"Major Announcement at Fall In by Sash and Saber" Topic

We'll reveal an exciting new project at Fall In. Come by the booth to check it out.

Chris

And it looks like I won't make it. Rats.

Hmm,18th Century Board. 10 new SYW sets? Probably not. . .

What could it be?

Inquiry minds, who can't attend Fall In, want to know. 😁

40mm??

No. It looks like they are announcing a new major.

Hope it's not Malfunction.

Chris already does 40's, mrwigglesworth and has for
several years.

Maybe a range they don't already have.

I sent him an email with an idea just the other day…

It must be that! :)

Chris,

This is just cruel for those of us that live thousands of miles from Fall In. Similar effect to clear taping peanuts to the window sill and watching the pigeons go crazy. :)

Joking aside, looking forward to your new releases.

Ed, I think the question was,will the new project be in 40mm?

The fact that this is posted on both the ACW and 18th Century boards makes it more mysterious. Chris,You are turning us into Tantaluseses. Er. . .

I can't think what 18th century line it might be: Jacobites? That would give painters fits. I would wish for a few sets of cavalry and artillery for mid-century French and British. That would at least allow me to use FIW figures for some SYW actions. Doubt that's going to happen,as I said above--though FIW is one of the top selling lines,SYW is one of the poorest. Unfortunately.

I'd love to see Prussian and Austrian cuirassiers to go with the dragoons and hussars.

(These are not mine, BTW. Unfortunately!).

Love the figures!!!

I've been bugging Chris to use me as a model for some heads for years. That must be it.

Mechanical army ants to move your bases across the table. Controlled by an I-phone costing $3,500. USD Close?

Mechanical? Just train some real ones.

Just how many heads do you have,Chuck?

Programmable siafu?

Any ideas or updates on what the Mystery Products are?

Regarding SYW sales, any range made by any company will lose sales momentum if they do not add to the range or do not have a range that offers the needed basic combat arms.

Yes, he is doing a fantastic looking French and Indian war kick starter! I'll post some photos when I put up myVendors pictures:)

Please do! I'd like to see what he could be adding to an already extensive line.

Old Fritz--

True enough,but on the other hand, if a company introduces a new line,and find sales disappointing,it's likely to go on the back burner. If several new lines,the ones selling will get the attention (as is clear from Lord Ashram's post above). Of course, as you say,sales will tend to fall off for the slow-growing line. It's kind of a catch-22,unfortunately.

I will say that Chris has provided the basics:

link

I'd like to see more cavalry types,as I mentioned, and Grenzers. And Russians!

Looking towards the other end of the scale spectrum, while I was talking with (read "whining at") Russ Dunaway at Historicon this year,he raised (read "toyed with") the possibility of getting back to 10mm,as they are still selling well. If he were to add to HIS 10mm SYW range, I'd be in like a shot.

But given the sales of Blue Moon, I'll be dead before that happens.

What heck was it?
Geez
Clif

The French and Indian War kickstarter will be in 28mm. From the list he was handing out at the con it does look like it will be very extensive. That is if the kickstarter does well.

Great idea! I'm looking forward to it!

When is he doing the kickstarter?
Mark

Sorry. I have photos, just been overwhelmed with work:(. I'll get them up, promise, including a photo of the info sheet Chris was handing out!

New info on the project here: link

For more pictures, check out the blog!

link

We plan on launching the Kickstarter in early 2018. The working list that Lord Ashram posted is missing troops with snowshoes -- I typed the list right before leaving for Fall In and inadvertently omitted them.

Chris