From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:21:26 +0000
Subject: [GZG] Show news, new stuff and general chat.....
Hi all, A bit of a general update.... After much frantic preparation over the last few weeks, we're finally finished and ready for TRIPLES (Sheffield) this weekend! As those of you going will hopefully know, this year it is in a NEW VENUE, the English Institute of Sport on Attercliffe Road, and NOT at the University as it has been for many years. We're hoping the venue change will go smoothly and that we'll all have a good show, looking forward to seeing some of you there. We're in the smaller of the two halls (the "Badminton Hall", I believe). Please remember, as mentioned in my last news post, this is the first show where we are NOT taking all the individual 25mm SG figure codes - what we have got is plenty of pre-packed squad blisters, which will make things a lot easier and faster; we'll be doing the same at SALUTE next weekend, and at all shows from here on. Single figure codes are all still available by mailorder, and by preorder for shows. We have a good selection of NEW RELEASES for the two shows, we are taking good stocks to the shows and then they will all up on the web for mailorder after SALUTE. I should be able to get pictures up after Triples but before Salute, but to whet your appetites this is quick rundown of what we have out: 15mm infantry and stuff: 2 new packs of UNSC-LIGHT troops - rifles pack B and SAW gunners. 1 new pack of New Israelis, a support weapon pack with 2 x HAMR teams and 2 x GMS teams. A really cute little spider-drone (6 legs, but hey, who's counting?) with twin autocannon, 3 to a pack for £2.50. A groundmount twin plasma cannon with a New Israeli gunner figure, which will also work well in the back of a flatbed vehicle! Plus: FOUR new 15mm vehicles - we reckoned it was time for more HOVER stuff (yes, I know some of you hate hover AFVs, but lots of others love 'em if our sales are anything to go by....), so we have a new Hover APC (the Gauntlet III) in both "battle taxi" and Command post variants, and a new medium hover tank (the Rommel III) in both gun tanks and SLAM carrier versions. In both cases, those of you who know our old 25mm line and our current 6mm range will recognise the vehicle names - as with others of our recent 15mm releases, these are very similar to the older designs of the same names but with certain revisions and improvements (hence the "III" added to the designations). I'm really pleased with the way these have worked out, and I think you'll like them - pics after the weekend, or come and see them at Sheffield if you can! We'll also have plenty of our recent releases with us - the AV-7 FanVan, all the Colony Buildings (including some very nice complete boxed sets with extra free stuff!), the Hammer's Slammers 25mm "MOLTS" and lots more. On the subject of the show releases, a quick apology to the Vacc-heads among you - I had really hoped to have some new FT ships ready in time (including the ScanFed Dreadnought), but it just didn't happen - way too much else going on, I'm afraid. There WILL be some new FT releases very soon, just not in time for these shows. So, that's about it for the moment - we're leaving for Sheffield early tomorrow (Friday) morning, more news, pics etc, after the weekend. All the best,