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We need to hear from you of good resources to get everything needed for the game coming out!
I will update this post as data comes in.

I started a terrain forum for 6mm here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/531655.page

Kickstarter Page
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rrpgt/robotech-rpg-tacticstm/posts/575546#comments
Note: Kickstarter pledges/backerkit purchases closed 8 Sept 2013 and credit cards being charged 11 Sept 2013.

Publisher: Palladium Books
http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=651:prepare-for-invasion&catid=53:product-features

Backer kit information:
Going to close at end of August.
Must be busy, actually called the contact number (734)-721-2903, said I wanted to upgrade the pledge and they almost hung up without asking to what level.
(update) in under a half hour they changed the pledge, well done Palladium!
Kit link: https://robotech-rpg-tacticstm.backerkit.com/

Pledge calculator (thanks "Robotek19" in backer forum):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6667797/Robotech%20Pledge%20Calculator.xlsx

Initial rules:
http://damommasboyz.com/sodapop/rtkick/robotech-rpg-tactics-rules-preview-v2.pdf
Update to the rules (best effort from Mike "Morpheus")
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0VSNzmthd1vMmpzeWJsWHVpV0E/edit?pli=1

Mike1975's rules to get you going until we see more:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0VSNzmthd1vSUhEWklpejNwb2s&usp=sharing

Custom Army Builder:
http://www.robotechgamecenter.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=128(Thanks "ejronin")
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0VSNzmthd1vTW9hT194R2FhWTg/edit?pli=1(Thanks: Mike "Morpheus")

Army Squadron lists
UEDF Destroid List http://palladiumbooks.com/cuttingroom/Official/Robotech-RPG-Tactics/UEDF-Destroid-Squadron-Organization-Chart.pdf
UEDF Valkyrie List http://palladiumbooks.com/cuttingroom/Official/Robotech-RPG-Tactics/UEDF-Valkyrie-Squadron-Organization-Chart.pdf
Zentraedi Regult List http://palladiumbooks.com/cuttingroom/Official/Robotech-RPG-Tactics/Zentraedi-Aramada-Regult-Squadron-Organization-Chart.pdf
Zentraedi Elite List http://palladiumbooks.com/cuttingroom/Official/Robotech-RPG-Tactics/Zentraedi-Armada-Elite-Squadron-Organization-Chart.pdf
Malcontents Ground Squadron List http://palladiumbooks.com/cuttingroom/Official/Robotech-RPG-Tactics/Malcontent-Ground-Squadron-Organizational-Chart.pdf
Malcontents Aerial Squadron List http://palladiumbooks.com/cuttingroom/Official/Robotech-RPG-Tactics/Malcontent-Aerial-Squadron-Organization-Chart.pdf

Paint schemes of the various vehicles:
http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/sdfmacross-index.html

Gamers on Games U-Tube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LActJq9J-ms&feature=youtu.be Kevin Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu8KsvSCoYQ&feature=youtu.be Play Through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPkLzHSYk2c&feature=youtu.be Paint and Paintjob

Threads of Note: Was reminded by warboss of all the other threads out there...History of series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotech

Series on you-tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4iS3tSq-i4

Model Pictures
http://www.crittohit.com/events/gen-con-palladium-books-ninja-division-robotech-rpg-tactics#.UhZP1r7D84n
http://users.infohell.net/~elakin/gencon2013/ Thanks "Robotek19"

Going on Sale for the "Public"
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=robotech+tactics

I am one guy and I know from past looking around there are resources available for other elements of the game, please contribute.
Note: All edits are to update useful links as they develop

Thanks for putting this together. I might add something with the Cityscape terrain pack from Dropzone commander to your terrain thread.

 warboss wrote:
Thanks for putting this together. I might add something with the Cityscape terrain pack from Dropzone commander to your terrain thread.

Yes, it is in the first "spoiler button" I provided links to the free printouts and how to reduce them to "proper" 6mm scale rather than 10mm.
I just received my Cityscape pack, I really think it is serviceable 'as is" and good value for the price.
Quite happy with it, will need to add pictures when I get it all together.
You are quite right it is an ideal thing to grab, when Palladium was demonstrating the game, they were using that kit.

