NEW RELEASE: BattleTech Beginner Box and BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat

[Wrangler]

I like the new art work that was added, aside from the nuClassics!  Unexpected and a treat!

[DaRedOne]

Just a heads up, the record sheets from A Game of Armored Combat are available as a PDF download.

https://bg.battletech.com/downloads/

I just have to say this, coupled with the new rulebook being up for purchase at DriveThru RPG were a great addition to the boxes.

I'm honestly in love with this game, got my first game in last weekend (my boxes arrived on Wednesday, woot!) and it was pretty fun, even though we were struggling with some rules and with the order of resolution at first. However, the plastics are really great, and I had no troubles whatsoever with bent minis or the like.

I would love to see more of these plastic mechs released in the near future. Stuff like the old Lance boxes would be a great way to bring new people into the game as players will want to expand further from the intro packs and/or get newer (and bigger) mechs.

[Weirdo]

Welcome to the game!

[Nultaar]

Would it be possible to call out which stores are known to have stock of the new boxed sets? 

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a FLGS or even if they do, one that stocks BT.  I and I am sure others, would appreciate the heads up and it would make it easier to get hold of the new product.  Ive been trying for weeks to find somewhere in Europe with stock, but am resigned to having to wait until next time I am in the US on business to get them, which could be months.  CGL online store and US amazon postage rates outside the US effectively double the cost of buying one of each box and none of the retailers I have spoken to, even if they carry the BT range, seemed to know when the boxed sets will be available.

I ordered AGOAC from Games Lore this week, arrived yesterday, they didn't have the beginner box in at the time of the order.

Edit: Now out of stock

[BloodRose]

Yeah, same problem here. My FLGS said my stuff should be in this week, but so far there has not been a peep. There are too few box sets making it across the pond to sate the market, so any that come across inevitably sell out in hours.

[Wrangler]

There less beginners boxes than there is full box sets from limited venues i go to been experiencing.

[BloodRose]

>Be me
>Check my FLGS this morning, no BT
>Type the above
>Half an hour later get a message from my FLGS
>B. Rose, we have your Battletech in

[DEZOAT]

 Well last week I went brought my copy DTB of Battlemech Manual from the Game & Comic shop. They were sold out on both Box sets and Battlemech Manual after I brought mine. Which I find funny when don't stock enough it look to me that they only get 2 of each. Then restock with only 2 of each  ::) Oh well. They selling that for sure.  My email read they got another restock again  :thumbsup:.

[Sartris]

My flgs must have had a successful first run because they’re out of beginner boxes and restocked with at least a dozen GoAC boxes

[Giovanni Blasini]

Just got my Beginner's box set from Catalyst. It is glorious.

[Phocion]

Gameslore said they will be getting more stock in today, if any of you are still waiting for a copy of the main AGOAC box.  No news on when beginner boxes will come in.

[BerserkMech]

There is an Iron Wind Metal leaflet selling three different packs of mechs. I just wonder if they are  doing rescuplts or simply packing up the old ones in bundles?

[Sartris]

They are from the old beginner lance packs. They require minimal gluing. Unless you have an allergic reaction to the old sculpts, it’s the cheapest way to get into pewter

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

They're made with the older archived sculpts, which are a bit smaller and less detailed than the standard sculpts but it's still a fantastic deal.

[Cache]

They are from the old beginner lance packs.

What about the Clan 'Mechs? Any idea if those are the current in-distribution minis?

[Colt Ward]

I have not seen the flyer, but I imagine they are the 3050 Omnis which would be the 'beginner' Clan mechs.  Since some have multiple sculpts (Mad Dog, Timberwolf, Dire Wolf?) not sure which ones they would put in.

[Sartris]

http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=16_412&products_id=9812

Vulture (AR20-600), Thor (AR20-602), Mad Cat (AR20-603), Man O' War (AR20-604), Fenris (AR20-609), Black Hawk (AR20-610), Ryoken (AR20-611), Dasher (AR20-20-612), Grendel (AR20-677), and Kingfisher (AR20-912). Plus 10 metal hex bases. Supplied unassembled and unpainted. These are the original sculpt Clan omni mechs, due to this being a starter bundle so that the models would have less parts for players new to miniatures.

