Will thread bump for miniatures!
But seriously.
I agree with Carlos.
Way back in this thread it was stated that this is for a second quarter release, so that is when we can expect it (in the software industry that could mean the following year and in military procurement within a decade - the F35 is the multiple of both ^__^).
It could be considered unfortunate that two ranges appeared in the same year (YMMV), my completely uninformed thought is that Empress might have planned to release the first packs as a splash at Salute (or possibly later)with more to follow, but the range was cat-like out of the bag at an earlier show, and they went with the flow. Gringo's plan was to release in the middle of the year.
With respect to the blog post, I think that was cut and pasted from an earlier piece of text (I thought it was from this thread) and not a comparison with another new range but those that came before.
Keep Calm
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