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 NTRabbit wrote:
Ack, the form inside says I should have 5 Forge Guard sprues, and I do, except I should have gotten 6, and it correctly notes that I should have gotten 11 Enforcer sprues, and that 11 are in the box, but there are only 10.

I guess I had it coming, since I had no problems with MA, DBX and DZ wave 2 shipments

Welcome to the club!

My stuff is here!

I was surprised at the size of the box until I remembered that I had ordered an additional 4 battlezones in the 3rd survey, to bring my total up to 16. I expect this will barely tide me over to the DZ2 Kickstarter and delicious new battlezones.

Yes, I had to go back and double check, but you should be getting 1 sprue of 6 Forge Guard for every:

- Forge Fathers starter
- Forge Fathers booster bundle (not individual booster)

I got both, but was only sent one, and the inventory list with the package also said that I was only due one. And no idea what's up with the bases - presumably I was sent enough for 1 sprue only with the previous wave, but not the 2 I was actually due.

Look, I'm not expecting CMON-style "let's make it easier to resell this" retail-style packaging, and I'm happy that things are increasingly inside plastic bags, but I've backed every single Mantic Kickstarter, and the only package I've ever received without an error of some kind was the recent DBX one, and one of the Kings of War ones.

I'd actually be more okay with it if I received an actual confirmation after submitting a missing parts form, rather than dropping it into the void and possibly getting an envelope in the post 3-4 months later.

Oh, for anyone keeping track of these things, I did get the missing FF inferno drill, and I think I got enough 25mm bases for everything (including the additional zombie bundle I got in the 3rd survey) but no 40mm whatsoever.

Just so I'm certain...

If I ordered the Forge Fathers Starter AND Booster, I was supposed to get two Inferno Drills?

Yes.

I ordered the starter and booster, and got one drill in wave 2 and one drill now. They mentioned in an update that they forgot to pack one with the boosters.

 Alpharius wrote:
Just so I'm certain...

If I ordered the Forge Fathers Starter AND Booster, I was supposed to get two Inferno Drills?

I asked that yesterday, and the answer seems to be 'Yes!'

Bioptic wrote:
Yes, I had to go back and double check, but you should be getting 1 sprue of 6 Forge Guard for every:

- Forge Fathers starter
- Forge Fathers booster bundle (not individual booster)

I got both, but was only sent one, and the inventory list with the package also said that I was only due one.

Same....but Mantic have only so far managed to correctly pack my Mars Attacks (just the KS exclusives and the DB team so about 20 models) correctly, so the good news is the world is behaving as normal

*heads to replacement form*

Slight problem here though, in that I can see on my wave 2 manifest where I have clearly indicated I received all of my Peacekeeper 40mm bases... but now I can't find them. Or the 25mm bases for the Zombies. They're both together, somewhere.

This came up when I realised not a single drill I received then and now came with a 40mm base, and at the time I may have just assumed the drill was supposed to be unbased like the other two tracked vehicles. Promo photos all show it based though.


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 Alpharius wrote:
Just so I'm certain...

If I ordered the Forge Fathers Starter AND Booster, I was supposed to get two Inferno Drills?

Pretty sure you didn't get one with the booster, you had to get the booster bundle... unless they replaced the single missile forge guard with it?

Originally it was

Booster: Missile Forge Guard, Valkyr, Chief Brokkr, Brokkr Demo Expert, Frag-Ramm

Booster Bundle: 2x Missile Forge Guard, 2x Valkyr, 2x Chief Brokkr, 2x Brokkr Demo Expert, 2x Frag-Ramm, 1x Inferno Drill, 1x Magma Forge Guard, 1x Autocannon Forge Guard, 1x Brokkr with Muspell Cannon

Then of course the 4 specialist weapon forge guard in the bundle were replaced with a whole sprue of forge guard, the Muspell Cannon Brokkr was dropped from the game and the demo changed name to engineer, but since I only bought bundles and not the smaller boosters I'm not sure what they did about the single Forge Guard, since they won't have given us a whole sprue for just one guy.

Ah, yes, you need the bundle to get the second drill. The small booster is new models, the bundle is 2x new models and 1x repeats of the starter set specialists, which includes the drill.

I'm out of the club! My stuff came in. 12 sprues of enforcers!!

Box was beaten to holy hell, but it's all here. Super happy with Enforcer quality. Well done on the wait, Mantic!!

I've really got to put more than one together... I totally love the idea of using magnets... but they make construction take a fair bit longer. Soon though, just put together my 13th zombie and I'll probably burn out of wanting to paint them around 20-30... after that... maybe Enforcer time. When all is said and done and i've got 30 hard plastic magnetized shooty/fighty enforcers with several bonus restic enforcers to back them up... I'll be officially 100% done with my space marines. No more tall-scaling attempts, they're either getting sold or locked away for awhile.

Has anyone who got more than one set of the mercs made any attempt at some 'zombivor' style conversions? I know I want to steal my second Nastanza's rifle and I was trying to think of what to do with the leftover model... Asterian zombie perhaps?

I also got mine today, thanks lord_blackfang, the dog hair worked!
Haven't gone through it yet, too tired to cry today.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I'm out of the club! My stuff came in. 12 sprues of enforcers!!

Box was beaten to holy hell, but it's all here. Super happy with Enforcer quality. Well done on the wait, Mantic!!

The founding members have left the club, we might have to disband it soon, I got my goods. Well half of them, but it's a start!

Got my wave 2 missing parts yesterday, so those are going out as well.

