Author Topic: 2012 CE Mini? (Read 26699 times)

worktroll · « **Reply #90 on:** 28 May 2012, 18:56:11 »

Many thanks!

speck · « **Reply #91 on:** 28 May 2012, 19:10:30 »

Quote from: worktroll on 28 May 2012, 18:56:11

Many thanks!

Pictures will be up tonight. I will have pricing and more details up by tomorrow. The molds are being worked on now so some should make I to origins by Friday. As for a qty, unsure as of today.

worktroll · « **Reply #92 on:** 28 May 2012, 19:16:36 »

Someone get a pic of an Omega on a Leviathans board ;)

speck · « **Reply #93 on:** 28 May 2012, 20:05:02 »

Check out Omega Pics

Amalor Myrnnyx · « **Reply #94 on:** 28 May 2012, 21:19:24 »

Personally, I have no problem with jumping Mechs, though I would prefer to see jumping LIGHT Mechs, instead of heavies and assaults. A Phoenix Hawk, Jenner, Firestarter, or especially the Tarantula would be wonderful.

But, as an artist, I'll paint whatever I'm sent.

Stormcrow · « **Reply #95 on:** 28 May 2012, 23:17:17 »

Quote from: GRUD on 28 May 2012, 17:12:51

Any Guesses on the Price of one Omega? I'm betting on $30! :o

Seems about right as it looks to be twice the size of the Atlas, maybe more. could be as much as $40, though

17th Spartans · « **Reply #96 on:** 28 May 2012, 23:30:54 »

O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 DFA Atlas is Fun and a Omega to leep on is good also. Now if a Con in Oregon could be visited by IWM them maybe I could get one or 3 of them. Anyone going to GEN CON could PM me and help out a Collector? That would be great.

God and Davion · « **Reply #97 on:** 29 May 2012, 12:39:04 »

Stuck in awe before the Omega and Atlas. Not only one CE mini but TWO. Really impressive.

Grognard · « **Reply #98 on:** 29 May 2012, 14:23:37 »

I think I'll actually buy the OMEGA.
Definitely worth the cash.
Bonus: it ain't jumping. :D

God and Davion · « **Reply #99 on:** 29 May 2012, 14:45:00 »

Quote from: Grognard on 29 May 2012, 14:23:37

I think I'll actually buy the OMEGA.
Definitely worth the cash.
Bonus: it ain't jumping. :D

Bonus: You can throw it at your foes with a 100% chance of killing them. Such a ball of pewter... >:D

klarg1 · « **Reply #100 on:** 29 May 2012, 15:14:34 »

Quote from: M-Rex on 28 May 2012, 12:09:12

What about a jumping Kanga? O:-)

OK. Now I know what to do with spare jump plumes from old convention exclusives. >:D

va_wanderer · « **Reply #101 on:** 29 May 2012, 15:23:04 »

Quote from: God and Davion on 29 May 2012, 14:45:00

Bonus: You can throw it at your foes with a 100% chance of killing them. Such a ball of pewter... >:D

Telling the guy with a cannon for an avatar might not be the best idea...the last thing I want is to find myself holed by Omega-balls. :)

Stingray · « **Reply #102 on:** 29 May 2012, 17:41:13 »

I must have an Omega...

With superheavies hitting the battlefield House Steiner will finally have a proper assault mech. I mean heavies like the Atlas are nice but sometimes you just need some real brute force.

Grognard · « **Reply #103 on:** 29 May 2012, 22:34:17 »

Quote from: va_wanderer on 29 May 2012, 15:23:04

Telling the guy with a cannon for an avatar might not be the best idea...the last thing I want is to find myself holed by Omega-balls. :)

Since I moved to VA, I find myself bereft of a personal cannon (or catapult or trebuchet, etc...)
I have to make do by caressing the ACW relics that are parked at all the local battlefields.
Besides... IWM or RP pewter isn't for case or canister or round shot...
That is what pig iron or recast reproductions are for.

Ezekiel Crow · « **Reply #104 on:** 04 June 2012, 11:26:44 »

What is this jumping Atlas? I thought it was voted on and won for a Highlander Resculpt performing a 'Highlander Burial'?

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,9050.msg212944.html#msg212944

Weirdo · « **Reply #105 on:** 04 June 2012, 11:29:16 »

Was that an official poll that IWM said beforehand that they'd honor?

Ezekiel Crow · « **Reply #106 on:** 04 June 2012, 11:32:22 »

Apparently not, I guess it is just an example of ignoring what the customers want and giving us a crappy Atlas instead.

Weirdo · « **Reply #107 on:** 04 June 2012, 12:36:55 »

Quote from: Ezekiel Crow on 04 June 2012, 11:32:22

Apparently not, I guess it is just an example of ignoring what the ~~customers~~ a tiny fraction of the player base that happens to post on a particular website want and giving us a crappy Atlas instead.

There, fixed that for you. ;)

Remember, the denizens of these forums do not represent the total player population, or even a noticeable fraction of it, and therefore opinions widely held here do not necessarily reflect the views of anybody else in the gaming world. They probably have other ways of gauging player interest that we do not see. My guess is sales figures, but since I'm not a part of IWM, that guess is worth even less than the electrons that put it on your screen.

