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It also depends on the size and complexity of the mold.
Battletech transport rules take a very feline approach to moving troops in a combat zone: If they fits, they ships.
The reseen tbolt has the legendarily nightmarish multi-segment legs. Are you thinking of the primitive or IIC?
No kidding. I have several of the Robotech RPG Tactics mini boxes, and those models are a copper plated pain in the ass to build.
Those minis are/were utterly absurd. I don't think I ever finished assembling the four out of the one box that I purchased.
The answer to any question like this is "Money." As in it either:1. Costs too much to do2. Won't deliver enough money to be profitableIn this case we've talked about it before you had joined the forums, and it's #2.
They should look into an on demand service such as the folks at Pro Wrestling Tees.....they do online stores for pro wrestlers and apparently the wrestlers make a decent profit off the shirts....
There could be license issues that are not public. But, hopefully, the print-on-demand experiment will show that such things are possible.
If they limit the selection to stuff they are 500% sure they have the rights to (or Topps does) then it would probably be good. The notion tho that money is the issue was more what I was responding to :P
I can’t say I’m super excited about the initial selection for PoD but I’ll buy it with the hope of more options in the future
I wasn't talking about copyrights at all. I mean that IMR's license with Topps could limit their ability to produce ancillary products.
The notion tho that money is the issue was more what I was responding to :P
Honestly I'm torn. I want to support PoD and CGL, but turning points just don't excite me the way a collection of say XTROs would. *shrug*
My understanding is that PoD for XTROs would be difficult because of their landscape format. You'll probably hear more about PoD in the coming months--con season is here and all available production resources are directed elsewhere at the moment.
I'm on the opposite end here. I have built and painted about 2 dozen of the unseen (Destroids) from RPG Tactics for Btech, I love them! It's just a cost/reward issue, not a lot of players like me who feel the payout is worth the extra effort. Which I totally understand! My companies also include about 20 plastic lance packs too!! 🤣 But going forward? I would definitely like to see more modular plastic mini "kits". They wouldn't need to be as elaborate as the Robotech kits, but that direction would please me! 😍
Hey, I think it's great that there are people out there who enjoy those complex kits. I'm definitely not criticizing those who do. I think, all else being equal, Games Workshop really hit the sweet-spot with the basic Space Marine mini in terms of number of pieces. For obvious reasons, that wouldn't translate 1:1 to Battletech (we wouldn't need the shoulder pauldrons or the bolter), but upper body, lower body plus legs, left arm, right arm, sometimes the head. That seems perfect to me. Again, though, maybe the real difference maker is not the number of pieces, but the material. I love the folks at IWM, they do really excellent work and I am grateful to them for helping keep this game alive, but it is a heck of a lot easier to put together a plastic mini than it is a pewter one.
Money is always an issue. Let us all remember the HBS experiment with trying to crowd-fund BT merch. "I'd definitely buy one of those!" Okay, that's one sale made, and possibly several thousand more to go.My understanding is that PoD for XTROs would be difficult because of their landscape format. You'll probably hear more about PoD in the coming months--con season is here and all available production resources are directed elsewhere at the moment.
Fair enough. Maybe a printed copy of the Era Reports will be available in the future. That would be cool too.
Do you mean the Era Digests? Because yeah, I'd love to see a certain mini-book in print. ;)
Both. ER3145 is approaching college organic chem textbook prices
Wait until you get to Analytical and Physical. Plenty of O-Chem books out there to bring the market down....