| Peanutbreath | 16 Dec 2008 5:24 a.m. PST |
Lads,
I`ve just got into this game with my partners Son. The Zor-Maxim comes with a rectangular block of plastic. Can anyone tell me what it`s for? |
| Scale Creep Miniatures | 16 Dec 2008 5:44 a.m. PST |
Is it the big black square base in this pic? link Mark Severin
Owner, Scale Creep Miniatures
scalecreep.com |
| runs with scissors | 16 Dec 2008 5:49 a.m. PST |
It's just a weight to stop people guessing what's in the pack. |
| PygmaelionAgain | 16 Dec 2008 6:57 a.m. PST |
I've not witnessed this firsthand, but… seriously? A block of plastic? They couldn't pack him with… Oh… an extra die or something? I'm not a packaging expert or a "save the PVC Trees!" guy, but Monsterpocalypse handily defeated Heroclix as "Most volume in a booster pack taken up by chaff". That is, of course, unless you have need of prepackaged air. |
| Goober | 16 Dec 2008 7:21 a.m. PST |
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| Scale Creep Miniatures | 16 Dec 2008 8:12 a.m. PST |
I got a box full of very rare air indeed… Mark Severin
Owner, Scale Creep Miniatures
scalecreep.com |
| Farstar | 16 Dec 2008 11:30 a.m. PST |
The ballast block doesn't work very well, since it ends up at one end of the box and throws the weight distribution off center. This makes it fairly obvious that a ballast block in included, and since that is true for less than a third of the monsters… Monsterpocalypse handily defeated Heroclix as "Most volume in a booster pack taken up by chaff". Blame the very large monster base. |
Roderick Robertson  | 16 Dec 2008 11:51 a.m. PST |
It's not a giant gelatinous cube that they forgot to include stats for? |
| Space Monkey | 16 Dec 2008 1:00 p.m. PST |
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| Dances With Words | 16 Dec 2008 2:22 p.m. PST |
oh, cmon chaps! You KNOW things like THAT never go 'un-used' by us gamer/kitbasher types…(I LIKE the 'Gelatinous cube' idea…since it's cheaper than the D&D one that way)…and besides…no doubt it will become EXTREMELY valuable and 'collectible' when they figure out it doesn't work the way they thought and it becomes 'discontinued'/no longer available!!! You gotta love THAT…(and the fact we'll start seeing them for sale on EBAY as 'Gelatinous Cubes/Monolith monsters' or 'customized heroclix/heroquest etc' monsters with custom cards…. it beats carboard inserts all to snotlings!!!! btw has anybody seen/heard more about the I 'chomp' NYC booster series in March???? as in WHAT Critters might be in it??? Slishfully,
Sgt DWW-btod |
| Farstar | 16 Dec 2008 2:30 p.m. PST |
The monsters in I Chomp NY are all shown in concept artwork in the Rise Strategy Guide, and a few of the Units are shown in the factions sections as previews. |
| Peanutbreath | 17 Dec 2008 9:56 a.m. PST |
Ballast? surely not. It doesn`t weigh that much. It`s just a rectangular block of opaque plastic about 30mm x 15mm x 10mm in it`s own polythene bag. I`ve had 2 Zor-Maxims now and each had one packed with it. No indication in the rules as to any gaming use for it. When I first saw it I thought some sort of "force wall" that the Zor-Maxim could generate, but nothing is written down anywhere. |
| Riverbluff Wargames | 17 Dec 2008 10:06 a.m. PST |
Here's your answer, just go to the source… link |
| Space Monkey | 17 Dec 2008 10:38 a.m. PST |
'just throw it away' Something about that kind of bugs me…
why not at least make it look like something useable, a building or something… rather than leaving it as a waste product. |
| Farstar | 17 Dec 2008 11:51 a.m. PST |
The Zors and Deimos-9 are the ones you'll find a ballast block with most often. I intend to make something of mine at some point, but it may take a while to get enough. |
| Ivan DBA | 17 Dec 2008 2:18 p.m. PST |
That is lame and wasteful of them. How hard would it have been to include a plastic building of roughly the same size & weight? |
| Farstar | 17 Dec 2008 3:04 p.m. PST |
Because the buildings are in a different booster? Not trivial. |
| Space Monkey | 17 Dec 2008 5:36 p.m. PST |
The real lameness is the whole 'collectible' thing…
It doesn't matter if there are different boosters for buildings… they'd just need one standard ballast building for the monster packages. |
| Peanutbreath | 18 Dec 2008 5:30 a.m. PST |
Well I`m glad that`s solved anyway. It`s been buggung me for days now. Thanks for the link, Riverbluff. |
| nazrat | 18 Dec 2008 8:04 a.m. PST |
I just avoided this whole controversy, and the collectible issue as well by ordering from Popular Collections. link An entire force can be had for about 40 bucks, which is a bargain for most games in my book. The game is so damn good that I got past the CMG thing very easily even before I discovered the online stores that take all the "chance" out of purchasing models. I still buy a booster every now and then, though, just for the fun of it. |