Definitely thinking of snagging a dropzone commander pack as well, I think it'd add some great variety to my boards, especially since most of what I have will be re-purposed 28mm terrain from my Malifaux days.

It'd be nice to get some cliffs/valleys (bought or made) like they used with the bridges for one of the demo videos, but storage space on something that bulky might become an issue.

 Forar wrote:
Definitely thinking of snagging a dropzone commander pack as well, I think it'd add some great variety to my boards, especially since most of what I have will be re-purposed 28mm terrain from my Malifaux days.
It'd be nice to get some cliffs/valleys (bought or made) like they used with the bridges for one of the demo videos, but storage space on something that bulky might become an issue.

I would use two large flat foam hills (High enough to clear the models? Not sure if I would want that high, hmm...) on each end of the bridge to give it height and it would be modular: you can never have too many hills.
The bridge in their demo I have and it would be usable to this scale.

hmm little disappointing i missed the kickstarter (the main level + postage was a bit prohibitive for those of us gaming on a budget), but this is pretty useful for my other 6mm stuff. Cant wait till this hits retail though.

 doc1234 wrote:
hmm little disappointing i missed the kickstarter (the main level + postage was a bit prohibitive for those of us gaming on a budget), but this is pretty useful for my other 6mm stuff. Cant wait till this hits retail though.

I can understand getting the kits "across the pond" would justify some high shipping costs but being basically their neighbor, I could almost do a road trip to go pick it up for the same cost. Forar in particular has some equivalent 6 Battlecry kits to ship, that extra shipping change was painful for anyone outside of the US.

Glad the 6mm stuff helps, I was a little surprised how hard it was to find. The side benefit is many suppliers easily make 28mm items as well. The more characterful and experienced suppliers I kept finding in your neck of the woods.

I am interested to see how easily the full add-on kits get to backers and the retail release for comparison cost and speed of release (in waves I hear).

 doc1234 wrote:
hmm little disappointing i missed the kickstarter (the main level + postage was a bit prohibitive for those of us gaming on a budget), but this is pretty useful for my other 6mm stuff. Cant wait till this hits retail though.

You actually didn't miss anything except having your purchase count for unlocking additional new stuff. They're allowing people who missed the KS to join in on the pledge manager phase and you can get exactly the same deals except the early bird specials. Just check out the last couple of updates on the kickstarter for phone and email info as you have to contact them individually so they can manually add you.

 Talizvar wrote:

 doc1234 wrote:
hmm little disappointing i missed the kickstarter (the main level + postage was a bit prohibitive for those of us gaming on a budget), but this is pretty useful for my other 6mm stuff. Cant wait till this hits retail though.

I can understand getting the kits "across the pond" would justify some high shipping costs but being basically their neighbor, I could almost do a road trip to go pick it up for the same cost. Forar in particular has some equivalent 6 Battlecry kits to ship, that extra shipping change was painful for anyone outside of the US.

Glad the 6mm stuff helps, I was a little surprised how hard it was to find. The side benefit is many suppliers easily make 28mm items as well. The more characterful and experienced suppliers I kept finding in your neck of the woods.

I am interested to see how easily the full add-on kits get to backers and the retail release for comparison cost and speed of release (in waves I hear).

I getcha, in fairness even the basic pledge level the amount of stuff in their and the size of the was at least justifiable for the price, but if i recall getting it across the pond added another $50 or so on an already $80ish pledge.

And while i'm here actually try these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350415776897?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350406599809?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Daemonscape seem to have gotten the casts off of GZG after they stopped making them, but for the price they're pretty good. a few small chips on delivery, and some of the finer details (about half the rased hatch sections look like they're meant to be corrugated) are shallow and barely there (with the weird gel resin or whatever it is they use and the odd smell, i orriginally thought they were just cheap/knockoff recasts). Good though like i said, and rather happy with them

 doc1234 wrote:
And while i'm here actually try these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350415776897?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350406599809?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Daemonscape seem to have gotten the casts off of GZG after they stopped making them, but for the price they're pretty good. a few small chips on delivery, and some of the finer details (about half the rased hatch sections look like they're meant to be corrugated) are shallow and barely there (with the weird gel resin or whatever it is they use and the odd smell, i orriginally thought they were just cheap/knockoff recasts). Good though like i said, and rather happy with them

Thanks, I found "Ground Zero Gaming" from those ebay posts (they still have some good stuff).
I had seen Daemonscape before and only saw their vehicles so the GZG molds must have been a recent addition.
They are quite good and not too terribly expensive so it is a great find.
I updated the terrain post and gave due credit.

