Northstar Miniatures: On The Seven Seas Nickstarter Launch Date

[carlos13th]

Way back when LOTHS was in favour a mate produced these ships and guns, cheap as chips and may satisfy your fix

http://minimi.co.uk/pirates/

cannon are only a £1 a pop

Cannons are a bargan and the ships are cheap as well. Shame there are no Japanese style Bunes.

[lou passejaire]

So, is there no way to buy the special figures?  I really like the high seas drifter, but I do not see myself spending 130 quid on this.  I would happily pay for the bonus figure, however...

as said in the newsletter :

Nickstarter OTSS freebies may be on sale at some point in the future, but not before November 2014.

if you're not in a hurry 

[styx]

A huge thank you to Northstar from someone in the US that partnered with Brigade Games to Nickstarter those of us in the US and make shipping a bit better. the 10% is not bad and the 25% ROW price sucks for those of us that are making smaller orders.

If you are in the US/Canada/Mexico (ie on the other side of the pond):
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/NorthStar-On-The-Seven-Seas_c_545.html?utm_source=BrigadeGames.com+Newsletter&utm_campaign=39128b134c-OnTheSevenSeas20140616&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3acbc52438-39128b134c-290803413&mc_cid=39128b134c&mc_eid=f3f1269922

[lou passejaire]

postage rates became crazy, those years .

the end of the universal postal service as a cheap and efficient service ( and not a business ) is going to kill many companies .

It's a pity ... when you order 12 figures from 2 UK manufacturers, postage rate to France ( 800 km ) comes to 33% .

[carlos13th]

Whats happening to the UK postal service is a disappointment. Can only see prices getting higher from here onwards.

[styx]

postage rates became crazy, those years .

the end of the universal postal service as a cheap and efficient service ( and not a business ) is going to kill many companies .

It's a pity ... when you order 12 figures from 2 UK manufacturers, postage rate to France ( 800 km ) comes to 33% .

Wow, at least for the charges we get they have to haul them over the pond not the channel! holy smokes!

[Dewbakuk]

Wow, at least for the charges we get they have to haul them over the pond not the channel! holy smokes!

I used to work for a mail order company a few years ago and at the time, it was cheaper to ship to the States than it was to Europe and at certain weight brackets it was actually cheaper than shipping it within the UK....

Shipping costs have just gotten insane/realistic over the last couple of years. It's sad but anyone who isn't charging 20+% for world wide shipping is probably taking a hit on the postage* currently. I actually sent a package via a private courier last month for much less than the Royal Mail could have done and with a much better service level, I was shocked.

*Depending on product price of course. A £2000 item item probably doesn't need 20% shipping, whereas a £15 miniatures order probably actually needs closer to 50% really.

[Timbor]

I must say, this preorder is pretty disappointing.  The figures look great, but there does not seem to be any significant discount other than bonus figures, the nicest/most desirable of which are only accessible if you buy everything.  If I am going to be giving you my money for several months, I would expect a bigger discount or at least make the extra figures optional add-ons. 

Right now I see very little reason to buy immediately.  It won't be much different to just wait until they are released, buy the book from amazon for like half price, and buy the figures from a north american supplier with more favourable shipping rates.  Most likely by then the hype will have died down and other projects will have claimed my interest. 

[The Dozing Dragon]

I've jumped on it although I'm very skint but the lure of pirates is too much to ignore......hopefully this one will come with the boxes as the IHMN didn't

[CptJake]

It won't be much different to just wait until they are released, buy the book from amazon for like half price, and buy the figures from a north american supplier with more favourable shipping rates. 

Yep, I can pre-order the book from Amazon for $13.59 including shipping (and a 'lowest price guarantee') or I can pre-order from Brigade at $18 plus shipping and get a 'free' monkey.

Guess I skip the monkey.

[Elbows]

I like some of Brigade Game's miniatures but their store is...not cheap.  Unless they are the sole provider, I skip them as a retailer.  Prices are essentially MSRP (which is not competitive with many other online retailers).

I actually ordered a couple packs of Foundry pirates to get started on...I have some painted up Playmobil ships, so I'd like to have a small crew finished when the game releases.  If the Foundry match up well enough I'll grab a box of NorthStar figs but they're a bit too goofy for me at the moment.  Shame as I'd have bought the whole lot of Black Scorpion figures if they were still in metal.

Either way I'll be picking up the game, just not likely the miniatures (maybe one box so I can get a nock gun).  I am patiently awaiting pictures of the deck hands/gun hands though - that'd be something I'd consider.

[Van-Helsing]

I've jumped on it although I'm very skint but the lure of pirates is too much to ignore......hopefully this one will come with the boxes as the IHMN didn't

I got Boxes with my IHMN, and my A Fistful of Kung Fu . . .. .

[lou passejaire]

I used to work for a mail order company a few years ago and at the time, it was cheaper to ship to the States than it was to Europe and at certain weight brackets it was actually cheaper than shipping it within the UK....

Shipping costs have just gotten insane/realistic over the last couple of years. It's sad but anyone who isn't charging 20+% for world wide shipping is probably taking a hit on the postage* currently. I actually sent a package via a private courier last month for much less than the Royal Mail could have done and with a much better service level, I was shocked.

*Depending on product price of course. A £2000 item item probably doesn't need 20% shipping, whereas a £15 miniatures order probably actually needs closer to 50% really.

even if you ship a parcell from france to france and can't send it as "letter", it's crazy .
For domestic parcells ( and Belgium-Luxembourg) , i use "mondial relay" it' quite "cheap":
 quite flat rate from 4,50 € (0 to 0,5kg)to 6,6 € ( less than 3Kg)
where postal service wille be from 6,30€ to 10,05€ ...
But most private courier prices are ... crazy .

20 years ago, it was difficult to buy minis, ( you have to order catalogs, send an IMO, ... ) now, it's easy , you have the choice , you buy the minis or you pay the postage 

[Chesh]

Im very torn whether to go all in or not. 

I have been trying to keep myself to only three things running at once this year and it's Saga/Bolt Action/40k Orks at the moment.  One would have to give and I don't want to give any of them up.

Monies is slightly tight, but I think I could stretch to the £130.  Other option is to wait to Christmas, but the model I want most is the extra model at the 'I want it all' level.

I could get and add to the pile for once one of the other three projects are finished but tend to find that means it gets left even longer.

Ponders onwards

[axabrax]

The figures are absolute amazing! I'm very tempted by this, but I'm noticing a trend with these Osprey games: there are essential features, mostly regarding terrain, missing from every system. For the modern Asian urban combat game, there was no modern urban Asian terrain available.  For the pirate game, even though there are rules included for ships, the system is not bundled with any sort of affordable way to do ship battles or boarding actions.

Don't get me wrong I know that this forum is a scratch builders paradise, but for some of us having to scratch build is a deal-breaker--I barely have enough time to paint the figures as is. Couldn't some kind of partnership have been struck with 4ground or Laser DreamWorks to provide a few bare bones waterline ships to go along with this game? Look at what Great Escape Games has done in pairing with 4ground to create western terrain with their old west game. Even some flat 2-D poster maps of ships at the appropriate scale to get us started would be cheap and appreciated for someone like me.