Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday

[klarg1]

Here are some Mad Dogs

First sculpt from IWM about 20+ years old.
2nd is the IWM redo.
3rd is the Catalyst sculpt.
4th is the Premium sculpt just recent.

The Premium sculpt is much larger than the other sculpts.

I don’t want to sadden you, but that first sculpt is closing in on 40 years old at this point. (~35 right now)

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

And was done by Ral Partha, not IWM.

[I am Belch II]

Yeah it was a Ral Partha mech. That one actually came from the 4 mechs Omni pack. It’s I’ve been playing Battletech for 28 years so that how old it is. It is my 2nd favorite mech from the Clans behind only the Timber Wolf. Yes I liked both of them from the Cartoon show!

[ColBosch]

I appreciate the side-by-side pics. They're actually making me come around a bit on ordering some Premium minis.

[Prometheum5]

Here are some Mad Dogs

First sculpt from IWM about 20+ years old.
2nd is the IWM redo.
3rd is the Catalyst sculpt.
4th is the Premium sculpt just recent.

The Premium sculpt is much larger than the other sculpts.

Haha WTF. Why is the Premium Vulture larger than the CGL Plastic? How is this so difficult??

As for the Phoenix Hawk, seems like the skinny limbs are fixed but the head fused to the torso is not, so any argument about the Premium minis having better detail is moot.

[Deckard_2049]

Uh, maybe I made a mistake ordering that premium vulture... after seeing that. It looks off, lower part of legs too skinny, torso is huge, something is deeply off looking about it.

[RazorclawXLS]

Uh, maybe I made a mistake ordering that premium vulture... after seeing that. It looks off, lower part of legs too skinny, torso is huge, something is deeply off looking about it.

No, you are being mistaken now.
That premium Mad Dog is how the actual mini should really look like. The mini from the Clan force pack is the wrongly proportioned one.
The same goes for the new premium Wolverine as well.

There is nothing wrong with them, you are overthinking it.

[Deckard_2049]

No, you are being mistaken now.
That premium Mad Dog is how the actual mini should really look like. The mini from the Clan force pack is the wrongly proportioned one.
The same goes for the new premium Wolverine as well.

There is nothing wrong with them, you are overthinking it.

It just looks a bit top heavy to my eyes, maybe it'll look better in person.

[Aresneo]

Haha WTF. Why is the Premium Vulture larger than the CGL Plastic? How is this so difficult??

According to the recent AMA on reddit the premium minis don't go through the same QA review that every other mini does, hence issues only being found after release.

[Prometheum5]

According to the recent AMA on reddit the premium minis don't go through the same QA review that every other mini does, hence issues only being found after release.

Lmao.  This is the kind of answer that's why CGL can't shake their image as a fly-by-night bunch of amateurs.

[RazorclawXLS]

It just looks a bit top heavy to my eyes, maybe it'll look better in person.

I was being sarcastic. Of course there is "something" wrong with the premium Mad Dog/Vulture. The proportions are completely messed up.

[Scuttlefish]

Lmao.  This is the kind of answer that's why CGL can't shake their image as a fly-by-night bunch of amateurs.

Seems like a perfectly sensible answer given the minis are produced by two different groups?

[Hydrofoil Goat]

Seems like a perfectly sensible answer given the minis are produced by two different groups?

You'd still expect a product that you are planning to sell to go through appropriate QA. There's nothing to be gained from selling a potentially defective product, and everything to be gained from making sure your product is without major flaws.