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Doc Brown with some Doc Ock thrown in

Well that’s ... something.

The cup with the straw sells it for me. Hopefully that transitions over to the production plastics.

I'm liking all of this. OK, everything except the first abomination. That thing is terrible. I went for the all-in. I'm excited for this.

 DaveC wrote:

 Popsghostly wrote:


That's Adrian Smith? I expected him to look like one of his Hate characters; i.e., 6 foot 4, with huge muscles and wearing fur. At least he has a beard.

Yep and here he is in The Others:

Nice Dave. Nice having a figure of yourself. But I guess you earn it when you have skills like that. Really excited by not-Doc. Maybe they'll have Agents J and K for MIB with not-Will Smith revealed.

 Gallahad wrote:
I noticed that in the card text it says "Xenos type 4" for species. Have we seen any of the cards of the base game Xenos? Just curious if we may see more Xenos of this type. It looks closest to the the abomination from the black ops add-on to me.

Spoiler:

DaveC wrote:Shadow Abombination is Type 4 as well, so it's probably Type 1 worker, Type 2 hunter, type 3 Tank, type 4 Abombination

Spoiler:

OK scratch that all base game xenos are type 1s so we haven't seen type 2 or 3s yet

 DaveC wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:
I noticed that in the card text it says "Xenos type 4" for species. Have we seen any of the cards of the base game Xenos? Just curious if we may see more Xenos of this type. It looks closest to the the abomination from the black ops add-on to me.

Spoiler:

DaveC wrote:Shadow Abombination is Type 4 as well, so it's probably Type 1 worker, Type 2 hunter, type 3 Tank, type 4 Abombination

Spoiler:

OK scratch that all base game xenos are type 1s so we haven't seen type 2 or 3s yet

Spoiler:

Interesting, I wonder if we will get a type 2 add-on or something that has a cohesive force of aliens. It looks like the type 4 is just a catch all since the shadow abom and Babyface don't share any design elements.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Still want to see some sort of Xenoshyft or Sedition Wars references.

Maybe they could produce half of the minis in a completely different scale?


#notstillbitter...


I'm liking the look of this one. I'm not excited enough about Zombies to have been particularly interested in the previous Zombicide releases, but this looks fun.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
The cup with the straw sells it for me. Hopefully that transitions over to the production plastics.

Should have a hip flask option.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
The cup with the straw sells it for me. Hopefully that transitions over to the production plastics.

Should have a hip flask option.

Well, maybe as a stretch goal...

A new Survivor... CMON listened to the WH40K fans' requests for space fish men!!!



Tile add-on too...

That's a really unsatisfactory fishman. When TNG has at least two better designs for your new alien type, it's time to take a hard look in the mirror.

I hope there is a birthday cake equipment card. Or a "the cake is a lie" equipment card.

Nice to see some more soldiers. Most of the stretches have been civilians.

Well, here's an alien I actually like. Maybe because it doesn't emphasize the tentacles? Wish this was the creature style of the aliens.

I think I've heard about manta ray aliens in science fiction, flying in low-gravity worlds with a dense atmosphere?



Grenadier Miniatures had some interesting Alien Animals for their Traveler license back in 1975. I can't find the manta ray, but here're two other miniatures from the boxed set. I find them still more imaginative than the aliens we've seen, though I dunno if they're zombie material.

How did that alien slipped in, its actually good with a note of xenoshyft in it.

ced1106 wrote:
Grenadier Miniatures had some interesting Alien Animals for their Traveler license back in 1975. I can't find the manta ray, but here're two other miniatures from the boxed set. I find them still more imaginative than the aliens we've seen, though I dunno if they're zombie material.

Spoiler:

You find those more imaginative than the aliens in this game? Forgiving the age/sculpting of the models, it looks like a giant octopus and a Chinese-style dragon. Not exactly the most original of "monsters" let alone "aliens" that I've seen.

First one I've really liked

I really love those Xenomoths. I hope we can buy another pack or two.

The new Xenomoth is listed as a type 5

So we have had type 1, 4 and 5 so far...

Starting to feel a bit like the hunters/tanks were supposed to be type 2 and 3 and they made an error?

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
You find those more imaginative than the aliens in this game?

Yes, but that speaks less for the Grenadier miniatures than the Invaders sculpts. There are other varieties of creatures in the Travelers Aliens Animals box which I haven't found (and the miniatures in the photo could have been painted better), and more of them than Invaders has. Again, however, that doesn't necessarily mean that Invaders should have these creatures.

I also posted because they also had a manta ray-inspired science fiction monster. Dunno how often others see this sort of miniature, and Invaders has only been the second time in 35+ years I've seen such a miniature.

Aren't Tzeentch Screamers based on Manta Rays?

That flying thing is terrifying.

And... tile packs. Hmm... 1... or 2?

First alien that actually looks cool. Nice!

(still not backin'!)

Here's a twilight zone moment: My 8-year old specifically asked me if Invader was going to have alien moths two days ago. I told him I didn't think so.

Weird.

And I agree with the general sentiment: up until now there have been enemy aliens so far that I've disliked, enemy aliens I've found passable, and enemy aliens I thought were good. The Xeno-Moths are the first ones I find excellent. More like this, please.

 pancakeonions wrote:
First alien that actually looks cool. Nice!

(still not backin'!)

How did you move my post under your name?

The mantas do look pretty good. Is that inspired by something from Dead Space?

And for some reason, the fish man reminds me of Alien Mine.

 Stormonu wrote:
The mantas do look pretty good. Is that inspired by something from Dead Space.

There’s probably a few influences in there I can see some of the Pitch Black bioraptors and Star Wars Mynock in the design and yeah some of the Dead Space Infector.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
That flying thing is terrifying.

And... tile packs. Hmm... 1... or 2?

Wait a sec...

"No, you will need to have a base pledge ($100 or $150) in order to be able to add any Optional Buys to it."

Well feth that then.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
That flying thing is terrifying.

And... tile packs. Hmm... 1... or 2?

Wait a sec...

"No, you will need to have a base pledge ($100 or $150) in order to be able to add any Optional Buys to it."

Well feth that then.

Also look over in the HATE thread, I hear they are twerking you guys around with your postage costs again .