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been waiting for this one for a while

is there a anzac unique tank?

any other pics of the new pieces like anzac fighter or Japanese mech?

so are the french units really the same old soviet pieces? i know the box says they are, but the back of the box is really funky with the British having 2 different mechs and Italians seeming to have 2 different tacs.

any news on if second edition1940 will have new french pieces?

has anyone noticed that these 2nd edition pieces seem to be a little bit thicker and high quality?

@DrLarsen:

@Bob_A_Mickelson:

How about the darker tan uk color from AAE and AAP?�  Anyone else interested in this?

Too close in color to the current-standard UK tan.  Better to have a color with a clear difference than an ambiguous one…

agreed to close to current OOB color

soo for sure no forest green for Canada right?

so more olive green troops -_- forcing us Oob players to have to change our Americans to the darker green?

soo no more forest green?

agreed different colored Us sets aren’t really needed

depending on what units are going to be included in the UK set if there are Canadians a nice forest green would be nice, plus for FEC the celery green would work out perfectly.

i just checked out the website and your already out of 25 pounders lol

knp just wanted to say i am grateful you take your time to post up pics like these. i love seeing how other pieces hold up to A&A pieces

will coach be selling pieces from the new games?

@knp7765:

Hey Tall Paul,
I think you might just be out of luck on this one. I understand your wish to have airborne troops for each nation, you want each nation to have that option historical or not. I’ve watched and read a lot of stuff on WW2 and have not heard of any airborne operations conducted by Japan. However, it would be nice for them to have that option for gaming purposes.

It’s like when I was arguing for a heavy tank sculpt for Japan.  I know they never actually used a heavy tank and even if they had some in the design stage, it probably wasn’t comparable to a Tiger, Pershing or JS-2. Japan’s “heavy” would probably rate more as a “medium” by other countries’ standards. Also, I just don’t want to use orange Tigers to represent a Japanese heavy tank. I want something that LOOKS Japanese. I just would like every nation to have the options of light, medium and heavy tanks.
Unfortunately, I think I was pretty much outvoted on this. Just not much need for a Japanese Heavy and most people probably wouldn’t use it anyway. Plus it leaves a mold spot open for some other unit that probably got more use by Japan in the war. I think you are in the same boat regarding a paratrooper unit for Japan.

also with the heavy tank for japan a lot of people were saying since WOTC made Japanese tigers they could be used for Japanese heavy tanks for game play purposes . but in the case of paratroopers there are no real substitutes. personally im going to be using those Japanese tigers for their heavy’s since im pretty sure the Japanese players wont be building to many of these.

i also agree with having a paratrooper for all the major nations just as all the major nations are getting early war BB’s but if coach really feels he doesn’t want to sculpt one, i will be ok with useing a substitute piece. maybe the Hbg basic infantry or just making the japanese marine unit into a super unit which is a marine and paratrooper.

well if its true that reprint of 1940 is coming out this 4th quarter than i say might as well wait until it comes out to see if OOB made anything new

@Variable:

I think for the most part the units and sculpts chosen will make everyone happy. My only concern at this point is making all of the aircraft look uniquely different enough to be distinguishable. I am doing my best to include the Ki-100! It’s up to the sculptors now and Coach’s keen eye. Ending with the set of iconic pieces next year should make this set look really cool and set the new standard for us going forward!

i think its safe to say we are all blessed to have HBG not only do they give us new pieces they listen to there customers and truly care about keeping them happy.

i know we’ve said it a bunch of times and im sure it wont be the last time.
Thank You HBG, for giving us, the A&A community what we have been asking for years and keep up the excellent work

i just checked HBG site last night and i see you are separating japan into 3 sets. is your plant o release  them all at the same time? and im happy to see all 4 fighters will be included the KI-100, Oscar, Zero, and the tony. i think this is the perfect way to do it. this way if you combine all 3 you have a massive complete jet of the Japanese and everyone is happy. also i was wondering what the regular infantry would be? could it double as the Japanese paratrooper?