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I literally just posted that.

Comstar is playing tricks again.

M.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Or as the Capellans are the whipping boy of this universe, .

this hasn't been true for thirty years... real time.

24 years. The Capellan Soultion books came out in 1999.

M.

 Miguelsan wrote:
24 years. The Capellan Soultion books came out in 1999.

M.

and the warrior trilogy ended in 1989. which was the last time the capellans suffered a defeat

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Or as the Capellans are the whipping boy of this universe...

You ever heard of a man named Loren "The Deck" Coleman?

Yeah, he made sure that the Cappies stopped being whipping boys a looooooooooong time ago.

BrianDavion wrote:

 Miguelsan wrote:
24 years. The Capellan Soultion books came out in 1999.

M.

and the warrior trilogy ended in 1989. which was the last time the capellans suffered a defeat

Don't give me that, the CC was irrelevant in the setting until after the clans. They were an afterthought.

M.

Need some of the Mechs from the boxed sets?

BattleTech Miniature Packs – Clan and Inner Sphere
Beginner Box minis $10
Clan Invasion Box minis $30
A Game of Armored Combat $40

Grab some reinforcements for your Clan or Inner Sphere forces with these miniature packs, offering the miniatures from the Clan Invasion box, Beginner Box, and the A Game of Armored Combat box respectively. Previously offered only through the Kickstarter campaigns and at conventions, these will go fast!

Catalyst Game Labs web store: https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/pages/search-results-page

I guess they over ordered for the Kickstarter, because why wouldn’t you.

It's also stuff exclusive to conventions so could be overstock from them; but more and more creators now also release convention exclusive models online or after a period of time. Simply because its not the 90s any more and people see those convention exclusive models the world over, but if your team only goes to them in 1 country then that locks out a huge chunk of your market from even having a chance at getting them (to say nothing of all those who are just locked out by not being able to attend conventions)

 Overread wrote:
It's also stuff exclusive to conventions so could be overstock from them; but more and more creators now also release convention exclusive models online or after a period of time. Simply because its not the 90s any more and people see those convention exclusive models the world over, but if your team only goes to them in 1 country then that locks out a huge chunk of your market from even having a chance at getting them (to say nothing of all those who are just locked out by not being able to attend conventions)

None of that product is exclusive to conventions. 'A Game of Armored Combat', 'Clan Invasion' and the 'Mechs from the 'Beginner Box' are all available at retail. The only benefit is getting the miniatures at a cheaper price without all the extraneous product that comes in the boxes.

In other news, for some reason I was not expecting the map-scale DropShips to come boxed like this:

I tried getting a few T-shirts, but the shipping was $250.

I've messaged them about fixing that.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I tried getting a few T-shirts, but the shipping was $250.

I've messaged them about fixing that.

But you live on the other side of the PLANET!

 TalonZahn wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I tried getting a few T-shirts, but the shipping was $250.

I've messaged them about fixing that.

But you live on the other side of the PLANET!

I just wanted the AS Rulebook while it was in stock at the Catalyst Store. A £34 book with £118 postage to the UK.
I also tried a forcepack I couldn't find in the UK. Forcepack £20 and another £97 postage to the UK.

I messaged them, weeks ago. Never heard anything back, other than the automated reply.
In the end, I got the Forcepack from eBay in the USA and they managed less than £10 for postage.

Still waiting to find a rulebook to actually play the full game though. meh.

Does anyone know what to do about the shipping issue?

I want to be able to buy singles. I'd love a few more Shadow Hawks.

M.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Does anyone know what to do about the shipping issue?

Did they respond to your message?

More than one person has claimed to me that if you message them to say, "I tried to place an overseas order on the webstore but the automated shipping quote was insane" they will give you a more sane quote. I don't know if it's true or not (or was at one point and isn't any longer).

I'm pretty curious how their store is set up/why it does this. Even the USA --> Canada quotes are buck wild, varying between 60-100 USD. Aren't most webstores these days, like, integrated with mail services by whatever company runs the webstore app? Why is the Catalyst store spitting out these nonsense numbers that bear no relationship to what postal services or freight companies charge? It can't just be that they have high handling fees built in, because then we would hear the domestic customers complaining too. It sucks, but it's also sort of funny/charming to me because it feels like ordering something in 2006.

they might have a relationship with a postal service that is reasonable for domestic shipping but awful for international (but since most of their customers are domestic that's mostly ok),

and they can ship internationally cheaper but have to do so manually and not via their shipper who comes and collects stuff regualrly

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Does anyone know what to do about the shipping issue?

It would be much less expensive for you to order it, ship it to me, then have me ship it to you.

Although, IMHO, it would *still* be too expensive.

USPS rates to AUS are bonkers, but it's like...$80 bonkers and not $250+ bonkers.

Size comparison of the map-scale DropShips and the BattleMechs:

I wonder how much those'll be for general release...

New update, don't miss the two unboxing videos (including the 1st Somerset Strikers).

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I wonder how much those'll be for general release...

I got a message from the factory's media manager that saw fit to answer my comment on YT that said Catalyst had ordered more than enough to hit retail (though this is probably just in the US) and that Catalyst is ordering restocks from them all the time, so there is a chance of further runs if demand is high.

M.

I should have paid better attention during the campaign, because I was under the impression that the dropships were announced as resin one-offs from a different shop than the plastic modelmaker.

Now I regret not adding a pair!

That was my recollection as well. Still would have been a pass for me because map-scale, but whatevs.

 Ghaz wrote:
Need some of the Mechs from the boxed sets?

BattleTech Miniature Packs – Clan and Inner Sphere
Beginner Box minis $10
Clan Invasion Box minis $30
A Game of Armored Combat $40

Grab some reinforcements for your Clan or Inner Sphere forces with these miniature packs, offering the miniatures from the Clan Invasion box, Beginner Box, and the A Game of Armored Combat box respectively. Previously offered only through the Kickstarter campaigns and at conventions, these will go fast!

Catalyst Game Labs web store: https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/pages/search-results-page

... aaaand now the IS stuff is all sold out. Sigh.

The thing about the reinforcement extras is that they really cost the same as the full boxes do when they're on sale, except maybe for the Beginner's Box. And then more for shipping on top of that.

I was excited about the sale of the minis from the boxes, until I realized that with shipping it's not much better than the prices off of Amazon. And then you at least get all the other gaming material that comes in the boxes.

Silly noob question but... are those plastic mechs bigger in scale than previous metals? Has there been a general scale shift with their newer line of plastic boxed kits? Or are they just higher tonnage mechs and therefore in universe bigger?