Alien vs Predator Miniatures Game, Prodos loses license to AvP. p.266

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**Imposter101**

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513277403/alien-vs-predator-the-miniatures-game?ref=recently_launched

Alien warriors from Aliens confirmed. Backing this project for sure!

**BrookM**

No mention of female marines yet though, not unless it's a stretch goal that's locked away at the near bottom.

**RiTides**

Reposting due to page rollover:

Ugh, why the 10 pound shipping outside the UK if they're using CMON for North American distribution?

spiralingcadaver wrote:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513277403/alien-vs-predator-the-miniatures-game?ref=recently_launched

No EB offer, so I'm waiting...

edit: wow, thoroughly ninja'd

Yeah, that was crazy how many folks posted that at once

. But no early birds, so no need to rush to decide on this.

**Buzzsaw**

Image of the stretch goals, interesting that a) the first is a female predator (which in fairness I like), and b) the first stretch goal is 45k GBP. That's... a bit high. Although, since it is presumably added to the basic game, not wholly out of line...

Spoiler:

**Forlorn**

RiTides wrote:
Ugh, why the 10 pound shipping outside the UK if they're using CMON for North American distribution?

That's an excellent question.

**Manchu**

That fem pred should be posted pretty soon, I'd guess!

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over 14k pounds in seven minutes lol

**Grot 6**

Pacific wrote:
Warzone Resurrection wrote:

hmm, why so sceptic? ;]

We have commitment to FOX that the game will be out mid next year, if we get for Salute 2014 that is a bonus.

Inteerrreeesssting.. hmm... Can we speculate why 20th Century Fox would like a release for next year? No other Aliens or Predator films in the pipeline (as far as I know), although didn't they make a release during the summer about 'something big is coming' or some such like, but then never revealed what that big thing was?

Yes.

http://www.prometheus2-movie.com/paradise/

**SeanDrake**

Forlorn wrote:
RiTides wrote:
Ugh, why the 10 pound shipping outside the UK if they're using CMON for North American distribution?

That's an excellent question.

I would guess because Prodos still cannot magically teleport it from the UK to Cmon shhessh you us backers have become spolit with all the free shipping you get on most KS

But I will wait before pledging myself as the game looks a little light for the money asked at this time.

**warboss**

No early bird offerings plus extra US shipping cost despite using CMON? This just moved from "zomg! gotta pledge!" to "I'll see where it ends up." I get the feeling that the relative value of the KS preorder (and that's all it is) is going to end up no different than simply ordering from the warstore similar to the Warzone campaign.

**Forlorn**

I knew I kept my old space hulk tiles for a reason.

**rabidaskal**

I like the 155 pledge level, 'Real Aliens Aren't From Mars'? Guess they're trolling Mantic

**Kroothawk**

RiTides wrote:
Ugh, why the 10 pound shipping outside the UK if they're using CMON for North American distribution?

Maybe shipping a big box in USA is not for free?

**CptJake**

A pledge level called 'Real Aliens Ain't From Mars'

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Kroothawk wrote:
RiTides wrote:
Ugh, why the 10 pound shipping outside the UK if they're using CMON for North American distribution?

Maybe shipping a big box in USA is not for free?

Still have to get everything to the US, and pay CMON for their part. In a way it makes sense. Why should everyone else subsidize CMON'c cut? This way, only folks CMON sends to really pay for that service.

It does suck, but I get it.

**Imposter101**

CptJake wrote:
A pledge level called 'Real Aliens Ain't From Mars'

And Mars Attacks has just had another surge of pull outs.

Ouch.

**nkelsch**

rabidaskal wrote:
I like the 155 pledge level, 'Real Aliens Aren't From Mars'? Guess they're trolling Mantic

With Mars dropping another 2k within minutes of AVP launching, they are doing a good job. Very strategic timing.

**SeanDrake**

rabidaskal wrote:
I like the 155 pledge level, 'Real Aliens Aren't From Mars'? Guess they're trolling Mantic

Well at £75 for 23 minis there trolling someone

**Buzzsaw**

Someone in the comments noticed something a bit puzzling: 3 Predators purchased ala carte are twice as expensive as 5 of anything else. That seems... odd.

**Necros**

I went for Payback time. I'll see how it goes to see if the add ons are worth it to increase or decrease as we go.

I betcha it'll fund in less than an hour.

Sucks for mars attacks though :( I liked that one a lot, but I purposely didn't back it cuz of this and I can really only afford 1 big ticket campaign at the moment. Will definitely check out mars attacks when it hits the shelves though.

**spiralingcadaver**

bigger? more detailed? more options?

**RiTides**

This part is really interesting:

If successful this KS project will allows Prodos Games Ltd to produce the AvP The Hunt Begins Board Game (which will be produced in standard plastic 1 piece format for late 2014 release) in a bespoked and limited (to KS) fashion specifically for the model connoisseur and collector alike. We will utilize our Procast model making technique to make the high quality and detail multipose and official 28mm polyurethane miniatures of these seminal icons of screen and prose. As well as the cutting edge miniatures, the KS Exclusive AvP The Hunt Begins Gamers Collection Edition will be packaged in a deluxe KS-only box and include exclusive tokens and cards. If we unlock the stretched goals, the KS project will also allow us to make faction specific themed objective markers as well as a Hardback version of the AvP Wargame Rulebook and speed up our production plans (by over 18 months) meaning we can produce miniatures of, for example, the Predalien, Alien Warriors and even potentially, cyborgs and colonial civilians, well ahead of schedule. In North and South America the KS Pledges will be distributed by CMON.

Colored the really interesting part.

So, retail release might be one piece plastic models, but Kickstarter release is for multi-part, higher quality models? Seems a little odd that those multi-part models wouldn't be made available again later after all the work put into making them, but this is a little vague so they've got room to offer them again. But, the retail release of the game would seem to have simpler models.

**Azazelx**

RiTides wrote:
Ugh, why the 10 pound shipping outside the UK if they're using CMON for North American distribution?

That's what? $12? $15? To send a package inside the US. It would be a hell of a lot more if they had to send it from the UK...

**timd**

LOL, it ends on Thanksgiving. Or the day before Black Friday....

T

**cincydooley**

The pricing for the contents seems.....high.

**Forlorn**

Spoiler:

Maybe because the predators are larger?

**Skorne**

Grot 6 wrote:

Yes.

http://www.prometheus2-movie.com/paradise/

Isn't that just a fansite?

**Bolognesus**

Pretty bl**dy expensive though, regardless. That's full-on resin pricing. Outside of KS, that is.
...They're really going to have include a bunch of stuff via stretch goals for me to stay in for more than just a few aliens... :(

**Medium of Death**

Not convinced by the price points here. Think I'll wait until actual retail to see how everything pans out, model quality, rules etc.

Glad to see it doing well though.

**Pacific**

Yes that is a little odd, even if you consider the size you would perhaps expect them to be the same price as aliens or marines, except 3 in a pack rather than 5.

Perhaps it means we will get some cloaking-device predators included in the pack?

Nice to see the short KS length anyway, hopefully this will help it to keep up momentum (and also prevent the issue of people not wanting to spend too much money with Xmas looming).

**cincydooley**

Yah. 13 models for 120 USD isn't tickling my wiener.

**plastictrees**

They seem "same price for less models" larger though, not "double the price for less models".
As mentioned maybe they'll see more alternate weapons?