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 silent25 wrote:
Looks like Togashi, the clan champion.

It is. (Togashi is the last name and shared by several characters though).

For reference, from FFG's iteration of the game:

 Sqorgar wrote:

 silent25 wrote:
Looks like Togashi, the clan champion.

It is. (Togashi is the last name and shared by several characters though).

For reference, from FFG's iteration of the game:

Actually, it is just Togashi, the founder of the Dragon Clan. He goes by Yokuni to hide his identity.

 LunarSol wrote:
It's important to remember the PP guys are gamers. They get hooked on Hearthstone and Overwatch and whatever else. They hang out at cons and play games with the community. My guess is as much as anything else, they've just got the L5R bug going around the office during lunch breaks.

It'salso interesting to note that PP's distribution in the EU sucks monkey balls, while FFG's is Asmodee. I'm sure building up a relationship will be a net benefit for all parties involved.

Eh...So they will just make L5R miniatures for the collection and painting ? Or is it for a new board game or something ?

minicrate is just for collecting. Maybe this is a way of testing the waters to see how popular the figures are before committing to a full game.

L5R drew me in here. If they got the rights to a miniature game of it Im screwed . I’ve been building up Test of Honour figs for my samurai fix, and old school L5R is some of my favorite stuff of Matt’s. I’ve never been drawn to his PP style though.

If this turns into a thing I foresee some crossover potential as the
player bases aren't necessarily all in on each other's games.

Guess what, Rokugan is on the other side of Immoren. WMH/L5R worlds merge.

And on the 3rd side is Faerun. Ultimate Conspiracy reached!

FFG does own the entire L5R IP, they also have their hands full with Star Wars minis and Rune Wars (probably winding down).

You can bet they've discussed sub licensing out the IP to someone who might be able to do a miniature game. But, the game probably won't be financially viable.

What makes it more reasonable is that L5R would be a cheap license.

 Sarouan wrote:
Eh...So they will just make L5R miniatures for the collection and painting ? Or is it for a new board game or something ?

Minicrate is basically a one time sale of a model over a month or so. PP makes the model, mould and everything and then fills the orders (which are limited per buyer) and then at the end destroys the mould.

So its a one time, only one time order never to come again.


Which means if you see something you like and you don't get it during its release window you can never get it again unless you are lucky to get one on the second hand market (which is unlikely as you can't bulk-buy them so anyone who gets one is basically going to either hold onto it or sell it for a very high second hand price).

It basically makes it a boutique collectable and due to the constraints is possibly not the best market tester measure; its more of a one-off production thing.

So, there's a Mystery box you can buy in the PP store.

https://store.privateerpress.com/games/hordes/mystery-box-blowout

It says that you can purchase up to five in the same order, without getting duplicate factions (every box is only one faction). Does that mean that it's pretty much just 5 factions they're trying to liquidate? And if so, which ones do you think they are?

I like that they guarantee at least one large based model. I wish you could choose the faction (or at least from a list), but I suppose the whole purpose of this is the clear out less popular stuff.

The 5 Hordes factions, possibly?

I got my shipping order for the 2 boxes I ordered. Should be here Wednesday. I can post what's in them.

Got them for the RPG and figured I'd try out Company of Iron. I like the setting but the core game isn't really my thing.

Meh, I like the look of PP stuff but nobody in my area plays it. Thought I'd give the mystery box a go as it seems like a good deal. The delivery price to the UK is more than the box itself!

I'll be interested to see what people get at any rate!

 Monkeysloth wrote:
I got my shipping order for the 2 boxes I ordered. Should be here Wednesday. I can post what's in them.

Got them for the RPG and figured I'd try out Company of Iron. I like the setting but the core game isn't really my thing.

Cool, im thinking of getting a box too next week when i get paid, it will be good to get an idea of whats in them

 Monkeysloth wrote:
I got my shipping order for the 2 boxes I ordered. Should be here Wednesday. I can post what's in them.

Great, thanks!

I ordered one as well, but haven't gotten a shipping notice yet. I'll do the same when it comes.

