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Plastic Units by Tech Readout
« on: 08 September 2024, 20:32:00 »
So I was bored, and decided to break down how many units from each Technical Readout have been produced for the mass market (i.e., not the Premium miniatures) by Catalyst Game Labs since 2018's A Game of Armored Combat boxed set.

Technical Readout 2750: 13/20 'Mechs, nothing else. It's missing the Thorn, Hermes, Hussar, Wyvern, Kintaro, Champion, and Bombardier. The Kintaro is in the queue for a future ForcePack, and fans have suggested one more ComStar or Word of Blake Level II to cover the rest.

Technical Readout 3025: 55/55 'Mechs, 5/10 vehicles, 0/3 LAMs, 1/15 fighters, 2/4 DropShips. Aside from the LAMs, 3025 is 100% 'Mech complete.

Technical Readout 3025 Revised: 48/55 'Mechs, 5/10 vehicles, 1/15 fighters, 2/4 DropShips. This cut the Unseen and added in the 'Mechs from Tech Readout 2750; the missing 'Mechs are the same ones from that volume.

Technical Readout 3026: 21/35 vehicles, 0/4 conventional aircraft. Aside from TR3075's SM Tank Destroyer, every vehicle yet seen (or announced) comes from this and Tech Readout 3025.

Technical Readout 3026 Revised: 20/39 vehicles, nothing else. This cut a chapter of personal equipment and added in a number of units, none of which have been made in plastic so far. The Galleon Light Tank was cut and wouldn't reappear in its 3025-era guise until the Recognition Guide series.

Technical Readout 3039: 73/82 'Mechs, 26/48 vehicles, 1/17 aerospace fighters, 0/8 conventional fighters. This missing 'Mechs are from Tech Readout 2750 or the Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook.

Technical Readout 3050: 89/95 'Mechs and Elemental battle armor. It's missing two 'Mechs shared with 2750 (Hermes and Kintaro), plus the Hornet, Falcon, Wolf Trap, and Imp. A single Inner Sphere Lance ForcePack could cover the last four, but it'd be tricky to come up with a justification for it. The Wolf Trap was developed by the Combine during the "Death to Mercenaries" period, and the other three are all signature 'Mechs from Wolf's Dragoons.

Technical Readout 3050 Revised: 76/87 'Mechs, 0/18 vehicles. The missing 'Mechs are as from the original Tech 3050, plus the Hussar, Champion, and Bombardier.

Technical Readout 3050 Upgrade: 76/87 'Mechs, nothing else. Same notes as 3050 Revised.

Technical Readout 3055: 22/59 'Mechs, 1/12 fighters. It's only missing three Clan 'Mechs (Glass Spider, Phantom and Naga), but just four Inner Sphere 'Mechs from the book have been made so far.

Technical Readout 3055 Revised: 15/52 'Mechs, 1/12 fighters. This cut most of the IICs without replacing them with anything.

Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade: 15/80 'Mechs, 1/12 fighters. This edition kept the cuts from 3055 Revised, but added in the "Phoenix" versions of the Nexus, Raijin, and Grand Crusader (originally in Tech Readout 3058), plus a chapter on Solaris VII 'Mechs.

Technical Readout 3057: 2/47 aerospace fighters, 3/40 DropShips, nothing else.

Technical Readout 3057 Revised: 3/40 DropShips, nothing else. This cut the pages of fighter stats for more WarShips.

Technical Readout 3058: 29/55 'Mechs, 9/36 vehicles. Just one Clan 'Mech hasn't been made from this volume - the Thresher - but again, few Inner Sphere 'Mechs appear from it. All the vehicles produced so far are updates from Tech Readouts 3025 and 3026.

Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade: 29/51 'Mechs, 9/36 vehicles, 2/20 battle armor. The Nexus, Raijin, Grand Crusader, and Mackie were cut, but chapters on battle armor were added.

Technical Readout 3060: 5/56 'Mechs, nothing else. All five of these units are Clan 'Mechs.

Technical Readout 3067: 2/45 'Mechs, nothing else. One each Inner Sphere and Clan 'Mech.

Technical Readout 3075: 7/42 'Mechs, 1/28 vehicles, nothing else. Aside from the SM Tank Destroyer, these are all historical units, basically the six Inner Sphere 'Mechs from Proliferation Cycle plus the Atlas II.

Technical Readout 3085: Nothing yet.

Technical Readout 3085 Supplemental: Nothing yet.

Technical Readout 3145: Nothing yet.

Technical Readout 3150: 1/37 'Mechs, nothing else.

Recognition Guide 1: Classics: 41/45 'Mechs. The four missing units are the Glass Spider, Nexus, Raijin, and Grand Crusader.

Recognition Guide 2: ilClan: 118/152 'Mechs, 27/40 vehicles, 2/6 battle armor. The format of this book allows for far more units to be included than usual. The only brand-new unit from this volume is the Regent 'Mech.

