Alakhai
Underboss
1842 Posts
    
 | | 03/06/2006 3:59 PM |
| I pulled a rather exceptional case of WD, no need to detail that... but I got a promo combat medic instead of an uncommon one - AND a standard uncommon one, so I know at least one of them is not regular. Exact same mini, but it has a D&DC36 base instead of the WD uncommon one.
Other than that, I apologise for joining the rants over WD on the boards: this set is good, really. A few ugly ones (frost dwarf...), that's for sure, but the overall selection is rather great. I would have loved to see some heart-warming stuff previewed, like the ogre war hulk for instance, instead of some cr*p we got. I think that Shoe's previews articles were great (lots of details, RPG- and skirmish-wise), but his selection was not optimal - at least with a view to hyping the set. Well, in MY book anyway.
Great set. Bought one case, can't wait to buy a second one (tomorrow hopefully !)
Cheers
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/06/2006 4:00 PM |
| It happens from time to time. You got lucky, got a promo without even tracking one down, good job! =]
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Mindtrick
Warrior
234 Posts
| | 03/06/2006 4:17 PM |
| The Combat Medic, labled D&DC36, was the repainted promo handed out at the Wardrums Release tournament this past weekend. Not sure why the number jumped from D&DC31 (Trog Captain from March 06 RPGA kit) to D&DC36 though.
There have also been reports of people pulling the Mina, Dark Cleric promo, DVD1, out of a regular booster box when Anglefire came out. She was never released as a promo if I recall. | |
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Lab Monkey
Commander
4136 Posts
| | 03/06/2006 4:27 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Mindtrick
There have also been reports of people pulling the Mina, Dark Cleric promo, DVD1, out of a regular booster box when Anglefire came out. She was never released as a promo if I recall.
The Mina Promo was released on several occasions. It was supposed to be part of the book tour for Amber and Ashes, but the author became very sick and had to cancel it. It was available from several sources: dragonlance.com, several conventions, my FLGS, etc.
I thought the DVD1 figure was Mailee.
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shemnon
Warrior
279 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 2:00 PM |
| I'll have to verify with Agnus of Bane as to which one it was, but either the warforged scout or the warforged bodyguard will be the GAMA promo mini.
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 2:03 PM |
| | If thats the case, then Alakhai...what color is the repaint? ^_^ | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 03/07/2006 2:08 PM |
| | I read on Amurayi's website it was blue instead of red. Nice pull, Alakhai [)] | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 2:12 PM |
| | Yea its definetely nice if you pull a promo out of a booster instead of tracking one down. I've never had that happen, must not be as lucky.. | |
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Kat_Dawg33
Warrior
291 Posts
USA
| | 03/07/2006 3:19 PM |
| My son and I couldn't play in the release tournament, but we were able to make a little time to stop in and watch a little. The fine folks at TJ's (Massachusetts) gave both of us one of the Combat Medic Promos. It is in fact blue.
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 3:23 PM |
| Yes the promo combat medic is blue (looks really nice btw) so if its blue you got lucky and enjoy. If your combat medic is red then you just got the promo base with the regular mini.
It happens from time to time almost every set someone finds a promo base on a regular mini. Sometimes in advance of the promo's release so we get to know what a future promo is going to be. | | | |
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Eliminator53
Sergeant
628 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 3:52 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by shemnon
I'll have to verify with Aspect of Angus as to which one it was, but either the warforged scout or the warforged bodyguard will be the GAMA promo mini.
It was the warforged bodyguard. I pulled him in my case. Did any one else pull one of these? Oh, yeah I am Eliminator53 over here, Angus of Bane on the WotC boards. | |
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Ack
Underboss
1476 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 4:53 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Alakhai
I think that Shoe's previews articles were great (lots of details, RPG- and skirmish-wise), but his selection was not optimal - at least with a view to hyping the set. Well, in MY book anyway.
Al - would you rather have all the "good" pieces promoted and have almost nothing to look forward to on release day / when you crack your case? I was very jazzed by the Ogre War Hulk.. he looked cool and was very nifty in practice. and was a pleasant surprise. | |
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 6:36 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Ack
quote:
Originally posted by Alakhai
I think that Shoe's previews articles were great (lots of details, RPG- and skirmish-wise), but his selection was not optimal - at least with a view to hyping the set. Well, in MY book anyway.
