Complaining about the postage is one thing now that you have the Mercs KS in your hands. Some of us around the world not in the US could be waiting weeks or months before we get ours.
A few notes. This is long. Fair warning. 1. Patches like those are pricey. I have worked in the garment industry for 38 years. Each of those patches are likely 25000-35000 stitches. That's a long run. They're done is sheets, then manually trimmed to size, merrowed, and then they have to assemble the Velcro backing. That's a lot of work. If you don't want to pay the price for quality work, then you may go without. Fact. You get what you pay for. 2. Your box denting isn't a CGL issue. That's a courier issue. If you have a complaint, file a ticket with the courier and leave CGL out of it. It's beyond their control. 3. The dry erase sheets are in colour for few reasons. It goes beyond "flash". I am going to assume that you're neurotypical. Call it a hunch. Those whom are neurodivergent (ADHD, Autistic, etc) really respond to differentiation via colour. How do I know? I am one of them. As are my kids and my grandson. Trust me, It works. If you do not want them, donate them to those whom can use them. They'll appreciate it. 4. The "peg" on the quads is for exactly what you thought. But, if you disassemble a standard two-leg mech, you'll notice they are not just glued down, but also have pegs into the base. This is obviously for stability. The Quad legs are either off of, or on the edge of the base. This means they could not use a standard peg/slot configuration without risking cracking the base. Now, since you're likely not in manufacturing, cracking a LOT of bases during production is a huge time and money sink over a vat production run. Better to go with the clear peg, reduce the risk, and guarantee delivery in a timely basis. Which, as you've clearly stated, was even more timely than you accounted for. 5. Dice. Facts first. I guarantee I'm older than you. By a lot. Unless you were born before 1966, which i doubt. The first run of dice produced by CGL were a bloody disaster. They were misshapen, unbalanced and a complete wreck. These do not appear to be so. If they roll well, you're gold. Maybe let go of the "sparkly" issue. I'm a CIS white dude, formerly patched biker and long time grognard. I have zero issue with these dice. If you don't want them I'd gladly give them a home. "I'm a guy" isn't an excuse. 6. You're not stupid, Dave. You're picking at imaginary lint on a thousand dollar suit. That's different. 7. The large scale Timberwolf is for Destiny scale RPG play. Place a standard 28mm figure next to it. It's not a waste. It's a test bed to scale interest. I have Destiny. I'd love two stars of those bad boys.
Ugghh! I was going to try, but I received my Kickstarter stuff 2 days early which is a good thing. I was totally going to push myself, but when all the new shiny stuff appeared... all hope was lost
I’m over 40 with a -7.5 prescription and have no problem reading any of the text. Good video but your complaints are all personal preference and not real problems.
I totally agree. I can't totally remember, but i think I had a choice for black dice? Or was it that I could purchase different black chevron dice... I believe they had options. The quality is great on the dice.
All the Novellas that are in each of the boxsets could be better utilized if there was a few scenarios related to the fiction at the back of the Novella.
@@rburt3 yes they did. I have played them too. There was one thing sorely missing g from the Alpha boxset though. A non hex map sheet to go with the cardstock buildings.
In regards to shipping they should have offered a single box for the "all in pledge", Instant of 20+ separate products. I missed out on this one but know first hand living in Australia that the shipping can cost more than your pledge.
The lrm carrier can switch out for a srm carrier. Re dice... I'm an old hetro dude and love the sparkly dice cant wait for mine. Not going to tell you to shut up but perhaps find your inner child and enjoy the sparkly 😊 though I agree about the beige 😊
I agree that the sparkly dice are too hard to read quickly. If it was me, I would have chosen black or even red for the pips and chevron, since it's on a light background. I also think the high quality record sheets has a problem with readability because they chose Black on Grey. They should have had Whit lettering on the grey background so that it is more legible.
If your small gripes are all that is really wrong with this Kickstarter then it’s a total home run. Nothing is ever going to be perfect when it ships out to 22,000 people. That’s a whole lot of different opinions on what perfect is.
From start to fifteen minutes in he discounts his complaints more than anything else which is negative in itself. His sense of "Perfect" is for seemingly just him, they did how they did in the best interest of all.
10,000% agree with you that classic BT should absolutely be museum scale. CGL know what mechs everyone likes. We don’t need every mech or every variant, I think a dozen IS and dozen Clan designs and call it done.
