Reaper to produce pre-painted Plastic minis - Non-random

[JVisgaitis]

I think this a very important issue. Have they stated the base sizes/scale yet?

Not that I've seen, but they would be crazy not to mimic DDM.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Not that I've seen, but they would be crazy not to mimic DDM.

Warlord (their skirmish game) uses square bases, so thats what I would expect.

 

[MojoGM]

As soon as I see some actual pictures of these, I'll be pre-ordering like crazy...

 

[rgard]

From what I gather, yes. They said you could use them in warlord tournaments, so I'd expct square bases.

Yuck. As I won't be playing Warlord anytime soon, I would have preferred round 25mm bases.

 

[Glyfair]

02691: Stirges

Sorry, I thought we were talking about Reaper's prepainted plastic miniatures here. (Checks title of thread )

Metal miniatures are a different topic completely. After all, with these in print, clearly the DDM stirges aren't in demand, right?

 

[JVisgaitis]

Someone on that ridiculously long thread on Reaper's site had mentioned:

Has anyone here seen what the Japanese are doing with Garashapon toys? You know, the little collectible sets of figures/houses/vehicles/monsters?

They are generally awesome, great paint, multipart, and some are even injection-molded in different colors before they are painted.

On the whole, they make even Rackham's pre-paints look silly.

I tried my Google Fu, but nothing. Anyone have an idea of what he is referring to?

 

[Kunimatyu]

Someone on that ridiculously long thread on Reaper's site had mentioned:



I tried my Google Fu, but nothing. Anyone have an idea of what he is referring to?

Little collectible figures of pet dogs, dinosaurs, anime characters, chibi Godzilla monsters etc. They are released in sets of about 12-16, and you never know which one you're going to get until you open the little 'egg' container. There's usually a 'super-rare' that occurs every fifty eggs or so.

I've seen some neat ones that friends in Japan have brought back, but I'll disagree on the quality -- it's a complete crap shoot whether they're well sculpted and painted or not, even moreso than DDM.

The only thing of note with these things is that I think a Huge set would be interesting to see using this model -- you'd have 'packs' containing one random Huge(and nothing else), with 'rare' Huges occuring in a 1:2 ratio with the 'uncommons'.

 

[JVisgaitis]

Little collectible figures of pet dogs, dinosaurs, anime characters, chibi Godzilla monsters etc. They are released in sets of about 12-16, and you never know which one you're going to get until you open the little 'egg' container. There's usually a 'super-rare' that occurs every fifty eggs or so.

Is there a link to these things anywhere? I'd like to see pics. These just like collectable toys?

 

[Kunimatyu]

Is there a link to these things anywhere? I'd like to see pics. These just like collectable toys?

Sure -- I've got some camera pics from the aforementioned Japan friends, I'll upload them to a photo site.

EDIT: Easier than I thought. Here's a nice representation: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/Kunimatyu/IMG_0654.jpg

 

[Shadowslayer]

I think this a very important issue. Have they stated the base sizes/scale yet?

Hell, as long as they aren't those infernal broccoli bases, I'll be happy.