I got my pieces today and they were well worth the wait, and I cannot wait to order some Germans when they are ready to go. :-)
Yea !
In each box set there are 6 ziplock bags containing, each : 1 commander, 2 inf sculpt # 1 and 2 sculpt # 2; 2 autoblinda, 1 semovente and 1 (
the other tankcarro armato 41 ), 1 truck and 2 arty. 1 CV, 1 BB, 1 CA, 2 DD, 2 transport and 2 SS ( 5 out of 6 ); 2 figther, 1 bomber, 1 tac bomber, 1 transport.26 units per bag x 6 bags = 156 - 2 SS = 154 total
J. 8-)
PS I corrected the total from my last post from 312 to 308 :oops:
Cool. That means each ziplock bag contains one stamping of the mold. A little view into how the factory works. Apparently as soon as they stamp the mold, they immediately bag them. So, six bags equals one set. I would imagine your missing subs either fell out between the mold and the bag ( they are small pieces) or maybe they even stuck in the mold itself and they didn’t check before moving on to the next set. If I’m not mistaken, they put the mold together and inject the plastic into it. When the plastic was injected and came to one of the sub cavities, it probably simply bypassed it because it was already full. Wonder how often that happens before someone catches it.
Hey guys, you want to hear something frustrating? I just checked my UPS tracking info and found out my package arrived here in Wichita at 12:35 AM today (11/24). Unfortunately, I’m not due to receive delivery until Monday because: Today is Thanksgiving Day, a national Holiday so they obviously don’t deliver today. I think UPS is one of those companies that give their employees the Friday after Thanksgiving off so no delivery tomorrow. UPS doesn’t deliver during the weekend except for the expensive stuff like “Next Day Air” so no goodies for me Saturday or Sunday. Therefore, I MUST wait until Monday. It’s just so frustrating knowing that it is right HERE in Wichita but I can’t get it. Oh well, at least I will get them for my next weekend and have two days off to play with them.
Man, that is frustrating. I hope you get them before Monday, by some miracle. I expect mine are somewhere over the atlantic but HQ have lost track of exactly where these units are. They are heading into unknown territory and few expect to make it back alive.
Thank you for your positive comments.
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Gents, mie are in the great state of Illinois somewhere enroute to Enid, Oklahoma. Scheduled delivery is next Tusday. For the gentleman who’s are heading across the Atlantic i hope you get them AND THEY DON’T GET TIED UP IN YOUR NATIONS CUSTOMS DEPT.
Happy Thanksgiving
WARRIOR888
if i order the italians today when will i have them by?
So you got more than 150 units for each set! BONUS I think!
In a sense. I think what happened, after reading the # of units in your Germany combat set, is that we were supposed to get only 6 cargo/transport ships and 12 subs in a set. I got 12 cargo/transport ships and 10 subs per set. So, as the math goes : 6 more ships minus 2 subs = 4 extra units for a total of 154 instead of 150. But I am not complaining, not at all. :wink:
J. 8-)
I think it’s cool that you got more transport ships. I always thought we needed more of those anyway because we use them like crazy for most countries with the exceptions of Russia and France.
Got mine the other day. I am very impressed with quality! Here is my piece count along any comments about spcific units (intended to be helpful, not whiney).
Infantry:
6 leaders
11 SMG
13 Rifle
Rifle and SMG guy are almost indistinguishable at 1 foot away.
Land units:
12 Artillery
6 Trucks (I had intended to use these as mech inf, but they are HUGE!!! Still may, tho)
11 Armored Cars (not a fan of this choice over the Italian wheeled APC. Looks too much like the tank on the board. BTW: the short side is the front :-D)
7 Tanks
6 Assault guns (The assault guns are much bigger than the tank, despite both of the real vehicles actually being identical from the waist down. Perhaps this was done to make them easier to tell apart)
Ships
12 Transports (Love them)
12 Subs (Several were rather curved and in need of heating/straightening)
12 Destroyers
6 Cruisers
6 Carriers
6 Battleships
Aircraft
12 Fighters
6 Tacs
7 Bombers
5 Transports.
156 Total
Quite happy overall. I’d recommend them. :)
Just tore in to my new FMG Italians. Figured I’d put my piece count here, too.
