The image on Sarna (from the ilClan recognition guide) has the Crab's cockpit right down the front under the armoured cowling, next to the medium laser.
The scientific term for the "chicken leg" type legs with the backwards bend is called "digitigrade" while the more human like forward bending knee bits is call "plantigrade", although I don't know if that applies to robots lol.
To round it out, you have "ungulates" which walk on their bonded tiptoes, which we more commonly call "hooves". Only a handful of 'Mechs have feet like this, probably the most prominent one being the Stalker. I guess does apply to BattleMechs, even if only in a retroactive sense.. the 'Mechs' legs are clearly designed to work like the biological analogs, after all.
I really like the design of the Mongoose. It's up there with the Raven as one of my favourite light mechs. I don't like many light mechs. I can't for the life of me think of a medium class trash can/egg mech... I need something to go between the Urbanmech and the Flashman... (also need a redesign of the Imp.)
These are all great mechs! The Crab is a great medium workhorse in any era, and I love, love, love the Mongoose as a fast moving scout and artillery spotter. I also like the new sculpt of the Guillotine as well, and it's basically a slight variation stat-wise from the Grasshopper. The only one that I'm lukewarm on is the Lancelot, even though it's pretty solid. When compared to the rest, it just seems to be outshined. Wish I'd gotten my hands on this pack, but now I've definitely added it to my wishlist! Great job guys! Can't wait for the next batrep. The sneak peek on Patreon looks awesome!
This has some of my favorite 'Mechs from the KS, but it also has some that I just don't really like much. I've loved the Mongoose since the ice-planet missions in MW2M, where you run a patrol at some point that encounters a hostile Mongoose. I always found it to be an especially dangerous opponent for that early in the campaign. The CCG also had great art. Whenever I look at tweaking the Mongoose I end up deciding that it's pretty much ideal as-is. The sculpt is great, too. The Crocket is one of the most improved sculpts. The original IIRC is super boring, but somehow they managed to make the thing look chunky, tough, and intimidating. It might be on my short list for most improved (Crusader wins easily, of course, but the Sentinel is also competitive). Lore-wise, the thing was a common trainer ride, but it was slowly dying out until ComStar fed a bunch to the Combine (with accidental LosTech included). The Crab is an excellent 'Mech and one of my favorite MWO rides. It rolls damage incredibly well and has solid performance even without access to LosTech (though Double Heat Sinks do help). I think the cockpit is traditionally under the shell. I love the meatier claws that look like they could take hits and protect the lasers from damage. It's another 'Mech that's hard to optimize, especially with 3025 tech. The Lancelot has never been a favorite of mine. It's always looked super derpy, and the new sculpt is no exception. It's also utterly reliant on advanced tech to function, with the LosTech version having to sacrifice way too much heat capacity and armor in order to maintain its speed and alpha strike capacity. The Guillotine has always felt like a Grasshopper variant to me, that swaps the LRM for an SRM. I've always thought the searchlight perched on top to be kind of silly, but the new sculpt is a solid improvement IMO. The Flashman has a name that has inspired countless jokes. Its egg shape has also brought more than its fair share of Urbanmech-adjacent memery. I love the concept as an energy-only zombie brawler, and the new sculpt takes it from a Humpty Dumpty Murder Disco design to a much more wicked-looking aesthetic (I love the way it looks like it's glaring at you). It makes me even more interested in an eventual Imp resculpt. Both ComStar boxes are excellent and, as part of a Kickstarter Reward Level, were the best value picks available. It's also really nice that you can build a full company just with the two Level IIs.
Unfortunately the colorist error'd the cockpit on the card art. The glass is that entire smooth shape instead of just the lower parts of it. We do our best to put a clear frame/edge around the glass. It only gets a little weird on mechs like the Lancelot where it's an entire section/shape and the "edge" is the shape change rather than a recession or more obvious frame. There shouldn't be any mech in this new line where there is zero surface change between glass and armor.
