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I was excited about 3, and would have been excited about 4, until I dounf out they charged me $190 USD for $50 USD worth of sea mail shipping, and couldn't provide a cogent reason as to why they'd done it, and why they weren't giving back the difference.

NTR that's really poor behaviour on their part. :(

In the UK I've still not received my Bones III, or a shipping notification regarding it.

BUT... zombie dragon. I'm probably in.

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
NTR that's really poor behaviour on their part. :(

In the UK I've still not received my Bones III, or a shipping notification regarding it.

BUT... zombie dragon. I'm probably in.

That's entirely your choice but I have a zombie dragon.. don't really need another.. but if I did, I would probably try to help out an existing company... or my wallet. I almost went in on B3 because of one or two models and realized they were literally all I wanted.. and ended up just buying existing models.. and saving myself time and money.

NTRabbit, call shenanigans on them. Get your credit card company involved if you have to.

As for my Bones, they had a bit of an odyssey getting into my grubby mitts. I'm in Vancouver, BC (the good one) and some of my relatives have PO boxes in Blaine, so I send stuff there from time to time to get around often-exorbitant international shipping. By the time I I finally got the shipping notice, my uncle had let his PO box expire.

I had to call the place to get it rerouted to a box one of my cousins owned, but my uncle did manage to get it and I picked it up from his place.

Quality of the casts I got is so-so. There are prominent mould lines on a lot of parts and weapon shafts are floppy, as usual.

I doubt it would work. I was charged an extra 50 usd for shipping the tiamat dragon, which sounds reasonable if you're shipping it in the box. But apparently KS backers aren't getting the box it seems.

Yeah, we don't get the fancy store display box for Not-Tiamat, just a very tightly packed cardboard box. Maybe it's to save on postage costs...

First ever Bones for me, now that I've got my big dragon and a mountain of white rubber minis, I think that it it will be the last; that postage was eye watering.

ROW shipping may change this time around, but to quote a certain cretin on these forums: Rest of the world don't matter!

Sorry for those that the shipping did not work out. Hopefully they fix that this time around.

My body is ready for Bones 4 though!

Some backers got Ma'aldrakar in the retail box, myself included, due to a mix up with required quantities at the factory.

I skipped Bones 3 and if they dont manage to get a European supplier I will in all likelihood skip Bones 4 too. The shipping charges combined with the import fees stung quite bad the first two KS

Although every Bones KS seems to have getting worse and worse value-wise anyway, might have skipped it anyway.

It is mostly gravy for us in the USA but that sucks and I'm sorry to hear it! Somehow though it is never worth it to me to pledge for the whole set since when I go through and total up the retail for the parts I want it always comes out less than the base pledge no matter how crazy large it gets. Still, the BFG made my day in this one. If they put in lots of Victoria stuff I will throw money at them.

After seeing how well Bonesium worked for terrain in the last KS I am in for anything even vaguely terrain-centric.

Oh, and someone (other than Infinity) still needs to make some really good werewolves dammit. :-p

Not as much information as some of you want, but here's *some* info about mini's transitioning from Bones to metal: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/71744-bones-to-metal/

As for terrain, some backers of the cancelled CROM KS wanted Reaper to offer the terrain in Bones (or other form?). No info yet.

Some Reaperites said they'll skip on the core set as well, and just go after the add-ons. If you play only one genre of miniatures, it makes perfect sense to skip the core.

I think Reaper doing the Conan terrain as an add on would probably be a smart move. I don't know how invested they were in the CROM project, but it did put Reaper's stuff on the radar and I know there was arguably more interest in the terrain than the minis!

I've never grabbed the main pledge from a campaign, but sampled a few odds and ends in KS2 and 3. I'll likely be back for 4, and again just snagging a couple of choice items.

Sure, I could wait for retail, but even if it takes a year or more, I'll get them eventually, and this way I get to say I helped support the line in advance, even if I don't really see any benefits in terms of stretch goals and bonuses.

Which reminds me that I need to start cutting weapons off sprues and upgrade some of my Shadows of Brimstone enemies.