Golden Century: 4/17 'Mechs, nothing else. Many of these are variants with new names, so I included them in the counts.

Irregulars: 2/19 IndustrialMechs, nothing else. The Firebee and Centurion MilitiaMechs are downgrades of standard 'Mechs, so I included them in the counts.

Project Phoenix: Nothing yet.

Prototypes: 8/25 'Mechs, 6/27 vehicles, 1/7 battle armor, nothing else. These almost all count as new variants of existing units, so are included in my counts. The Kalki, despite being based in-universe on the SturmFeur, is so radically different that I consider it a new unit. The Elemental II battle armor, on the other hand, is just a variant despite the Roman numeral (Recognition Guide 2's Elemental III armor bears this out).

Vehicle Annex: Nothing yet.

Vehicle Annex Revised: Nothing yet.

Succession Wars: 76/93 'Mechs. Most of the missing units are from Tech Readouts 2750 and 3050, plus a few more from 3075.

Clan Invasion: 46/93 'Mechs. Most of the Clan 'Mechs have been produced in plastic, but the vast majority of the Inner Sphere have not. Many IS units use the Phoenix art.

Jihad: 4/93 'Mechs. Again, several units use Phoenix art.

Dark Age: Nothing yet.

When the Star League Assault Lance hits proper distribution, it'll add one more unit each from Tech Readouts 3025 (coolant truck), 3058 (Emperor), 3060 (Helios), and 3067 (Argus). The McCarron's Armored Cavalry Assault lance will add one 'Mech from Tech Readout 3145 (Tian-Zong). There's over 100 more units in the tentative product schedule shown at KerenskyCon, so plenty of these "holes" will be filled over the next couple of years. I'll note new ForcePacks here as their contents are confirmed and they're entering distribution. Once they're in general release, I'll add them to the above lists.

P.S. - Note that I consider the Phoenix and MWDA redesigns to be unique models. In most cases, units that append Roman numerals (e.g., Mad Cat III or Marauder IIC) are considered to be new models, while variant designations (Atlas AS7-D vs. AS7-K, or Griffin IIC vs. Griffin IIC 3) are considered the same model unless they have new art from Phoenix/MWDA. LAMs, QuadVees, and IndustrialMechs are all their own types of unit, with a couple of noted exceptions.
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Re: Plastic 'Mechs by Tech Readout
« Reply #1 on: 09 September 2024, 08:27:21 »
This is a great reference. Thanks for doing the leg work!
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« Reply #2 on: 09 September 2024, 08:41:51 »
Nice job on the breakdown.
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« Reply #3 on: 09 September 2024, 08:48:48 »
Oh, I like that. Well done!
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« Reply #4 on: 09 September 2024, 09:22:35 »
What about the Hammerhead and Eris?  Granted the TW, RFL, BK, etc are already covered.
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« Reply #5 on: 09 September 2024, 09:22:56 »
Aren't we also still missing the Galahad/Glass Spider?

Great job compiling the list otherwise though!


Technical Readout 3055: 22/59. It's only missing two Clan 'Mechs (Phantom and Naga), but only four Inner Sphere 'Mechs from the book have been made so far.



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« Reply #6 on: 09 September 2024, 10:26:52 »
Aren't we also still missing the Galahad/Glass Spider?

Great job compiling the list otherwise though!

Good catch! I'll edit the post.
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« Reply #7 on: 09 September 2024, 10:27:44 »
What about the Hammerhead and Eris?  Granted the TW, RFL, BK, etc are already covered.

So I'm not considering the [...] the resin "premium" minis...

I should remove the "resin" qualifier, as the later Premiums are plastic. Still, I'm not considering the Premiums.
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« Reply #8 on: 09 September 2024, 10:49:42 »
The prototypes for the Havoc, Jackalope, Lament, Kintaro and Hammerhead force pack can be seen in the gencon thread, if you wanted to put them in the coming soon(ish).

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« Reply #9 on: 09 September 2024, 11:06:24 »
The prototypes for the Havoc, Jackalope, Lament, Kintaro and Hammerhead force pack can be seen in the gencon thread, if you wanted to put them in the coming soon(ish).

Yup, seen them. Just waiting until we get some kind of final confirmation on their contents. I included my notes on the Second Star League and McCarron's ForcePacks because they're already in the shipping/distribution networks and their contents are known.
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« Reply #10 on: 09 September 2024, 11:38:46 »
Oooh, the kind of work I like!
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« Reply #11 on: 09 September 2024, 13:35:56 »
What about the Striker?

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« Reply #12 on: 09 September 2024, 13:46:04 »
What about the Striker?