Love the new crocket sculpt. I actually want to play it now, instead of keeping it hidden from everyone out of embarrassment. Not going to lie, I miss the shoulder pads of the older Guillotine. It reminded me of the armor from Dragon Ball Z, but I still can appreciate the new sculpt!
Apparently the idea was that the Crockett's weapons loadout was similar to the Warhammer, and so Anthony Scroggins incorporated it into the redesign, making it look like a development of the prior mech
My stuff has finally arrived in Ireland and looks like it might actually ship tomorrow! It's a race between your last video going live and me getting my stuff now...
Honestly the Comm star Level 2s are fantastic deals. Two boxes and you have an entire company of mechs by normal IS standards and they're *all* solid. As far as cycling out old stuff... I'm keeping my Iron Wind star in rotation I think. It's a special thing I picked up while working for Battlefront Miniatures because I was so pumped about the new Iron Wind Sculpts. Now we have these new plastics and they're even better! And so damn affordable. Like. Sure you can spend a ton on Battletech, I certainly went in big on the KS, and with some vehicle and infantry purchases from GHQ, I have an IS regiment and a Clan cluster. But I spent a pittance on all that, formations so large I can't possibly field them IRL. Even in Alpha Strike. Comparable to Apocalypse level formations in 40k... and I wasn't close to truly going in "heavy" on the KS like the Khans.
The peak ComStar vibe in this box amuses me more than I probably should admit. In my opinion the change from the classic Guillotine cockpit design was a good choice. I'm well aware that the original FASA idea was to evoke an executioner's hood, but not for nothing did our FWL guy often get ragged on for bringing his "Laser Gimp" to the table (for the record, do not paint classic Guillotine heads in gloss black if you're not ready for jokes at your expense).
I did too, but I've built a pretty good collection by searching small shops for new arrivals and pre-orders. They pop up on Amazon for ok prices on occasion.
Still waiting on my package.. and of course I am already planning on buying this pack (amongst others) at my friendly local game store.. so many great designs. The flashman and guillotine look just freakin awesome!
-Never count the Mongoose out. its a beautiful little speedster I get a lot of mileage out of. -new Crab looks good. -Lancelot looks weird.....till you pop the AC20 ammo on a Cyclops with it. Fast, and stick with the OG Lancelot. -Pair a Guillotine with a Grasshopper for a brutal combo. 'Hopper softens them up, and the Guillotine uses its medium lasers and SRM for crit seeking once its open. Flashman is a nice mech, but it needs fire planning to shine. I'd pair it with a Royal griffin to stick within an ECM bubble. Crockett looks nice- more the Katana styling than the OG Crockett. Last time I had it out- lost it to a Gauss Rifle explosion.
"Never count the Mongoose out." Pairs well with heavier things which LOOK more dangerous while the Mongoose gets behind you and shreds rear armor. Or vehicles. Or just goes for objectives in an objective-control mission.
This is the box I most regret not getting because I recently kinda fell in love with the Crab. Guess I'll wait for it to become available while painting up the thirty or so other 'Mechs I did get from the Kickstarter...
Great review! I like the Flashman ans Lancelot. If I remember right Comstar supplied mechs to the Combine during the 3039 war. The prices are going up on the boxes, 18.99 for Is, 22.99 for Clan, no price yet for the Comstar box. Looking forward to more. Tell Kevin hi.
I love the Crockett and Flashman. The rest are decent as well though the Guillotine seems to be missing something (kinda miss the shoulder pads I guess). But the two big guys look bulky and intimidating. And I love the AMS on the Flash. Reminds me of a CIWS off a modern wet-navy ship.
Between the Level 2s was looking forward to this one less, but after getting to try a Crocket was rather impressed with it reminds me of the Banshee 3s. Crab is one of the best skirmishers ever done. Mongoose is as good as the Jenner as far as scout and scout hunter fast flanker. Guillotine I out of every new model they did this is the only one I hated. The shoulders was so Iconic otherwise its one of my favorite heavy strikers. Lancelot I never liked, completely glass chin.
