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Stephan

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Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« on: September 02, 2015, 11:43:28 am »
If you haven't seen them yet, Prussians, EotBS, and CoA got some awesome new giant robots.  To add to the goodness, Spartan has stepped up it's game even further with detailed bases.  One of the Prussian robots is walking through a train yard!
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2015, 12:10:15 pm »
Urge rising to get that Prussian Templar box, then this new bot. But I promised myself I'd get more painted first...
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2015, 06:00:52 pm »
Holy cow, lots of good stuff. I might get the German and Japanese robots just to paint them up--Stephan, yeah, those bases look outstanding, especially the train yard! Although the CoA robot makes me want to go get a can of bug spray...

And, looks like we're getting new commanders and special characters for Halo! The commanders aren't actually on any ship on the table, but the heroic characters are actually assigned to a specific ship, if I recall correctly from the rulebook...and there is supposed to be some sort of synergy between the fleet commander and the special characters. We're getting a minor prophet for the Covenant, and Cortana for the UNSC!
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2015, 10:59:27 am »
Mmmm, giant robots.  <drool drool drool>

Having been a large fan of Shogun Warriors and the various cartoon of them in the 70s and early 80s (anime and Transformer precursors), as well as proud owner of several of the 2' robot toys, I utterly dig these.

Can't wait to see how Stephan paints one up, I'm a fan of his smaller Metzgers.
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2015, 12:11:15 pm »
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2015, 08:42:25 am »
I have them all on order. Yay robots!!!
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2015, 10:20:50 pm »
Quote from: Creon on September 11, 2015, 08:42:25 am
I have them all on order. Yay robots!!!

We will eagerly await pics of them once you have them all painted up!
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2015, 04:57:06 pm »
Nice! What's not to love about big, stompy robots?! I will probably pick up the PE one eventually.
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2015, 03:55:32 pm »
Not sure how I feel about it, but the Brits just got one as well http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DWKB50DWKB50
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2015, 05:46:12 pm »
FSA got their Iron Giant finally.  Suuuuuper Maaaaannnn!

For those who never saw the movie:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SXy3f6f9DxI
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2015, 05:53:32 pm »
Style wise the FSA seems to have drawn the short straw...alas it mud join the rest of my navy, despite what the wallet says. With the various "arm" weapons the magnetizing will an interesting chore.
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2015, 05:56:48 pm »
Where are you finding these? I can't see them in the normal products on the shop
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2015, 06:32:00 pm »
Quote from: captainrockman on November 09, 2015, 05:56:48 pm
Where are you finding these? I can't see them in the normal products on the shop

Check the Pre-Order tab, and they're often in the Blog as well.

For all the rumors, Dec turned out to be quite light in releases.
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2015, 12:48:08 am »
Quote from: dalekunz on November 09, 2015, 06:32:00 pm
Quote from: captainrockman on November 09, 2015, 05:56:48 pm
Where are you finding these? I can't see them in the normal products on the shop

Check the Pre-Order tab, and they're often in the Blog as well.

For all the rumors, Dec turned out to be quite light in releases.

Yeah, they aren't in either the Pre-Order tab or the Blog that I can see. I had to troll through the forums to find them. Here's the link for the FSA "Restitution":

http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DWFS50DWFS50

Not sure how I feel about it yet. I'm a big fan of the John Henry-class and Freedom-class robots, but...not sure. I need to see more pictures of the actual model painted up, I think.

Regarding December releases...I don't think we've seen the "official" list of December releases yet, have we? I expect we won't see it until later in November, possible after the 25th, when the next round of upcoming models releases (all the PF command helices and the Punic and CAS for Halo). Of course, I don't get the Spartan newsletter, so maybe I'm missing someting.
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Re: Sept Releases, Giant Robot Insanity!
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2015, 09:08:49 am »
Thanks. I have to say that in general the new robots (all 5) don't seem all that special. I don't need more humanoid robots to fight. However, the idea of a mobile weapons platform like the Brits got seems more interesting. The EBS have Squids, the Brits have moving castles, the Chinese have Dragons and Lions. I would like for them to keep with a trend of nation specific themes.

That being said, every nation getting a giant robot is a bit silly to me. I think the models look fine, but it changes the game a lot. I almost view them like the Invaders box set. You can use them for fun, but they're not intended for competitive play. Although, Spartan seems to be trying to balance them in the force lists. I think it could at least be fun to see all the giant bots fight the Invaders!

Are any of our folks picking any up?
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