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 MajorTom11 wrote:
I'm hearing from multiple birdies wave 3 is much, much closer than we thought... within weeks!

While I don't claim any knowledge of your particular sources, the icons on the upcoming part of the FFG website are frequently updated and have corresponded to the actual releases of miniatures including wave 2 most recently.

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_upcoming.asp

As of right now, they're still labeled as in development with the usual few weeks of at the factory and shipping each still to go.

Supposedly they were confirmed by distributors to two separate FLGS's for ordering... apparently a mistake but verbally confirmed. I thought Fall too but hey, if it is a surprise and sooner than later I'll certainly be happy!

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Supposedly they were confirmed by distributors to two separate FLGS's for ordering... apparently a mistake but verbally confirmed. I thought Fall too but hey, if it is a surprise and sooner than later I'll certainly be happy!

For those of you who watch Tabletop on youtube, they were supposed to do an X-wing session a few weeks back. They changed that, and the only explanation offered (in the "outtakes" session for the preceding week's game) was that it would be featured in a later episode this season, with something big news-wise accompanying.

Another clue?

G*dammit... I just went absolutely mental splurging on wave 1 and 2 and all kinds of supplemental nic-nacs... This game is going to sack me for over 1k in the space of a 6 weeks! I thought my 40k model addiction was bad!

Bring it all to AdeptiCon next year so I can see you play it, Tom

I would never need to bring everything... I kinda bought 3 or 4 times what I needed so my friends wouldn't have to lug their crap back and forth and lose cards and tokens in the shuffle etc.

Trust me, I am clocking in at more than 40 ships I think or close to it lol.

That being said, you should be able to see it all in P and M sooner or later, ties are done except an avenger conversion and 2 interceptors, and half the rebels are done... though quite a few just got stripped minutes ago for a complete re-paint (cough cough splotchy Ywings and YT-1300 #3).

I also saw a rumor today in my RSS feeds saying that wave 4 would consist of the tie/d, viper, z-95 headhunter and the outrider (Yt something or other, rendars ship from SotE). Several of these ships seem to indicate heading towards a 3rd unaligned/mercenary/pirate/smuggler faction, while also finally providing the rebels a ship capable of true swarming in the shape of the Z-95. No source really so I took it with a huge grain of salt, but not a bad wave 4! Although, I would have expected a TIE Defender or Avenger before the viper...

TIE/D has been used for both the TIE Droid Fighter and the TIE Defender, if I remember right.

Dash's "Outrider" was a YT-2400.

I'm absolutely blanking on what the "Viper" is, beyond the model name of the probe droid(Araykd Viper!) from "The Empire Strikes Back". Did the person potentially mean the "Virago"?

Wave 3 is still scheduled for second half of this year, but of course shops can preorder it already. Looks like someone mixed up preorders with actual delivery.

Also there will be a big surprise, but none even got close to what it will truly be. And we better leave it at that until FFG decides to let us all know

Wave 4 is more a wishlist than anything else. And the Viper seems to be a variant of Xizzors ship from Shadows.

Hence the big salt, but hey, rumors!

Looking forward to this 'big surprise' now though!

 Janthkin wrote:
For those of you who watch Tabletop on youtube, they were supposed to do an X-wing session a few weeks back. They changed that, and the only explanation offered (in the "outtakes" session for the preceding week's game) was that it would be featured in a later episode this season, with something big news-wise accompanying.

Yeah I was wondering about that. I hope it wasn't pulled for some odd legal reason.

I really hope they go deep into the books and bring out such things as Preybird-class Heavy fighters, Miy'til Starfighters, GAT-12j.....the possiblities.

That's it, I NEED to buy into this game heavily now...curse you further plastic addiction! 40k was my gateway drug.

More nice minis. Im more interested in this game for the collectors aspect as a fan than the actual game. With the prices of these things I better get started soon, before theres too many to catch up.