This is one of the packs I pre-ordered - half the pack are mechs I love and then I saw the Crocket. The original art for that mech looked so off to me that even with a great loadout I ignored it, but this new one looks amazing and I need it. And now I can't unsee the Predator's shoulder plasma caster...I think I might try my hand at painting the Flashman with some Predator vibes. Maybe even attach some dreads to it :P
I have a soft spot for the lancelot. Unfortunately it’s not great when using BV, like any fast heavy it over-pays for speed, and the heat is unmanageable until you get DHS builds. I think fluff-wise if you think of comstar running around with DHS-original lancelots, and fluff wise they are competing with griffins/shadowhawks/wolverines, that’s why they should be scary in the fluff. BV wise they spend too much on speed, the load-out is mixed ranges, and large lasers are bad weapons. They’d be better with a bunch of medium lasers or lpls instead maybe. In terms of designs, i prefer the allan blackwell design with the flashmane style laser arms. I think there’s a model of it out there! I quite like the changes to the guillotine, the old shoulders were… distinctive. But would look even more out of place against the new cgl designs.
Love the old Crab, but the new one looks pretty neat, too. I guess you could put them side by side and call the old one the regular Crab 27 and the new one the Crab 27b for the SLDF Royal Blackwatch version... These new designs overall are pretty neat, but this collection of mechs isn't really my thing. I'd love to get the Crab and the Guillotine, but that hardly warrants the whole box tbh. Still great value! Looking forward to the fire lance, every single mech a keeper!
I agree with Thom the MWO crab is where its at, hands down my favorite iteration of the design, its beefy proportional the claws are clampy mayhem cockpit is well defined, all around just well put together. The iron wind and catalyst ones just dont do it for me. But other mechs like the archer i prefer the catalyst design. Crabs are just so hard to take out the best way to do it is to shave half your pubes off, then light the other half on fire then you can stab them when they try to run across.
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Yeah, though it's kinda hard staying enthusiastic when RNG say "Thou shalt not hit" in gold lettering on emblazoned stationary from the Pope. Collecting them is pretty cool though.
That Crockett is great but it looks so very different to the metal mini, it's almost like a new mech. Which is great because it makes it easier to keep track of two if they look different. = P
Great video as always the banter is great! I have been hunting for some of the boxes and items like the support deck but they are nowhere to be found? Any ideas as where or when more are incoming or is this one and done?
for comstar i just would take the mongoose-66b it should have the range with the ER Large and it is a realistic mech to be fielded in any age that comstar is still around.
Hey, could you guys zoom in more in the video? I couldn't read the serial number on that sexy Crab's left claw actuator! I need to be able to see that serial number to verify whether or not your crab is an authentic CRB-27 Crab manufactured by Cosara Weaponries on Northwind, and not a cheap Capellan knock off Crab. By not zooming in far enough that we can read such serial numbers on all the mechs you are indirectly supporting mech piracy!
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Don't people get 'sad' because they're "ripping off battletech"? lol.... I don't care, I'm just curious. I just ordered 30 catalyst mechs from a place in china that is clearly using pvc injection molds to make replicas... they were probably the same factory that had the contract with catalyst. They're about to send me a more detailed image so I can pick out the mechs I don't have. I think I'll be getting 70 of the mechs for about 75% the normal price (and that's even better considering the force packs are sold out everywhere).
People get sad for sure. My personal belief is that if there is a new plastic, I’m going to get that - I definitely want to support CGL. But there are a lot of unaccounted for ‘mechs, and I don’t want to spend money on stuff that was sculpted 20 years ago and is totally out of whack scale-wise. So I do have some 3D prints in that regard, and I don’t think there should ever be a “stigma” there for people. MWO pushed those models out, and people can use them if they want… It’s a sticky situation and I get both sides of it 🙂
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Yeah, definitely. I'd rather support them too, but it's nice that there's other options too, especially when some of the alternative sculpts out there are so gorgeous.
The only one I don't like is the Flashman. It looks ugly to me and the cockpit looks massive for a 75 ton mech. Such a missed opportunity for a classic mech I enjoyed in Mech 2 Mercenaries.