It just occurred to me what would be a scale to match Zentradi say for corridors inside their ships?
Something I will figure out later unless someone wants to beat me to it.

 Talizvar wrote:

 doc1234 wrote:
And while i'm here actually try these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350415776897?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350406599809?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Daemonscape seem to have gotten the casts off of GZG after they stopped making them, but for the price they're pretty good. a few small chips on delivery, and some of the finer details (about half the rased hatch sections look like they're meant to be corrugated) are shallow and barely there (with the weird gel resin or whatever it is they use and the odd smell, i orriginally thought they were just cheap/knockoff recasts). Good though like i said, and rather happy with them

Thanks, I found "Ground Zero Gaming" from those ebay posts (they still have some good stuff).
I had seen Daemonscape before and only saw their vehicles so the GZG molds must have been a recent addition.
They are quite good and not too terribly expensive so it is a great find.
I updated the terrain post and gave due credit.

It just occurred to me what would be a scale to match Zentradi say for corridors inside their ships?
Something I will figure out later unless someone wants to beat me to it.

Depends on how big the stuff is anyway. If I recall the Zentradi ranged from about half the size of a battroid to about 1:1 on a battroid. Maybe go off the veritech sizes?

So they are letting people in, eh? They seem to have kept that one under the radar, though I'd assumed would be the case after reading between the lines. To clarify; they mentioned it might be possible not long after the campaign ended, but never actually said "hey, call us, we can totes get you in!" that I've seen in an update.

The S&H is kind of rough, though a single Battle Cry tier is $140 + $30 S&H for a total of $170 for roughly (by my napkin math) $550 worth of figures (by MSRP). Even by retail prices I'm figuring that's paying roughly 1/3 what you would in a store, so yeah, if you can afford to get in, that's where I'd recommend going.

But yeah, as Talizvar noted, since I'm snagging stuff for myself and 2 friends at the same time, we're at 6 boxes (pondering 8) and let me tell you how appreciative I am that they decided to jack the S&H fees up from $50 to $100 on my order. >.<

 Forar wrote:
So they are letting people in, eh? They seem to have kept that one under the radar, though I'd assumed would be the case after reading between the lines.

They flat out said that was their plan several times on the palladium press releases IIRC. Granted I haven't tried myself (since I've obviously already pledged) but they made a big deal about no one missing out.

We don’t want anyone who tried to be part of the Kickstarter to get left behind. We greatly appreciate the tremendous support you’ve all given us and want everyone to be satisfied. If you got left out and want in, contract the Palladium offices (734-721-2903 order line).

http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=671:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-june-21-2013&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183

We don’t want anyone who tried to be part of the Kickstarter to get left behind. We greatly appreciate the tremendous support you’ve all given us and want everyone to be satisfied. If you got left out and want in, contact the Palladium offices (734-721-2903 order line).

http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=672:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-june-27-2013&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183

After all the gencon exclusive crap, I haven't really followed it much after that besides what you mainly post here and what a friend messages me about. Did they change their mind or simply not get around to making it work?

 warboss wrote:

We don’t want anyone who tried to be part of the Kickstarter to get left behind. We greatly appreciate the tremendous support you’ve all given us and want everyone to be satisfied. If you got left out and want in, contract the Palladium offices (734-721-2903 order line).

http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=671:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-june-21-2013&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183

It is a mixed feeling going into the kickstarter and participating in the goals and feeling those deadlines come and giving it that extra bit.
I feel that "I did my time" why should they benefit from all that effort?

I realize in the end we are able to do pretty much anything we wanted and were not locked in.
More people able to play the game only helps the community right?