I've already cleared out space in my foam for shuttle, b-wing, and tie bombers (don't plan on getting the crow). I realized that all the chits were taking up waaaay to much space in the carrying case so I cut back to around a third. I doubt I'll ever field *both* my complete fleets in any tabletop game so I don't think I'll need 20+ target lock double chit sets.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Yeah I was wondering about that. I hope it wasn't pulled for some odd legal reason.

I was assuming that was going to be something more like, "Hey, Seth Green is going to be in the new movies." Than anything related to the miniatures game...

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Sweet!! Has there been any confirmed shipping dates? I'm excitedly waiting to abuse my wallet with these.

You don't already have them preordered???

Have you learned nothing from the great drought of 2012-13!? lol

Sorry to be a design geek but the packaging for the Lambda is truly beautiful. Almost want to not open it.

 Panic wrote:

Buy 2 then... or 4. Depending on your degree of obsession/insanity

I've always loved the Lambda, going to get one or two even if it's terrible in game,

I'm just glad that the Lambda can be deployed so that it looks like it has landed like a dainty butterfly.

 Riquende wrote:
I've always loved the Lambda, going to get one or two even if it's terrible in game,

Rest easy, there's already been enough preview material released to be confident it won't suck, even if it might not be uber broken. The card that lets you opt to take your action before you move could be very, very strong though...

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Have you learned nothing from the great drought of 2012-13!? lol

I've learned that procrastinating in my town has gotten me at least 3 copies of each ship. I've never been big on planning ahead.

he he fair enough!

This game has caused me to look at the other games I play. My Khador army and the whole system just feels so clunky compaired to X-wing.

 Pipboy101 wrote:
This game has caused me to look at the other games I play. My Khador army and the whole system just feels so clunky compaired to X-wing.

A million times this ... X-WIng spoils us on some many fronts.

Yup, it is now the only wargame I am interested in playing... or miniatures game more accurately. Everything else seems like 20 steps to achieve the visceral feeling x-wing does in one.

If any of you guys are like me, hobbyists and fluffists but not experienced wargamers who are interested in getting into a game but either too busy or too inexperienced to comfortably get into 40k or warmahordes or what not, this is the game for you. Seriously.

Cheap to get into by comparison, a familiar IP, takes literally 10 minutes to learn but has the depth to make it hard to master... you don't have to worry about meeting other people with the same hobby and armies of their own, or going to the store to play... all you need is a coffee table and someone, anyone willing to sit with you for 15 mins and they will be hooked too!

Hell even my wife has 3 games under her belt now and she hates this kind of gak! lol

It's an elegant design. So much so that I even got Star Wars haters or dislikers to enjoy it during my demo days. Easy to pick up, easy to play, fun to master! Plus, the pre-paints don't suck, that's another big pro in my eyes!

Regarding the box designs though, so much wasted space! While I think that the box art is gorgeous, half of it is empty box and don't bane me for saying this, but the bigger ships could easily fit into boxes half their size. It would certainly take up less shelf space in the stores, allowing for more X-Wing products instead!

 BrookM wrote:
It's an elegant design.

For a more civilized time.

 BrookM wrote:
Regarding the box designs though, so much wasted space! While I think that the box art is gorgeous, half of it is empty box and don't bane me for saying this, but the bigger ships could easily fit into boxes half their size.

I've half a mind to bane you straight away. In all seriousness, I think the space came from the MilFalc -- but now that the box is standard, I love the look of the Lambda (or Firespray) just floating there. Looks awesome to me. I feel the urge to buy a new Firespray whenever I see the box at the store.

I know that feeling all too well, if I had pesos I'd pick up that Firespray in an instant. It would go nicely with my whitey on the shelf.

Two Firesprays, two Falcons, 3 Y's, X's, A's, Intercepters, two Advanced and five regular Ties, and I still sometimes twitch to add more to my collection. I've considered one more Tie and one more X-Wing...but right now I have control! If my X-wing buyer doesn't answer soon, I guess I'll have to keep it and have the decision taken from me. Oh darn...