Author Topic: (KICKSTARTER) Mantic Mars Attacks! Funded in 13 minutes! (Read 71663 times)

Commander Vyper · « **on:** October 04, 2013, 02:11:57 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/mars-attacks-the-miniatures-game?ref=banner

I like the studio pj's. Modern us army are nice but want to see a 50's B Movie add on with period us army, suits.etc....

Rob_Jedi · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2013, 03:44:43 PM »

Annoying it didn't start when the countdown ticked down, I watched it count down but then it went live while I was out. Ah well they got my money anyway.

Quote from: Commander Vyper on October 04, 2013, 02:11:57 PM

Modern us army are nice but want to see a 50's B Movie add on with period us army, suits.etc....

I agree I wanted 50s green army men. The modern soldiers do look OK though.

I hope they pile a lot more in the box as they do stretch goals. It looks rather sparse compared to say Zombicide or the insane Reaper Bones II

Belgian · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2013, 03:58:24 PM »

The estimated shipping date is August 2014, isn't that a bit long? But sounds great, pitty Kickstarter don't supports paypal.

The Dozing Dragon · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2013, 03:59:47 PM »

Looks good but I had to think on this one. I won't play the game and more than likely won't paint the minis.

Now where do I sign up?

Arlequín · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2013, 04:23:15 PM »

I'm another one who would have preferred the 'classic' 60s look too.

Nevertheless all of the figures do look excellent and I am in. I had managed to resist Kickstarter up until now.

I'm not sure it should count as 'Future Wars' though and this would look so much better on 'Post-War and Modern Adventures'.

Pijlie · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2013, 04:24:00 PM »

The figures look spectacular, but man are they pricey. Besides the rules, board and ruins 44 plastic figures for $100.....

CptJake · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2013, 04:27:34 PM »

Quote from: Pijlie on October 04, 2013, 04:24:00 PM

The figures look spectacular, but man are they pricey. Besides the rules, board and ruins 44 plastic figures for $100.....

That isn't really accurate. That $100 includes $50 of credit you use to buy add ins, and that means you can buy more minis. Additionally, they've already stated some of the stretch goals will add minis to the core box as well.

Arlequín · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2013, 04:33:37 PM »

Quote from: Pijlie on October 04, 2013, 04:24:00 PM

The figures look spectacular, but man are they pricey. Besides the rules, board and ruins 44 plastic figures for $100.....

Even working on the basic $15 for 8 figures, that's $1.87 per figure, as compared to $1.44 for a Warlord Games Plastic British Infantryman, not that big a deal I would think. Mantic Figures typically work out around $1.24 for a human sized figure, but there is 'produced under licence' involved too.

Momotaro · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2013, 04:42:37 PM »

Have they mentioned what kind of plastic they're using for the figures?

Pijlie · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2013, 05:13:32 PM »

Quote from: Arlequín on October 04, 2013, 04:33:37 PM

Even working on the basic $15 for 8 figures, that's $1.87 per figure, as compared to $1.44 for a Warlord Games Plastic British Infantryman, not that big a deal I would think. Mantic Figures typically work out around $1.24 for a human sized figure, but there is 'produced under licence' involved too.

I had added the 20 figures from the boxed set to the three $15 8-figure sets you can buy for your $50 credit. Assuming that the figures are the most expensive items in the buy (and I might well be wrong here) they come at about $2 a figure. But you are right. These are licensed figures and one should expect to pay more for those.

Well, I am Dutch you know. We're a nation of cheapskates