The difficulty is that Palladium is not a startup, they are a full long history business and they "played" the kickstarter well.
They were able to gauge interest, have a reasonably firm pre-order and in a month have the funds to play with as they go to production.
It is really meant for the "little guy" and I suspect we will be seeing much larger companies try it out.

Oh well, I get to have the miniatures = "toys" I wanted since I was a kid. No good reason to be upset!

 warboss wrote:

 Forar wrote:
So they are letting people in, eh? They seem to have kept that one under the radar, though I'd assumed would be the case after reading between the lines.

They flat out said that was their plan several times on the palladium press releases IIRC. Granted I haven't tried myself (since I've obviously already pledged) but they made a big deal about no one missing out.

That's kind of my point.

During the lead up they said a few times they might let some people in, and yet notice there isn't a "HEY DID YOU MISS THE KICKSTARTER? DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US MONEY! CALL US AND WE'LL ARRANGE FOR YOU TO GIVE US MONEY!" post/update/link.

Indicates that if it's happening, it's being done on the down low.

But maybe I'm just one of those crazy folks who finds it interesting not only what people say, but what they pointedly don't say. :-P

Edit: and note, I don't really care whether they are or aren't adding extra people in.

Just commenting on the manner in which they are and aren't conducting themselves.

Also, I joined onto that KS fan created forum. Now I can interact with Alex and Panzerbunny on a whole new locale! :-D

Spoiler: there's some pretty baffling opinions being expressed there too. Like, people vehemently defending the choice to release a bunch of teaser images in the Rifter preview but not bother firing off a KS update with them or even a link acknowledging they exist as somehow a good idea. Like... man what? When is failing to provide up to date info a solid marketing strategy, particularly for a small fry startup in a new (to them) market?

 Forar wrote:
Spoiler: there's some pretty baffling opinions being expressed there too. Like, people vehemently defending the choice to release a bunch of teaser images in the Rifter preview but not bother firing off a KS update with them or even a link acknowledging they exist as somehow a good idea. Like... man what? When is failing to provide up to date info a solid marketing strategy, particularly for a small fry startup in a new (to them) market?

Historically, those who are big supporters in the Palladium forums have seen some rules bent for them.
I choose to look at it as: if you have a cheerleader team why not reward behavior you want?
That company had seen some really tough times where they would not have survived without the die-hard support.

They supplied a "teaser" to download for free so that was not all bad.

The full item must be purchased like a "White Dwarf" which is more revenue for them.

Anyway, they updated my pledge with no issues and I have had a few emails back and forth with "Jeff Burke" handling the manager: seems to be doing his best and succeeding.
It IS nice to have a name for this element of customer service and quick replies... another well done, they better be careful or I may turn into a card carrying fan.

Oh, no, this is on the unofficial fan site.

So no surprise to see cheerleading going on there too, but I'm not the only voice suggesting that things could be done differently either.

As noted there, the minor issue I take is that they put out a teaser through some secondary company that wanted a sign up or facebook log in just to see a free teaser. Why make fans jump through hoops (fake sign in or otherwise) to get them excited to contribute extra cash?

Hell, they haven't even put out a KS update noting that it exists, something that'd go to all the backers, and said preview was released around 2 1/2 weeks ago.

Basically, I'm kind of tired of them seeming to expect people to read their forums, their news posts, comments on a variety of pages and god knows what else just to stay up to date, when they could use the KS updates feature (there've been 106 of them so far, clearly they know how to use it) to keep us all up to date without needing to stay abreast of the situation. Great, have the Rifter preview, and then toss out a heads up or a cut and paste KS update with the info a couple days later.

Someone there made the comparison to White Dwarf as well, but the only thing more insane than making your fledgling userbase hunt for info would be making them pay for it. It's my understanding (as an outsider) that GW gets away with it because they're the biggest name in town and have a massive, rabidly enthusiastic fanbase.

Acting like a big dog while one is still a puppy may be cute, but it's not a solid policy to start with.

