*Disclaimer: I know the new minis to be included in the new boxed sets are one piece, as I have seen the statements from TPTB*Not sure why people keep thinking the new minis are assembled from parts, it would be more expensive that way . . . and you can also see them online painted for promo materials, I think a Catapult, two meds? and a heavy? for a lance of blue w/gray or silver highlights.
It's a very reasonable thought, actually. There's a significant difference between molded in one piece and sold in once piece. From what some of us know of the production process, there appear to be significant recesses and overhangs in the new minis. These are issues that have resulted in the release of multi-part minis in the past, including the fairly recent plastic Loki and Thor. Those minis were
molded in multiple parts and assembled at the factory so they were a
single piece for the consumer. But those same minis also were available unassembled.
Now, looking at the new Locust and Commando, I see what appears to be a minimum of 5 parts each plus the base. While they
definitely will be single-piece minis when included in the boxed set, they appear to be cast in multiple pieces and then assembled at the factory. I don't need official clarification on this, as I will find out as soon as I get my hands on them. I also don't want folks to hear TPTB say the words "multi-part minis" and then run away screaming, as happens so often here, before they finish the sentence with "fully assembled at the factory". If I am wrong, I will be taken aback at the leap that manufacturing technology has taken in the last several years, and the world will go on. If I am right, the world will go on.