Stuff came. Didn't get anything with shields and shotguns missing other stuff. Don't care anymore. Box is on shelf. All is right with the world, Mantic continues to screw up and confirm my belief that they are the keystone cops of the gaming industry.


Edit:

Here, have a pic of Mantic HQ customer service:

I got all my regular Enforcer shields inside the Enforcer starters and booster bundles in wave 2.

You are aware that buying extra sprues alone didn't entitle you to the shields, right?

 agnosto wrote:
Stuff came. Didn't get anything with shields and shotguns missing other stuff. Don't care anymore. Box is on shelf. All is right with the world, Mantic continues to screw up and confirm my belief that they are the keystone cops of the gaming industry.

I got my Enforcer shields and crap a long time ago. Wave 2 maybe?

2 shields, 2 shotguns and the Medic in a little baggie, 1 baggie per booster, 2 baggies per booster bundle

 NTRabbit wrote:
2 shields, 2 shotguns and the Medic in a little baggie, 1 baggie per booster, 2 baggies per booster bundle

Then they didn't get them to me in wave 2. I just know that I was supposed to have some shields at some point; didn't get them in wave 2 and assumed it'd be wave 3 (or whatever wave we're on now). I'm not entitled to anything that I didn't pay for but I am entitled to what I did in fact pay for, or would be if I could be arsed to care anymore.

I love me some plastic peacekeepers. The enforcers are cool, but the PK are super cool.

 agnosto wrote:

 NTRabbit wrote:
2 shields, 2 shotguns and the Medic in a little baggie, 1 baggie per booster, 2 baggies per booster bundle

Then they didn't get them to me in wave 2. I just know that I was supposed to have some shields at some point; didn't get them in wave 2 and assumed it'd be wave 3 (or whatever wave we're on now). I'm not entitled to anything that I didn't pay for but I am entitled to what I did in fact pay for, or would be if I could be arsed to care anymore.

Are you sure? They were in a larger plastic bag that is labeled like "Enforcer Booster Bundle" but only has a couple medics and a bunch of loose arms and weapons on it.
(Did you get an Enforcer Booster Bundle or an Enforcer Booster? If you just got a normal pledge you wouldn't be getting shields and medics)

 agnosto wrote:

 NTRabbit wrote:
2 shields, 2 shotguns and the Medic in a little baggie, 1 baggie per booster, 2 baggies per booster bundle

Then they didn't get them to me in wave 2. I just know that I was supposed to have some shields at some point; didn't get them in wave 2 and assumed it'd be wave 3 (or whatever wave we're on now). I'm not entitled to anything that I didn't pay for but I am entitled to what I did in fact pay for, or would be if I could be arsed to care anymore.

Have you double checked your booster and/or booster bundle bags from wave 2? The booster literally contains nothing but the shield and medic baggie plus the bases, and the booster bundle has only two of the shield and medic bags, the bases, and the larger bag with the Captain, sniper, engineer, missile guy and dancing pistol knifey man, if you didn't get the shields your bags must be practically empty

I'm sadly a completionist so I bought a starter for each faction and the booster bundle deal for each faction. Out of curiosity, I went through the big box that all of the Deadzone stuff I received is stored in and no shields and no medics either.

I suppose my only point in posting this here is a kind of Internet sigh and headshake considering tje fact that I have never received a complete Mantic product from two Kickstarters and multiple waves of shipment; awful luck I suppose.

What's sad really is how positive I was about Mantic not all that long ago when the 1st KoW KS started; they've certainly poisoned the well with me and I've gone from encouraging others to buy their products to angst and actively discouraging others and now complete indifference. Maybe some day they'll get their gak together and actually care about quality of product and service (rather than the lipservice paid now).

The good news for you all is this is the final post that I'll be making in a Mantic thread so rejoice lads no more negativity from me.

First Krootawk, and now Agnosto? We need a new voice of dissent.

 scarletsquig wrote:
Got my wave 2 missing parts yesterday, so those are going out as well.

Does mantic charge for shipping for individual waves or is there just one fee during the kickstarter for all of them? It sounds like that for the three waves being mentioned here that they potentially have to send out 6 different packages to correct their own mistakes.

Yeah, they didn't charge me any shipping and I've gotten a lot of packages.

Re: Missing shields. I know it sucks, but why wouldn't you have checked your Wave 2 by now? That's just crazy.

^ One fee for the whole KS.

And yeah, must get expensive for them, I have had 5 packages from Mantic for Deadzone alone.

Won't be getting a 6th one thankfully, wave 3 was all intact.

DBX and DZ wave 3 all arrived 100% intact so I think they're getting better with getting it right the first time.

The move back to more proper hard plastic sprues and away from dozens of tiny bags filled with dozens of tiny bits of restic should make things a lot easier, logistical nightmare with that material compared to a sprue.

The new sprues have me excited for new Mantic releases again for the first time in a long while, restic is more expensive, has less build options and is a horrible material to work with.

Sooo much nicer just quickly and cleanly filing the very small mould lines off of hard plastic enforcers rather than first having the file mangle up restic leaving residue and then having to practice Plastic Bending on half the parts.

Yeah, I think I'm up to 7 or 8 packages total in all waves.

 scarletsquig wrote:

The move back to more proper hard plastic sprues and away from dozens of tiny bags filled with dozens of tiny bits of restic should make things a lot easier, logistical nightmare with that material compared to a sprue.

Now that they seem to be bagging the sprues I would agree. Before that I had scenery sprues and zombie sprues missing pieces. Now (hopefully) any pieces which come loose will be in the bag.