(KICKSTARTER) Mantic Mars Attacks! Funded in 13 minutes!

[Arlequín]

While the crossovers are not for me, Martian Dredd does have a devoted fan following within the KS backers and I did chuckle at the Martians in KISS make up.

[Van-Helsing]

The Dredd crossover is pretty good, although I've yet to read issue 4.

As a lifelong Kiss fan - I kinda liked that one.

[Doomsdave]

LoL - Good Point!

Coincidentally, and off-topic, I just read a WSJ article entitled "Reloading the Canon"  about Jane Austen retreads. 

On topic:  That KISS crossover makes me giddy.  KISS army forever.

[Alfrik]

Did this kickstarter reach store shelves yet? Missed the kickstarter but hoping to score some martians along the way

[Huascar]

Afraid you have a bit of a wait alfrik. The survey was only sent out this week and delivery is slated for August (although I have yet to see a gaming kickstarter meet it's delivery target).

[Van-Helsing]

delivery is slated for August (although I have yet to see a gaming kickstarter meet it's delivery target

Deadzone did . . . . .

[Michka]

Just took the survey, and it was nice and easy.
Well I say easy, but choosing what to add and what to leave behind was a royal pain in the back-side. Ended up bolting on $50 worth of stuff before the thing was done. I'm never gonna reach the bottom of my plastic mountain now.

[Too Bo Coo]

Deadzone did . . . . .

I think Zombicide was early...twice.

[cheetor]

Deadzone did . . . . .

So did Dreadball   Mantic like to pride themselves on on time KS delivery, so I would be very surprised is Mars Attacks is any different.

Ended up bolting on $50 worth of stuff before the thing was done. I'm never gonna reach the bottom of my plastic mountain now.

I had to be ruthless.  I accumulate way faster than I process and Kickstarters, although good value in terms of $$$ are terrible value if I never use the stuff.

Well, maybe not ruthless, but I definitely left out a few things that I wanted...

[Too Bo Coo]

I think Zombicide was early...twice.

That said, I ordered custom heads of myself from Mimic and they have trotted out the 'excuse factory', the same with Winter War.  Not really sure at this point if I will get these items and to be honest, I refuse to spend more money on a KS again (DF not included) without getting these items first. It may seem strange to punish new KS's based upon old ones where the new people prob have no connection, but to my eye, this is a fault of KS.  KS get's their money and they really could care less about 'follow through'.  Customers are left holding the bag.  It's part of the reason I gave the Road/Kill guy a hard time in his offer, he had a half baked idea what he wanted big bucks for....and it just seemed more scam than sale.

[CptJake]

Deadzone did . . . . .

Sort of.   They had a lot of mis-packed boxes and the QC on what was delivered was atrocious.   So, yes, they did deliver a package to most people on time, but if you wanted what was supposed to have been included to show up, and show up in the quality you were led to believe you would get, you may have been disappointed.  Since they will not be looking to correct missing or miscast items anytime soon (they are still working on fixing LOKA, then DreadBall, then will start assessing Dead Zone submissions) I submit that 'on time' is relative.   I, and many others, have not gotten everything we were supposed to for the initial shipment.  If we go with the date I receive everything from the first shipment I was supposed to, they will not be close to on time.

[Too Bo Coo]

Sort of.   They had a lot of mis-packed boxes and the QC on what was delivered was atrocious.   So, yes, they did deliver a package to most people on time, but if you wanted what was supposed to have been included to show up, and show up in the quality you were led to believe you would get, you may have been disappointed.  Since they will not be looking to correct missing or miscast items anytime soon (they are still working on fixing LOKA, then DreadBall, then will start assessing Dead Zone submissions) I submit that 'on time' is relative.   I, and many others, have not gotten everything we were supposed to for the initial shipment.  If we go with the date I receive everything from the first shipment I was supposed to, they will not be close to on time.

Sorry to hear Jake.  It's these types of stories that have caused me to all but abandon KS in the future. 

[CptJake]

To be fair, the game does look like it will be a lot of fun.  And the price was probably fair for the amount of stuff you get.  The terrain mat is spectacular, really fantastic.

But restic mold lines down the middle of a figure's face just suck.   Gaps like this one just suck:



Soft detail like on the tracks here: 

 

coupled with the question, what is the support on the mortar supposed to connect to? 



Add in the couple bags of missing figures, a few missing bases and terrain sprues (and the dice EVERY backer was missing).   Add in the craptastic job of packing that causes rulebooks to arrive with scratched covers.   

Just a bit disappointing.  It was clearly rushed out to meet timelines.

But yeah, the box showed up on time.

[carlos13th]

yeah I was fairly disappointed with the Quality of Deadzones miniatures in regards to mould lines and gaps tbh. Taken all the enthusiasm out of painting them up to play for me. Not to mention their is no instructions or contents list in the box and nothing is labeled so you have to play which bag is which to try to work out if you have anything. Really should take them out of the bags to actually check if everything that is supposed to be in each bag is actually there.

With hindsight I wouldn't have backed Deadzone despite liking the game idea and thinking the rules look great. Probably would have just picked up the rules and a single faction further down the line. Certainly wont be upping my pledge.

The new mars attacks figures are meant to be made out of the same plastic resin as the Gears of War game and to be fair the miniatures in that game look great. So maybe their is hope if Mantic take their time with this one.

[Lovejoy]

... (although I have yet to see a gaming kickstarter meet it's delivery target).

Oathsworn did... twice. Much smaller KSs though - I can't imagine the nightmare of trying to fulfill one of the really big ones!