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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Lemme know how the 72 come out, I've been eyeing them too.

And come on, spring for the 1000+ Buck Rogers ships, you know you want to, you know it.

And if you want Robots, you can do a lot better than them.



http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html

5 for UKP2.50

Anyone know where they are from? Some Battletech clone I don't know?

I was thinking of the smaller guys on amazon as others as 25mm robot troopers.

The EM4 Mechs are great BT stand-ins. They scale up well and the style is very similar. Alot of Battletech players have used these guys in the last 20 years or so. I never got around to painting them because our group stuck with rebased 10mm Mechwarrior clix for our mech games, but here's a batch of the EM4 figs that I converted.
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2013/02/from-workbench-converted-plastic-mechs.html

As for the origin of the mechs, they've been a few things. IIRC, were originally created and sold in the early 90's or late 80's by an Italian company whose name escapes me. ICE then got them (or at least distributed them in the 90's and perhaps a bit later) and marketed them as "Steel Warriors". ICE also had the plstic Space Rangers figs, and the Silent Death plastic figs. I'm not sure how, but EM4 ended up with them in the 00's and has been selling them ever since. I think Red Shirt Games still has a TON of the ICE old stock of the figures.

Here's an odd one. Hobby Link Japan is in their Golden Week promotion and have highlighted this set of kits called Geo Craper which are 1/2500 scale models of Tokyo. Example:




There are nine other kits in the range including more buildings and sea port structures, enabling you to build up a rather cool modern city scape.

The Tokyo Tower is a bit over 250m tall, so this kit must be a bit over 10cm tall so the whole kit must be about 10cm wide and 20cm long. Since it comes in eight parts, these could be split out for more ground coverage with a less densely built up city.

I can think of several possible uses for this stuff: Modern naval scenery for 1/3000 or 1/2850 scale ships, Space Navy scenery, or for playing Kaiju monster attack games.

The hoarder in me wants to get a bunch of this stuff just because it's so dinky and looks a lot of fun. It looks like the creator company may be out of business, though, so these could be hard to get hold of.

Could be good for Dropfleet Commander clusters



I think these are about the size of a coin, but I could be wrong.

I imagine them stuck to the inside of an O'Neill space colony or something.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I imagine them stuck to the inside of an O'Neill space colony or something.

Combine 'em with these guys



And a thousand of these guys



And you've got the Earth Mecha force vs alien invaders in downtown Tokyo!

Just received the spaceships from Amazon.

The ships in the multicolored 144 are hard plastic They're not quite as high quality casts as the EM4/SilentDeath spacehips (some of which they are copies of), but they're more than suitable. I particularly like the dual engined slightly rectangular ship which looks pretty cool and the flying saucer which I will be using to greeble some of my 28mm buildings. Most of the sculpts are usefull, but there is an open-topped airspeeder that is kind of weak
http://www.amazon.com/Pack-144-Space-Ships-Assortment/dp/B004N6V4KC/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1462398433&sr=8-9&keywords=spaceships
Verdict: Highly Recommended. When painted these would definitely serve well as wargaming models. I haven't tried yet, but their hard plastic is could probalby be cut and glued for custom ships.

The pack of 72 Bronze, silver and blue ships are a bit smaller, but roughly compatible. They are soft, somewhat bendable plastic and a bit more 1950s'ish, but there's a couple of varieties in there that I really like that would look good painted up.
http://www.amazon.com/US-Toy-Cruisers-Vehicle-Assorted/dp/B00362MR1E/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1462398433&sr=8-4&keywords=spaceships
Verdict: Recommended with SEvere. reservations. They're a bit bendy and probably can't be easily converted or glued, but if you want some retro-looking game models, they could serve. I tried to paint some with spray paint and they became permanently sticky. You're pretty much limited to acrylic brush-on primer with these guys.

One other point. The 144 are probably a bit large, but the ships in the 72 pack are almost small enough to serve as board game pieces. However, if you want to go that way then the Buck Rogers ships from American Science are probably a better bet.

They're hardly expensive, but if anyone is potentially interested in these and willing to cover shipping I'll send them some samples.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Lemme know how the 72 come out, I've been eyeing them too.

And come on, spring for the 1000+ Buck Rogers ships, you know you want to, you know it.

And if you want Robots, you can do a lot better than them.



http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html

5 for UKP2.50

Anyone know where they are from? Some Battletech clone I don't know?

Those have been out quite a while. I got a set almost 16 years ago, and it was really soft plastic.

I realize I'm the one who brought it up here, but let's keep discussion and reviews of these toy space ships to the thread on cheap ships.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/689209.page

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Lemme know how the 72 come out, I've been eyeing them too.

And come on, spring for the 1000+ Buck Rogers ships, you know you want to, you know it.

And if you want Robots, you can do a lot better than them.



http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html

5 for UKP2.50

Anyone know where they are from? Some Battletech clone I don't know?

Those have been out quite a while. I got a set almost 16 years ago, and it was really soft plastic.

The plastic EM4 is using is different. It's not quite as hard as most Polystyrene models, but it's not the soft stuff they were being molded in when ICE was making them. I had some of the old ICE-era Space Rangers and the plastic is alot softer than the plastic on the EM4 mechs I bought a few years back. The EM4 plastic is also glueable with polystyrene cement.

I'll echo everything Barzam said.

The paint pens are a decent substitute for actual paints for younger painters or larger projects, but kits still need to be primed if you want to use the pens on colored areas.

I painted dozens of SD Gundams with them while my students were at recess for YEARS. Most of the paint still holds up even.

