The Complete G40 Set!?! Aw man, that’s going to be a while. I know they are making the mould for Germany and assuming they get this one right the first time (no defects in the mould like what happened with Italy), I think it takes roughly a month or so just to get the mould made at the foundery then shipped back to the factory. Then the factory has to get with Jeremy to choose the right plastic and color. Once that is done, they can go into full production.
With Italy, they went into full production about June 6 and were finished by the end of July or beginning of August. Then they had to package them all up onto skids for the freight company and arrange for the freight company to go get them which I guess took another couple of months or so (early Aug to Oct 9/10). Then the ocean voyage, customs and transit to FMG hopefully by Halloween.
So, if Germany goes by roughly the same schedule and they have the mould ready by late November/early December, I would figure full production starting early-mid December, possibly finished by early-mid February (minimum 1000 sets ordered). Packaging and pickup by freight company roughly mid-March and , with any luck, at FMG by April. Now, this is just a wild guess by me just going by what happened with Italy. Actually, I’m hoping that I am wrong and everything goes smoothly and the German units get here even sooner. After all, they sort of “cut their teeth” with Italy so maybe it will go a little faster, not just with Germany but with all the future nations.
As for USA, it’s still in the sculpting stage so I have no clue as to how soon they will go into production.
COMBAT DICE UPDATE - FMG
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Well dammit! So much for keeping a little hope for a speedy outcome. Oh well, I’m sure they will eventually get it right and with any luck it won’t be too much longer till we get our cool new combat dice.
Is the factory that is working on the combat dice the same factory that is making the combat units?
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Well dammit! So much for keeping a little hope for a speedy outcome. Oh well, I’m sure they will eventually get it right and with any luck it won’t be too much longer till we get our cool new combat dice.
Is the factory that is working on the combat dice the same factory that is making the combat units?
Agh…. Yes
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Well dammit! So much for keeping a little hope for a speedy outcome. Oh well, I’m sure they will eventually get it right and with any luck it won’t be too much longer till we get our cool new combat dice.
Is the factory that is working on the combat dice the same factory that is making the combat units?
Agh…. Yes
Hmmm. For some reason I thought they would be made in different places. They are such different items. I know the theme is the same (WW2 Gaming) and they are used for the same form of activity, but the items themselves are so different –- little plastic men, tanks etc. and dice. Well, I guess a lot of these factories can make a wide variety of things. Heck, my first job as a teenager was for a company called Federated Merchandisers and they made a lot of different little things that you wouldn’t think would be made in the same place.
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They have a standard Dice machine but we choose the colours. They did get the Dice colour correct, but the National symbols that are silk screened on had some incorrect colours! So the dice themselves are fine, but the symbols on the “1” side were incorrect.
I am still awaiting update on this production.
Hey FMG,
Any news on the progress on the dice? I’m very very very eagerly awaiting the day they’ll be available again :)
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Factory tells me they will be ready for shippment right after the Chinese New year (about a month from now).
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So you can understand my frustration…. Notice the poor print quality and colours of the attached picture. The samples that are shown on our site are PERFECT.
I can’t send you guys this CRAP!! We are working to have it corrected ASAP.
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anzac is brown?
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Yeah, I can see what you mean Jeremy. The roundels look kind of sloppy compared to the images you showed us before. Plus, the ring around the crown for the ANZAC dice is too thick.
I am wondering about the color of the actual dice for ANZAC. I thought they would be closer to that steel grey of the ANZAC pieces from Pacific 40. These look almost like the dark tan color of the UK units from the original Pacific game. Is this the color you plan to use for your ANZAC Combat Units?
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The sample pictures you just showed are the colours we are using. For the Dice and the Units
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I would add that the bad batch of Anzac dice have not only got their blue ring line too thick, but it is also the wrong shade of blue - too light, sky blue! That’s bad…
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Honestly, do some people even read the replies…… i see the frustration, he always has to explain himself multiple times…
So you can understand my frustration…. Notice the poor print quality and colours of the attached picture. The samples that are shown on our site are PERFECT.
I can’t send you guys this CRAP!! We are working to have it corrected ASAP.
Not attacking anybody, just see it happening all the time….
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Honestly, do some people even read the replies…… i see the frustration, he always has to explain himself multiple times…
So you can understand my frustration…. Notice the poor print quality and colours of the attached picture. The samples that are shown on our site are PERFECT.
I can’t send you guys this CRAP!! We are working to have it corrected ASAP.
Not attacking anybody, just see it happening all the time….
Perhaps a misunderstanding on my part. I thought he was only referring to the colors of the symbols, not the whole dice color as well. Either way, I don’t blame him for being upset. He was shown the prototype dice and they were perfect, then gets a whole shipment of these sub-standard, crappy looking dice.
MAKE the dang factory do it right. We will wait.
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We are getting some where!
Check out the picture I was just sent from my Agent!!
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We are getting some where!
Check out the picture I was just sent from my Agent!!
YEEEEEEEE-HAW!!! Jester’s Dead! :-D
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Those look awesome can’t wait to get my hands on them.
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Okay so my defending infantry roll 4,863 "2"s. Ooh, a good roll! Hmmm…… counting. Okay. That’s 1,788 hits on your 2 remaining tanks. Sorry, you lose. :lol:
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Okay so my defending infantry roll 4,863 "2"s. Ooh, a good roll! Hmmm…… counting. Okay. That’s 1,788 hits on your 2 remaining tanks. Sorry, you lose. :lol:
Hahahahaaahaaaaa! :-D
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Thank you for the screenshots, Jeremy. You the man. :-)
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very nice! how long till we can finally purchase them?
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Will they be available at convention?
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