Exoskeleton markers mix up?

[HEROSCAPERMTL]

Hi everyone, I recently purchased all three DnD waves. Each wave arrived in a sealed hasbro box, and within each box contained the 4 new in box sealed expansion packs. Pretty great right? So after taking inventory of my new goodies I noticed that the "Valkrill's Legion" pack from D3 didn't have any exoskeleton markers at the bottom of the pack. I was kinda bummed but then noticed that at the bottom of the "Icewind Scourge" pack there were 4 markers. I was relieved but confused. Has anyone else encountered something like this?

I haven't opened any of the boosters yet because I want to keep them sealed for now. Because the pack is sealed, it's hard to tell the exact color of the markers at the bottom of the pack. For those of you who own exoskeleton markers, is there a clear difference in color between them and standard wound markers? Just want to know because the markers in my pack look awfully similar to wound markers. Thanks for your help!

[Tornado]

Yes, that happened to everyone. Total marker mix-up.
Those four are the right ones.

[HEROSCAPERMTL]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Yes, that happened to everyone. Total marker mix-up.
Those four are the right ones.

Oh wow. Thank you for clearing this up for me.

[lefton4ya]

Yea, see Exoskeleton Marker Disaster - 2 wrongs don't make it right!. I probably blew the wrong out of proportion more than it deserved, but did make people upset and untrusting I’d Wizard’s QA testing of the wave since they announced that Heroscape was canceled the same time this wave came out.

[HEROSCAPERMTL]

Originally Posted by lefton4ya

Yea, see Exoskeleton Marker Disaster - 2 wrongs don't make it right!. I probably blew the wrong out of proportion more than it deserved, but did make people upset and untrusting I’d Wizard’s QA testing of the wave since they announced that Heroscape was canceled the same time this wave came out.

Dang. Really seems to me that WotC didn't handle Heroscape very well.

[Dad_Scaper]

Originally Posted by HEROSCAPERMTL

Dang. Really seems to me that WotC didn't handle Heroscape very well.

Yes and no. They did some obvious things wrong, in that some of the minis were not good, they forced obedience to the D&D universe, and they canceled the game eventually.

On the other hand, they did carry the banner beyond what Hasbro was willing to do, and some of the D&D era designs are among my favorite in the whole game: the Deathchasers, the Hydra, the Goblins, the Phantom Knights, and others.

We have a big world of official 'Scape to choose from. For those who want more, there are the worlds of C3V, the SoV, the C3G, and others. I don't think we have any cause to complain. And those trying to enter the hobby can do so without spending an arm and a leg, if they're just a little patient.

[HEROSCAPERMTL]

Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

Yes and no. They did some obvious things wrong, in that some of the minis were not good, they forced obedience to the D&D universe, and they canceled the game eventually.

On the other hand, they did carry the banner beyond what Hasbro was willing to do, and some of the D&D era designs are among my favorite in the whole game: the Deathchasers, the Hydra, the Goblins, the Phantom Knights, and others.

We have a big world of official 'Scape to choose from. For those who want more, there are the worlds of C3V, the SoV, the C3G, and others. I don't think we have any cause to complain. And those trying to enter the hobby can do so without spending an arm and a leg, if they're just a little patient.

Good points DS. The way I see it is the more Scape the better, so I've always liked the DnD sets. If only Heroscape was still in production to this day...

[Astroking112]

Originally Posted by HEROSCAPERMTL

Good points DS. The way I see it is the more Scape the better, so I've always liked the DnD sets. If only Heroscape was still in production to this day...

I agree. I have my own complaints with D&D HeroScape, but the alternative was nothing, and it includes some fantastically designed units, so I'm still happy that we got it before the game was cancelled.

[Tornado]

D&D was the best thing that happened to Heroscape since RotV.

[Astroking112]

Originally Posted by Tornado

D&D was the best thing that happened to Heroscape since RotV.

I don't know if I'd go that far, but I definitely appreciate its inclusion.

[Tornado]

Well, if you love playing against rats and 4th Mass, that is your thing.

RotV and D&D were HEROscape which I prefer over squad hell.

"To each their own. I likes mine, raw."

[Astroking112]

I thankfully completely misunderstood the importance of Common Units as a kid, and I only owned a single set of rats. I've recently upped that to two squads of rats and two squads of 4th Mass, but neither have seen significant play at my table so far.

You are forgetting a very grave flaw that D&D HeroScape had, though: there were no more samurai. True, they were probably never used competitively in classic 'Scape, but at least it introduced me to the sheer cool factor of the Samurai.

I do kind of regret picking up three squads of knights and some Blastatrons/Gladiatrons now, though. It quickly became apparent how imbalanced some army compositions can be!