What about it? Neither the 'Mech nor the vehicle have been announced as being in production, and I didn't list every unproduced 'Mech after 3055. There are just way too many.
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« Reply #13 on: 09 September 2024, 14:28:02 »
Updated to include vehicles, aerospace fighters, and DropShips. The Overlord-C and Inner Sphere battle armor aren't in my list, because the former is from Tech Readout 3057 and the latter is in Tech Readout 3058 Upgrade. I might add the Upgrade Technical Readouts at some point, but probably won't bother with 3057 unless there's a sudden explosion of AeroTech units.
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« Reply #14 on: 09 September 2024, 15:39:43 »
What about it? Neither the 'Mech nor the vehicle have been announced as being in production, and I didn't list every unproduced 'Mech after 3055. There are just way too many.

Sorry - I assumed the Striker was in an earlier TRO since (per lore) it was one of the most common SLDF mechs. Just realized that it is covered in TRO 3058 and is one of the many mechs from that publication not yet in plastic.

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« Reply #15 on: 09 September 2024, 17:07:58 »
Sorry - I assumed the Striker was in an earlier TRO since (per lore) it was one of the most common SLDF mechs. Just realized that it is covered in TRO 3058 and is one of the many mechs from that publication not yet in plastic.

All good. I did double-check to make sure it wasn't in 2750.
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« Reply #16 on: 09 September 2024, 17:51:18 »
Welp, time to cross-reference and update my modern mini sorting list that I use for painting.

Excellent of you to put the info up for reference!

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« Reply #17 on: 09 September 2024, 18:55:32 »
Nice work! This was a small project I was thinking of doing myself, but you beat me to it and probably did a much more error free job of it, so thanks. I thought I caught an error about the Imp, but nope, I was confusing it for the Shogun.

Are you counting the Wraith from the Alpha Strike box with the 3055 mechs? Just curious. That wasn’t my favorite TRO, but it’s grown on me with age, and I’m hoping to see more of those mechs down the road.

* EDIT: I guess you are; the four IS from that TRO would be the Nightsky, Wraith, Penetrator, and Gunslinger by my count.
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« Reply #18 on: 09 September 2024, 19:16:43 »
Nice work! This was a small project I was thinking of doing myself, but you beat me to it and probably did a much more error free job of it, so thanks. I thought I caught an error about the Imp, but nope, I was confusing it for the Shogun.

Are you counting the Wraith from the Alpha Strike box with the 3055 mechs? Just curious. That wasn’t my favorite TRO, but it’s grown on me with age, and I’m hoping to see more of those mechs down the road.

* EDIT: I guess you are; the four IS from that TRO would be the Nightsky, Wraith, Penetrator, and Gunslinger by my count.

Yup!

Edit: I greatly expanded the list, since I realized that some units from Golden Century and Prototypes could be included. I'll do the Revised/Upgrade/era compilations later on, just to finish things off. I won't be doing the individual Experimental Technical Readouts nor the little Recognition Guides; down that path lies madness.
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« Reply #19 on: 10 September 2024, 07:28:14 »
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« Reply #20 on: 10 September 2024, 08:19:40 »
Expanded list. GREAT JOB!!!!
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« Reply #22 on: 10 September 2024, 11:03:46 »
I doubt we'll see any Project Phoenix plastics, and Personally, I HOPE they don't waste time and effort on them.  They were needed AT THE TIME, but not anymore.  Let them fade quietly into BT History.   :smilie_happy_thumbup:
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« Reply #23 on: 10 September 2024, 12:43:23 »
I doubt we'll see any Project Phoenix plastics, and Personally, I HOPE they don't waste time and effort on them.  They were needed AT THE TIME, but not anymore.  Let them fade quietly into BT History.   :smilie_happy_thumbup:

Not the place to rehash this argument. Anyway, we've got a good idea of what CGL wants to release over the next couple of years, and no Phoenix designs are on the list that we know of.
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« Reply #24 on: 10 September 2024, 20:09:19 »
That was definitely one of the more expensive kitbashes to do....

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« Reply #25 on: 11 September 2024, 10:32:13 »
Hey all, got some bad medical news so I'm going to try to get this and a couple other projects wrapped up over the next couple of weeks.
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« Reply #26 on: 11 September 2024, 14:28:48 »
Sorry to hear that.

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« Reply #27 on: 11 September 2024, 14:51:55 »
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« Reply #28 on: 11 September 2024, 16:38:52 »
Get well soon buddy!

Not really an option, unfortunately. Anyway, I got in the Revised and Upgrade editions. A couple of the counts look weird, so I'll double-check them when I add in the era compilations (Succession Wars, Clan Invasion, Jihad, and Dark Age).
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« Reply #29 on: 11 September 2024, 21:53:18 »
This is... hillariously anal.

Thank you for that degree of effort. A listing that even CGL could use on the sly...

about Project Phoenix: I somehow doubt we will ever see any PP 'mechs (because the OOC reason no longer exists, to even HAVE THEM).
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