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Maybe just good clear conversational English and everybody shame hands?

There's only one hellbrute in the DV set.

 pretre wrote:
There's only one hellbrute in the DV set.

Very clever of you to notice that.


One helbrute in an army looks ok, two in an army looks stupid, because of the pose.

 d-usa wrote:
Maybe just good clear conversational English and everybody shame hands?

It is Jazz Hands or nothing!

 loki old fart wrote:
One helbrute in an army looks ok, two in an army looks stupid, because of the pose.

So use a different one... They are starter set minis.

Also, how hard was it to type out that sentence clearly so that we could understand you.

 pretre wrote:

 loki old fart wrote:
One helbrute in an army looks ok, two in an army looks stupid, because of the pose.

So use a different one... They are starter set minis.

Also, how hard was it to type out that sentence clearly so that we could understand you.

First I had to put my coffee down (damn you Americans). And move the cat from my neck, after that it was easy.

Now that that's settled - back on topic please!

Bought DV for the rule book, used some of the chaos figures for my army. And gave the rest to my grandsons ( 7 and 5 years old) to play with.

 pretre wrote:

 loki old fart wrote:

geez send me your address and I'll send you my old specks.
look the helbrute 1 looks sorta OK, 2 looks stupid.
Cultists 2 of most models, and marine models with joins going through the head. No movement on loose arms.
At least with black reach you had some possible movement.

Lazy English to normal English translation:

Hello fellow gamer! Please send me your address and I will send you a pair of my old eyeglasses as I believe your eyesight may be deficient.
For example, look at the hellbrute. One of the hellbrutes included in the boxset looks fairly decent while the other looks stupid. Yes, I am aware that having two opinions for the same model seems a bit strange.
The Chaos cultists have duplicates of many of the models, which really has nothing to do with the sculpts, but does annoy me. Many of the marines have awkward positioning of joins and mold lines and come in static positions which are difficult to convert.
At least with the previous starter set, Assault on Black Reach, there was potential for more action-packed posing and conversions.
Golly gee gosh, I wonder where my shift key went.

Pretre, here are your 1000 internetz points.

I'm not above being interested in a gamer's edition. I just wish I didn't have to go to the GW store to get it, or use their website. I'd much rather this be available through my FLGS.

 pretre wrote:

 loki old fart wrote:

geez send me your address and I'll send you my old specks.
look the helbrute 1 looks sorta OK, 2 looks stupid.
Cultists 2 of most models, and marine models with joins going through the head. No movement on loose arms.
At least with black reach you had some possible movement.

Lazy English to normal English translation:

Hello fellow gamer! Please send me your address and I will send you a pair of my old eyeglasses as I believe your eyesight may be deficient.
For example, look at the hellbrute. One of the hellbrutes included in the boxset looks fairly decent while the other looks stupid. Yes, I am aware that having two opinions for the same model seems a bit strange. Actually, I think I meant that the incredibly unique sculpt of the Heldrake makes it difficult to have duplicates without detracting from the aesthetic appeal. Or in common English, it doesn't look as good when you have copies of the same model.
The Chaos cultists have duplicates of many of the models, which really has nothing to do with the sculpts, but does annoy me. Many of the marines have awkward positioning of joins and mold lines and come in static positions which are difficult to convert.
At least with the previous starter set, Assault on Black Reach, there was potential for more action-packed posing and conversions.
Golly gee gosh, I wonder where my shift key went.

Exalted, bold sentence mine.

EDIT: damn pages numbers, I thought I was reading the last page! Ninja'd! Sorry Manchu, getting back on topic.

... Where are the pics?! I demand pictures! At least then we can discuss something more than the name and price.

If they offered a limited edition it would sell out...

Alfndrate wrote:What was the limited edition intro game? Was this the Limited Edition DV set?

Yes, Space Hulk.

cincydooley wrote:No. He's just being obtuse. Space Hulk wasn't intended to be a "40k starter" product.

As always thanks for the personal attack. Maybe you weren't around back then. But Space Quest/Space Hulk and Heroquest were indeed the proven most effective introduction games to the hobby, winning thousands of new customers. Veterans will confirm that. That's why a general rerelease of Space Hulk was a major demand in "What should GW do" discussion threads for years. Why so many veterans were happy with a rerelease, until they were informed that it will be extremely limited with no advertising until the day of the release.

 loki old fart wrote:

 pretre wrote:

 loki old fart wrote:
One helbrute in an army looks ok, two in an army looks stupid, because of the pose.

So use a different one... They are starter set minis.

Also, how hard was it to type out that sentence clearly so that we could understand you.

First I had to put my coffee down (damn you Americans). And move the cat from my neck, after that it was easy.

I had to laugh as I read that, as I'm sat here with a coffee and a cat on my neck.

 Kroothawk wrote:

Alfndrate wrote:What was the limited edition intro game? Was this the Limited Edition DV set?

Yes, Space Hulk.

cincydooley wrote:No. He's just being obtuse. Space Hulk wasn't intended to be a "40k starter" product.

As always thanks for the personal attack. Maybe you weren't around back then. But Space Quest/Space Hulk and Heroquest were indeed the proven most effective introduction games to the hobby, winning thousands of new customers. Veterans will confirm that. That's why a general rerelease of Space Hulk was a major demand in "What should GW do" discussion threads for years. Why so many veterans were happy with a rerelease, until they were informed that it will be extremely limited with no advertising until the day of the release.

The 3rd editon of Space Hulk, to which you were referring, was not intended to be an intro product. Veterans will confirm that. That's why a general rerelease of Space Hulk was not distributed in the manner that it was "back in the good old days." If you are the omniscient veteran you claim to be, you'd know that. Those veterans were equally happy that they were able to get a new copy. I have a hard time too many of them were broken up that it wasn't stocked at Toys R Us.