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29 Aug 2015 06:36 #209543 by southernman
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SuperflyTNT wrote: BUT....that's not why I'm here. Why I'm here is that there's no BGG page for the game, hardly any press, no information on any retailers' sites....this is fucked up. How are they trying to sell a game by not advertising it? Why doesn't everyone have press copies yet?

This is some bullshit.


Hasbro is too big to worry about something like BGG, this is going USA retail rather than just for some boardgame collectors ;-)

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29 Aug 2015 06:40 #209544 by southernman
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Mr. White wrote: I think there's really only one mass produced SW game product I'm in the market for...

A Star Wars Heroscape set.

I'm guessing a full blown starter set is out of the question at this point, but I'd settle for a mini starter sort of like that Marvel set. You'd think with all that dosh X-Wing is making, Hasbro would get on something like this.


If Heroscape counts as a miniatures game would that not come under the license FFG has, or has more than one company got the same license type (miniatures, boardgames etc..) this time around ?

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29 Aug 2015 09:25 - 29 Aug 2015 09:25 #209546 by Pat II
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After watching ROTJ on opening day with my pals when I was a kid, I remember thinking I could have lived with the Empire decimating the Ewoks and their homeworld. Our heroes could then claim victory and justice amongst the smouldering ruins of Endor (this would have made for some great shots). As a matter of fact I think that's exactly how I played it out with my action figures, subbing my pet mouse in for Ewoks because I refused to get any of their action figures.

This game looks nice though and will be a bonus if it wraps up quickly.
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29 Aug 2015 09:30 #209548 by Shellhead
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Legomancer wrote: I was 9 when Star Wars came out and it was fucking amazing.

Even as a kid, though, Empire kind of disappointed me and Jedi just didn't do a whole lot for me. Although Empire had a lot in the right place, it bugged me as a kid that it essentially had no beginning and no end, and not a whole lot happens in between. And Jedi just felt like going through the motions and goofiness.

As I grew older I realized how much I didn't care about the supposed story of Darth Vader. I didn't see how him being Luke's father (a) worked or (b) changed anything. It's probably just my own weird family shit, but that just never resonated with me. Once I figured that out I realized how much the family thing just wrecks the entire story for me. The prequels never really stood a chance because they were telling a story I didn't buy from the beginning, and everything since then has just decided that more family=better story.

As far as I'm concerned, the best order to watch the movies in is: 1) Star Wars, 2) wasn't that great?


Except for the part where I'm three years older, it's like we're twins separated at birth, at least with respect to Star Wars. When I see some of the positive remarks in this thread about Ewoks, it makes me feel sad because young children got completely taken in by some cynical marketing efforts, and even as adults, they are still victims of that manipulation.

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29 Aug 2015 09:33 #209549 by Josh Look
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Remind me again, the One Ring was destroyed by who? And he was a what?

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29 Aug 2015 12:18 #209558 by Shellhead
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Josh Look wrote: Remind me again, the One Ring was destroyed by who? And he was a what?


Not the same. Frodo was pretty much a wee-size Englishman. Tolkien didn't cynically create Frodo as the centerpiece of a marketing campaign. Don't make me defend the Jackson movies, because I found them somewhat bloated, especially the prequel trilogy.

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29 Aug 2015 13:22 - 29 Aug 2015 13:42 #209560 by Josh Look
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Anyways, back on topic...

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29 Aug 2015 13:48 #209561 by Michael Barnes
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I'm going to be Kylo Ren for Halloween.

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29 Aug 2015 14:22 #209563 by OldHippy
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Marketing and cynicism do not have to go hand in hand. You can believe in a product with real heart and still appreciate its marketing potential.
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29 Aug 2015 15:00 #209565 by ChristopherMD
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Josh Look wrote: Anyways, back on topic...


That is a fantastic box cover.
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29 Aug 2015 15:09 #209566 by Josh Look
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There's something distinctly "Time of Old" about it, and I like that.

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29 Aug 2015 15:20 #209567 by Chaz
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That is a bitchin' box cover.

But isn't this set during the Endor battle of RotJ? Then who the hell's the dude at the top? Is he from the new movie? If yes, why's he on this box cover, aside from tying it in to the new movie?
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29 Aug 2015 15:39 #209569 by wadenels
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Chaz wrote: That is a bitchin' box cover.

But isn't this set during the Endor battle of RotJ? Then who the hell's the dude at the top? Is he from the new movie? If yes, why's he on this box cover, aside from tying it in to the new movie?


It's a Cylon.
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29 Aug 2015 20:56 #209582 by Colorcrayons
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Josh Look wrote: Anyways, back on topic...


And here I was, completely writing off the game and bored of this thread and all the back and forth about SW...

...Then that cover.

It makes me a bit squishy.

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29 Aug 2015 21:21 #209586 by Josh Look
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Colorcrayons wrote: And here I was, completely writing off the game and bored of this thread and all the back and forth about SW...

...Then that cover.

It makes me a bit squishy.


That's Star Wars as a whole for ya. You think you're over it, or maybe you just move away from it for awhile, then suddenly it hits you and you're 8 years old again.
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