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 Kanluwen wrote:

 Red Harvest wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Is there some advantage to pre-ordering vs. buying it online from them in August?

Are there limited numbers available?

It is a Limited Edition, so I would say yes, there are limited numbers. And an interesting choice for an LE model too.

Eh. Not that interesting.

It is for those of us that thought Penthouse was the best miniature released last year (like me! )

Intrigued to see what they will do..

I'm considering getting her just because I like collecting their limited edition models.

Also she should make an awesome stand-in for Izzat Beg if I don't end up liking his model.

They have enough models to release without doing limited editions every year, in my opinion.

 Kanluwen wrote:
They have enough models to release without doing limited editions every year, in my opinion.

I'm glad it is not CB opinion.

double post

 Red Harvest wrote:
And here we are on 15 June with no preview of the Hipster Mutts. I blame this Copa Mundial thing for the delay. Don't understand all the fuss really. It's not like it's the World Series or the Stanley Cup, now is it? (said since USAriadna is a prevailing leitmotif at this point.)

Perhaps it'll be Mrs. Izzat Beg*? Or USAriadna gets bikes instead of Quads?

For those of you counting, 40 days to the Inter-Planetary at Vigo.

*Or, given the Avicenna example, Izzat Beg himherself.

 -Loki- wrote:
I'm considering getting her just because I like collecting their limited edition models.

Also she should make an awesome stand-in for Izzat Beg if I don't end up liking his model.

I like your thinking Loki

That looks awesome. I want 4 how do people in Australia get their hands on these?

Order it from the Corvus Belli website during GenCon.

Oh, well that seems easy enough.

Hmm..

We must to apologize for publishing a wrong picture from the Pre-release of Penthesilea where it can be read "Limited Edition Penthesilea". This is the right one.

According to CB, this will still be available on their webstore during GenCon.. so I guess this means we have an "improved" version of their GenCon pre-release system. You can get the pre-release now at either GenCon -or- their store during, or you can wait for retail later on.

They've also said its aaa limited edition model. So chances of a retail release are slim.

No, they've dropped the "Limited Edtion" part now. So it's just a regular pre-release (like the Anaconda and Scarface) with the added benefit that you can ALSO buy the pre-release from CB direct if you can't make it to GenCon.

Then it's another useless Bootyleg.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Then it's another useless Bootyleg.

Was the mini more useful when you could only buy it during a weekend?

I love bootlegs ! (as a painter)

 Erasoketa wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Then it's another useless Bootyleg.

Was the mini more useful when you could only buy it during a weekend?

Nope, it was just as useless.

I have no clue why in the world they feel a model that is under a year old needed a variant already when there are so many missing profiles.

Kanluwen wrote:Then it's another useless Bootyleg.

One man's useless is another man's awesome.

Sangarn wrote:I love bootlegs ! (as a painter)

Exactly!


I can't wait to get my hands on this, one of my favourite all time models getting a rerelease as a purely display model

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Erasoketa wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Then it's another useless Bootyleg.

Was the mini more useful when you could only buy it during a weekend?

Nope, it was just as useless.

I have no clue why in the world they feel a model that is under a year old needed a variant already when there are so many missing profiles.

Maybe they're just testing how much would their alternative "skin" set sell. Second possibility could be, that they've felt the need to release something special for the event. Someone spend two afternoons working on a CAD and production plans and this is the result.

I'm not interested in the miniature.

Don't mind Kan. He just makes himself very vocal when CB don't bow to his wishes and refuses to accept people like things he doesn't.

I'll be grabbing one to paint it as a Kum rider / Izzat Beg still even if it's a bootleg.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I have no clue why in the world they feel a model that is under a year old needed a variant already when there are so many missing profiles.

Because Penthesilea was a super super super super super seuccesfull release.... they are trying to repeat with her.
Why? because it is a 3D model, that they can easily pose and make her ride the new Kum Bike, wich is 3D also...

This is like asking why are there so many Iron Man different figures in the market.

 BobbaFett wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
I have no clue why in the world they feel a model that is under a year old needed a variant already when there are so many missing profiles.

Because Penthesilea was a super super super super super successful release.... they are trying to repeat with her.
Why? because it is a 3D model, that they can easily pose and make her ride the new Kum Bike, which is 3D also...

I question that it was "super super super super successful" release for any reason other than her rules.

This is like asking why are there so many Iron Man different figures in the market.

What market? The action figure market?

Because if you're talking about the action figure market, then I hope like hell Infinity isn't going that way.

 -Loki- wrote:
Don't mind Kan. He just makes himself very vocal when CB don't bow to his wishes and refuses to accept people like things he doesn't.

What wishes?

