Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday

[Mendrugo]

What mechs are on the cover? Hunchback IIC and Loki II? Can’t make out the third.

Looks like a Penetrator to me.

[Empyrus]

A Penetrator in the back, middle is a Hellspawn, right is a Hunchback IIC getting torn to pieces.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Looks like that's a Hellspawn and a Sentinel... in Hansen's Roughriders markings. Great.

[Colt Ward]

Others beat me to the Roughriders mechs, but there is a Kinnol tank between the HBK's legs.  Is it RAF or Roughriders?  Is this a scene from Terra?

[Aresneo]

What mechs are on the cover? Hunchback IIC and Loki II? Can’t make out the third.

From left to right they are Sentinel Penetrator, Hellspawn, and Hunchback IIC.

[Lyran Wolf]

Looks like the vee could be a Maxim as well.  I like Kinnol and Maxim so I’m happy either way.

A torn Lyran flag, a planet above, and purple hues.  The cover doesn’t have to match any possible theming so no guarantee it’s the Hinterlands, but It would make sense though, torn Lyran flag, second line Falcon mech.

[Colt Ward]

D'oh forgot I had seen the First.  Makes it a Roughrider tank.

Does the new Maxima art look like that?  I thought not.

[Charistoph]

Does the new Maxima art look like that?  I thought not.

It does look like the new Maxim.  Small window in the middle, LRM-5s below the cockpit.

Amazing what you remember because of detail painting.

[Lyran Wolf]

I never notice how close they could be until now.

Good chance for some misidentification issues in a story someplace.  Or better yet, someone doing shenanigans with an in universe Equipment Recognition card deck or similar.

It’s the dual launchers up front that make them so similar.  And then resolution making it difficult to determine the turret SRMs and Machine guns, versus the AC.

[Fat Guy]

It's a Hellspawn and a Penetrator, and between the Hunchback IIC's legs you can spot a Maxim

Edit: Like everyone else already said.   

[Colt Ward]

Wish it still was a Kinnol.  Means the Roughriders had one so the good design is not dead and it would signalit was part of new art.

[Maingunnery]

What mechs are on the cover? Hunchback IIC and Loki II? Can’t make out the third.

I guess the others are: Hellspawn, Penetrator, and a Maxim.

[Sapphirus]

40th anniversary mug:
https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/battletech/products/battletech-mug-40th-anniversary

[ActionButler]

I realize that Ray and Cubby are both up to their eyeballs in Kickstarter stuff and probably won’t see this, but let the historical record show that I would be happy to buy more, and additional variations of, the Battlefield Support punch outs in the Mercenaries box if they were to be made available in a fashion similar to the Alpha Strike Counters pack.

[Weirdo]

Wish it still was a Kinnol.  Means the Roughriders had one so the good design is not dead and it would signalit was part of new art.

Going by the MUL, it very much is not dead. Looks like the Ravens, Bears, and Marians are the only make factions that don't use it.

What I wish for is a mini. Don't care if it's metal or plastic, it's the poster child heavy tank of a major nation. We NEEDS that mini.

[Ghaz]

40th anniversary mug:
https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/battletech/products/battletech-mug-40th-anniversary

I noticed that the 40th Anniversary mug and the 40th Anniversary precision dice are $40 each.  Coincidence?  I think not... 

[worktroll]

$265 international shipping? Perhaps not.

[Wolf72]

$265 international shipping? Perhaps not.

that's a nightmare, and a daymare, and bloody scary.

I wish they'd address that sooner than later.

[worktroll]

The CGL store did have an "Australian option" at one time, but had so little stock on offer it still made sense to go to other US or UK based sellers, and to wait for IWM's Black Friday sale to hit their free shipping limit once a year at a discount.

CGL's just not big enough to be attractive to major distributors outside CONUS, it would appear.

[Wolf72]

I'd hire a guy to walk (well maybe drive, I'm not that mean) your stuff to post office and go from there ... just to see if there's a significant s/h difference.

[Colt Ward]

Anyone run the Pact vs Dominion battle from Shrapnel yet?

[klarg1]

A Penetrator in the back, middle is a Hellspawn, right is a Hunchback IIC getting torn to pieces.

<narrator>
Here we see the Hunchback IIC in its natural state…
</narrator>

[GRUD]

<narrator>
Here we see the Hunchback IIC in its natural state…
</narrator>

  

[Fat Guy]

The record sheets from Shrapnel #18 are up.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Nothing terribly exciting.  Just the Recognition Guide Thunder Hawk and two derivative variants.

[Colt Ward]

I would prefer the RS from the merc boxes over the last year . . .

[Lorcan Nagle]

Are they not all up there?

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

The Star League Command Lance is the only non-kickstarter forcepack we don't have sheets for, IIRC.

[Colt Ward]

Yeah, sorry meant that- forgot those had gone up and I snagged them.  Thought there had to be more than 1 for some reason.

[I am Belch II]

The Star League Command Lance is the only non-kickstarter forcepack we don't have sheets for, IIRC.

Also the Urbanmech LAMs!