@coachofmany:
Should have the revised bomber and 25 pounder this week and if all is good, we will release to make the mold, 4 weeks, then production, another 4 weeks.
What was wrong with the bomber and 25 pounder? It seemed to me like you showed a pic of the bomber and it looked great. Or was that your 3D model?
Both Bomber and 25 pounder were too big. We received them yesterdayand they are shown on Facebook. We are pleased with them now.
Now for making the mold.
@ Coach,
I hate to be “That Guy” and ask about time-frames just on the heels of releasing the second Japanese set, but I have to ask. What’s a good estimate for the release date for UK?
Should have the revised bomber and 25 pounder this week and if all is good, we will release to make the mold, 4 weeks, then production, another 4 weeks.
Will there be transports included in the Axis Minor set 2?
I ask since the picture on the main page of HBG doesn’t show a transport yet the list on the set page includes a transport.
Also, it says the set would have 30 pieces, but counting all of them leads to 32.
Yes, a Transport, but still tweaking what will be in the set.
@CWO:
Do we have an HBG equivalent is probably how I should have asked the question?
I think that at the moment the answer is no, but the Amerika game is supposed to have a “Panther II” (whatever that is).
Panther II is the next generation, instead of the 75L70 gun , it was to mount the 88L71 (same gun as the Tiger II).
Just catching up, hope you enjoyed our small but fun con!
UK Set, U.S. Set, Axis Minor Set, Facilities, French WW2, then French WW1
What about the old AA guns as light AA, 1 die roll, and the new ones as heavies, 2 die rolls?
I see the “Rails and Industry” expansion set being considered for production.
What would hypothetically be in this set?
Rules for Trains, train miniature, armored trains, factories, cities, etc
@coachofmany:
We WILL start shipping on Monday May 5th. we have had many QC issues with this set.
We are very sorry.QC Issues? Did some pieces need to be re-cast or something?
The factory will re-run all the bad pieces but we are going through them and still producing sets. They are shipping out slowly, please bare with us.
We are shipping out some every day, just slower than I would of liked.
We WILL start shipping on Monday May 5th. we have had many QC issues with this set.
We are very sorry.
Ohh good question Yavid. Im really interested in the pieces as a separate purhcase.
We are addressing that so people do not pass on the game and only buy the pieces. We will work something out.
Hey Yavid,
There is going to be a KV-1 in that new Kursk game they are working on.Yeah I know but I’m not sure that game is a sure thing. I would like all 3 pieces they are showing us from that game. Elefants, KV-1s, and SU-152s oh my.
War Plan: Orange looks awesome too.
Both games are a sure thing, we are already working on rules for both games as well as the sculpts, both games are 1/2 done with their sculpts. These are going to be really cool games with really neat pieces.
:lol:@Yavid:
Hey HBG do you guys know when the 2nd Japanese pre-orders will be ready to be shipped?
Received them yesterday, going through them and will start shipping next week. We move this weekend to our new space so that slows us down a bit. Sorry, just bad timing.
Yorktown will be in base set as well as Midway game.
Which US set is slated to have the Yorktown? Some sort of US Base set?
Just wondering because I am seeing the Essex and Midway in the Expansion but I though the Yorktown was a go also. Wouldn’t want to miss that one.
I suppose that it would fit in well for an OOB replacement set with the Iowa, B-17, Army M-4, etc…
I know it is probably a ways off yet, but I have one idea for a possible Soviet Expansion set.
It’s for their heavy artillery piece. I am suggesting the 203mm howitzer M1931 (B4). See the pic below.
I first saw this in some WW 2 footage during the Battle of Berlin. The Soviets would bring these into the streets of Berlin to smash German fortifications. It’s basically a big artillery piece on a set of tractor treads. In the footage I saw, it didn’t have that thing on the back of it. It really looked impressive blasting away.
I just thought this would make a good heavy artillery piece for the Russians. Certainly unique.
We have this slated in our “Allies Super weapons” set in the Global Expansions.
We are pushing to get them out much quicker this year. The UK set is already to manufacturer to start on models.
We want to get this out every 8-10 weeks
We are arranging a guest for painting tips, HBG will have a booth and 1 or 2 others. Games, pickup games, etc.
There’s a few things that HBG has available that aren’t explained well, if at all. � All of the resource tokens, certain types of fortifications (like the Fort Drum one), P.O.W. camps and a few other things seem to fall into that category. � There is a section on the site that has rules laid out for some of the stuff, but it seems to be outdated at this point.� Maybe an update is in order?
I’ve asked them to update the rules to the markers and fortifications many times, but I’ve never got a response. I assuming they just don’t have time since they are producing so much as of a late. That is just my theory. I hope they can update it at some point.
We are updating the special marker rules and it will be ongoing. Look for it in a couple weeks.
Is the Italy set still planned at the end of this year?
We stayed away from Italy because FMG released their set but we will do an Italian set, not sure on release.
We have many projects in line.
The Axis Minor nations did use Panzer IV’s as well as other German Equipment. It is the easiest to make it a German/Axis Minor Set to cover more options for German controlled Minor Nations. We do plan on making the P.40 for Italy.
Option for Heavy Tank for Hungary (44.M) will be in the Hungary/Romania Axis Minor Global Expansion set, I believe it is No. 4 as of now.
http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/tanks/tanks-a/25603/view/
None of the Axis Minors had them but I believe we need one don’t you think? Since they did not have them we could put a P.40 in the slot and we do plan on doing Italian brown. I must of left it off.