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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #60 on: 15 November 2016, 01:11:45 »
Wasp, Loki, and Goshawk? Sounds like a good release lineup! Will need at least 2 or 3 wasps, if not more.
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« Reply #61 on: 15 November 2016, 07:16:42 »
More like a company  :D
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And a lance of Ostscouts (they better look good!!)

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« Reply #62 on: 23 November 2016, 22:37:21 »
Any update on the release for the Ostscout? Want to put my order in at the new flgs in the next week or two and really want to include a pair or lance of ostscouts.

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« Reply #63 on: 24 November 2016, 05:59:07 »
Speck - I will assist you with this one if it is ok? It sounds like you guys at IWM are a bit busy at the moment . . .

I got an email on Monday from Melissa at IWM indicating that Q4 2016 releases are coming out this week. The 4th Quarter 2016 BattleTech Releases are:

Vandal LI-O Prime Mech [20-5135] - 65 Tons - TRO 3145 / 3150,  $14.75
Triskelion TRK-4V Tripod Class Mech [20-5138] - 75 Tons - TRO 3145 / 3150, $17.25
Ostscout OTT-7J Mech [20-5140] - 35 Tons - Combat Manual Mercs, $10.95
Undead Lance Pack [10-058] - TRO 3145 / 3150, $44.95
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #64 on: 24 November 2016, 07:39:54 »
Speck - I will assist you with this one if it is ok? It sounds like you guys at IWM are a bit busy at the moment . . .

I got an email on Monday from Melissa at IWM indicating that Q4 2016 releases are coming out this week. The 4th Quarter 2016 BattleTech Releases are:

Vandal LI-O Prime Mech [20-5135] - 65 Tons - TRO 3145 / 3150,  $14.75
Triskelion TRK-4V Tripod Class Mech [20-5138] - 75 Tons - TRO 3145 / 3150, $17.25
Ostscout OTT-7J Mech [20-5140] - 35 Tons - Combat Manual Mercs, $10.95
Undead Lance Pack [10-058] - TRO 3145 / 3150, $44.95

Yep...these are already out & available, but typically it's about a month before they show up on IWM's site to allow retailers a chance to sell them first.
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #65 on: 24 November 2016, 08:06:21 »
Unfortunately, Melissa recently shipped an order for me which USPS International tracking is showing is currently sitting in Dubai. So I will probably be waiting 3-4 months before I put in my next order and get my hands on some Ostscouts for my ebay store  :'(
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #66 on: 24 November 2016, 13:31:58 »
Nice, so will have them in my order then. Just need to build the rest of it  ;D

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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #67 on: 24 November 2016, 22:42:10 »
Unfortunately, Melissa recently shipped an order for me which USPS International tracking is showing is currently sitting in Dubai.

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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #68 on: 25 November 2016, 00:03:47 »
Neg. I assume it was flying in the hold of an Airbus, as of this morning it has made landfall in Aus.
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #69 on: 27 November 2016, 04:53:43 »
Ostscout - Has travelled!

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« Reply #70 on: 01 December 2016, 18:36:59 »
Any news on a release date for the Wasp beyond Q1? Hoping I can place an order with my flgs in Jan but...

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« Reply #71 on: 01 December 2016, 23:08:21 »
Not yet complete, so I wouldn't count on it before February, given a natural slowdown around the holidays. IWM generally wants the master in-hand 6 weeks before release, and release to distribution before selling direct. Knowing that they allow of month or so before offering new releases on their site, that points to the later side of Q1 if ordering from IWM.

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« Reply #72 on: 02 December 2016, 00:13:47 »
Well, it would be through the new game store that opened up. It actually seems busier than the one that closed around May with many many happy people. Keep harping on them to finish getting setup with IWM... I've got money burning a hole in my pocket waiting to purchase a lance of Shadow Hakws and a pair of Ostscouts. Had my fingers crossed to add Wasps sometime in Jan but I guess I can wait... at least they aren't Q1 2018 or ??? like the new intro box Randall mentioned.