The image on Sarna (from the ilClan recognition guide) has the Crab's cockpit right down the front under the armoured cowling, next to the medium laser.
New crab sculpt has the cockpit straight front and center
The scientific term for the "chicken leg" type legs with the backwards bend is called "digitigrade" while the more human like forward bending knee bits is call "plantigrade", although I don't know if that applies to robots lol.
To round it out, you have "ungulates" which walk on their bonded tiptoes, which we more commonly call "hooves". Only a handful of 'Mechs have feet like this, probably the most prominent one being the Stalker.
I guess does apply to BattleMechs, even if only in a retroactive sense.. the 'Mechs' legs are clearly designed to work like the biological analogs, after all.
Who said you can’t learn playing games. Good info.
I really like the design of the Mongoose. It's up there with the Raven as one of my favourite light mechs. I don't like many light mechs.
I can't for the life of me think of a medium class trash can/egg mech... I need something to go between the Urbanmech and the Flashman... (also need a redesign of the Imp.)
These are all great mechs! The Crab is a great medium workhorse in any era, and I love, love, love the Mongoose as a fast moving scout and artillery spotter. I also like the new sculpt of the Guillotine as well, and it's basically a slight variation stat-wise from the Grasshopper. The only one that I'm lukewarm on is the Lancelot, even though it's pretty solid. When compared to the rest, it just seems to be outshined. Wish I'd gotten my hands on this pack, but now I've definitely added it to my wishlist!
Great job guys! Can't wait for the next batrep. The sneak peek on Patreon looks awesome!
“Jockstrap of the inner sphere.” I really enjoyed watching these unboxing, even ten months on.
Haha I had forgotten that one! Good times. I am looking forward to doing the next KS unboxing vids when they are released in 2027.
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This has some of my favorite 'Mechs from the KS, but it also has some that I just don't really like much.
I've loved the Mongoose since the ice-planet missions in MW2M, where you run a patrol at some point that encounters a hostile Mongoose. I always found it to be an especially dangerous opponent for that early in the campaign. The CCG also had great art. Whenever I look at tweaking the Mongoose I end up deciding that it's pretty much ideal as-is. The sculpt is great, too.
The Crocket is one of the most improved sculpts. The original IIRC is super boring, but somehow they managed to make the thing look chunky, tough, and intimidating. It might be on my short list for most improved (Crusader wins easily, of course, but the Sentinel is also competitive). Lore-wise, the thing was a common trainer ride, but it was slowly dying out until ComStar fed a bunch to the Combine (with accidental LosTech included).
The Crab is an excellent 'Mech and one of my favorite MWO rides. It rolls damage incredibly well and has solid performance even without access to LosTech (though Double Heat Sinks do help). I think the cockpit is traditionally under the shell. I love the meatier claws that look like they could take hits and protect the lasers from damage. It's another 'Mech that's hard to optimize, especially with 3025 tech.
The Lancelot has never been a favorite of mine. It's always looked super derpy, and the new sculpt is no exception. It's also utterly reliant on advanced tech to function, with the LosTech version having to sacrifice way too much heat capacity and armor in order to maintain its speed and alpha strike capacity.
The Guillotine has always felt like a Grasshopper variant to me, that swaps the LRM for an SRM. I've always thought the searchlight perched on top to be kind of silly, but the new sculpt is a solid improvement IMO.
The Flashman has a name that has inspired countless jokes. Its egg shape has also brought more than its fair share of Urbanmech-adjacent memery. I love the concept as an energy-only zombie brawler, and the new sculpt takes it from a Humpty Dumpty Murder Disco design to a much more wicked-looking aesthetic (I love the way it looks like it's glaring at you). It makes me even more interested in an eventual Imp resculpt.
Both ComStar boxes are excellent and, as part of a Kickstarter Reward Level, were the best value picks available. It's also really nice that you can build a full company just with the two Level IIs.