I removed the pegs from myb quads. They stand just fine without the pegs or hexes. I would rather use heavy metal pro, mech factory, or other places you can print of mech sheets. Especially if you can customize them. I still feel the Timberwolf is a waste.
It's one per pledge. It sounds like he added the second one on. Many of us pledged using multiple emails in order to to ensure that we got all the swag. With as much as shipping was, probably wasn't wotth the extra Masters and Mad Cat 100mm.
I'm not impressed with any of the posters. Because I hate double side posters. So if I like both, I have to choose only one. Also, they have been folded, so now they have creases in them. And you can see them so they look ugly.
Drink every time he mispronounces "Dougram" for a true challenge. But yes, it's a well shot video with some decent commentary and with some different content than some of the other folks showing off and reviewing the Mercenaries Kickstarter stuff.
It is a good video, but I feel like almost all of his gripes are all just personal preference.
@@chrishotovec4163 well that is true, he can still complain about them
Complaining about the postage is one thing now that you have the Mercs KS in your hands. Some of us around the world not in the US could be waiting weeks or months before we get ours.
It's like listening to Abraham simpson review battletech, complaining all the time. xD
A few notes. This is long. Fair warning.
1. Patches like those are pricey. I have worked in the garment industry for 38 years. Each of those patches are likely 25000-35000 stitches. That's a long run. They're done is sheets, then manually trimmed to size, merrowed, and then they have to assemble the Velcro backing. That's a lot of work. If you don't want to pay the price for quality work, then you may go without. Fact. You get what you pay for.
2. Your box denting isn't a CGL issue. That's a courier issue. If you have a complaint, file a ticket with the courier and leave CGL out of it. It's beyond their control.
3. The dry erase sheets are in colour for few reasons. It goes beyond "flash". I am going to assume that you're neurotypical. Call it a hunch. Those whom are neurodivergent (ADHD, Autistic, etc) really respond to differentiation via colour. How do I know? I am one of them. As are my kids and my grandson. Trust me, It works. If you do not want them, donate them to those whom can use them. They'll appreciate it.
4. The "peg" on the quads is for exactly what you thought. But, if you disassemble a standard two-leg mech, you'll notice they are not just glued down, but also have pegs into the base. This is obviously for stability. The Quad legs are either off of, or on the edge of the base. This means they could not use a standard peg/slot configuration without risking cracking the base. Now, since you're likely not in manufacturing, cracking a LOT of bases during production is a huge time and money sink over a vat production run. Better to go with the clear peg, reduce the risk, and guarantee delivery in a timely basis.
Which, as you've clearly stated, was even more timely than you accounted for.
5. Dice. Facts first. I guarantee I'm older than you. By a lot. Unless you were born before 1966, which i doubt. The first run of dice produced by CGL were a bloody disaster. They were misshapen, unbalanced and a complete wreck. These do not appear to be so. If they roll well, you're gold. Maybe let go of the "sparkly" issue.
I'm a CIS white dude, formerly patched biker and long time grognard. I have zero issue with these dice. If you don't want them I'd gladly give them a home. "I'm a guy" isn't an excuse.
6. You're not stupid, Dave. You're picking at imaginary lint on a thousand dollar suit. That's different.
7. The large scale Timberwolf is for Destiny scale RPG play. Place a standard 28mm figure next to it. It's not a waste. It's a test bed to scale interest. I have Destiny. I'd love two stars of those bad boys.
Timberwolf isn't for destiny scale. Destiny scale is 28mn for a human. It's so called museum scale. IWM has a number of miniatures in this range.
"Finish painting pile of shame" haha and other lies we tell ourselves.
Ugghh! I was going to try, but I received my Kickstarter stuff 2 days early which is a good thing. I was totally going to push myself, but when all the new shiny stuff appeared... all hope was lost
I’m over 40 with a -7.5 prescription and have no problem reading any of the text. Good video but your complaints are all personal preference and not real problems.
They should have done the special dice in that carbon black with red logo, to match the KS box.
I totally agree. I can't totally remember, but i think I had a choice for black dice? Or was it that I could purchase different black chevron dice... I believe they had options. The quality is great on the dice.
All the Novellas that are in each of the boxsets could be better utilized if there was a few scenarios related to the fiction at the back of the Novella.
