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Prices are kinda high, and none of the add ons look all that interesting. Might still get the set once it's at retail, at least if my FLGS can order it. Still haven't recieved my Warzone stuff, and I only got a starter box and one or two little add ons at that.

Ah crap... card tiles.

Must resist...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ah crap... card tiles.

Must resist...

That's what I'm saying about that beautiful plastic terrain!

Funded in 1hr 22mins !

Finally funded


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damn....

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ah crap... card tiles.

Must resist...

You know about this one, right?
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/560585.page

A female Predator? Sounds like a male alien queen to me...

the price is really not low but 10 for a single Predator? crazy...

For all those complaining about the high prices in the first hour of a kickstarter:
In the following 3 weeks, there will be added stuff justifying the price, I am sure.


Aaaand ... funded.

wow only open for 1 hour, goal already funded. I see great things a coming.

 Manchu wrote:
Still not seeing how $5/mini ... or less for extra xenomorphs or Marines (or factoring in other contents in the base box) ... is ridiculous. Ten dollars for a pred is on the pricey end until you remember how big they are (and kind of immaterial when you remember you won't need a ton of them).

It depends on your point of view. If you're looking at it from a "booster pack" perspective, it's not a bad deal. If you're looking at it from a starter set with dozens of minis perspective, it's way above the average. Try pricing out the current 40k starter at $5 per mini or for a more apples to apples comparison space hulk at $5 per mini.

I hope we get some details on the Wargame Rules/army lists before it ends, I'd like to know how many of each thing I'll be needing to get.

 Kroothawk wrote:
For all those complaining about the high prices in the first hour of a kickstarter:
In the following 3 weeks, there will be added stuff justifying the price, I am sure.

How can you be sure? Surely if there isn't any value now, there never will be! This is not how Kickstarters work!

/pledge dropped.

 RiTides wrote:

It seems you were a bit psychic here!

I actually don't mind the price of the custom D20s at all- those are some hard dice to have custom made, and are pricey even for non-custom ones in cool colors.

I'll be interested in some of the add-on aliens, possibly, but I don't think I'm going to go for the boxed game.

Does anyone know- if you're just buying add-ons, can you select the 10-pound "Anytime" pledge and add them on... or do you have to select that 10-pound pledge, then pay another 10-pounds in shipping, before you can add anything on?

In other words... do you have to pay 20 pounds / $32 for the privilege of purchasing add-ons? I hope not, as that obviously makes it hard for non-UK backers to dip their toe in for just a squad or two. Hopefully, the 10-pound pledge is 10 pounds because that covers the shipping, since otherwise it's just for a PDF I believe? Any clarification from Prodos would be greatly appreciated!

Yeah, I must have been channeling some sort of juju there.

And yeah, not feeling amazing about the big price tag or shipping fees...

<-----If it bleeds we can kill it


hopefully they make an APC,

 warboss wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
Still not seeing how $5/mini ... or less for extra xenomorphs or Marines (or factoring in other contents in the base box) ... is ridiculous. Ten dollars for a pred is on the pricey end until you remember how big they are (and kind of immaterial when you remember you won't need a ton of them).

It depends on your point of view. If you're looking at it from a "booster pack" perspective, it's not a bad deal. If you're looking at it from a starter set with dozens of minis perspective, it's way above the average. Try pricing out the current 40k starter at $5 per mini or for a more apples to apples comparison space hulk at $5 per mini.

Spulk 2009 was a fantastic deal but I recall complaints about the expense even then.

For me, I figured I was the miser in this thread. $10/xenomorph seemed way too much for me back when everyone else said it was reasonable. Now we find it's half that or less and ...

TheUNSCforces wrote:
<-----If it bleeds we can kill it


hopefully they make an APC,

I'm in for one of those, and a Drop Ship too if they are made..

Did Warzone do vehicles?

 Cyporiean wrote:
Did Warzone do vehicles?

Yep!

 Manchu wrote:

 Cyporiean wrote:
Did Warzone do vehicles?

Yep!

Minds well just goto one of those 'discount extras' levels now.


Really wish this was ending in December :/

 Manchu wrote:
That's what I'm saying about that beautiful plastic terrain!

