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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1440 on: 17 July 2018, 07:54:09 »
The Boxed Sets look really good. Sad that Im missing Gencon this year to pick them up.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1441 on: 17 July 2018, 08:45:34 »
Any chance of a photo of the Commando and Locust?

Good catch! Accidentally grabbed a duplicate photo.

The post has been updated with a shot of the Locust and Commando.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1442 on: 17 July 2018, 09:27:33 »
The locust in particular is dead sexy.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1443 on: 17 July 2018, 09:34:57 »
Good catch! Accidentally grabbed a duplicate photo.

The post has been updated with a shot of the Locust and Commando.

How's that for a quick response!  :D

Love the new locust, and the Awesome looks like he's been hitting the gym pretty hard!

Please let there be a plan to make these available separately!

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1444 on: 17 July 2018, 10:17:55 »
The locust in particular is dead sexy.

I think so, too. It actually looks like a war machine now.

Please let there be a plan to make these available separately!

For now, these minis will only be in these boxed sets. Further plastic minis or sets will be helped by these products selling well, and briskly.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1445 on: 17 July 2018, 10:29:29 »
For now, these minis will only be in these boxed sets. Further plastic minis or sets will be helped by these products selling well, and briskly.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1446 on: 17 July 2018, 10:38:48 »
I think so, too. It actually looks like a war machine now.

For now, these minis will only be in these boxed sets. Further plastic minis or sets will be helped by these products selling well, and briskly.

Understood. I'll get two Starter sets, one for me and my little girls, and one for my brother in law. I'll definitely pick up the Game of Armored Combat set for myself!

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1447 on: 17 July 2018, 12:16:28 »

For now, these minis will only be in these boxed sets. Further plastic minis or sets will be helped by these products selling well, and briskly.

Well, as soon as there's a proper street date I'll be preordering two of each, so I'll do my bit :)

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1448 on: 17 July 2018, 12:17:07 »
I'm down for two GUAC and a starter. So many Wolvies...
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1449 on: 17 July 2018, 12:30:14 »
Well, off to pre-order a second Starter Set and Game of Armored Combat Set!  :thumbsup:

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1450 on: 17 July 2018, 12:33:02 »
Is there a pre order?
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1451 on: 17 July 2018, 12:34:22 »
If I can swing it, I'd like to snag one of each.  Those maps and minis are just too good. 
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1452 on: 17 July 2018, 12:39:15 »
Is there a pre order?

Arie's Games & Miniatures has both sets up for pre-order. Miniature Market and The Warstore(I think.) has just the Beginner set up for Pre-order.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1453 on: 17 July 2018, 12:42:42 »
For now, these minis will only be in these boxed sets. Further plastic minis or sets will be helped by these products selling well, and briskly.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1454 on: 17 July 2018, 12:58:27 »
On the minis for the boxed sets, are the bases separate? The beginner's set has the minis on black bases, so I'm thinking they are separate? All my metal minis are on metal bases, and my OCD might kick in if the plastics are on different bases...

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1455 on: 17 July 2018, 13:00:00 »
On the minis for the boxed sets, are the bases separate? The beginner's set has the minis on black bases, so I'm thinking they are separate? All my metal minis are on metal bases, and my OCD might kick in if the plastics are on different bases...

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The bases are one piece with the mini, and made of the same material. Same as minis of box sets past.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1456 on: 17 July 2018, 13:21:19 »
Already set aside the money for 2 of each. 😁
VERY curious to see if any other of the designs make it into plastic...

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1457 on: 17 July 2018, 13:30:08 »
For now, these minis will only be in these boxed sets. Further plastic minis or sets will be helped by these products selling well, and briskly.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1458 on: 17 July 2018, 13:43:57 »
For now, these minis will only be in these boxed sets. Further plastic minis or sets will be helped by these products selling well, and briskly.

Yerp -- as soon as legit preorders are up, i'm going to preorder one set of both at Amazon, and one GOAC and 4 Starter sets at my FLGS (the stuff that's up there on Amazon right now is fool's gold, methinks). later on, discussions with the Quartermaster-General depending, I'm going to expand my military budget and buy more GOACs :)

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1459 on: 17 July 2018, 13:47:01 »
I have heard that chorus before . . .

Whatever you consider the highest form of ‘do this because it helps’, apply that here.

Buy all that you want. Immediately. Don’t hold back.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1460 on: 17 July 2018, 14:26:04 »
Colt, Game HQ has a pre-order list for the starter box. I think they have 8 people on that list so far.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1461 on: 17 July 2018, 14:29:23 »
Anybody know when the new boxsets will appear in the UK?

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1462 on: 17 July 2018, 14:45:52 »
I'm planing on at least two starter boxes and a game of armored combat box, so I can field the new minis in company strength.

Though I expect to be way more excessive than that in the long run, depending on availability.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1463 on: 17 July 2018, 14:53:55 »
I'll be getting two of each, one way or another.  Both sets look great!
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1464 on: 17 July 2018, 15:46:42 »
I’m guessing all the advanced scenarios introing TW level gear, infantry, and vehicles have been cut. I assume the construction rules remain intact but who knows

The GoAC rulebook does contain construction rules, but my sense is that they're pared down. (I haven't taken a spin through the older box set rulebook in awhile, and don't have enough spare time for a close comparison.)

There are scenarios which use the box contents in both rulebooks. However, GoAC's book does not include infantry or vehicles.

Ten seconds on the Beginner Box rulebook: it's basic by intent, and doesn't include many of the rules that longtime players here know like the back of their hand. As with the Beginner Box as a whole, the intent of the rulebook was to give brand new players a taste of the game: moving Mechs around a map, figuring out ranges, blasting their friends into chunky salsa.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1465 on: 17 July 2018, 15:58:25 »
blasting their friends into chunky salsa.

Regular salsa?  Or salsa verde?
This is an important difference.

Really glad to hear that construction rules will be included.  It sounds a lot like the old green booklet from third edition, which is probably still my favorite rulebook for the game.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1466 on: 17 July 2018, 16:10:38 »
Anybody know when the new boxsets will appear in the UK?

Esvedium Games generally has BattleTech products available to ship to UK and Ireland retailers for the street date, or a week or two after at the latest.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1467 on: 17 July 2018, 16:43:16 »
Thanks will keep an eye out :)

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1468 on: 17 July 2018, 17:50:08 »
Sell them unassembled in blisters with a double sided alpha strike/QuickStart card; is be right on these really splendid minis if that was an option.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #1469 on: 18 July 2018, 05:57:18 »
If I need someone to help me pick up some merchandise from GenCon and ship it to Europe, how do I go about i? Make a thread about the request?