[Colt Ward]

Less parts?  With half a dozen Timberwolves I am not sure the number of parts for that design went down though the torso and arm weapon pods did change.  Snot sure about the Stormcrow since mine was already assembled I think and I have not put one together.  The biggest difference I know of is that mechs like the Stormcrow got bigger over original casts.

Edit-  I have a old Stormcrow that was already assembled and I have a new one that I have not assembled, not sure about the part count but the new one is larger which IMO would make dealing with parts easier.

[Sartris]

all of my clan omnis are the new sculpts so i have no idea. i assume fewer parts overall is not equal to minimal parts like with the IS packs.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

The old Clan sculpts had plenty of parts: they were intended to be modular so you could swap the arms from the Dasher with the arms of the Puma, for example.  They are, however, somewhat smaller than the resculpts.

[Colt Ward]

The resculpts are also modular, the new Stormcrow's AC/20 arm can be equipped to the Gargoyle afaik.

[BerserkMech]

Thanks! Then what do you mean by older and newer sculpts for the clan mechs? When did IWM make the change and in which product line/era, if any?

[Colt Ward]

The original Omnis were mostly smaller than they currently are . . . since they were sort of spindly it was smaller pieces.  Not sure when they were redone but when you look at IWM anything that had AR at the start of its code stood for archived and it takes more to find those old models.  This meant it had been taken out of production when they were at their older facility and it would cost extra to get any made unless it was the 'of the month' or whatever it was for the poll.  I used to vote in it a lot and would buy several when they won the polls- its how I got my Emperors and so did someone else in the area.  New ones typically have 'RE' after them so you know which edition it is when you are looking at the catalog. 

This is a current list of Timberwolf (Mad Cat for you spheriods), forget the $4.95 one since that is for a different scale.  You can see the Pryde and RE are the same type while the AR one has a bit smaller torso with not as pronounced detail. 
http://ironwindmetals.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Mad+Cat&categories_id=&ptype=&extra_value_id18=&extra_value_id19=&extra_value_id21=&extra_value_id30=&extra_value_id31=&extra_value_id32=&extra_value_id33=&extra_value_id34=&extra_value_id35=


For instance, Omni parts-
http://ironwindmetals.com/store/index.php?cPath=16_44_145

I might be able to take a picture of a old Stormcrow Prime that is built next to a current Stormcrow torso when I get home.

[RoundTop]

Thanks! Then what do you mean by older and newer sculpts for the clan mechs? When did IWM make the change and in which product line/era, if any?

 That would be a question best served in the miniatures section of the forum, but for example, the timber wolf has a couple different scupts:

This is the resculpt (RE=rescupt): http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2732
and this was the original (AR means archive): http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4746

You can find the resculpts with this link (under advanced search): http://ironwindmetals.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=&x=22&y=12&categories_id=&inc_subcat=1&ptype=&extra_value_id18=&extra_value_id19=&extra_value_id20=&extra_value_id21=&extra_value_id22=&extra_value_id23=186&extra_value_id24=&extra_value_id25=&extra_value_id26=&extra_value_id13=&extra_value_id27=&extra_value_id15=&extra_value_id14=&extra_value_id16=&extra_value_id17=&extra_value_id28=&extra_value_id30=&extra_value_id31=&extra_value_id32=&extra_value_id33=&extra_value_id34=&extra_value_id35=

[Colt Ward]

Yeah, posting down on that sub-forum and asking people to put them side by side might be a better option.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

The original Omnis were mostly smaller than they currently are . . . since they were sort of spindly it was smaller pieces.  Not sure when they were redone but when you look at IWM anything that had AR at the start of its code stood for archived and it takes more to find those old models.

I believe they were done around 2006-2007, IIRC.

[BerserkMech]

By no means to get off topic, but just curious about that particular advertisement in Beginner's Box (strangely not in GoAC) as not much information is given, plus the catalogs of IWM and Catalyst are never the easiest places to navigate.  ^-^

[Finlos]

I ordered the Clan package offered from the Beginner Box.  If they are the older, smaller minis I'm going to be very disappointed in myself for not doing my research first.

'Buyer Beware' still applies.

[Colt Ward]

Still work, to be honest, I cannot tell much of a size difference between the Timberwolves . . .

[Sartris]

the only one i remember being noticeably smaller was the dragonfly