BlackWidowPilot | 08 Aug 2014 10:41 p.m. PST |
Yup: link
Life is good.
Edit: and better still: link Yup. Life s good. Now to figure out what to order…
Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net
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NWMike | 08 Aug 2014 11:25 p.m. PST |
Oh shoot – now I have drool on my keyboard! |
MacrossMartin | 09 Aug 2014 3:34 a.m. PST |
Mmm… wallet endangering stuff! |
KTravlos | 09 Aug 2014 10:36 a.m. PST |
Have to say the reboot was really really really good. |
Lion in the Stars | 09 Aug 2014 6:04 p.m. PST |
Mmm… wallet endangering stuff! Tell me about it!!! My wallet weeps almost every time Leland or Khurasan makes a new release announcement… Yup. Life s good. Now to figure out what to order… All of it, of course! |
Combat Colours | 09 Aug 2014 11:31 p.m. PST |
Those are cool! How big are the models for table use? Thanks, Steve |
BlackWidowPilot | 10 Aug 2014 11:22 a.m. PST |
Steve, the kits are "box scale," meaning that the parts will fit inside a standardized box. Are you familiar with the old Geo-Hex starship flight bases for Full Thrust? Here's some of the original "box scale" Yamato kits built up for my Imperial Terran Navy fleet mounted for Full Thrust on those super handy bases:
As the scaling is somewhat all over the place, the best use for each depends upon what you want to use them for. For example, the missile destroyer Yukikaze is ideal for an escort vessel in a fighter combat game like Silent Death, but not so useful for Full Thrust due to the substantive difference in scale and detail of the model:
The Garmilas Warship are rather more versatile depending upon your needs, but again, they're physically much the same size as they're designed to fit the same size of box:
These work as escort vessels for a fighter game like Silent Death, or can pass as a capital ship in Full Thrust just as readily.
The others are less versatile, though again, for the price point (less than $4 USD each), they're just a super value indeed, and a great way to expand your fleets. The triple deck carrier is head and shoulders above the first generation mini kit:
Now the fighter is ostensibly in 1/144 scale, so it has uses for dogfight games as well as potential air support for 15mm ground combat games:
Oh, and Dessler's new flagship is a perfect superdreadnought for Full Thrust:
Yes, life is good, and the new Garmillas superdreadnought used by Domel is definitely in my sights, at least a trio of them to form a new battleship division within my Imperial Terran Navy:
Yup. Life is good. Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net |
zonk76 | 15 Aug 2014 9:12 a.m. PST |
I've yet to invest in any of these, I really should! They look great! |
Einar Gosric | 15 Aug 2014 1:51 p.m. PST |
Sadly they were not able to withstand the might og Gamelas but they are beautiful ships all the same. I have the art books from Yaamto 2199 and while they are in Japanese the sizes are listed clearly so it shouldnt be an issue to sort out scale |
BlackWidowPilot | 15 Aug 2014 9:15 p.m. PST |
With the "box scale" kits, you really have to eyeball it. With the ones shown in the photo, they're all 1/1000 scale per Bandai, along with the Garmillas ships, and yes, the Garmillas ships *ARE* much bigger than the first generation EDF ships, and according to at least one interview with the movie makers, that was intentional, to underscore just how badly outgunned technologically and literally the EDF was against the initial Garmillas battle fleet. Only the Yukikaze herself had a load of new, experimental torpedoes during the first battle shown in Yamato 2199 (hence why she could kill her larger, more advanced Garmillas counterparts with a partial salvo): ourstarblazers.com/vault/831 The Yamato you'll recall incorporates Iskandarian technology in her power plant and armament, and that apparently includes the main and secondary guns, as well as the flak batteries and the missile loadouts. Moving forward in the timeline via the original series of films, in a standup fight the second generation EDF ships that confront the White Comet Empire fleet are on a roughly equal footing in a gun duel, in fact their main guns (shock cannon) have a greater accuracy and stopping power than the comparable WCE dreadnoughts weaponry. IMHO the Yamato 2199 EDF fleet ship sets are a great way to build up a wargaming fleet (bright colors optional). Also, the Yukikaze and the cruisers and battleship all work stylistically as escort class ships for Silent Death. The Yukikaze will work as a corvette class ship, the cruisers as frigate class ships, and the battleship as a 10,000 ton destroyer. All of them will fit on a two-hex stand such as those produced by Litko Aerosystems (see my blog). The larger Garmillas warships are more problematic given how much larger they are than the Terran vessels, but then again, I am committed to trying to get the Garmillas S-class dreadnought to work as a three-hex cruiser in Silent Death, so we'll see how these much larger ships pan out… With the box scale kits, you have to proceed one ship at a time, and use your best judgement. Some are extremely scale neutral, while others are clearly less versatile. The fighter models are potentially useful for 6mm to 15mm sci fi ground games as air support assets. Hope this helps! Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net |
