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Commander Cain,
Most of the technolog and robogear stuff has spring fired missiles. I don't know about the fantasy cannon, but the catapault probably does.

RITides,
Thanks for taking the plunge on all of these. I look forward to your pics of them when assembled.

Yes, there is a spring in the picture but they didn't come with one. Not sure if I'll be assembling it with a spring or not (will see if it makes a difference on whether the arm can remain at an upright angle).

Edit: Here's the pic of the sprues I got since the page rolled over (these are 2 catapult sprues side-by-side, so you can see the top and bottom of it). They are plastic.

Huh, that is pretty darn cool! Hopefully they expand to do some more sci-fi stuff as well..

Anybody mention this?:

Looks like that's just the non-Gothic half of the old "Syberclicks" set.

Well, it is sold separately and makes sense now.

As overpriced as Cities of Death is, at least it's quality. The platform stuff looks too toy-like for my taste. The platformer stuff was better because it was modular, but didn't have the "toy block" look to it whan it was completed.

The technocrab is indeed awesome, although I would prefer it to be all techno, or all crab, not a mix. But it would make a great Chaos vehicle.

The fantasy cannon looks great. The Hellcannon is afantastic model, one I'd even pay the Finecast price for, but this is a close second. The price (SIC BUCKS?!!) is amazing. Maybe for Dwarves / Chaos Dwarves, or IKRPG or WM/H or some D&D-like RPG. For the price you could pick us several.

The protal thing looks cool, the least "toy-like" thing they make.

I have some of the Robogear, and it's good but cheap, and the figures are a head taller than GW.

The extra artillery pieces would be great for Ork vehicles.

Don't know why it's all bigger than GW scale, they clearly know GW fans want it.

 Commander Cain wrote:
It is plastic? Even cooler! I see a spring in those instructions, does that mean that the thing actually works?

Some of the Robogear stuff fires. It looks like this stuff does as well.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

 chris_valera wrote:
Don't know why it's all bigger than GW scale, they clearly know GW fans want it.

Because it is 1/48 scale...not 28mm heroic sized.

While there are some people on this side of the world who buy some of the Robogear stuff for use in 40K and other games - most of it is still sold in former Soviet countries to younger kids to play with (one of the reasons why everything has a spring loaded something or other). The 1/48 scale actually puts them in line with Minifigs (the Lego people) which allows kids to graduate from the knock off legos to their toys in the 8-10 year old range.

One thing with the terrain offerings which they have is that the finish of the molds is very smooth which leads to the glossy toy look (the details are softer too...). Once you get a coat of paint on them, they look a lot better. A quick example can be seen here:

http://corblogme.blogspot.com/2012/09/toy-overload.html - Unpainted still on the sprue

http://corblogme.blogspot.com/2012/09/tehnolog-walls.html - Bit of textured paint and drybrushing

Especially when it comes to the "bonus" items that come with things like the cannons, figures, vehicles... It is a great deal. Buy a box of figures - get some free terrain. Buy a cannon - get some free terrain. Buy a tank - get some free terrain.

Agreed, the price on the cannon is insane. Not suitable for a hellcannon imo, since that needs to be "alive", but great for any other cannon.

RUSSIA! It's not just for pornography any more!

... or cheap Forge World stuff

 Sean_OBrien wrote:

 chris_valera wrote:
Don't know why it's all bigger than GW scale, they clearly know GW fans want it.

Because it is 1/48 scale...not 28mm heroic sized.

The 1/48 scale actually puts them in line with Minifigs (the Lego people) which allows kids to graduate from the knock off legos to their toys in the 8-10 year old range.
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I agree with your appreciation of Technog, but nothing about this is in scale with minifigs (LEGO minifigs are not really 1/48, or any scale for that matter) or indicative of a transition from LEGO to this.

More likely that Technog chose a scale deliberately different than others to keep folks in their games. Similar to how GW created their own interpretation/style of scale to differentiate themselves from other makers.

Heres what I put together with little work, some cardboard, sprue, and bits.

rustproof wrote:
Heres what I put together with little work, some cardboard, sprue, and bits.

...and beer? Since there is none left in the glass, I assume it went into the buildings themselves?

Very interesting stuff.

And here's the catapult assembled. Not a drop of glue required although the PDF instructions are very necessary. They're also fully functional with just the spring from a ballpoint pen

Those are pretty cool. And generic enough (in a good way) that they could work in several different armies or games.

Not sure how new these are, but TTfix lists them as such

Orc/Ogres and werewolves. Slightly larger than gw ogres so they could be useful for 28mm or so games (though they might not fit 40mm bases)

They look like fun models, but WOW they are big...

My Goggle-Fu sucks: Link?

Sweet, thanks so much for bringing these to my attention!

 Anpu42 wrote:
My Goggle-Fu sucks: Link?

Most folks don't use links for these because sometimes the Russian seller also has some other products that might be a bit shady.

Ebay searches for "Tehnolog" should get you to these figs fairly quickly.

A new fortress "Ironhard keep" set is available also.
Pretty darn big for only 20 bucks

"Astrogladiator" mech also.


Spoilers are hiding BIG pics

Thanks

That fortress is actually pretty good. Goes together much better than the last one, without all the gaps.

Russian toy manufacturers have mastered the complex multi part leg technology that has befuddled Defiance Games.

 RiTides wrote:
Agreed, the price on the cannon is insane. Not suitable for a hellcannon imo, since that needs to be "alive", but great for any other cannon.

Just to update this, I bought 3 cannons through their website (not ebay) and received them just fine! Very impressed with their stuff, at an incredibly low price to boot...

How much was shipping from their website, and how long did it take?

-P

 plastictrees wrote:
Russian toy manufacturers have mastered the complex multi part leg technology that has befuddled Defiance Games.

If multi-part leg technology was the only thing beffudling them... I could live with it.

 porkuslime wrote:
How much was shipping from their website, and how long did it take?

-P

Shipping takes 4-6 weeks, but it was pretty cheap. I got some scenery, some fliers and some cannon as well as some 15mm KV-1 tanks. I'll be picking up the orcs, centaurs, some more scenery and perhaps some more Zvesda tanks from them in a few weeks.

I wish their stuff was easier to get. Like, walk into the local hobby shop and grab a box or two easy. I loves me some armored werewolves, but I don't want to have to pay international shipping for them.