This is another Penthesilea model within a year of the release of the actual model. When it was limited edition it was "meh", but now that it is general release?
That means it has taken the release, production, and sculpting slot of a model that actually is needed.

If you can not see why I don't like that, I do not know what to tell you.

For me, it all depends on the pose.

If it isn't like the rest of the 'bootleg' line, than I'll probably pick it up.

If she looks particularly amazing, I'll consider it, but I'll have a lot vying for my gencon budget. Wonder if she's going to become CB's Sophie.

 Kanluwen wrote:
That means it has taken the release, production, and sculpting slot of a model that actually is needed.

What.. just like the Anaconda and Scarface? The last two years, CB have made a point of bringing out something 'special' in time for GenCon and if I recall correctly, neither of those releases had profiles prior to them popping up although I could be wrong about Scarface. The idea that this is yet another merc with just enough fluff to justify her existence (ohnoz! rebellious clonez!) who works for, say, and Haq and Ariadna (not ITS legal outside USAriadna and.. whatever the Kum riders sectorial is) is not so far fetched. Personally I'd be more annoyed if they pre-released some much needed blister (Chasseurs!) at GenCon.. and if the decided not to do anything special at GenCon at all, well, then it would literally be their loss.

For me, they can pre-release whatever they want, wherever and whenever!

If we can all get it eventually, who cares?

If it helps justify/pay for the convention trip, great!

Grow the game? Even better!

 Siygess wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
That means it has taken the release, production, and sculpting slot of a model that actually is needed.

What.. just like the Anaconda and Scarface? The last two years, CB have made a point of bringing out something 'special' in time for GenCon and if I recall correctly, neither of those releases had profiles prior to them popping up although I could be wrong about Scarface.

Scarface was known to be a Campaign: Paradiso release. He released in relatively big numbers at GenCon(and in Spanish tournaments as well) in August and then the book was scheduled for September/October. It didn't come out until around November in the US but that was circumstances beyond their control.

The idea that this is yet another merc with just enough fluff to justify her existence (ohnoz! rebellious clonez!) who works for, say, and Haq and Ariadna (not ITS legal outside USAriadna and.. whatever the Kum riders sectorial is) is not so far fetched.

If it were a new profile it would be labeled as such.

Personally I'd be more annoyed if they pre-released some much needed blister (Chasseurs!) at GenCon.. and if the decided not to do anything special at GenCon at all, well, then it would literally be their loss.

There's nothing "special" about another bootyleg model, especially one that was apparently a dud if you go by stock listings. She's been out since last year and only once went out of stock at The Warstore and other indy retailers.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Scarface was known to be a Campaign: Paradiso release. He released in relatively big numbers at GenCon(and in Spanish tournaments as well) in August and then the book was scheduled for September/October. It didn't come out until around November in the US but that was circumstances beyond their control.

Thanks for the clarification.

If it were a new profile it would be labeled as such

With the way CB have been drip-feeding us information recently, there is still plenty of time for that to happen so I'm not ready to discount the idea just yet

There's nothing "special" about another bootyleg model, especially one that was apparently a dud if you go by stock listings. She's been out since last year and only once went out of stock at The Warstore and other indy retailers.

My FLGS orders in extra stock of things that they think will be popular and the Penny release was one of those times. But that's just one brick and mortar shop. I don't have any hard data to support or refute what you are saying about stock levels and popularity. As for the bootyleg comment, I'm not sure if that is an assumption that this is a bootleg release in which case, I would say that all bootleg releases are special in that they are a deliberate deviation from the usual release format so that CB can try something new, but that's no guarantee of the quality of the miniature itself. If it's a comment about another (presumably) cheesecake model and you don't like that, well, that's certainly your prerogative.

They always label things appropriately.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I question that it was "super super super super successful" release for any reason other than her rules.

You are completely right... Penthesilea is ugly and her bike is awful. She does not belong to the most popular army, most popular sectorial army, was horribly painted and her photos did not reach any wargaming community outside the Infinity Ghetto.

Is just her troop profile... specially when you think that actual players would be like 1/3rd of actual Infinity customers.

Ajax is also a super seller... not because is an awesome miniature that a lot of people bought and even play it as a Spess Mahreen, no... It was just his troop profile....

 BobbaFett wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
I question that it was "super super super super successful" release for any reason other than her rules.

You are completely right... Penthesilea is ugly and her bike is awful. She does not belong to the most popular army, most popular sectorial army, was horribly painted and her photos did not reach any wargaming community outside the Infinity Ghetto.

Is just her troop profile... specially when you think that actual players would be like 1/3rd of actual Infinity customers.

Ajax is also a super seller... not because is an awesome miniature that a lot of people bought and even play it as a Spess Mahreen, no... It was just his troop profile....

You're forgetting the incredible popularity of the classic Daktari.