COLLECTION DIARY: JANUARY 2021

I had to buy all of The ALIENS Goodies... this NEW Sci-Fi-HORROR Game makes me very happy!!!

The beloved little heroic VALKYRIE has finally joined my Colonial Fleet.

I even got that ONE GOOD SHIP from that show that does not exist... it's a cool ship and for $10 bucks she got me to finally allow her to join my GLORIOUSE Boss' BIG Approved Federation Fleet.

ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY IN THE CORPS - BUILD & PAINT PARTS TWO & THREE!

More FUN to watch ALIENS Videos is a good thing IMO!

Thanks to The Esoteric Order of Gamers for these videos!

STAR TREK ATTACK WING: ALLIANCE EXPANSION GAME VIDEO... FUN & FUNNY

So this is actually coming out... although it is still listed as a "Preorder". 

I'll buy it IF it comes out sometime in 2021... poor STAW.

HEXBUG SPACE TOYS FOR ALIENS COLLONY TERRAIN... YES!

I just discovered this toy line after members of GF9 ALINES posted asking about other terrain options for the game. I have looked at all of the boxed sets and I agree that the scale and detail looks good. I am getting a test set next month. If it is solidly constructed and indeed in the right scale I may buy more... I will have an update on this in a few weeks.

 

ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY IN THE CORPS - BUILD & PAINT PART ONE!

Thanks to The Esoteric Order of Gamers for this FUN video!

APC FOR ALIENS: ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY IN THE CORPS

I found this BIG-badass ALIENS APC from Lanard toys this week after buying all of the GF9 ALIENS Game. This version of the classic Marine APC is a delightful monster and it looks wonderful to me. Sure this model needs a very simple and cool dirty repaint, but other than that she looks perfect for what I want her to be. See that cool APC video below, and look at how big and bad that sexy-mean-baby is... Hell YES!

I looked at the nice Eaglemoss APC first of course and it is more realistic to the films and is in scale for 30MM miniatures. I decided that owning two of these bulkier badass APC's for just $20 bucks each makes me happier than owning just one slightly nicer APC for $80 bucks. 😋 

The ALIENS Universe has become huge over the last thirty years and there is way more going on than just what was covered in this one great film. There are other vehicles and variants that are just as cool as the first sweet APC that we all love. 

A WHOLE LOT OF ALIENS - GF9 ALIENS EXPANSIONS!

If you are onboard for larger games of The ALIENS Another Glorious Day game then you will like these expansions! I think it is cool that GF9 did this because now you can get extra Marines and Aliens on their own. I do not plan to buy from the GF9 store however because it's a little antique monster. I buy with PayPal for obvious reasons, but for the rest of you... Go Rock! I am going to buy these wonderful expansions from my regular online shops.

ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY IN THE CORPS - BADASS ALIENS GAME!

I knew about this game way back when the kickstarter was opened but I waited because I do not do kickstarters. Now that it is a REAL product and I have looked at the whole series of miniatures and art I am definitely going to buy this very very nice game. I mean come on man, it's ALIENS... which is one of the best Sci-Fi Action-drama films... ever! Checkout The GF9 ALIENS Homepage for some more cool content!

THE END OF ARES BSG SSB... BUT NOT BATTLESTAR GALACTICA!

Ares didn't "Roll The Hard Six"... no they dropped the ball on this wonderful game... real bad! I know that they are a small company but the game was winning awards. The miniatures looked great, and the rules were fast, fun, and simply wonderful in terms of representing the Reimagined BSG series combat. 

Battlestar Galactica Starship Battles should have been glorious. 

My experience with Ares BSG SSB begane soon after it was announced in the Summer of 2018.

I have been friends with Roberto for the two years BSG SSB has been a property. He was delightful and we had fun on FaceBook for sure. I had the miserable experience of watching him slowly became distant as people started to complain about the atrocious release schedule. Roberto and Andreas made a lot of cool posts about new product... but it got stale! We got lots of promises, but very little came to be. 

THE COLONIAL SHIPS WE WERE PROMISED 2018-2019

THE CYLON SHIPS WE WERE PROMISED 2018-2019

In my time knowing them I realized that Ares Games are like ancient wizard who are slow to do any actual magic. I am sure many of us wanted them to be like Gandalf say... at Bilbo's birthday party! 

A few people who liked my enthusiasm and frequent postings about BSG SSB on relevant FBGroups warned me about the sleepy way Ares produces their products. I ignored their friendly advice because I was happy to see a cool miniatures game FINALLY being made for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA!

EVERYTHING ARES RELEASED WAS LATER THAN EXPECTED!

ARES BSG SSB EPIC... NOPE!

I want to be clear here gang. I am not angry... not anymore, just disappointed with Ares Games! I became friends with Andreas too in the early days of BSG SSB, and none of the failures we have seen in the last two years are his fault, not at all! As the Lead Game Designer for BSG SSB Andrea has been wonderful! I hate to say it but Roberto, and plain bad planning is what ruined this franchise. It is truly a genuine shame! 

I have had the privilege to chat with a few hundred people about BSG SSB over the last two years and more than half of them told me they just wanted the BSG TOS Ships to be released. The next comment from at least half of them was: I am going all in and will likely buy a few hundred dollars of BSG TOS products! 

So Was I my BSG Brothers and Sisters.

BSG SSB had only two releases by the time of it's first birthday (both ridiculously late), and I was well aware that the game was suffering from low sales. Of course this was because products got previewed but never released. In fact the game only saw one expansion come out on time (after it had been postponed once... of course). Why did Ares murder the game and themselves like this?

NOPE... NOPE... NOPE!!!

If Ares had just sold the classic ships first and if Roberto had spent less time chirping about social agendas which hurt sales for the company too, BSG SSB would of sold much better. The limited resources and low sales excuses started to make the rounds online, and Spaceship Packs we had been promised (YES Roberto said promise a few times) remained in limbo. 

ARES BSG SSB FIRST CYLON WAR... NOPE!

"Limited resources and low sales!" was an excuse I continued to hear from friends closer to Ares than I was. That became Felgercarb to me because all kinds of established products continued to be released... for FRAK Sakes! Then delightful covid... blah... and evil-china factories... blah. Nope you had already frakked up the game by that time Ares! 

It has been interesting to see how this franchise blossomed and then died over the last two and a quarter years.I had many hundreds (and even a few thousand) views on all of my early BSG SSB articles here. I KNOW that in the first year people had a lot of excitement for this cool little game. By the second year however it went down fast. My BSG articles barely got a hundred views then, and people were openly complaining on the BSG and Ares FBGroups.

SOooo now the teasing and the felgercarb promises are finally over and the sleepy Ares-BSG game that we dreamt about is just leaving us all behind. Meanwhile Ares Games is off the hock and can continue to putz around... being small.

I am alright with this ridiculous situation and I will continue to enjoy BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and BSG GAMES in my own way. Ares made enough for us to play with... and we can have fun, just not as much fun as we wanted to have. It's A'ight.

IN 2 & 1/2 YEARS THIS IS ALL WE GOT... FRAK YOU ARES, BUT HAVE A NICE DAY!

I am going to continue loving this wonderful universe, and when something else new comes out again someday in the foreseeable future I just might buy it and love it too... MAYBE!