From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:13:39 +0100
Subject: More [OFFICIAL] News from the Shipyards (and the armaments manufacturers!)
Well, after some concentrated work over the last few days (to the exclusion of other little things like food and sleep...), ALL the sculpting for the full NI fleet is now finished! Availability on all the new items is PROVISIONAL, as we can never be 100% sure that they will mould OK until we try it - but assuming they all do, they should be ready for sale by the end of this week! [All prices in GBP] NEW ISRAELI FLEET for FULL THRUST: FT 1501 Kfir class Light Fighters (6) 1.00 (already available) FT 1521 Bard'las class Heavy Fighters (6) 1.00 NEW! FT 1502 Sheir class Scoutships (3) 1.50 NEW! FT 1503 Sa'ar class Corvettes (3) 2.00 NEW! FT 1504 Ra'am class Battle Frigates (2) 2.00 NEW! FT 1505 Tzayad class Destroyers (2) 2.50 (already available) FT 1506 Kashat class Light Cruiser 2.00 NEW! FT 1507 Maccabee class Escort/Patrol Cruiser 2.50 (already available) FT 1508 Yerushalayim class Heavy Cruiser 3.00 NEW! FT 1509 Barak class Battlecruiser 4.00 NEW! FT 1510 Sabra class Battleship 5.00 (already available) FT 1511 Chalutz Chalal class Heavy Battleship (Battledreadnought) 7.00 NEW! FT 1512 David Ben Gurion class Superdreadnought 12.00 NEW! FT 1513 Kineret class Light Carrier 8.00 NEW! FT 1514 Tzion class Supercarrier 12.00 NEW! Special thanks to Noam Izenberg for the ship class names! I'm really happy with all of the new minis, but the SDN and CVH, in particular, look VERY impressive! You may notice the slight increase in price on the big classes compared with the other fleets, this is partly because these models are BIG, but also because the price of metal has gone up horrendously over the last few months - we're talking around a 40-50% materials price increase overall. We're holding the prices of all the existing lines steady at the moment (though we may be forced to make some increases soon - so if you want stuff order it now at the current prices!), but given the size of these new models and the amount of metal that will be in them we think the prices are still very reasonable - we're sure that you'll agree once you see them!! (Yes, there will be pictures - just as soon as we've assembled the first castings out of the master moulds). One point of note: we'll be offering the usual MEGA FLEET pack deal on the NI ships, and it will be the same price as all the other Megafleet deals - 50 GBP, AND have the same mix of ships - so this means that this particular fleet deal will be even BETTER value compared with the individual mini prices!! Watch the online store for news of some special extra deals for those of you who are among the first to order the new NI ships too. Other NEW RELEASE news: the promised 15mm generic weapons crews will be available in a few days (all masters now done, just waiting for the mouldmaking), as will the first of the heavy and support weapons for them to crew. Also in 15mm, we have a surprise for you: we've now done the "Sci-Fi Egyptians", which have proved such popular sellers in 28mm, in 15mm (pack of 6 figures, 2 each of 3 poses all with energy staff; initial release will have the "Jackal" head helmets, with "snake", "eagle" and bareheaded variants to follow) - AND we've got a pack of some "opposition" for them, in the shape of some human troopers in contemporary uniforms with P90s - four "character" figures (Officer in cap, female trooper, techie type in glasses and big tall bald chap....) plus four line grunts (2 in helmet, 2 in cap) in the pack. We'll also do a pack of just 8 grunts, for you to add more "cannon fodder" to your team. Aside from the obvious uses, we hope that this pack will be popular as general low-tech troops, security personnel or whatever - they'll fit in fine with all the rest of our 15mm range. Watch the online store this week and next - all the new stuff will be going up as soon as it's ready! Best,