Edit the third: minor quibbles of marketing aside, I'm still hoping we see some updated Force Org charts and unit info/stats/force building rules soon. It'd be a hell of a lot easier to decide between getting a Battle Cry and a Half (splitting 3 sets down the middle with a buddy and rounding things out with a few add ons) or going for the full 8 boxes between the 3 of us if we weren't working so much in the dark.

I hope I am wrong but I have seen this happen with "pre-order" with places like Chapters and other companies:

Customers pre-order hoping they get first crack at a new product.

Company thanks people for their money.

Company proceeds to send first batch of product to retail outlets to get money from potentially more customers (they already have yours).

Pre-order people get product in second wave of production.

Some people NEVER pre-ordered from those Companies ever again because it was a disadvantage rather than an advantage.

Watching how this goes so when the next generation is launched, I will know how to proceed.

Sounds so negative...

Well, given that they've specifically said the backers would get their boxes before the game went to retail, I suspect a timeline like that would be... unwise. Like, shatter what little good will they might've built up.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm sure it'll happen to someone. Say they manage to debut the line up at the convention at the end of October they've said they want to, I'm sure out of those 5,400 boxes, someones will still be tied up in customs or MIA or just flat out still en route by sled dog team to the frozen wastes of Toronto or whatever, but on average I'd figure at the minimum, a good faith effort to get boxes into people's hands before retailers started stocking them would be good enough for most.

http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=675:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-july-18-2013&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183

● When we ship to our Kickstarter supporters – ALL Kickstarter items and Add-Ons will be shipped at the same time, but depending on how much you ordered, they may come in more than one box.

● Kickstarter Backers will get these items as soon as they hit the Palladium warehouse this Fall. They will be shipped BEFORE they are shipped to distributors and retailers.

Now, I also understand that snags happen, delays happen, we'll see what happens in reality, but they are aiming to get the backers their stuff first (or so they've claimed, but if we can't take their statements at face value, we probably shouldn't have given them over a million bucks).

This is why I am slowly getting city scapes, tiny cars, trees and stuff... to be ready for the almost unpaintable qty of models that will heading our way.

Think I will make some "park tiles" that fit in a building footprint for variety.

Think I will print some of the buildings and make wrecked ones.

From the city scape set Thinking I make a balsa frame inside to ensure durability.

 Talizvar wrote:
This is why I am slowly getting city scapes, tiny cars, trees and stuff... to be ready for the almost unpaintable qty of models that will heading our way.

Think I will make some "park tiles" that fit in a building footprint for variety.

Think I will print some of the buildings and make wrecked ones.

From the city scape set Thinking I make a balsa frame inside to ensure durability.

The cityscape set is good for wreckin' as well. I was just working on that yesterday and will be posting a review on it for Robotech and Heavy Gear likely late tonight or tomorrow. The balsa frame isn't a bad idea but the buildings have good rigidity for cardstock once you glue the roof in.

 warboss wrote:
The cityscape set is good for wreckin' as well. I was just working on that yesterday and will be posting a review on it for Robotech and Heavy Gear likely late tonight or tomorrow. The balsa frame isn't a bad idea but the buildings have good rigidity for cardstock once you glue the roof in.

I have a strange form of laziness: I like to make something only once and ensure it could survive 10 minutes with my children (military / mining equipment spec.).
I would be interested to see what you come up with, I got so far reviewing them and trying the base tile configurations.
40k models needing painting is keeping me away at the moment, my loyalty is slipping though...

August 1st update from Palladium here.

Nothing really new, other than a statement that the Battlefoam pack 'remains in development and is cool'.

Gee, $100 based purely on "we don't know, but it's awesome" isn't inspiring a ton of faith here.

Especially since they say that about everything. :-P

 Forar wrote:
August 1st update from Palladium here.
Nothing really new, other than a statement that the Battlefoam pack 'remains in development and is cool'.
Gee, $100 based purely on "we don't know, but it's awesome" isn't inspiring a ton of faith here.
Especially since they say that about everything. :-P

Be calm... we have a month to play around before we are locked in.
No need to pre-complain.
We want our miniatures now, I know.
I am about to go to China and see if I can steal off the presses: I know those voices in my head are not real, but they have good ideas.
Now if you can excuse me, I will now go calculate or make a big flying guess on how many decal transfer sheets I need...

