Darth_Clone
Skirmisher
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 | | 02/06/2008 1:56 AM |  Alert | | I was wondering...what do WotC means by retiring rebel storm and clone strike?
At my local shop there are plentiful of both | | | |
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Darth_Clone
Skirmisher
4 Posts
| | 02/06/2008 1:57 AM | Alert | | as well as RotS | | | |
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Pedro
Commander
3469 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 02/06/2008 3:10 AM | Alert | This is a wrong forum:)
Try to post it to Wizards forums, many people go there. | |
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bshugg
Underboss
1707 Posts
| | 02/06/2008 4:59 AM | Alert | Wrong forum, but no big deal. Retirement could mean one of two things:
1. They are not going to continue to reprint them. They were reprinting the older sets on an "as needed" basis for Star wars minis. What's left on the shelf is whats going to be left.
2. They are going to retire those sets from tournament play. They will no longer be allowed to be used in a specific format of tournaments.
Unfortunatly I don't follow starwars enough to know which is which. Edit- I just skimmed the star wars message boards here and at the official site and I don't see anyone complaigning about retirement so I'm guessing its more #1 then #2. | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10195 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 02/06/2008 1:49 PM | Alert | | I'm pretty sure they are referring to option #1. With the classic character reprints in each set.... power creep causes the older figures to be not as viable. | |
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Username
Commander
4632 Posts
| | 02/06/2008 2:57 PM | Alert | | I wish they would reprint A&E on round bases. | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10195 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 02/06/2008 7:50 PM | Alert | Posted By Username on 02/06/2008 2:57 PM
I wish they would reprint A&E on round bases.
You and me both. Unfortunatly I think they shot themselves in the foot on that one. The only way to get them to reprint it is if the square based set sells out. I'm personally not planning on helping them do that. A&E is the only set I don't have any figures from. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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Lead Moderator
LCS
Underboss
1778 Posts
| | 02/07/2008 3:57 AM | Alert |
I'm beginning to doubt that A&E will ever be reprinted with round bases (even if the current printing sells out), since there are some figures that just won't fit on a standard sized round base...
For example, the Advance Agent Officer has its feet at the corners of its base, beyond the point where the plastic would end if the base was round. The Ithorian Commander and Rampaging Wampa have similar issues, although at least a bit of their feet would still end up within the diameter of a round base.
I suspect that any figures from the set that WotC deems worthy of reprinting will just be reissued as resculpts in future sets, which isn't so great when it's the sculpt that is what is cool in the first place. The Trandoshan Mercenary is already being reissued in Legacy of the Force, and while the original sculpt wasn't suitable for a fantasy-themed campaign, the upcoming sculpt looks disappointing compared to the A&E version.
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
7991 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 02/21/2008 3:11 AM | Alert | | What was the reason for SWM to switch to square bases? I know that the DDM icons use square bases to cover their areas more clearly, but medium and large figures fit quite nicely in their grid spaces. I hope that DDM doesn't switch to the square bases. | |
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Username
Commander
4632 Posts
| | 02/21/2008 7:00 AM | Alert | | As far as we know, the square bases and silver Star Wars stamp were done to make the set more collectible. Not sure if that worked. | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10195 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 02/21/2008 4:25 PM | Alert | Posted By Username on 02/21/2008 7:00 AM
As far as we know, the square bases and silver Star Wars stamp were done to make the set more collectible. Not sure if that worked.
It certainly didn't work for me. Thats the first SWM set I didn't buy a single booster for. To a degree it's caused me to buy much less of the current and upcoming sets as well. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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Username
Commander
4632 Posts
| | 02/22/2008 7:02 AM | Alert | | I didn't buy a booster or any singles from A&E. Too bad to because I would have liked to get a few singles from that set (wampa, vong, etc). | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
Username - he deals in minis
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10195 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 02/23/2008 12:55 AM | Alert | | There were some great looking commons and uncommons in that set. Oh well. At least one of them was re-printed in that Battle of Hoth pack. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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mickey mouse
Warrior
224 Posts
Victoria, Canada
| | 03/07/2008 11:07 PM | Alert | | I guess they did it for the anniversary... | | | |
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