Unfortunately the colorist error'd the cockpit on the card art. The glass is that entire smooth shape instead of just the lower parts of it. We do our best to put a clear frame/edge around the glass. It only gets a little weird on mechs like the Lancelot where it's an entire section/shape and the "edge" is the shape change rather than a recession or more obvious frame. There shouldn't be any mech in this new line where there is zero surface change between glass and armor.
Makes sense! That definitely helps regarding the art error!
Love the new crocket sculpt. I actually want to play it now, instead of keeping it hidden from everyone out of embarrassment. Not going to lie, I miss the shoulder pads of the older Guillotine. It reminded me of the armor from Dragon Ball Z, but I still can appreciate the new sculpt!
Apparently the idea was that the Crockett's weapons loadout was similar to the Warhammer, and so Anthony Scroggins incorporated it into the redesign, making it look like a development of the prior mech
Yeah, the KS Crockett looks brilliant
@@lorcannagle Cool! Nice choice by him. I've been impressed with so much of his work.
My stuff has finally arrived in Ireland and looks like it might actually ship tomorrow! It's a race between your last video going live and me getting my stuff now...
Honestly the Comm star Level 2s are fantastic deals. Two boxes and you have an entire company of mechs by normal IS standards and they're *all* solid.
As far as cycling out old stuff... I'm keeping my Iron Wind star in rotation I think. It's a special thing I picked up while working for Battlefront Miniatures because I was so pumped about the new Iron Wind Sculpts. Now we have these new plastics and they're even better! And so damn affordable. Like. Sure you can spend a ton on Battletech, I certainly went in big on the KS, and with some vehicle and infantry purchases from GHQ, I have an IS regiment and a Clan cluster. But I spent a pittance on all that, formations so large I can't possibly field them IRL. Even in Alpha Strike. Comparable to Apocalypse level formations in 40k... and I wasn't close to truly going in "heavy" on the KS like the Khans.
Totally agree!
The peak ComStar vibe in this box amuses me more than I probably should admit. In my opinion the change from the classic Guillotine cockpit design was a good choice. I'm well aware that the original FASA idea was to evoke an executioner's hood, but not for nothing did our FWL guy often get ragged on for bringing his "Laser Gimp" to the table (for the record, do not paint classic Guillotine heads in gloss black if you're not ready for jokes at your expense).
Everytime you post one of these I kick myself for missing out on the kickstarter. Thanks for the product reviews
I did too, but I've built a pretty good collection by searching small shops for new arrivals and pre-orders. They pop up on Amazon for ok prices on occasion.
Still waiting on my package.. and of course I am already planning on buying this pack (amongst others) at my friendly local game store.. so many great designs. The flashman and guillotine look just freakin awesome!
-Never count the Mongoose out. its a beautiful little speedster I get a lot of mileage out of.
-new Crab looks good.
-Lancelot looks weird.....till you pop the AC20 ammo on a Cyclops with it. Fast, and stick with the OG Lancelot.
-Pair a Guillotine with a Grasshopper for a brutal combo. 'Hopper softens them up, and the Guillotine uses its medium lasers and SRM for crit seeking once its open.
Flashman is a nice mech, but it needs fire planning to shine. I'd pair it with a Royal griffin to stick within an ECM bubble.
Crockett looks nice- more the Katana styling than the OG Crockett. Last time I had it out- lost it to a Gauss Rifle explosion.
"Never count the Mongoose out."
Pairs well with heavier things which LOOK more dangerous while the Mongoose gets behind you and shreds rear armor. Or vehicles. Or just goes for objectives in an objective-control mission.
Like the Guillotine/Grasshopper idea!
Everybody knows the Crab’s cockpit is in his left armpit!!!
I'm recovering from surgery and this is just the thing I need to help speed my recovery. Big Flashman mech fan as well. Huzzah!
Get well soon!!
Hopes for a speedy recovery Will!
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Thank you!
@@rburt3 Thank you!
Leaving a comment. That Guillotine is giving off mini Awesome vibes off it and its great.
