The
Wolverine is an old, old friend, one of the first BattleMechs, dating all the way back to the second edition boxed set of BattleTech. That edition of BattleTech was my introduction to the game, so there's a bit of nostalgia here. It's been a long road for the
Wolverine, from one of the earliest 'Mechs and part of the 55-ton trio to being Unseen and completely absent, then Reseen, with
Technical Readout: Project Phoenix and, now, Classic. If you'd like to see how to use it in game, please see its
'Mech of the Week article.
For the purpose of this article, the
Wolverine II is just another variant of the
Wolverine.
Despite its long pedigree, it does not have many sculpts, especially compared to some of its Reseen kin. The sculpts are:
- The first sculpt was a Battledroid sculpt, released by Ral Partha as 20-837.
- Ral Partha then issued the classic Unseen sculpt, under the same product code (20-837).
- FASA released a plastic miniature of the Wolverine, based on the above sculpt, with the BattleTech, Third Edition box.
- The next sculpt is the Reseen sculpt, for the WVR-8K version (20-208).
- Then came the Wolverine II sculpt (20-5004).
- The most recent metal sculpt is the fan-funded Primitive sculpt for the WVR-1R and WVR-3R versions (BT-419).
- But the most recent sculpt is the plastic mini released by CGL in both of the new introductory boxes (the Beginner Box and Game of Armored Combat).
An open question: Given we don't have a Classic metal sculpt, are the WVR-3R and WVR-7H sculpts reasonable proxies for the 3025 and 3050 variants of the
Wolverine? (Also, is this a matter for a different topic?)
Thank you for reading. And, especially, thank you to those who post and to those who helped bring the
Wolverine and the other Classics back to us.
Our next three fortnights will be:
- Clan (7/15): Shadow Hawk IIC
- Special (7/29): Aerospace Fighters
- Inner Sphere (8/12): Shadow Hawk