Plastic terrain? Looks like some kind of secreted resin.

 carlos13th wrote:

Puscifer wrote:
Four things I do not like about this...

1) Those KS prices are astronomical!!!

2) I thought this was going to be a wargame and not a board game.

3) The quality of the pieces (models and game board) are not high enough for the price. I bought the Gears Of War Boardgame for £50 and got tons of stuff in the box which is of insane quality. I still play it 18 months on. If the AVP game was like this, it would have my full backing.

4) The release date is... LATE 2014!!!

Yeah... this has ruined it for me.

Did you pick the GOW box up at a FLGS?

Yeah I dont really have the cash to back AVP atm anyway but even if I did I think the cost is a little to high.

I got it from Shire Games in Stoke On Trent. Best £50 I've spent on a game. I've had more fun playing GoW than 40k over the past 18ish months.

 Azazelx wrote:
You know about this one, right?
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/560585.page

Don't tempt me Frodo!

 Manchu wrote:

 warboss wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
Still not seeing how $5/mini ... or less for extra xenomorphs or Marines (or factoring in other contents in the base box) ... is ridiculous. Ten dollars for a pred is on the pricey end until you remember how big they are (and kind of immaterial when you remember you won't need a ton of them).

It depends on your point of view. If you're looking at it from a "booster pack" perspective, it's not a bad deal. If you're looking at it from a starter set with dozens of minis perspective, it's way above the average. Try pricing out the current 40k starter at $5 per mini or for a more apples to apples comparison space hulk at $5 per mini.

Spulk 2009 was a fantastic deal but I recall complaints about the expense even then.

For me, I figured I was the miser in this thread. $10/xenomorph seemed way too much for me back when everyone else said it was reasonable. Now we find it's half that or less and ...

Nah, you definitely don't sound like the Scrooge McDuck of the AVP thread. Personally, I just don't see the value in this and I don't see the potential value built into it (like with Robotech that had a clearly defined "freebie" pledge). This is 99.99% a preorder and the direct to consumer profits aren't being accompanied with savings and neither is the distro via CMON amounting to much as posted earlier. On top of that, there isn't much of a "buy in bulk" discount that is commonly associated with starter sets compared with similar offerings. I can't say I'm surprised though because the same issues came up during Warzone's KS with pledge levels (once shipping was accounted for) being slightly worse of a value than ordering from the Warstore. I guess you pay for the privilege of getting things early in a relatively on time KS which is worth it for some. For me, not so much.

always regretted not backing games like zombicide when it was presented, and always regretted not getting space hulk. So no way was I passing up AVP. Especially with the Glorious Colonial Marines!

 Kroothawk wrote:
For all those complaining about the high prices in the first hour of a kickstarter:
In the following 3 weeks, there will be added stuff justifying the price, I am sure.
Aaaand ... funded.

I guess the bigger issue here isn't one of "piles of sub-par models" like other KS from more than one company have delivered, but whether the actual thing being offered is worth the amount it costs before we get into the KS games of add-ons and putting things (back) into the starter box (that we took out to use as stretch goals). If I weren't sitting on a limited pledge, I'd be playing wait and see for a day or two under 3 weeks, as many others here appear to be saying they will do, which doesn't help their momentum.

I hope we get to see Arnold! I really hope to see them do that entire crew of characters from predator.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:


Don't tempt me Frodo!

Why would I want to tempt yer Frodo?

I really wanted to back this project on kickstarter, but at those prices I am going to wait and see what discounts I can get through the normal retail channels when the game is officially released. I want to feel like I am getting a "deal" if I help fund the game instead of feeling like i'm just preordering it.

So many similarities to Warzone....Have fun with this one guys.

 Hulksmash wrote:
So many similarities to Warzone....Have fun with this one guys.

Warzone was run nicely and the models where great. This one feels rushed and "money" grabbing.

Anybody have any of their own personal experience with Warzone stuff (if they've got it yet)? I know there was one guy earlier in the thread that had problems with the stuff he'd received. Felt the details on some of the Warzone figs at the time looked soft, hopefully this didn't turn out to be the case (bar maybe a couple of slip ups).

Talk about disapointed...... It just does not seem much for my money compared to others (MA)
Looks like mantic will get decembers pay packet instead of my kids this year, looked like it was going to prodos there for a while too.