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« Reply #73 on: 03 December 2016, 00:44:38 »
Soo... another annoying question. When will the 2017 release schedule be up, or at the very least what will the order code for the Wasp be so I can make a list for the local store.

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« Reply #74 on: 03 December 2016, 08:52:53 »
Just look up in the thread!

I will update the release schedule on the website this week, but below is the 1st Quarter for 2017

1st Quarter 2017
20-5142 Loki II Prime
20-5143 Sarah SRTH-10 Prime
20-5144 Goshawk II (Standard)
20-5145 Wasp WSP-1A
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #75 on: 08 December 2016, 23:35:51 »
Does anyone have pics of the new highlander variants. I'm interested in placing an order but don't want to buy what I can't see
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #76 on: 08 December 2016, 23:51:27 »
Photos from B-3 (the sculptor) of the master for the new Highlander mini.

Photos of the variants (some of which may not be released yet, unsure due to lack of time and energy to keep up with all the latest developments).
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #77 on: 09 December 2016, 08:07:09 »
The variants are available. -734 in Lion City Stables, and -738 in Lyran Guards colours:

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« Reply #78 on: 09 December 2016, 08:53:49 »
Wow, Psycho, you have done amazing work with those two (I am assuming that those are your work), they looking beautiful.
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« Reply #79 on: 09 December 2016, 11:21:41 »
Thanks! The good thing with these is that they paint up well. No poop-polishing here. They're big, well-detailed minis that should take just about any scheme and make it look good. Fair warning though, they've got a lot of pieces to deal with. We're talking mid- to high-teens for part count. Some of that is from the alternate weapons all being separate and going over the built-in parts for the -732, but we're still looking at 3 pieces per leg.

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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #80 on: 09 December 2016, 12:33:27 »
Very well polished paint job, Psycho.  I may end up picking up one.  I don't really need it, but it's less ugly than the two current molds i have.
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« Reply #81 on: 09 December 2016, 17:54:15 »
I don't really need it, but it's less ugly than the two current molds i have.

That has to be one of the funniest excuses I've seen for buying minis.   ;D   O0


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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #82 on: 18 December 2016, 15:13:40 »
I have added some new items to the New Releases Category. I will be updating the release schedule on the frontage of IWM site soon as well.

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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #83 on: 19 December 2016, 07:05:01 »
Very nice, the Triskelion turned out to be great looker from what the picture reveals.  Yen-Low-Wang pretty nice, i guess it also could act as Centurion's AH variant since their both armed similar without the "Wolverine" claws on the hand.

Vandal looks neat as well.
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« Reply #84 on: 19 December 2016, 22:56:21 »
Bakeneko! Yay!

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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #85 on: 20 December 2016, 11:25:16 »
I don't really have a need for the new Centurion, but its such a great looking mini I'm going to have to add two of them to my next order.   ^-^
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« Reply #86 on: 30 December 2016, 18:59:19 »
Hold on, we are getting a Classic Wasp?  In metal?  Sounds like I need to contact the FLGS.
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« Reply #87 on: 31 December 2016, 06:31:32 »
I assume we will see all the classics sooner or later as metal mini.

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« Reply #88 on: 31 December 2016, 14:46:54 »
Sure but there were only a few they were releasing as metal until the plastic comes out.  I want my classic Marauder . . . and the picture has just been a tease.
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Re: New Battletech release available on IWM web store
« Reply #89 on: 01 January 2017, 23:08:09 »
Hey Speck, I just noticed this.

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Ostscout OTT-7J [20-5140] - "This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 09 July, 2016."

This is off by a few months, isn't it?   ???  Isn't this the Revised Ostscout?

It has the same "added to" date for the Centurion CN9-YLW / CN9-YLW2 "Yen Lo Wang"[BT-395] as well.   :-\
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