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**Asterios**

Forar wrote:
JohnHwangDD wrote:
Robotech wave 1 was delivered by Palladium a full year late (Nov 2014 vs "Dec 2013" estimate).

A ton of backers still don't have their stuff.

Hell, a bunch of people don't even have things in the mail yet, far as we know.

They absolutely did not have "wave 1 delivered in November 2014".

yeah there are backers in south America who have yet to have product shipped or any sign it will be shipped anytime soon.

also find it ironic the company shipping product to the backers in Australia also had product in their stores months ago.

**Joyboozer**

Mine will be delivered Monday, meaning even the postage from the distributor was the cheapest, slowest option.

**Sining**

Wave 1? What's that

**warboss**

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/podcasts/FTNBonus10.mp3

Interview with Ninja Division and Palladium (separately). ND just mentions robotech in the last 15 seconds so no point in listening to them for this at least. Palladium starts about 15 minutes. in and the Siembiedassiah confirms Nov/Dec as the hopeful moving target date for wave 2. I'm still listening but my mouth is watering and my flatus could cause 2nd degree sunburns to those standing behind me.

**JohnHwangDD**

Forar wrote:
JohnHwangDD wrote:
Robotech wave 1 was delivered by Palladium a full year late (Nov 2014 vs "Dec 2013" estimate).

A ton of backers still don't have their stuff.

Hell, a bunch of people don't even have things in the mail yet, far as we know.

They absolutely did not have "wave 1 delivered in November 2014".

OK, add the words "at least" to the above sentence.

Regardless, the point stands even stronger that Robotech is later than Relic Knights.

**NTRabbit**

So on Monday I got that first click and send shipping notice, but I got a tracking email from AusPost today indicating it was only the label, and the package wasn't actually processed until today with an expected delivery of Tuesday next week, which means road freight.

**Joyboozer**

NTRabbit wrote:
So on Monday I got that first click and send shipping notice, but I got a tracking email from AusPost today indicating it was only the label, and the package wasn't actually processed until today with an expected delivery of Tuesday next week, which means road freight.

This was so totally worth backing knowing that I'll get mine one day before some dude I don't know!

**Joyboozer**

Wow, I got mine. So underwhelming. Already seen so many pics online of ther people's it's just like, meh I'll open it later.

**NTRabbit**

Spanner, meet works

https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/25/8292365/robotech-sony-pictures-science-fiction-franchise

**Morgan Vening**

NTRabbit wrote:
Spanner, meet works

https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/25/8292365/robotech-sony-pictures-science-fiction-franchise

The story so far is vague. "Sony has announced that the studio has sewn up the rights". Until this explicitly adds "and has come to agreement with both parties claiming the IP rights", it's going to be a long way from done. Because if they've only come to an agreement with one (I heard Agrama mentioned in one article, so that's HG), then the Japanese claimaint (who a lot of armchair lawyers claim have the stronger case) is going to hold out for a huge sum, if this is expected to be the kind of blockbuster it's being billed as. And that also doesn't factor in if either side (or both!) wants to exercise some creative control.

This comes up every couple of years. I remember seeing the excitement when it was spearheaded by Tobey MacGuire's production company. And that fell into a black hole of obscurity. And even if it DOES get finalised in that aspect, there's no guarantee it'll eventuate, or even be that speedy. Heck, Rifts has been optioned from Palladium for 13 years, and RoW people are likely to see RRT Wave 2 before that gets movement. Hiyoooo!

**NTRabbit**

Well, mine arrived today. Those are a lot of little parts.

**Joyboozer**

NTRabbit wrote:
Well, mine arrived today. Those are a lot of little parts.

Haha beat you. Shame.
I had actually planned to rake a look tonight by, eh, BOOZE!

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Yeah, I typed rake!

**NTRabbit**

So you won't be around for anybody to axe you any questions then?

Funnily enough it's drinks time here too

I also managed to bend my prints by dropping the retail box as it slipped out of my fingers and back into the postal box, after my prints survived months at sea unscathed. Hopefully a stack of heavy books will come to my rescue!

There are lots of tiny little parts on these sprues, they're rivaling some 1/35 armour from Dragon and AFV Club I have here in complexity

**winterdyne**

It's the fact you need to clean each tiny part up perfectly that gets me. No thought went into how these would actually go together at all.

**Mike1975**

Been working on some cyclones too...

**Forar**

Hey guys, news from the front lines!

NEW! Robotech® Dice Bag – Gold imprint on a black bag

The Robotech® Dice Bag was a hit at AdeptiCon, and now it’s available in the Palladium store for everyone. Gold colored print on a faux velvet, black, draw-string bag – 7½ x 8 inch bag with flat, round bottom. $8.00 and only available from Palladium Books. Just a little fun something we worked on behind the scenes. Much more to be revealed for Robotech® soon. See a full description of this item elsewhere in this Update.