GRUD · « **Reply #108 on:** 04 June 2012, 14:42:39 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 04 June 2012, 12:36:55

There, fixed that for you. ;)

Remember, the denizens of these forums do not represent the total player population, or even a noticeable fraction of it, and therefore opinions widely held here do not necessarily reflect the views of anybody else in the gaming world. They probably have other ways of gauging player interest that we do not see. My guess is sales figures, but since I'm not a part of IWM, that guess is worth even less than the electrons that put it on your screen.

So, people that post here aren't customers, and their opinion means nothing then? ??? While I don't have a problem with the jumpers myself, I agree that it's time for IWM to Move On to something new. Also, if you think the opinions here are a minority, check out similar threads at LotB and BTU, and you'll see a LOT of negative comments about the jumping Atlas. Like here, there's several people wanting the jump pack and the different hands, but they're not that interested in the mini as a whole.

Altering someone's post to suit your own opinion isn't going to change their's. There's times when you do that when it's NOT the "Best" thing to do, you know? ???

Stormlion1 · « **Reply #109 on:** 05 June 2012, 00:28:01 »

IWM loves jumpers, the only way to stop them making them and move onto something else is for nobody to buy them. Alas people will always buy the jumpers so we get jumpers.

Ezekiel Crow · « **Reply #110 on:** 05 June 2012, 01:07:44 »

Quote from: GRUD on 04 June 2012, 14:42:39

So, people that post here aren't customers, and their opinion means nothing then? ??? While I don't have a problem with the jumpers myself, I agree that it's time for IWM to Move On to something new. Also, if you think the opinions here are a minority, check out similar threads at LotB and BTU, and you'll see a LOT of negative comments about the jumping Atlas. Like here, there's several people wanting the jump pack and the different hands, but they're not that interested in the mini as a whole.

Altering someone's post to suit your own opinion isn't going to change their's. There's times when you do that when it's NOT the "Best" thing to do, you know? ???

He left the Crappy Atlas part alone, and that was really the most important part.

GRUD · « **Reply #111 on:** 06 June 2012, 02:22:31 »

Quote from: Ezekiel Crow on 05 June 2012, 01:07:44

He left the Crappy Atlas part alone, and that was really the most important part.

I still don't think it's that bad. Besides, at least it's not wearing a hockey mask! :P

;D

worktroll · « **Reply #112 on:** 06 June 2012, 18:05:55 »

Hey! I quite like the hockey mask Atlas. IMHO, it's tons better than the spikey devil version - old Jason is beefy enough to be a 100-tonner, and would look pretty intimidating emerging from a cloud of smoke, I reckon!

W.

Lysenko · « **Reply #113 on:** 19 June 2012, 19:23:40 »

Quote from: M-Rex on 28 May 2012, 12:09:12

What about a jumping Kanga? O:-)

Now there's something I could get behind. I'd sell my first-born just to have a Level III of 'em! :D

Haku · « **Reply #114 on:** 20 June 2012, 13:18:20 »

Is the atlas going to be available through the website as well as the Omega?

speck · « **Reply #115 on:** 20 June 2012, 15:50:21 »

Quote from: Haku on 20 June 2012, 13:18:20

Is the atlas going to be available through the website as well as the Omega?

The atlas will be available on the web site next year.

Orin J. · « **Reply #116 on:** 27 June 2012, 18:54:48 »

haha, oh wow....wish i had the funds to go and pick one of those up, if only for parts. detachable jump boosters? a punching arm sculpt for the Atlas? it's full of wonder and hilarity!

Quote from: Ezekiel Crow on 04 June 2012, 11:32:22

Apparently not, I guess it is just an example of ignoring what the ~~customers~~ a tiny fraction of the player base that happens to post on a particular website want and giving us a ~~crappy~~ Hilarious Atlas instead.

well that's just like, your opinion, man. :)

worktroll · « **Reply #117 on:** 28 June 2012, 00:50:10 »

As your opinion is yours.

Note: if IWM wasn't making money on them, they would probably not keep doing them. Their goal is probably not to produce a mass-appeal mini, but to produce something technically challenging which allows painters to do more than they could with a stock mini. THey may also be making jumping minis their "thing", like Reaper's "Sophie" - again, not mass-market minis, with no gaming use, but appeal to the pro painters.

Case in point - we're not making Leviathans look the way the Dystopian War crowd would find familiar - we're aiming to achieve something else with the look.

W.

wackrabbit · « **Reply #118 on:** 30 August 2012, 22:06:58 »

Anyone know which record sheet to use for this? The jump pack is an applique one, so it doesn't seem to be the -K3. and the weapon loadout appears to match the AS7-K, but if there is a specific sheet I need to use, that would prove more helpful to me.

God and Davion · « **Reply #119 on:** 31 August 2012, 04:55:51 »

Quote from: wackrabbit on 30 August 2012, 22:06:58

Anyone know which record sheet to use for this? The jump pack is an applique one, so it doesn't seem to be the -K3. and the weapon loadout appears to match the AS7-K, but if there is a specific sheet I need to use, that would prove more helpful to me.

I think that's not a different variant. It may be an Atlas with a detachable jump pack. But I'm not 100% sure.