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 Alpharius wrote:
Let the gouging begin!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anaconda-Mercenary-TAG-Squad-Infinity-/111147317502?pt=Games_US&hash=item19e0e578fe

Sad part is someone will buy it, wanting to play it right away. Only to find out they have to wait for the normal release for the rules.

Pffft... anime noobs! Robotech fans have been gouging the market for con exclusives since an hour or two after the doors opened on Thursday!

Sorry but the guy selling the Anaconda for 99 bucks is a nutjob, sure tis pretty but there are no rules for it and most likely there won't be until the actual model comes out. The model itself will only be around 50 bucks when it does come out.

It's not even a con exclusive. It's just an early release of a model that doesn't have rules yet.

Infinity has never had con exclusives, they just have had Tournament Rewards, Preorder Rewards, Early Convention Releases, and an abortion. All of those "special" models have been available to the public.

The same guy is selling Miranda Ashcroft for about the same price as the Artbook that it comes with: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gencon-13-Infinity-Authorized-Bounty-Hunter-Exclusive-Model-Miranda-Ashcroft-/111147312510?pt=Games_US&hash=item19e0e5657e
Miranda+Artbook is still available for preorder right now.

EDIT: You know what's strange? Is that an Aleph-looking Symbol on Miranda?
EDIT2: Nevermind. It's just a discolored "Authorized Bounty Hunter" symbol.

 Absolutionis wrote:
It's not even a con exclusive. It's just an early release of a model that doesn't have rules yet.

Infinity has never had con exclusives, they just have had Tournament Rewards, Preorder Rewards, Early Convention Releases, and an abortion. All of those "special" models have been available to the public.

The same guy is selling Miranda Ashcroft for about the same price as the Artbook that it comes with: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gencon-13-Infinity-Authorized-Bounty-Hunter-Exclusive-Model-Miranda-Ashcroft-/111147312510?pt=Games_US&hash=item19e0e5657e
Miranda+Artbook is still available for preorder right now.

EDIT: You know what's strange? Is that an Aleph-looking Symbol on Miranda?

No, its the Official Bounty Hunter symbol.

Hah, yeah. I just noticed that and edited post.

That's why my post got doubled then

It's a real shame that the price is that high. I was hoping to buy one before the December release to paint up but not at that price. I'll wait patiently with everyone else that couldn't attend Gencon, oh well.

 Alpharius wrote:
Let the gouging begin!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anaconda-Mercenary-TAG-Squad-Infinity-/111147317502?pt=Games_US&hash=item19e0e578fe

Really sad... I hope there was enough of the Anaconda to go around for everyone at Gencon who wanted one..

Courtesy of the Infinity Datasphere forums, some 'official' images of those released at Gencon:

http://www.datasphere.codestrike.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=936&p=10960#p10960

Those Dire Foes characters clearly won't be equipped with all those weapons, and they're the only special character concepts I've seen showing so many weapons.

I wonder if these Dire Foes sets will come with an alternate set of Weapons-on-Sprue. The Chandra Aleph sprue, for one, has a Shotgun, Sniper, and Spitfire. Chandra Transimides has none of those weapons displayed.

The Armoured Cav redesign.

Oh, is that what that image is of. It doesn't look quite so much like a giant ORC suit anymore.

I really hope we see some new Kamau molds with this Varuna Sectorial comin gout. I really like their concept and their designs, but the existing models are just so blah.

Also, I looked through Guges' photo thread, he's got pics of the new Morat renders. It seems they've totally redesigned their faces. They look way more ape-like now. They almost look like the Brutes from Halo. I'm pleased to see them going with digital sculpts, but just a little disappointed by the face redesign. Also, there's a render of Anyat. She looks pretty damn cool.

I like the new face redesign.

It makes them look less like jack-o-lanterns and more like a natural creature.

I actually think the Kamau sculpts are still quite nice, certainly I would put them behind the Croc Men and Joan of Arc in needing a re-sculpt

The hacker I don't have too much of a problem with other than the fact that she needs some kind of wall to be up against, otherwise her pose just looks strange. Sculpt-wise, she's great. The male Kamau though is the one I really have a problem with. His gun looks huge and his sculpt overall comes off looking mushy to me. I won't deny that Joan of Arc and the Croc Men need work though. Same with the Fusiliers and in general a lot of Pano's light infantry.

According to Bostria the "Dire Foes" boxes are coming out...starting in NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER!

What is the smaller TAG/HI in the render with the Iguana? I thought it was the pilot, but the base looks more like a 40mm and it shares enough features that I thought it was a Gecko (and was very disappointed). Now I've looked back at the artwork and especially the size comparison silhouette and it can't be the Gecko, it's way too small and although the chest and shoulders are similar to the Gecko, the collar/head is all wrong as are the legs/feet. I'm back to thinking it is some sort of the ejected pilot that becomes an HI. Anybody know more?

It is the pilot.

When the pilot is ejected from the Iguana, he actually DOES become a HI.

ARM 3(half of the Iguana!) and toting a HMG.

OK, I had a good chuckle at the not-GoT characters

 Kanluwen wrote:
According to Bostria the "Dire Foes" boxes are coming out...starting in NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER!

Ugh, that's far too early for me. My wallet needs time to recover from everything else first. Not to mention a ton of Kickstarter minis are supposed to be coming in around that time. Oh well, I guess I know what I'm asking for for Christmas.

Oh after looking at all the pics... good lord I'm building Morats.

 Barzam wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
According to Bostria the "Dire Foes" boxes are coming out...starting in NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER!

Ugh, that's far too early for me. My wallet needs time to recover from everything else first. Not to mention a ton of Kickstarter minis are supposed to be coming in around that time. Oh well, I guess I know what I'm asking for for Christmas.

It's not sure whether or not all the boxes are coming out at once or if they are going to be staggered.

One thing I can't quite find specifically described: these boxes are designed to be used with certain scenarios, right? Some rather specific ones, even. Besides that, there's rules for the models in there (or are these just to be used with spec-ops profiles alone)?
How are these scenarios distributed? Just online, or a piece of paper in the box (that would NOT be good, given how some boxes at certain FLGSes can look after a while on the shelves )

The details about the scenarios and rules for the characters are unknown as of right now.

But IIRC the characters, while being based on Spec-Ops, are characters with fixed profiles as the existing in the books, and would be vaild for being used in normal games and even ITS.

On the scenarios I've read both versions. Some people saying it's a digital download and some people saying it's a booklet in the box.

And knowing CB, it will probably be both in the end!

Dire foes will be a two operatives box plus a VIP model paired as you have seen them paired in the artwork, they are "veteran" specops, this means they are special characters and part of the arm list official for tournaments and unchangeable in campaigns.

Each pair will come with a scenario designed for a 300 pts game pairing the two characters and including the VIP.

I am not sure witch box will include witch VIP except the only really obvious one Bipandra and Anyat have Angus as their VIP, that will be an interesting scenario.

Geckos will probably take some time, the initial idea was to release a box of two witch is proving challenging, but still try to achieve that.

I can see buying 2 boxes upon release...

CB 'won' GEN CON as far as I can tell!

 Alpharius wrote:
I can see buying 2 boxes upon release...

CB 'won' GEN CON as far as I can tell!

Hrm... don't know about that. FFG had a hell of a reveal with the new capitol ships along with selling wave 3. Different genres but I don't think its fair to say CB "won" the convention even though they did show off some impressive stuff... They may have "won" your undivided attention though.

I was kidding, of course, since 'winning' a convention is something Websites and Gaming Magazines love to talk about but which makes no sense.

Also, what are you doing out of the Robotech thread?!?