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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Tacgnol on February 08, 2010, 07:53:19 PM

Title: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Tacgnol on February 08, 2010, 07:53:19 PM: A range of toy walkers is available at Asda. £6 each, and there are three different types, scaled up nicely with 28mm. One is supposed to look like a flying battlesuit, one has a touch of the Aliens cargo lifter about it and the third is supposed to be an underwater walker. Kind of Bioshock-meets-Transformers. This is the one I picked up. Terrible mobile phone photo because my camera is still batteryless.

They look like they'll shape up for gaming purposes with little work.

Thought you might all like to know. :)

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/Walker.jpg)
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Mr. Burning on February 08, 2010, 09:03:03 PM: Looks like something to investigate. Kids get all the fun stuff with potential!
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: cheetor on February 09, 2010, 11:41:26 AM: Quote from: Tacgnol
...one has a touch of the Aliens cargo lifter...

Any chance of a "terrible mobile phone photo" of that one? I am in the market for a cheap Aliens power loader chassis.
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Tacgnol on February 09, 2010, 12:11:12 PM: Sadly not mate, my girlfriend threw out the packaging, which had a picture of all three versions on the back, pretty quickly. Sorry.

Here's a better shot of my walker with a coat of primer. The Aliens-ish one has a boxier "head" with two cargo-lifter style claws. I think, didn't have enough of a look at the packaging to commit it fully to memory. The legs were very similar to mine, I think they might all have the same legs but I'm not sure. Hope this helps.

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/SS855760.jpg)
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: TheMightyFlip on February 09, 2010, 12:58:35 PM: You spray on the carpet????

Thats a bit tall, looks good for 28mm scale Battletach.
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Tacgnol on February 09, 2010, 01:19:34 PM: Haha!

There are a few offcuts of carpet on the garage floor just because we didn't want to throw them out :)

Yeah, it's probably a good size for 28mm Battletech, that's something I hadn't even considered.
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Commander Vyper on February 09, 2010, 04:43:05 PM: Toy or no toy, file down the mould lines!!!!

;)
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Tacgnol on February 09, 2010, 04:59:09 PM: Already done! The primer really made them glaringly obvious and I got down to it after I posted the photo. :)
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Tacgnol on February 11, 2010, 02:02:03 PM: I got myself to Asda and took a picture of the Aliens-esque one for Cheetor.

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/Image134.jpg)

Turns out I was wrong about it having two claws.
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: cheetor on February 11, 2010, 02:15:07 PM: Quote from: Tacgnol on February 11, 2010, 02:02:03 PM
I got myself to Asda and took a picture of the Aliens-esque one for Cheetor.

Thanks Tacgnol!

Is the guy in the harness roughly the same height as a 28mm figure? If so then it looks like it is a bit larger than the Aliens loader, but I am unsure as to how much larger it is. Whenever you next take a work-in-progress shot of your walker would you mind putting a 28mm fig alongside for scale purposes?

Thanks!
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: supervike on February 11, 2010, 02:19:50 PM: What's the deal?

I keep pressing that TRY ME button, and nothing happens!
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Tacgnol on February 11, 2010, 02:29:20 PM: Hey Cheetor.

The little guy is just over 40mm tall, and the walker I have is about 180mm tall.

Press harder, Supervike :D
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: cheetor on February 11, 2010, 03:05:06 PM: Quote from: Tacgnol on February 11, 2010, 02:29:20 PM
The little guy is just over 40mm tall, and the walker I have is about 180mm tall.

Thanks again, that is roughly what I had guesstimated.
Title: Re: M.A.R.S. Armorbots at Asda
Post by: Doomsdave on February 11, 2010, 03:54:54 PM: Saw the MARS robots at our Dollar General store here. But not the walkers. :-[