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Also Gamenerdz has the ITS Season 9 Book pre-order up for just under $13 with free shipping in the US.

Sadly no ITS season 9 packs yet though.
   
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Gathering the Informations.

Spoiler:

So, this is the unit logo copy/pasted from Infinity Army.

Apparently that tiny thumbnail becomes HUUUUUUUGE when direct-linking.
Love the unit motto.
"We Rescue Your Future"
   
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preston

Hmm....
On the one hand monofilament CCW's
On the other, low CC stat for a supposedly CC unit, average shooting, unimpressive stats all round in fact, irregular and relatively expensive to boot.

I think I might just pass, although AD deployment and Stealth do give some interesting options for getting close.

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Thermo-Optical Spekter





Greece

They are alright, giving enouph to be desirable but not an auto-include.
   
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Gathering the Informations.

 master of ordinance wrote:
Hmm....
On the one hand monofilament CCW's
On the other, low CC stat for a supposedly CC unit, average shooting, unimpressive stats all round in fact, irregular and relatively expensive to boot.

I think I might just pass, although AD deployment and Stealth do give some interesting options for getting close.

It's not really a CC unit. The Monofilament CCW is there to inflate the points cost.
   
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Greece

It makes it a threat to heavy non CC oriented targets though.
   
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I actually really like the potential for this unit. Too bad MO doesn't get it, but the number of times I've had a heavy infantry deep in enemy lines that I couldn't get my Trauma-doc/any paramedic/doctor to has been... probably too high of a number.
AD+stealth would get me that chance to revive my knight to get a little bit more carnage out of him.

edit: I was completely ignoring the weapons, too. That thing has an E/Mitter!! ahhh

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Hampshire

I like it.

It's a specialist you can deploy deep to grab objectives.
It's cheaper than any other AD specialist in the game.
It's a paramedic you can drop in (to attempt) to revive a Rambo-ing HI.
It's got an E-Mitter to really punish any TAG or HI that overextends, normal 14's to force two 1/2 BTS rolls or imm 2 and isolated is sickening, especially when you can follow up with a Mono CCW to kill a fully healthy TAG as a normal roll.
Its irregular order is irrelevant the turn it arrives.
   
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All good things!

I like the model as well.

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 warboss wrote:

GW didn't mean to hit your wallet and I know they love you, baby. I'm sure they won't do it again so it's ok to purchase and make up.


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Gathering the Informations.


Taskmaster preview up.
   
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Beyond the Beltway

"Hook 'em Horns!"

Looking at that giant white head on the Tinbot... Am I the only one who thinks it ought to be painted to look like Pennywise? (the Skarsgard Pennywise, not the Curry Pennywise.)

 Monkeysloth wrote:
Also Gamenerdz has the ITS Season 9 Book pre-order up for just under $13 with free shipping in the US.

Sadly no ITS season 9 packs yet though.

Why this book? Just to get the new ITS classifed deck cards out?

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Tinbot be walking onto the battlefield like...


The galaxy is littered with the single-planet graveyards of civilisations which made the economically sensible decision not to explore space. 
   
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 Red Harvest wrote:
"Hook 'em Horns!"

Looking at that giant white head on the Tinbot... Am I the only one who thinks it ought to be painted to look like Pennywise? (the Skarsgard Pennywise, not the Curry Pennywise.)

 Monkeysloth wrote:
Also Gamenerdz has the ITS Season 9 Book pre-order up for just under $13 with free shipping in the US.

Sadly no ITS season 9 packs yet though.

Why this book? Just to get the new ITS classifed deck cards out?


Its a collection of season 8 and 9 missions and story. Its a limited print run for those that would want such a thing, like me. Its already sold out at gamenerdz though, not sure if they'll get more.
   
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Beyond the Beltway

That explains it nicely. Thanks. I do hope you enjoy the book.

Any hints on the LE mini in the Season nine ITS packet, any of its other contents?

 
   
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Gathering the Informations.

 Red Harvest wrote:
That explains it nicely. Thanks. I do hope you enjoy the book.

Any hints on the LE mini in the Season nine ITS packet, any of its other contents?

It's the Cube Jaeger with Boarding Shotgun.

There you go.

