel the company lost the plot a couple years back. Went from really cool mecha designs to carousel planes and uninteresting tracked vehicles. Their infantry kits felt out of scale with the excellent FFG produced box infantry set. The Cthulhu stuff was... it was there. There was that fantasy thing they were trying too.


Dust was always Weird War 2/pulp. I'm looking at the RPG book and the cult stuff was party of the setting.
   
 
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