Al - would you rather have all the "good" pieces promoted and have almost nothing to look forward to on release day / when you crack your case? I was very jazzed by the Ogre War Hulk.. he looked cool and was very nifty in practice. and was a pleasant surprise.
I agree, I like having pieces that still thrill me when I open up the packs. | |
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11768 Posts
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| | 03/07/2006 8:50 PM |
| Getting a promo in with a case happens very rarely. Congratulations!
As far as the previews go, I like the fact that some of the good stuff is left for us to discover when we open our packs. | |
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realmaster
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| | 03/07/2006 8:54 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Eliminator53
quote:
Originally posted by shemnon
I'll have to verify with Aspect of Angus as to which one it was, but either the warforged scout or the warforged bodyguard will be the GAMA promo mini.
It was the warforged bodyguard. I pulled him in my case. Did any one else pull one of these? Oh, yeah I am Eliminator53 over here, Angus of Bane on the WotC boards.
I hope to pull one of these. I seen one for sale on ebay. | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/07/2006 9:14 PM |
| | Its nice to have a few peices that you didnt know were in the set. The Ogre War Hulk is a good example, as was the Wyvern in Aberrations, in my opinion. I think we get a good look at a lot of figures and know if a set is really good or not early enough, buts nice if there's still a few peices that wow you when you see the poster, open the booster up, etc that you didnt know were there. | |
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Alakhai
Underboss
1842 Posts
| | 03/08/2006 2:49 PM |
| Guys, my "promo" Combat Medic is a genuine Combat Medic ("almost" red robe) on a promo base, not an actual promo.
I assume it is therefore much more difficult to find and worth a chase rare and I welcome people to send me their offers (nothing below an Umber Hulk, please).
Just kidding, but feel free ;-)
Anyway...
Cheers
Al. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/08/2006 2:52 PM |
| | I'd love for people to contribute and send Jai pictures of the repainted promos to keep the Gallery up to date [:D] | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/08/2006 2:55 PM |
| I totally forgot about that..and I definetly agree. I dont really have many of the repaints, I just collect a few if I like the repaint, like the Burning Skeleton.
Having the repaint galary updated would help a lot for me decided what I want and need to track down. Some of the pictures havent worked for awhile now.. | |
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Sergeant
804 Posts
| | 03/10/2006 6:03 PM |
| | Alakhai -- email sent! ;) | |
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Almalik
Warrior
266 Posts
Vancouver-ish, Canada
| | 03/11/2006 9:57 PM |
| | I would much rather have Shoe preview a lot of the less exciting minis. They are still do the job of generating excitement over an upcoming set(for me anyways). I think there would be a very negative response from the forums if after Shoe's previews were done we got the set list there were no cool minis we hadn't seen yet, only orcs an man-at-arms types left. | |
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Zeb
Underboss
2027 Posts
| | 03/12/2006 1:59 AM |
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Originally posted by Shoe
Alakhai -- email sent! ;)
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Alakhai
Underboss
1842 Posts
| | 03/28/2006 3:42 PM |
| Guys, sorry to unearth a dead post, but I have some pics of the aberrant mini I found in my quarterly dose of minis... Problem is, I don't know where to host them... if anyone can help, please send me an email and I'll send the pics over.
That guy is up for trade, by the way... see my trade thread if interested.
Cheers
Al.
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Ridureyu
Underboss
1622 Posts
| | 03/28/2006 6:26 PM |
| Sure, sent it over. I'll post them either immediately or after dinne.r
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Ridureyu
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1622 Posts
| | 03/29/2006 3:26 AM |
| Well, it took until after dinner, but HERE:
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Corim Danex
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6809 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/29/2006 4:46 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Mindtrick
The Combat Medic, labled D&DC36, was the repainted promo handed out at the Wardrums Release tournament this past weekend. Not sure why the number jumped from D&DC31 (Trog Captain from March 06 RPGA kit) to D&DC36 though.
I'll hazard this guess:
They usually do about 5-6 repaints (D&DC repaints) per set. They decided on the order of the repaints early on. Later, after the bases were already made, they decided to release the Combat Medic as the first repaint instead of one of the others they made for War Drums. The next several repaints should fill the gap between the Trog Captain and the Combat Medic. | |
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Commander
3370 Posts
| | 03/29/2006 9:52 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Shoe
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