I would say, it looks like a cross between the awsome and the warhammer. Sending the optical message, "don't mess with me"
This is the box I most regret not getting because I recently kinda fell in love with the Crab. Guess I'll wait for it to become available while painting up the thirty or so other 'Mechs I did get from the Kickstarter...
Really like the Flashman. Have always thought the Flashman, Lancelot, Guillotine, and Blackknight being the Lazer Lance dream team.
"let us know we need to zoom in more..." I. Am. Ded. 🤣
Can’t wait to see these minis painted up and on the table
Soon my friend! Two new batreps filmed and one in editing…
Great review! I like the Flashman ans Lancelot. If I remember right Comstar supplied mechs to the Combine during the 3039 war. The prices are going up on the boxes, 18.99 for Is, 22.99 for Clan, no price yet for the Comstar box. Looking forward to more. Tell Kevin hi.
These days, $20, $25, and $30 respectively for the packs is a great deal.
I love the Crockett and Flashman. The rest are decent as well though the Guillotine seems to be missing something (kinda miss the shoulder pads I guess). But the two big guys look bulky and intimidating. And I love the AMS on the Flash. Reminds me of a CIWS off a modern wet-navy ship.
I really want this box! I love the mongoose sculpt
Between the Level 2s was looking forward to this one less, but after getting to try a Crocket was rather impressed with it reminds me of the Banshee 3s. Crab is one of the best skirmishers ever done. Mongoose is as good as the Jenner as far as scout and scout hunter fast flanker. Guillotine I out of every new model they did this is the only one I hated. The shoulders was so Iconic otherwise its one of my favorite heavy strikers. Lancelot I never liked, completely glass chin.
All pretty solid mechs imo. I ended up passing on all the ComStar boxes as I have a lot of the old Iron Wind sculpts. Thanks guys.
Great video gents! I wonder what IWM's plans are going forward... IF supply channels allow Catalyst to keep up with demand.
Oh here is my comment sending you love, hate, and to zoom in more! Love your reviews and gameplay!
Thank you kind sir! Happy New Year!
This is one of the packs I pre-ordered - half the pack are mechs I love and then I saw the Crocket. The original art for that mech looked so off to me that even with a great loadout I ignored it, but this new one looks amazing and I need it.
And now I can't unsee the Predator's shoulder plasma caster...I think I might try my hand at painting the Flashman with some Predator vibes. Maybe even attach some dreads to it :P
Hahah special thanks to Thom for that one…
I have a soft spot for the lancelot. Unfortunately it’s not great when using BV, like any fast heavy it over-pays for speed, and the heat is unmanageable until you get DHS builds. I think fluff-wise if you think of comstar running around with DHS-original lancelots, and fluff wise they are competing with griffins/shadowhawks/wolverines, that’s why they should be scary in the fluff.
BV wise they spend too much on speed, the load-out is mixed ranges, and large lasers are bad weapons. They’d be better with a bunch of medium lasers or lpls instead maybe. In terms of designs, i prefer the allan blackwell design with the flashmane style laser arms. I think there’s a model of it out there!
I quite like the changes to the guillotine, the old shoulders were… distinctive. But would look even more out of place against the new cgl designs.
Not my favorite box set but still cool. WHEN'S THE BOYS DEPLOY?
Batreps are being filmed - lots of wave 2 stuff coming 😁
Love the old Crab, but the new one looks pretty neat, too.
I guess you could put them side by side and call the old one the regular Crab 27 and the new one the Crab 27b for the SLDF Royal Blackwatch version...
These new designs overall are pretty neat, but this collection of mechs isn't really my thing. I'd love to get the Crab and the Guillotine, but that hardly warrants the whole box tbh. Still great value!
Looking forward to the fire lance, every single mech a keeper!
Coming up soon! Lots of my favs in the fire lance!
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Can't wait!
Stalker, Longbow, Zeus and Trebuchet - what's not to like?
I agree with Thom the MWO crab is where its at, hands down my favorite iteration of the design, its beefy proportional the claws are clampy mayhem cockpit is well defined, all around just well put together. The iron wind and catalyst ones just dont do it for me. But other mechs like the archer i prefer the catalyst design.