I need to start saving up money for Bones 4. I got my shipment of Bones 3 in, and aside from a few minor miscasts, all the figures look in good shape. If Bones 4 does like it did last time, then I may be broke again in the future. My wife and step-daughter like the idea of painting up the 100+ figures with me and getting their mini-painting skills up.

If we could have something that fits together and looks as awesome as Gore-maw again, I would be happy

I know I'll be in if there's a nice big terrain offering again.

If not?

I probably won't pledge.

"Human" sized Bones miniatures leave a lot to be desired, and I don't have a pressing need for much else currently.

But I do like their large terrain pieces...

I skipped the main pledge level in Bones 3 and I'm regretting it now. Not only are all the myriad minis useful for my son to paint, but I just never know what might inspire a crazy conversion.

My partner/dungeon master will be backing 4 simply because now that we have a dedicated gaming space we can have a huge pile of various minis for use in our DnD games.

I backed 3 just for the giant dragon Ma'al Drakar. It was worth it though it's more a statue than a gaming mini.

I've backed all 3 bones kickstarters. Gotten the Core set each time. Will get the core set (or 2 of them) in Bones 4.

The best thing about bones is I don't feel put upon when giving minis to my fellow players. If I start a new Pathfinder game (or other RPG) I bring my bones and let people pick something out. The cost is not a factor and it makes an enjoyable evening and makes sure that all the players in the group have a suitable mini. This has lead to some of the players who are not mini people to go and seek outr minis themselves... So kind of like a gateway drug...

They are very useful when your players do something unexpected and suddenly you need a certain mini. Go check the bones box...

I love having a ton of monsters at hand. And the price. I have 10 bugbears. That would be $80+ in metal. Same goes with Gnolls, Orcs, Hobgoblins, Ogres, goblins, Lizardmen, etc.

Also as cheap as they are during the KS, they do increase in price. The $10 Dragon is now $39. That $50 one, now $150... etc.

And while yes, floppy weapons on human size minis is sometimes an issue. I don't mind it on NPCS as much and on PCs I am likely to do a weapon swap anyway...

I will go big on Bones 4 as I am not sure how much longer they will be doing kickstarters for bones. At some point it will stop I am sure. I am gonna try to get one of everything this time as that was my regret from bones 3...

All of the above does not stop me from being annoyed at the delays of (at times) lack of communication from Reaper, but those issues will not stop me from backing again.

When running a game for 9 year olds, Bones are a godsend....

The Auld Grump

Sining wrote:
I doubt it would work. I was charged an extra 50 usd for shipping the tiamat dragon, which sounds reasonable if you're shipping it in the box. But apparently KS backers aren't getting the box it seems.

Really? My giant five(?) headed dragon came in the retail packaging. Big box with a clear window in the front to show of the miniature.

Reaper received some boxes of the non-Tiamat dragon, so, rather than unboxing them, they shipped them to some backers. So you got lucky!

Looks like Baba Yaga's moved to Cemetery Lane!

ced1106 wrote:
Reaper received some boxes of the non-Tiamat dragon, so, rather than unboxing them, they shipped them to some backers. So you got lucky!

Looks like Baba Yaga's moved to Cemetery Lane!

I think I just found the basis for a chaos warhound Titan. add some weapons and you have a Tzeentch warchicken.

I will never understand the appeal of Babba Yagga's Hut

I will never not love the giant chicken-TARDIS.

 adamsouza wrote:
I will never understand the appeal of Babba Yagga's Hut

You don't understand the appeal of a witch's hut that runs around on giant chicken legs and is full of bizarre magical artifacts that are both blessings and curses?

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

How can anyone who owns any large bones with thin ankles imagine that ANYTHING on chicken legs was a good idea in bonesium? Seems like a bad idea for the medium. Past that, I always enjoy the imagery of it being an actual hut like in folk lore.. and even the title. That honestly has much more of a shack vibe going on.

I agree that it's too big and complex -- the house part -- for my image of Baba Yaga's Hut. I will likely put an actual hut on my Bones chicken legs, and use the provided one as a separate shack.

Not sure how to deal with the weak legs issue though. Bones is too springy for it to be easy to drill a hole down the middle and add brass rod, I suspect.

They may well just use a different plastic formula for the legs, like the BFG or Wrymgears wings

(although I agree if it is straight bones it could be an issue)