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Gosport, UK

Painted one:
   
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Beyond the Beltway

Thanks Guys. I had thought the Cube Jägers were a normal release. Or Cube Jaegers. Maybe something possibly related to that Rolling Stones singer, Mick something or the other


 
   
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Sweden, Stockholm

I've got the cubes like Jagger.
   
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Gathering the Informations.

 Red Harvest wrote:
Thanks Guys. I had thought the Cube Jägers were a normal release. Or Cube Jaegers. Maybe something possibly related to that Rolling Stones singer, Mick something or the other


Sadly not a normal release. The generic release will be next year most likely and will be the other profile or just CCW/Pistol.
   
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preston

 Kanluwen wrote:

Taskmaster preview up.

Okay, I need money and fast because these are amazing!

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Gathering the Informations.

It's 1 Taskmaster. There's an extra arm.
The Tinbot can be gotten with Riot Grrls and Koalas are old.

It's sitting at $39 USD for the MSRP...which is extortionately high.
   
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What exactly does that $39 get us?

I'm...not sure!
   
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preston

Hmm, that does seem a bit, and you are right, those are similar bodies, BUT with a bit of conversion I am sure they will look the part.

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 Kanluwen wrote:
It's 1 Taskmaster. There's an extra arm.
The Tinbot can be gotten with Riot Grrls and Koalas are old.

It's sitting at $39 USD for the MSRP...which is extortionately high.
Are you sure it's only one Taskmaster? Why would they show a picture of two of them then? If it's two, the price makes much more sense.
   
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That's an insane price.. that's the same price range for generic SWC weapon boxes for troopers of different armies. Jesus!

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Gathering the Informations.

 Sqorgar wrote:
 Kanluwen wrote:
It's 1 Taskmaster. There's an extra arm.
The Tinbot can be gotten with Riot Grrls and Koalas are old.

It's sitting at $39 USD for the MSRP...which is extortionately high.
Are you sure it's only one Taskmaster? Why would they show a picture of two of them then? If it's two, the price makes much more sense.

It's a 4 model box.
It's one Taskmaster(with two sets of arms), the Tinbot, and two Crazy Koalas for $39.
   
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preston

 Kanluwen wrote:
 Sqorgar wrote:
 Kanluwen wrote:
It's 1 Taskmaster. There's an extra arm.
The Tinbot can be gotten with Riot Grrls and Koalas are old.

It's sitting at $39 USD for the MSRP...which is extortionately high.
Are you sure it's only one Taskmaster? Why would they show a picture of two of them then? If it's two, the price makes much more sense.

It's a 4 model box.
It's one Taskmaster(with two sets of arms), the Tinbot, and two Crazy Koalas for $39.

Actually I think it is two identical Taskmaster bodies with two different weapon arms, two Crazy Koalas and a Tinbot.

Free from GW's tyranny and the hobby is looking better for it
DR:90-S++G+++M++B++I+Pww205++D++A+++/sWD146R++T(T)D+
 
   
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Gathering the Informations.

 master of ordinance wrote:
 Kanluwen wrote:
 Sqorgar wrote:
 Kanluwen wrote:
It's 1 Taskmaster. There's an extra arm.
The Tinbot can be gotten with Riot Grrls and Koalas are old.

It's sitting at $39 USD for the MSRP...which is extortionately high.
Are you sure it's only one Taskmaster? Why would they show a picture of two of them then? If it's two, the price makes much more sense.

It's a 4 model box.
It's one Taskmaster(with two sets of arms), the Tinbot, and two Crazy Koalas for $39.

Actually I think it is two identical Taskmaster bodies with two different weapon arms, two Crazy Koalas and a Tinbot.

Then it would be a 5 model box.

They count Crazy Koalas and Tinbots as models for the purposes of their boxed sets; it's the whole reason why there's been so much complaining about Tinbots taking the place of a fourth trooper figure in boxes.

Anyways, the contents I wrote are literally what was said at GenCon by Bostria. It's two different weapon arms.
   
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If Kan is right (!), that price is awful.
   
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Indeed.

It's clear that CB needs to just sell the pandas, koalas and tinbots in blisters. I'd even be find with a set that was 2 of each for $20 to keep SKU's down.
   
 
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