[Kickstarter] Colony 87 Wave Four

[uti long smile]

Thanks for the encouraging sounds of excitement! Much appreciated!

Plan to launch on Tuesday evening, but I'll release more pics before then!

[dwbullock]

What's the situation going to be for us Americans?  Know you have a few suppliers stateside, which I have used to pick up some of the earlier figs, but any chance shipping will be coordinated through those, or some other, American suppliers to make it easier to take my money?

[Chief Lackey Rich]

What's the situation going to be for us Americans?  Know you have a few suppliers stateside, which I have used to pick up some of the earlier figs, but any chance shipping will be coordinated through those, or some other, American suppliers to make it easier to take my money?

I'm not backing the Kickstarter (any KS, period) but I'll second that question for when the figs go up for sale on the store.  Is there a good US distributor for Crooked Dice at this point?  Both the US and UK postal systems have become...unreliable, and it's not just (or even mostly) the pandemic to blame.  Ben Franklin must be spinning in his grave.

[uti long smile]

I'm not backing the Kickstarter (any KS, period) but I'll second that question for when the figs go up for sale on the store.  Is there a good US distributor for Crooked Dice at this point?  Both the US and UK postal systems have become...unreliable, and it's not just (or even mostly) the pandemic to blame.  Ben Franklin must be spinning in his grave.

Here’s our current stockists.

https://crooked-dice.co.uk/crooked-info/retail/

Trying to sort out possible distribution through one if these for the KS, but some details to work out yet.

[dwbullock]

I've used Noble Knight for my Crooked Dice purchases.  And maybe some others, too, of course.  Here's hoping the can get us the kickstarter, because I do want these.

[Chief Lackey Rich]

I've used Noble Knight for my Crooked Dice purchases.  And maybe some others, too, of course.  Here's hoping the can get us the kickstarter, because I do want these.

They're certainly the best known of the three listed for the US, and seem to be much better stocked than the others.  I can't even find listings for Crooked Dice on the Superscript Comics store at Comics Hub, although maybe they've got it tucked away under some less obvious category.

[hinkelberg]

Will previous waves be included as optional addons for this kickstarter?

[uti long smile]

Will previous waves be included as optional addons for this kickstarter?

They will!

[uti long smile]

The third of the four sets that form the main pledges - Market Folk.

One of the many wonders of Colony 87 is the labyrinthine Tiered Market, a maze of traders, merchants and dealers. Behind the back of the officious Market Inspector Unit L-Ron, you can haggle over ancient Amphiran artefacts with Maester Shin Ten - or buy second hand bots with untraceable data tabs from Partsco Pattie. Aquire the services of itinerant street lawyer Mo Isaac, and do your best to avoid the ravings of the Rolling Messiah. Hold on to your purses!

This nine model set includes: Street Lawyer, Bot Trader and Dome Bot, Market Inspector, the Rolling Messiah and Artefact Trader with three alien artefacts.



https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/c87-3/colony-87-wave-four-28mm-sci-fi-civilians

[blacksoilbill]

My favourite set so far, but I am looking forward to seeing the noble house too.

[manic _miner]

 I take it that L-Ron is a tribute to Robin Williams?

 Another great set of miniatures.

[uti long smile]

I take it that L-Ron is a tribute to Robin Williams?

 Another great set of miniatures.

Thank you! I see where you are coming from! But I hadn’t planned on him being a robot, but the wonderful Mystic Spirals who painted these gave him a steel face, so I worked back from there The name is inspired by an old Justice League villainous henchman - punning on Mr Hubbard I believe.

[Genghis]

I'm mega excited for this.  Are the whole sets the only way to get their constituent figures, or can individual figures be selected if I didn't want a whole set (either as part of the KS, or as smaller packs on retail release down the line)?

[Chief Lackey Rich]

Thank you! I see where you are coming from! But I hadn’t planned on him being a robot, but the wonderful Mystic Spirals who painted these gave him a steel face, so I worked back from there

Makes him look like a member of the band Steam Powered Giraffe to me.  Not that that's a bad thing by any means. 

The name is inspired by an old Justice League villainous henchman - punning on Mr Hubbard I believe.

Considering the character's full designation is L-Ron H-bb-rd it's pretty definite, yeah.  His fellow robotic minions Hein-9 and K-Dikk are pretty blatant too.

JLI was a weird book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-Ron

[uti long smile]

I'm mega excited for this.  Are the whole sets the only way to get their constituent figures, or can individual figures be selected if I didn't want a whole set (either as part of the KS, or as smaller packs on retail release down the line)?

Cheers! And yep, I’ll be breaking up the sets once they hit retail.