Einar Gosric | 15 Aug 2014 11:38 p.m. PST |
"not if you don't own the book!" I should have clarified. Give me a bit of time and ill happily figure it out and post the results |
thedrake | 16 Aug 2014 7:33 a.m. PST |
Leland, Would you have a link to Dessler's new command ship please? Cant seem to find it on bandai webpage and would like to buy one or two of those for use in FT. FOUND IT: link Thx, Mark |
Buckaroo | 16 Aug 2014 12:08 p.m. PST |
It should be noted too that the first generation Earth ships did wing a battle, it's mentioned in the Series as the second battle of Mars. Here the Earth fleet stopped the Garmillas in their tracks. Causing them to fall back on their planet bombing campaign. The 1st generation Battleship and Cruiser both have spinal mounted guns that are capable against Garmillas ships, why they weren't used in the last battle is anyone's guest. |
BlackWidowPilot | 16 Aug 2014 11:07 p.m. PST |
Mark, yup. You found it. Very scale neutral model IMHO. I'll probably buy a pair for Silent Death on the "Gneisenau and Scharnhorst" principle of two heavy/battle cruisers that can stand alone or with minimal support for long range raiding operations… I note also that the new iterations of the White Comet Empire/Galantian warships are on the horizon from Bandai. I personally am very keen to see precisely which of the Yamato 2199 ships get the Mecha Colle treatment afterwards; I'm hoping for an S-type battleship personally, as I have always had a bit of a soft spot for these peculiarly Garmillas dreadnoughts, and while I have two currently from the Zakka Pop Mecha Collection, I would love to be able to build up a full line of battle with these beasties utilizing the zig-zag disruptive scheme of General Goer's flagship:
EDIT: This Just In! Found a size comparison illustration of the EDF and Garmillas warships:
Regarding my rumination as to the nature of the next wave of Bandai Mecha Colle mini kits, there are several Garmillas ships that could be released, plus the first generation EDF cruiser, but what I would really, really, really like to see are the EDF fighters AND at least one Garmillas fighter! If Bandai released these, I could see fit to buy up as many as two dozen of each for Yamato 2199-universe games of Silent Death: The Next Millennium, as the ships and their weapons systems would be exceptionally easy to adapt and simulate with SD:TNM's existing rules and ship systems:
This lil' darlin' is already in the pipeline:
Just need one (1) Garmillas fighter plane, and we can kick the tires and light the fires!
Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net
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BlackWidowPilot | 16 Aug 2014 11:11 p.m. PST |
The 1st generation Battleship and Cruiser both have spinal mounted guns that are capable against Garmillas ships, why they weren't used in the last battle is anyone's guest. Operation M was a decoy mission IIRC, so quite possibly the EDF strategy was to draw the larger Garmilas fleet in and keep their attention on a too tempting opportunity to destroy what was left of the EDF warship inventory, and be so distracted by their "easy victory" that the critical Iskandarian mission would slip past undetected. Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net |
BlackWidowPilot | 16 Aug 2014 11:15 p.m. PST |
Catherine, here's a view of the entire mini kit collection from the original Yamato series, plus a few added extras thrown in by Bandai for the Yamato 2199 reboot:
As you can see, the scales are all over the map. The criterion was that each kit merely fit into the same size box formatting. Even so, many of the kits are useful indeed, and the new series of Yamato 2199 Mecha Colle kits are just as useful with the added advantage of the quantum leaps forward in moulding and tooling from the originals.
Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net |
Marc the plastics fan | 19 Aug 2014 3:50 a.m. PST |
Very nice – and I don't mind the odd scale choices. Thanks for highlighting these |
Lion in the Stars | 19 Aug 2014 10:25 a.m. PST |
what I would really, really, really like to see are the EDF fighters AND at least one Garmillas fighter! If Bandai released these, I could see fit to buy up as many as two dozen of each Dunno if I'd buy a couple dozen of each, but I'd be all over models of the Space Stuka (the DMB87)! |
Uparmored | 10 Aug 2020 3:45 a.m. PST |
Damn cool looking kits. I eye them up every time I'm at the hobby store, but the lack of a strict scale puts me off. I wish the smaller ships were supplied in multiples to a box but all kept the same scale with the set. Wishful thinking as a wargamer I guess |
ScottWashburn | 28 Aug 2020 4:55 a.m. PST |
I love the Yamato ships. As noted the scales are all over the place. But I'm wondering if in this age of 3D scanners and 3D printers it might not be possible to scan in the ships and then print them out at a standard scale. |