Seriously. They lead with the fething dice bag.

UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™

Gotta keep this one brief, but we have all kinds of things boiling that we’ll be talking about soon.

Robotech® RPG Tactics™ has shipped to our Kickstarter backers in Europe and has been shipping to Australian backers, with the rest of the world to follow.

Beasts of War – Unboxing of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ with Carmen Bellaire. This unboxing video was made with Carmen Bellaire, co-author of the rules for Robotech® RPG Tactics™. It is my understanding that 2-3 additional videos will be posted in the weeks ahead. Catch ‘em all and enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3P37ucKoyk

Forge the Narrative Podcast. While at AdeptiCon, Jeff Burke and I did a podcast with Paul Murphy. He also interviewed the guys at Ninja Division and a host of other people. They can be heard at:

http://www.forgethenarrative.com/2015/03/ftn-bonus-episode-10-ninja-division.html

Palladium has exciting plans in development for expanding the Robotech® RPG Tactics™ game line and gaming experience. In between hammering out various details, I have been working on the announcement with all the juicy info. Our plans for Robotech® RPG Tactics™ will be coming soon. Meanwhile, keep having fun building and painting Robotech® RPG Tactics™ game pieces, playing the game, and spreading the word about how much fun this game is to play. The FREE Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Color Guide Resource is available on DriveThruRPG.com along with an ever increasing number of comprehensive building instructions, with more coming in the weeks ahead as we ratchet up the excitement for RRT.

Oh, it's because we're a full quarter into the year and they have nothing else to say.

AdeptiCon Mini-Report

AdeptiCon was a very valuable experience for Palladium Books. Everyone we spoke to was friendly and helpful. We sold some product and shared information, but most importantly, we watched, learned and got a lot of valuable feedback and input from wargamers from around the globe. The event was worth it just for the networking and chance to speak to so many people. I love this hobby, because you can get such honest and thoughtful feedback from gamers. Excellent. It really helped us to fine-tune some of the plans we’ve been making for the Robotech® RPG Tactics™ game line, both immediate and long-term.

Of course, Robotech® RPG Tactics™ was the Number One point of interest. We sold a number of main box sets and expansion packs, as well as Robotech® Battle Foam Bags/carrying cases. The new Robotech® dice bag with the classic logo made its debut at AdeptiCon and it went over well. In fact, it was the item we sold the most, because it was new. I was surprised by how many gamers there knew Palladium Books from our role-playing games. In fact, we sold a surprising number of RPG titles (surprising to me, at any rate); mostly Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited, Robotech® and Dead Reign®, pretty much in that order. Despite the advance hype, a number of people were surprised I was there in person and happy to chat and get some autographs.

The Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Tournament orchestrated by Kyle Toth and his crew was one of the events most highly anticipated by us at Palladium. It seemed to go over well and we had more than a few excited participants stop by our booth afterward. The event may have had more gamers if it was scheduled for Friday. That guess is based on the number of gamers we spoke to who told us they wanted to play in it except it conflicted with the big Warhammer 40,000 tournament they were participating in on Saturday. It’s difficult to say if the turnout would have been much different on Friday. Food for thought for next year. Kyle and company did a nice job. We were surprised and amused to hear that all but one player brought Zentraedi as their faction. The most common reason for this that we heard from the players was they brought Zentraedi because they thought EVERYONE would be bringing UEDF. Funny. Many of the painted game pieces looked awesome, and the terrain provided as playing fields varied. Our personal favorite terrain was the asteroid created by Kyle, Chris and I believe, a third person. I gushed about it so much that Kyle kindly offered to sell it to Palladium. You can see it at the Palladium Open House and at Gen Con Indy. Our heartfelt thanks to Kyle and his team for all their time and hard work. You guys are awesome.

Jeff ran demos at our booth all four days, and we fielded questions and received helpful suggestions about rules, running tournament events, as well as impromptu opinions on a number of subjects we asked the gamers there. The response to Robotech® RPG Tactics™ continues to be overwhelmingly favorable and gamers are excited about what the future holds for this expanding game line. We will be clarifying and defining our plans for it very soon.

It was a genuine pleasure meeting all of you, and an unexpected pleasure to reconnect with some old acquaintances. Your input and suggestions were very welcomed and appreciated. Special thanks to Kyle, Chris, Bill, Paul, Doug, Daniel, Sam and so many others for your support and interest in making Robotech® RPG Tactics something special and lasting for years to come. Together, we can make Robotech® RPG Tactics better and more expansive, and enjoy endless adventure.

I do recall quite clearly people touting how quickly the RRT event filled up.

