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NYYS,
I wonder if they are going to reveal the rest of the AOA cards before the end. This of course leads to other questions I'm not asking about yet. I will note that on the BGG threads which individually post them for discussion, one or two posters have already said they have proxied and played with some of them... Technically, I suppose Hasbro could insist they be taken down from there, according to BGG policy as I understand it. Not sure about here, but I'd guess it would be the same thing. Of course, we wouldn't be playing them for profit. PS: If you ever want to bring your Beantown gang down here to The Big Apple to Scape against mine, I promise not to invite any Yankees! |
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Ha! You know, I was down in Long Island back in September for a baseball tourney with my daughter and the drive/ferry wasn't bad at all. I could be convinced to do a Scape trip with enough notice... though the 7 month old may make that difficult for a while yet. -insert signature here- |
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The detailing (and being pre-assembled) makes them harder to paint. That makes a higher barrier of entry for people who want to paint them, but aren't very skilled. Hasbro is like "We won't paint them and we'll make it harder for you too." Are there any other miniatures like that in the gaming market, or is this another case of them trying to meet in the middle but letting down both sides? Last edited by Hogg; November 14th, 2022 at 10:59 AM. |
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Given that its been pointed out that the original ROTV figures were based on popular media/toy tropes of that time (spies, robots, aliens, samurai, etc.) AOA could be doing the same thing:
Clockwork: Various novels set in animal worlds, and anthropomorphic animal games like Root and many others. Ironclad: Cyborgs are always popular in SiFic and games. Brood: From Marvel's X-Men (the spacefaring "Brood") to buggy novels/movies like Starship Troopers. Lifeborne: Woodland Mages/Druids common in both fiction/movies and games, and magical animal familiars with special powers. Pirates, Kyrie, and SOTM Hero Stretch Goals: Unfinished Heroscape business and continuations (replicating the Star Wars Cantina scene and similar interspecies SF communities). All Hail CVN! In addition, and this hasn't been mentioned in any AOA threads yet, it was noted back at or around the time of PulseCon that this incarnation was meant to create a more robust IP for exploitation in other media. A number of people who have complained about all new factions seem to have missed this point. We could have, and may still, see comics/books/films/animation based on them. In fact, these coming out first could help pave the way for another Heroscape offering featuring the new factions and characters. This may figure in Hasbro's decision to do something with Scape, since they have hired some talent (an actor and artists) looking in that direction for their previous promo efforts. In many cases, the media release of an IP precedes the toys/games based on it. Tales of Valhalla Volume One: Sergeant Drake Rockets Into The Ruined City of Laur! |
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Personally I was quite excited about painting the new minis. Formerly known as capsocrates -- Remixed Master Sets - challenge yourself with new terrain combinations! -- Colorado Fall 2023 Multiplayer Madness -- caps's Customs Redux - caps's multiplayer maps - caps's maps - Seagate -- Continuing Classic Heroscape: C3V SoV |
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In other news I have increased my pledge as promised. I will probably increase it again tomorrow.
Formerly known as capsocrates -- Remixed Master Sets - challenge yourself with new terrain combinations! -- Colorado Fall 2023 Multiplayer Madness -- caps's Customs Redux - caps's multiplayer maps - caps's maps - Seagate -- Continuing Classic Heroscape: C3V SoV |
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Look at anything CMON does. Blood Rage, Marvel United, Zombiecide, Cthulhu Death May Die. They have huge kickstarters that typically bring in millions every time and all their minis are just like this. Highly detailed, preassembled, unpainted. So are any miniatures you get in most other board games. Look at Mice & Mystics, Star Wars Imperial Assault, and Heroquest as examples. It’s a lot harder to think of modern examples that are pre-painted and the ones I can think of are not good. Betrayal at House on the Hill (2nd edition) comes with 6 pre-painted characters and they look horrible. WizKids has done a lot of preprinted stuff and it’s not great either. Definitely poorer quality than classic scape. |
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I have two problems with that: 1) I think most of us who play Heroscape play it because it's Heroscape, not some other game. If we wanted to play Marvel or 40K or Redwell or Star Wars then we'd probably play that. And those are fine games, but they're different games. 'Scape was 'scape and that's what people liked. 2) If Hasbro wants to develop some new IP, which is an interesting idea, they should not be doing it on the dollar of all of us. A $9 billion dollar company like Hasbro should be investing it's own dollars into a new IP rather then asking us to foot the bill. |
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TLDR; it’s easy to paint a detailed mini very simply, it’s much harder to paint a crappy mini well. |
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Interesting:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/14/stoc...-and-more.html “ – The toy maker’s stock slid 5.2% in the premarket following a double-downgrade to “underperform” from “buy” at Bank of America. The move comes after BofA conducted what it calls a “deep dive” on Hasbro’s “Magic: The Gathering” trading card game business. BofA said Hasbro has been overprinting cards and destroying the long-term value of the business” “Heroscapers is too old for that crap.” ~IamBatman "Hahahah! You losers! I told you so!!" ~Clancampbell |
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Formerly known as capsocrates -- Remixed Master Sets - challenge yourself with new terrain combinations! -- Colorado Fall 2023 Multiplayer Madness -- caps's Customs Redux - caps's multiplayer maps - caps's maps - Seagate -- Continuing Classic Heroscape: C3V SoV |
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“Heroscapers is too old for that crap.” ~IamBatman "Hahahah! You losers! I told you so!!" ~Clancampbell |
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