Like I mentioned in my Kickstarter rant http://wargamedork.blogspot.com/2014/08/kickshart-my-heart-or-why-kickstarter.html I had gotten into the Robotech RPG Tactics Kickstarter yet not only is it stupidly late (something most Kickstarter projects tend to be, and Palladium stuff is anyhow) but my picks would not only be later, but the damned game would be out at retail before my stuff came in! So one of the local FLGSes had gotten in a shipment of the main game and a number of the box expansions, running around 36-39 dollars MSRP. (Around 30ish shipped on ebay right now.)
So what did my 36.50 get me?
The box is kind of pretty enough.
The back shows you what you are getting. 4 models, 2 of each chassis.
There is a helpful (ish) computer rendered instruction sheet, data cards, the bases, a BIG pack of waterslide decals, and squad cards.
The other mech is on the back, and there are squadron cards for larger units, including some that require other boxes. But it seems as if both factions can use the models included, which is very nice.
This however is the problem. A pair of mechs per sprue. Not really poseable as they have a default pose pretty much. Except the way they are assembled requires you to build both mechs at once, and many of them have three or more sprue gates. It does look to be normal plastic you can use model cement on thoughI am not 100% sure of this yet. The detail looks pretty solid but..
Around 30 pieces per roughly two inch tall mini? These are supposed to be GAMING MINIATURES. To put together a decent army is going to take forever just to assemble, much less paint and finish. This was not very well thought out. At least a third of these parts shouldn't be there especially with the generally static poses.
Expect a follow up whenever I get around to building the models so I can compare and contrast to their Battletech cousins and similarly sized Macross models.
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