In these troubled times it is always good to remember there is goodness and beauty in this world.



1/100 Scale Macross Monster

$250

http://hlj.com/product/BANN05211/Act

Is the 1/200 still in stock?

Nope, still backordered. :(

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Is the 1/200 still in stock?

Nope, still backordered. :(

That's the one they just charged me for and gave a shipping notice for. It must have sold out damn quickly.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Is the 1/200 still in stock?

Nope, still backordered. :(

Why would you want a 1/200 when you can have 1/100!!!!!one!!eleven!!!!



It's the size of a @#$%ing toddler!

I'd rather have the extra $200 in my pocket than a somewhat larger Monster.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I'd rather have the extra $200 in my pocket than a somewhat larger Monster.

It's... it's like I don't even know you anymore!

Anyway nice endles waltz MG 1/100 plastic kit coming

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/07/04/396/

Or Gundam winf MG 1/100

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/07/04/469/

I'm still waiting on a mg Kshatriya.
Though i could always get one of the resin kits for it that are out there.
Though sounds like they are making a new line of 1:100th kits for the bigger suits that can't support themselves in plastic or something.

Meanwhile in Russia

Upon review I may have been misinformed as to how big this will be.

I thought it would be like Warlord Titan sized but now I see it's just 23cm tall.

230mm=9"

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Anyway nice endles waltz MG 1/100 plastic kit coming

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/07/04/396/

Or Gundam winf MG 1/100

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/07/04/469/

Nah. Pretty certain those aren't new. I'm quite certain those were released as web exclusives. Most likely this is a reissue of them.

Of much more interest to the Gundam crowd would be the announcement of new Iron Blooded Orphan releases. Spoiler'd due to their large size.











That's just some of the new designs. There's also a new Build Fighters Try season coming, which of course also means new kits.

Are those from the upcoming second season? I don't really recognise any of those designs.

I loved nearly all of the IBO suits from the first season, but these leave me cold; look awfully angular and regressive, like what happened between Seed and Seed Destiny, where we went from sleek and modern-looking suits like the Gundams, the GINN, and the CGUE to the old and tired Zakus, Goufs, and Seed retreads for the Gundams.

Very underwhelming. Oh, and the new Barbatos looks daft.

PS The Tallgeese is a mail order exclusive.

PS2 Anybody have any interest in the upcoming Universal Unit pre-paints, standing 8 cm tall? I have some Assault Kingdom (previous line, same scale and articulation) models and they're excellent; very excited about the reboot, as the figures are supposedly further improved. Not that pricey either - a set of 10 models runs $50. At this point it's cheaper to play Age of Sigmar using these than official GW figures!

 BrookM wrote:
Are those from the upcoming second season? I don't really recognise any of those designs.

Yeah, these are all season 2 designs I should note, the one with the riot shield is confirmed as being a mass produced suit in service with Tekkadan. That job with Kudelia must have been very lucrative for them. Gusion looks to have received an upgrade as well.

-DE-, I think the designs will grow on you. I wasn't too cool on some of the first season designs until I saw them in color. I'm hoping to see more angles on that Gjallerhorn MS. I like that one next to it, too.

I have the XI Gundam on order and I really want the Zeta Pluses they're doing for the Universal Unit line.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Upon review I may have been misinformed as to how big this will be.

I thought it would be like Warlord Titan sized but now I see it's just 23cm tall.

230mm=9"

And that is why I wasn't eager to drop $250 on it compared to the 1/200 kit.

Even if it were huge, if I were going that route, I'd be getting 1/100 FSS kits. A big LED Mirage with the Flame Launcher and Boomerang flight pack would be pretty awesome:


Obviously, it'd auto-win against an Emperor Titan, but that's OK.

I tried doing some of the older plastic FSS kits, and it was not a pleasant experience.

It was like a Mantic restic figure, except for every single part. Nothing lined up, nothing fit well, everything had to be trimmed, and even in the end, it still looked awkward as .

And why we talking new Gundams when there's all the new Ultraman Orb stuff coming out? Kaiju as monstrous creatures! There's at least 3 new DX figures as well as a slew of old and new smaller monsters!

Weren't those direct conversions of resin to plastic? Rather than being designed as plastic? Kind of like the pre-digital Flames of War: Open Fire! tanks that I built?

OK, yeah.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:

And why we talking new Gundams when there's all the new Ultraman Orb stuff coming out? Kaiju as monstrous creatures! There's at least 3 new DX figures as well as a slew of old and new smaller monsters!

Pssh! Get out of here with your sofubi. Post some pics so we can have something to actually talk about.


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Looks like IBO will be getting 20. HG kits from October through March with 5 accessory sets released throughout the same period.

..and I'm over here like "there's a season 2 of IBO?"...

My kids are downstairs building Deathscythe Hell Custom and Zero Flame Honoo (am not planning on watching Build Fighters so no clue but he liked the way it looked).

 Barzam wrote:

Spoiler:

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Anyway nice endles waltz MG 1/100 plastic kit coming

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/07/04/396/

Or Gundam winf MG 1/100

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/07/04/469/

Nah. Pretty certain those aren't new. I'm quite certain those were released as web exclusives. Most likely this is a reissue of them.

Of much more interest to the Gundam crowd would be the announcement of new Iron Blooded Orphan releases. Spoiler'd due to their large size.

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That's just some of the new designs. There's also a new Build Fighters Try season coming, which of course also means new kits.

Well that was the most recent stuff on that news site
i am more interested in this one piece piece