8 bomber
3 transport planes
7 tacs
12 fighter
12 arty
6 heavy tank
5 light tank
12 armored car
6 truck
7 commander
11 rifle inf
13 smg inf
13 ss
6 bb
6 cv
12 dd
6 ca
13 transport
Little disappointed with the number of air transports, but these pieces are so freaking cool that I don’t think it’s really an issue. I’ll probably get a couple extras when I buy some sets of Axis minors from HBG. Keep up the good work, FMG! :-D
Such weird piece counts. I guess Jeremy was right, with so many pieces and so many sets, there are bound to be a few missing and a few extra pieces here and there. Good thing HBG sells the pieces individually so those of us that want to can fill any small holes in the sets.
Great news is I guess FMG decided to double-up on the number of transport ships per set. Thank you very much for that FMG!
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I think FMG/HBG should have a sticky in every forum here. We are today almost 138 000 members here, but only a few read on this Variants Forum. I also think you should post some pics on Boardgamegeek forum, that should reach a lot of wargamers.
I too got my Italians today, and they are outstanding, just as expectet. Keep up the good work.
The grey chips was bigger than the OOB chips. Since some of the territories get crowded, I was hoping your chips would be smaller. They could be thicker for easy pick up, but the diameter should be less in order to take less space. No big deal, and surtenly no complaint, just a thoght.
I wasn’t home, so UPS gave my package to my neighbour. That was not very good. It would be better to pick it up at the local post office, can that be arranged ?
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I think FMG/HBG should have a sticky in every forum here. We are today almost 138 000 members here, but only a few read on this Variants Forum. I also think you should post some pics on Boardgamegeek forum, that should reach a lot of wargamers.
Ref to Boardgamegeek, I only saw ’ Invasion Italy ’ from HBG there. I concur that FMG and HGB should post more pictures/videos under the Axis and Allies Variant title. Especially with the Global 1939 map and all the new units these two gentlemen are making for A&A fans. You guys might find a bunch of new customers from BGG.
J. 8-)
Right, and they could post in A&A Minis forums too.
AA Minis have changed scale two times already, so many Mini-players just may want to change to the classic AA-scale just to stay with one stable scale.
And how about getting the Memoire players to switch to AA scale pieces ?
Just a thought.
Now go; Spread the word!! Tell the world!
I think FMG/HBG should have a sticky in every forum here. We are today almost 138 000 members here, but only a few read on this Variants Forum. I also think you should post some pics on Boardgamegeek forum, that should reach a lot of wargamers.
Ref to Boardgamegeek, I only saw ’ Invasion Italy ’ from HBG there. I concur that FMG and HGB should post more pictures/videos under the Axis and Allies Variant title. Especially with the Global 1939 map and all the new units these two gentlemen are making for A&A fans. You guys might find a bunch of new customers from BGG.
J. 8-)
FMG is a sponsor of the AAA Mini forum. We are not a sponsor of BGG (too expensive and not the real AAA community)
It always helps when fans make posts on other sites where our posts will get deleted :-D
What’s the Status Germany? Are they on schedule to be released next month? Any new mold to see from the next Nation after Germany?
FMG is a sponsor of the AAA Mini forum. We are not a sponsor of BGG (too expensive and not the real AAA community)
It always helps when fans make posts on other sites where our posts will get deleted :-D
I see. So you don’t mind if we post links/pictures/comments on the others sites ref to you guys ( FMG & HBG ) and your endeavors.
J. 8-)
Ref to Boardgamegeek, I only saw ’ Invasion Italy ’ from HBG there. I concur that FMG and HGB should post more pictures/videos under the Axis and Allies Variant title. Especially with the Global 1939 map and all the new units these two gentlemen are making for A&A fans. You guys might find a bunch of new customers from BGG.
J. 8-)
All of the HBG games are on BGG. I put them there myself. G39 is still in approval stage.
Recieved 2x Italian sets in the mail today. Pieces look great! Some of the Battleships, Subs, Cruisers and Destroyers were slighty curved. Gentle application of pressure straigtened them out no problems. The two types of infantry look the same from table height (I’ll be using the leader pieces as “elite” infantry"). Don’t have a use for the transports, armoured cars and trucks so I bagged them and stored them with the rest of the spare pieces I’ve got).
All in all, very happy.
Will likey buy 2x sets of anything that comes out.