Crabs are just so hard to take out the best way to do it is to shave half your pubes off, then light the other half on fire then you can stab them when they try to run across.
LMFAO im dying
Tom, you want to make a green-stuff removable trench-coat for that Flashman, don't you?
All my Mechs need the Scottish Armored Kilt to protect their wee mechie parts.
Wise choice imo!
Never really tried the ComStar things, because they struck me as too 'Adeptis Mechanicus' for my liking.
Hah yes from a lore perspective I see the parallel vibe for sure - but these mechs can be used in any IS force really.
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Yeah, though it's kinda hard staying enthusiastic when RNG say "Thou shalt not hit" in gold lettering on emblazoned stationary from the Pope. Collecting them is pretty cool though.
Good box , can easily use these mechs in 3025 all classic sldf designs with decent succession wars variants
That Crockett is great but it looks so very different to the metal mini, it's almost like a new mech. Which is great because it makes it easier to keep track of two if they look different. = P
If you're gonna do a bobblehead, use the Cyclops!
Great video as always the banter is great! I have been hunting for some of the boxes and items like the support deck but they are nowhere to be found? Any ideas as where or when more are incoming or is this one and done?
Try emailing Derek over at Aries Games - he may have a line!
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Thanks! I did and we will see.
Crab cockpit is located behind the left leg lower knee
This sounds like Capellan misinformation 😁
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Liao can you say such a thing?? i mean how.., how can you say such a thing???
Lol well played
for comstar i just would take the mongoose-66b it should have the range with the ER Large and it is a realistic mech to be fielded in any age that comstar is still around.
Hey zoom in more. Great video guys.
If comstar level 1 is just one mech, then why is the urbanmech salvage box?
Is there a place to get more of these? Seems like everywhere doesn’t have any packs or if they do they’re seriously overpriced
They are coming in stock at various retailers - keep your eyes out. Feel free to reach out to Aries Games and Minis!
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming nice I’ll keep an eye out!
Hey, could you guys zoom in more in the video? I couldn't read the serial number on that sexy Crab's left claw actuator! I need to be able to see that serial number to verify whether or not your crab is an authentic CRB-27 Crab manufactured by Cosara Weaponries on Northwind, and not a cheap Capellan knock off Crab. By not zooming in far enough that we can read such serial numbers on all the mechs you are indirectly supporting mech piracy!
You win the internet
#winning
This one is fairly underwhelming to me, I mostly just want the crab.
You've got Polygon Masterworks up there as an advertiser.... Do you own any of their 3D printed mechs?
We do
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Don't people get 'sad' because they're "ripping off battletech"? lol.... I don't care, I'm just curious. I just ordered 30 catalyst mechs from a place in china that is clearly using pvc injection molds to make replicas... they were probably the same factory that had the contract with catalyst. They're about to send me a more detailed image so I can pick out the mechs I don't have. I think I'll be getting 70 of the mechs for about 75% the normal price (and that's even better considering the force packs are sold out everywhere).
People get sad for sure. My personal belief is that if there is a new plastic, I’m going to get that - I definitely want to support CGL. But there are a lot of unaccounted for ‘mechs, and I don’t want to spend money on stuff that was sculpted 20 years ago and is totally out of whack scale-wise.
So I do have some 3D prints in that regard, and I don’t think there should ever be a “stigma” there for people. MWO pushed those models out, and people can use them if they want…
It’s a sticky situation and I get both sides of it 🙂
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Yeah, definitely. I'd rather support them too, but it's nice that there's other options too, especially when some of the alternative sculpts out there are so gorgeous.
Agreed!!
The only one I don't like is the Flashman. It looks ugly to me and the cockpit looks massive for a 75 ton mech. Such a missed opportunity for a classic mech I enjoyed in Mech 2 Mercenaries.
I think it may look better in person, and even better when painted up… some of them are not the best looking in gray 🙂