I like most of the large based models, the only ones I can think I wouldn't want would be a battle engine caster I already own. But I'm sure I'd find some use for them.

Took 4 business days for my order to ship which was inline with the 3-5 they told me about after the order.

A few people on reddit have reported their contents, going to post them here for reference sake as I want to see how consistent it is across the same faction boxes.

Cryx -- Mk3 Battlebox, the Kraken/Sepulcher, Corruptor/Reaper/Malice jack kit, 4 bone chickens(Ripjaws and Nightwreches), and Cryx tokens.

Cygnar -- Plastic Colossal kit, starter set, full unit of Stormblades, and a plastic Reliant/Stormclad.

So far looks to be new stuff. I would not be sad with either of those for $60 though I'm hoping for Mercs and Minions.

Wow, they’re a lot better than I was expecting for that price.

yep. Right now appears to be one starter, one heavy jack, one huge figure and a unit of some type.

Considering they said you can order only 5 is that just a limit PP is putting on the number or are there only 5 factions in the deal total? I'm thinking it's the first option.

Surprised at plastic Colossals. I was expecting them to be the old resins.

 AduroT wrote:
Surprised at plastic Colossals. I was expecting them to be the old resins.

I was too, though given that resin is pretty easy to make on demand, they might not hold as much stock of those as other things. Plastic stuff is ordered in bulk overseas after all.

Some more have popped up.

Another Cryx with the same contents as above.

Circle was the Stormraptor, Mist Ridere, starter and a Gorax

Skorne was the Hydra, two medium unit boxes and battle box.

Fair play, they're pretty snazzy sounding sets for the money!

So I’m hearing

Cygnar: Starter box, Stormblades, Colossal multi-kit, Stormclad/Reliant
Circle: Starter box, Mist Riders, Gorax, Storm Raptor
Cryx: Starter box, Reaper multi-kit, Nightwretch box, Ripjaw box, colossal multikit
Ret: Starter box, Gorgon, Invictors, colossal multi-kit
Skorne: Starter box, Desert Hydra, Incindiarii, Cetratii

All of them come with tokens.

My order came today. Cryx and Cygnar. Matches what we've already seen.

Over not to bad. I like the aesthetic of Cryx so no complaints there and out of what appears to be just a list of 5 only Cygnar or scorne would be next.

Really thought there would be something from all factions but it's looking like just some of them. Makes me wonder if they'll "make room" at another warehouse sometime later with a different 5 factions?

A Skorne Hydra... I am jealous.

 Monkeysloth wrote:
My order came today. Cryx and Cygnar. Matches what we've already seen.

Over not to bad. I like the aesthetic of Cryx so no complaints there and out of what appears to be just a list of 5 only Cygnar or scorne would be next.

Really thought there would be something from all factions but it's looking like just some of them. Makes me wonder if they'll "make room" at another warehouse sometime later with a different 5 factions?

All the contents were plastic. Unless PP decides to do this with non-plastic contents, the only other factions that could have been used were Khador, Menoth and Convergence.

 AduroT wrote:
So I’m hearing

Cygnar: Starter box, Stormblades, Colossal multi-kit, Stormclad/Reliant
Circle: Starter box, Mist Riders, Gorax, Storm Raptor
Cryx: Starter box, Reaper multi-kit, Nightwretch box, Ripjaw box, colossal multikit
Ret: Starter box, Gorgon, Invictors, colossal multi-kit
Skorne: Starter box, Desert Hydra, Incindiarii, Cetratii

All of them come with tokens.

I like these options. Can’t say I’d really use Ret, but all others would be great!

 Monkeysloth wrote:

Really thought there would be something from all factions but it's looking like just some of them. Makes me wonder if they'll "make room" at another warehouse sometime later with a different 5 factions?

I did too, but knowing the contents makes the purpose of the sale pretty clear. It's just selling off the extra stock from the print run they ordered for the plastic kits.


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decker_cky wrote:

All the contents were plastic. Unless PP decides to do this with non-plastic contents, the only other factions that could have been used were Khador, Menoth and Convergence.

Mercs are technically possible as well.