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Hilarious. Those 2 kits are sold out. I wonder why?

Please stop teasing us!!

They have stopped teasing us. They haven't said anything for a week now. :(

Their Warzone KS is a ghost town now too.. No update on the rulebook for quite sometime.

I am betting with AvP their hands are tied as to what they release and when.

primalexile wrote:
I am betting with AvP their hands are tied as to what they release and when.

Agreed, hence even the title of this thread and not *directly* saying anything much about the license just yet.

 RiTides wrote:

primalexile wrote:
I am betting with AvP their hands are tied as to what they release and when.

Agreed, hence even the title of this thread and not *directly* saying anything much about the license just yet.

I would add further and say that I wish they had waited until closer to a time when they could speak about it. A couple teasers and then no information for long periods is a buzz-kill...

Hope they release some more info in the next couple days. Would like to have an idea what is going on before the Reaper KS ends.

~Eric

It'd be nice to have an idea, but that may be part of why they aren't bothering.

Like releasing a movie, even a popular one, next to a "$Texas" summer blockbuster, they might just be keeping their heads down so whatever they have to say isn't lost in the roar of wallets opening and being laid at the altar of Bones.

Those wallets may be empty for a fair portion after Bones, too.

Not to mention the coming holidays vacuuming up a good chunk of whatever is left.

That wasn't the case for Kingdom Death last year during the holidays, though.

Who said it will be as soon as that? There might not be any sign of release/KS untill the new year!

Yep -- and Prodos may not have even made that decision yet.

Why bother saying anything if they weren't planning on acting on it in the near future?

It's like teasers a year before a movie is due out. "Great, you've got my interest... but why bother, you're probably going to have to get it again by the time you're ready to actually say something."

Also, their very first image says "Coming soon".

While that certainly presents some minor ambiguity, hopefully we can agree that 10+ weeks is a bit far off to be considered "soon".

Well, unless they're Blizzard or Valve.

Again we knew KD was going to launch a KS months before we knew when or for what (other than the typical KD coolness)

and that did very nicely

Have they even said if they are doing a KS?

Everyone seems to be under the impression that a KS is on the way for the AVP game but I haven't seen any mention of one yet. Have i missed something?

Nah, no official word.

It's the assumption being made, but it's certainly not a given just yet.

Yeah that's what I thought, if Prodos games have the backing of the studios/Geiger/whoever then it's possible it may just go straight to production.

With what capital? The legal permission of 20th century Fox will not pay for a dozen or more molds.

Well I don't smegging know do I? I understand so very very little of this whole process. What would Foxes legal permission have to do with how many moulds can be made?

I just mean they'll have to do a kickstarter for this project or else they'll be releasing one kit of marines, one alien and one predator every 6 months. Think about how Mantic operated before their kickstarters.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I just mean they'll have to do a kickstarter for this project or else they'll be releasing one kit of marines, one alien and one predator every 6 months. Think about how Mantic operated before their kickstarters.

I think any company like Prodos that could design the model they do with the concepts of AVP, could probably get a bank loan. Especially with them being able to show how they did with the kickstarter. A bank loan would be better than a kick starter because your not giving 10% or whatever kickstarter takes right off the top, then selling at such a steep discount to the backers. You get the money, develop your project, and make money hand over fist.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Again we knew KD was going to launch a KS months before we knew when or for what (other than the typical KD coolness)

and that did very nicely

Exactly! The sky is not falling if we don't hear anything more on this for a month... might as well let the thread lie until they come in with more info.

I wonder if an official AVP tabletop license will have any effect on the various ripoffs that are currently available. Would be interesting to see the damage a real big boy like 20th Cent. Fox can do to garage hobby companies.

The rip off's really don't make that much of an issue. This is a game based around a a cool concept. If you buy into the game you buy into the figures etc.

We already have one litigation crazed gaming company, we do not need two.

 Snrub wrote:
Yeah that's what I thought, if Prodos games have the backing of the studios/Geiger/whoever then it's possible it may just go straight to production.

I would be extremely surprised if this were the case!

 Pacific wrote:

 Snrub wrote:
Yeah that's what I thought, if Prodos games have the backing of the studios/Geiger/whoever then it's possible it may just go straight to production.

I would be extremely surprised if this were the case!

Mostly because...why would you put up your own money, or give up percentages to investors etc. when you can get your customers to fund everything?
I'm not being cynical or sarcastic here, this sort of established property should be worth 500k at least in a well run Kickstarter.

Personally I find the property pretty boring, but it's going to sell like cocaine filled hot cakes if the quality is there (we know they can get the minis right, gameplay is up in the air a little more I would assume).

Yeah, I'm sure it varies based on the sum and a number of factors, but 10% off the top for KS and Amazon versus whatever interest the bank or another institution would charge over a year or whatever don't make it nearly as black and white. Yeah, it's a big name and they just had another solid campaign go by.

Which cuts both ways; why wouldn't they do another?

But until they have more to share, it's all academic.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alien-vs-Predator-The-Miniatures-Game/1430433530510297

Let's cut to the chase now, shall we

All I can say is WOW! They look far better than I ever could have imagined!

My attention.

They have it.