A shame most of the people who got tickets (apparently 9/20 showed up, if I'm recalling the event numbers correctly?) neglected to actually attend.

NEW! Robotech® Dice Bag – Available now

People have enjoyed the Rifts® dice bag for years, so we thought we’d do one for Robotech®. The Robotech® Dice Bag debuted at AdeptiCon and went over very well. Now it is available in the Palladium store for everyone. This is just one tiny thing we’ve been working on behind the scenes for Robotech®. More to come.

The classic Robotech® logo.
Golden yellow color, silk-screen imprint.
Black, faux velvet, draw-string bag.
7½ x 8 inch bag with flat, round bottom. Can hold a lot of dice.
Suitable for any Robotech® gamer with a pile of dice.
$8.00 retail – Cat. No. 2565 – Available now, only from Palladium Books.

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BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG!!!!!

**Joyboozer**

Can we take that as a sign honest feedback will no longer be deleted from the Palladium forums?

**Albertorius**

Joyboozer wrote:
Can we take that as a sign honest feedback will no longer be deleted from the Palladium forums?

Hahahahahahaha-

...you're kidding, right? Right?

**warboss**

I'm sure the fact that you have to build 3 models for each playable one in game for veritechs (which is admittedly out of palladium's control) and that each of those much smaller models each have a higher parts count due to poorly thought out splits everywhere (which was in their control despite them shrugging off the responsibility) didn't have anything to do with the lack of veritechs. It was because all 9 folks just thought everyone *else* would bring veritechs. Riiiight...

**Merijeek**

So...I recall there being some arguments as far as MM and CSI sales and whether or not the fact that RRT stuff was on sale so often was A SIGN.

So, here you go: http://www.miniaturemarket.com/plb55202.html

As of this posting they have 1 left in stock. So, sale will end, presumably with zero in stock. Let's all see what their stock level looks like in two or three weeks. Will it be 20+ like most items?

**JohnHwangDD**

The big noise was the FRP games "top 20" list, for which Robotech main game is #14 for March, 2015

**Merijeek**

JohnHwangDD wrote:
The big noise was the FRP games "top 20" list, for which Robotech main game is #14 for March, 2015

Well there was also talk of "IT'S ON SALE, IT'S DEAD DEAD DEAD!"

Personally, I think it is DEAD DEAD DEAD, but I don't let my own feelings color actual fact.

**Forar**

And we all know FRP Games is The List to be on!

/sagenod

X-wing making up 10 of the top 20 makes sense.

Some dude's painting manual being number one seems strange though. How many of those things are they selling?

Still #14, it's in the top 20, totally a significant number without any other context!

FRP buyers remain shy, however. Still 0 reviews or ratings for the core box. All those people snapping it up should make themselves heard.

:-P

**Merijeek**

Not reviewing them at Miniature Market, either. Probably too many people screaming "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" when they opened their box.

Of course CSI has 26 reviews. I wonder how many of those who gave 5 stars are on FoTM?

**Forar**

Can't be too many, it's still only averaging 3.8, which isn't terrible, but not exactly the rating one would expect from an overwhelmingly positive fan base as this one allegedly has (mean spirited curmudgeons like me notwithstanding), but not a terrible one all the same.

CSI's hot list seems to be a pile of Star Wars (Armada and the metric crapload of expansions Imperial Assault has that I didn't know existed), Magic, and a couple random odds and ends.

**Stormonu**

Joyboozer wrote:
Can we take that as a sign honest feedback will no longer be deleted from the Palladium forums?

Please, stop it, I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe.

**Asterios**

Forar wrote:

I do recall quite clearly people touting how quickly the RRT event filled up.

A shame most of the people who got tickets (apparently 9/20 showed up, if I'm recalling the event numbers correctly?) neglected to actually attend.

that was Lolafett on the KickStarter forums who said that, in fact it was here:

And yet, wait, they only have 1 available space left at Adepticon with over a month to go? I have several people that want to play. It is just a matter of coordinating schedules.

Feb 4 2015 on Robotech® RPG Tactics™

(a lot of the post deleted cause it was long winded, only the pertinent part was posted)

**Joyboozer**

Lolafett, long winded? Surely not, are you sure you have the right guy?
To be fair though, it's hard to tell you've cut out all the parts where he picks apart others posts.

**Asterios**

Joyboozer wrote:
Lolafett, long winded? Surely not, are you sure you have the right guy?
To be fair though, it's hard to tell you've cut out all the parts where he picks apart others posts.

actually the rest of the post was about the changing of the rules from ND's original rules, and how PB said this and they don't lie everybody else does and so forth, blah, blah, blah.

**Joyboozer**

That's his post he keeps repeating? I thought it was just a really long signature he kept adding!