Totally agree. That would be awesome. Even one scenario would be great.
The Alpha Strike boxset did a great job there as the scenarios in the rulebook were related to the included fiction.
@@rburt3 yes they did. I have played them too. There was one thing sorely missing g from the Alpha boxset though. A non hex map sheet to go with the cardstock buildings.
In regards to shipping they should have offered a single box for the "all in pledge", Instant of 20+ separate products. I missed out on this one but know first hand living in Australia that the shipping can cost more than your pledge.
13:42 embrace your inner sparkle man! 😊 great unboxing. Waiting for mine to arrive. Actually, waiting for it to ship.
I'm an old man as well with grey hair, and I like the sparkle in the dice. :)
The lrm carrier can switch out for a srm carrier. Re dice... I'm an old hetro dude and love the sparkly dice cant wait for mine. Not going to tell you to shut up but perhaps find your inner child and enjoy the sparkly 😊 though I agree about the beige 😊
They look good, I just would have preferred dark grey or darker color to the clear to subdue the sparkle... Everything else about the dice is great.
You don't like laserbeam dice?
@@p12423073 I Like laserbeams that manage to hit, though.
I agree that the sparkly dice are too hard to read quickly. If it was me, I would have chosen black or even red for the pips and chevron, since it's on a light background.
I also think the high quality record sheets has a problem with readability because they chose Black on Grey. They should have had Whit lettering on the grey background so that it is more legible.
If your small gripes are all that is really wrong with this Kickstarter then it’s a total home run. Nothing is ever going to be perfect when it ships out to 22,000 people. That’s a whole lot of different opinions on what perfect is.
The maps in the Mercs box are indeed different from the ones in Map Pack: Savannah. And they're all remakes of older maps.
From start to fifteen minutes in he discounts his complaints more than anything else which is negative in itself. His sense of "Perfect" is for seemingly just him, they did how they did in the best interest of all.
According to the BattleTech rulebook, your "pile of shame" is perfectly playable though!
I'm an old grey haired man that loves the sparkly dice. I'll take em off your hands. ;)
Maybe an infantryman named Benjamin Parker peed his name into the snow, thus making the signature the visual arts equivalent of diegetic.
10,000% agree with you that classic BT should absolutely be museum scale.
CGL know what mechs everyone likes. We don’t need every mech or every variant, I think a dozen IS and dozen Clan designs and call it done.
Bitching about dice is crazy 😂
I bought an extra-large Mad Cat for a Friend they are $50 each.
Fun review! Glad you did not get the blobby IS BA :)
I removed the pegs from myb quads. They stand just fine without the pegs or hexes. I would rather use heavy metal pro, mech factory, or other places you can print of mech sheets. Especially if you can customize them. I still feel the Timberwolf is a waste.
I feel like this will be my last catalyst kicksterter. I feel like they keep charging more fees and cutting more corners.
Bye then
did you get 2 Savannah Master Salvage Boxes since you have 2 Battalions? I bought an extra Large Mad Cat for a friend It was $50
It's one per pledge. It sounds like he added the second one on. Many of us pledged using multiple emails in order to to ensure that we got all the swag. With as much as shipping was, probably wasn't wotth the extra Masters and Mad Cat 100mm.
I received one Savannah Master box... I was hoping to get two because I added a second battalion pledge, but oh well. The Mad Cat is really great.
I'm not impressed with any of the posters. Because I hate double side posters. So if I like both, I have to choose only one. Also, they have been folded, so now they have creases in them. And you can see them so they look ugly.
ah the Crab & Arctic Gunners from Dougram
Fellas is it gay to use non-black dice?
still waiting for mine
Quads are better then LAMs
hmmm.... so you are not a Marik fan.
38:36 didn’t mention the long Tom on the second sheet:(
there's a Long Tom Alpha Strike card and Battlefield support card, the other sheets are mechs only.
How about a challange. Drink a shot everytime he says "i love it" otherwise great Video.
Too much to love!
Drink every time he mispronounces "Dougram" for a true challenge. But yes, it's a well shot video with some decent commentary and with some different content than some of the other folks showing off and reviewing the Mercenaries Kickstarter stuff.
@@LeftMech No!!! I like the way I say Dougram, it sounds better... I also say CMON like Sea-mon like Gurren Laggan😊
That would be awesome!
Moan moan moan 🤣