Oh don't you start on me too! :-O

Note the smiley. I'm perfectly calm.

But it's a fact that "______ is awesome, the details are a little fuzzy, no idea when the release date is, but it's totally swell" is pretty much on copy/paste for Palladium updates regarding tons of their products, so seeing it for this is... less than heartening.

That said, you'll spend a looooot of time looking for those presses in China, given that they've reportedly said that the production facilities will be in France and the USA. ;-)

But you've kind of hit on one of the ongoing issues this campaign (well run as it was while live) has; we're often making uninformed choices, and they have just over 4 weeks to sort out the particulars before we're buying blind (or at least on old or possibly flawed information).

 Forar wrote:
Oh don't you start on me too! :-O

I feel familiar enough to be entitled... I expect when the game ships I will be hunting down people in Toronto to play the game with.

Note the smiley. I'm perfectly calm.

Do not lie to me... I am excited and willing to go in all directions on hearsay, like a kid before Christmas.

But it's a fact that "______ is awesome, the details are a little fuzzy, no idea when the release date is, but it's totally swell" is pretty much on copy/paste for Palladium updates regarding tons of their products, so seeing it for this is... less than heartening.

I will agree with you, I have seen it too. They will not change overnight. The models are out of their hands so there is hope.

That said, you'll spend a looooot of time looking for those presses in China, given that they've reportedly said that the production facilities will be in France and the USA. ;-)

I had heard early it was to go to China but did not look further so glad to have the correction: my mission just got less expensive and I can speak some French!

But you've kind of hit on one of the ongoing issues this campaign (well run as it was while live) has; we're often making uninformed choices, and they have just over 4 weeks to sort out the particulars before we're buying blind (or at least on old or possibly flawed information).

It really boils down to the physical act of pumping out sprues of miniatures and what level of development/production they are at for each model promised.
That would be the only relevant information to us with the kickstarter, all other information is just marketing ramp up to get to get commercial interest going.

I'm not much of a store player, but I do occasionally stop by 401 games and Meeple Mart, so it's not impossible for us to cross paths. Obviously the latter would be more conducive to a game, because 401 doesn't have any terrain set up (unless they decided to get some going after their move).

As for 'uninformed', I mean in terms of "we have only a vague overview of what these things do, but they're hoping we spend hundreds of dollars on them".

When I got into Malifaux, the first thing I did was read through all the available rules and search for crews and figures that seemed like they'd fit my usual playstyle. Obviously they aren't going to fire off the entire rules packet to us in the next week or two, but things like an updated force organization chart and an updated 'unit overview' like they did near the end of the KS campaign would be helpful. If we're going to spend $20-40 per add on, it'd be nice to know more than just how many figures are coming in those boxes, y'know?

Sure, that's fine from a collector's perspective, but my crew already has stars in their eyes dreaming of throwing 1500 points in figures per side onto a table for an entire weekend recreation of one of the series epic battles (if 600 points is supposed to take an afternoon, that might require some actual vacation time to be used).

As for the Chinese connection, there were a lot of initial assumptions that the production facilities would be in China (as they often are), but it was later reported on the KS comments that someone had been told they were doing the production in more local areas. Perhaps to cut down on all the transit time that could be incurred? If the distribution facilities are in the UK and USA, maybe the time saved (since they seem to be on a fairly tight self imposed timeline) offsets the increased costs of working locally?

Updated my blog here with info on the Cityscape set. To spoil my own blog...



More info at the link:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/360703.page#5908127

 warboss wrote:
Updated my blog here with info on the Cityscape set. To spoil my own blog...
More info at the link:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/360703.page#5908127

Not spoiling your blog too much, great looking work there.
I always liked heavy gear as a fun alternative to Battletech, the really old PC games for HG made me a huge fan.
Thinking back, Robotech is what made those two game systems fun to me, glad to come full circle: terrain and details can support all three systems "win-win".

Into the last few days before the pledge manager closes.

Posted the army lists so we can more intelligently manage our pledges.

Hope it all works out well.