Email sent.

By Mark Hutton (Trynda1701) on Saturday, November 07, 2020 - 06:48 pm: Edit

Thanks for those posted renders, Steve

Those mods look more functional than the ones that ended up on the Mongoose minis. Thanks again to Will.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 09:55 am: Edit

Love it. I asked someone who doesnt play the game nor watches star trek which miniature she would choose to buy, between the klink d7x and d7k.
D7k was chosen. Nice.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 01:58 pm: Edit

I might buy the type-6 drones again. But the others are too big.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 02:51 pm: Edit

They are game tokens, not in scale.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 03:12 pm: Edit

Then there is no point in me using them as we have counters, yes?

Fact is if the type 6 were used as type 1 they would be acceptable. The board is crowded enough. But whats happe.... im not going to say it. Youll take it personal. As always.

This is what i suggest. 6 drones per order. Just like with fighters. Type 4 and 1 and all the others scaled down to the type 6 size.

But you wont take that suggestion. So you and i will just have to disagree. But if you do as i suggest and also keep what you have now, (i.e. do both) you with make money, and some folks who are disgruntled (who i have told i will check it out and let them know) will buy. Or at least im hoping they will. Theyre tired. I keep trying to interest them. But they never get real incentive. I havent said anything yet about those heavy shuttles but i just....never mind.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 03:21 pm: Edit

So by that logic, you have counters for ships too, so there is no point in any miniatures at all, that seems to be what Aaron said, right?

If you use type-6s for type-1s then do we really need to do a small type-1? I really have no dog in this fight, so it's a marketing decision for Jean. If she thinks they will sell, she can ask the sculptor to do them. If that sculptor thinks he might make enough to earn minimum wage on them he can do them. (Some of the stuff people insisted we do never sold.) Like I said, I have no dog here, so I am not going to insist on it or block it.

If we do small type-1s and they don't sell we then establish that nothing Aaron will ever says we need to do needs to be considered, right?

As everyone who knows me knows, I only take personally what is personal. And you know that very well, Aaron my friend, very well indeed. Lots of people disagree with me without getting person as you just did.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 04:01 pm: Edit

Not what i said. The drones are too big. Further they are overpriced. The type 6 are better scaled for all drones.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 04:14 pm: Edit

And dont refer to me as "my friend" we know you are not that noble. Some things sell, some things dont. It works both ways and you should know that more than anyone else. Gracious me.
Downsizing the 4s and 1s to what the 6s are now, would be neat. But if you really dont want to, well there ya go. Minis for ships, coubters for drones. No real point if the drone minis are going to overclutter the board right?
I guess thats personal, facts are personal. Sheesh

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 04:16 pm: Edit

Here i just found out one of my buddies in India is still alive. Overjoyed beyond belief. And now..... grrrr.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 05:34 pm: Edit

I do have to consider that you are the only one who ever asked for smaller drones. I also have to consider that yes, you DID SAY just what I said. QUOTE: "Then there is no point in me using them as we have counters, yes? "

And I take with a pound of salt these unknown friends who might buy the game if only that mean Steve Cole would give the players what Aaron Staley wants. I seriously wonder if anyone wants to be at a gaming table with someone who cannot behave in public.

When you say things like "But if you really dont want to, well there ya go." what does that say?

Does it say that you cannot or will not read what I wrote?

Does it say that you consistently LIE about what I wrote?

Does it say that you consistently respond to some fantasy in your head and not to what is actually happening?

I find it difficult to see the distinction or the difference in any of those things.

GO READ MY POST: "I have no dog in this fight" does not translate as "I don't want to" let alone as "everyone would get everything they want if only Steve Cole wasn't being mean to us." Neither does "I am not going to insist on it or block it."

Aaron, you have continually been insulting and personal and no one has treated you with the same disrespect. You have continually responded to things that never happened, insults that you only imagined, and the reverse of what I and others have said.

FORMAL WARNING: You have misquoted me, lied about me, stated that my position is the exact opposite of what I said it was, and I have had enough.

THE NEXT INFRACTION means a 30-day suspension from the BBS. The one after that is a one-year suspension. The one after that is a lifetime ban.
Do not lie about me again.
Do not misquote me again.
Do not ascribe to me positions that exist only in your fantasy.
BEHAVE LIKE A GROWNUP.

By Nick Samaras (Koogie) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 05:43 pm: Edit

I have scrapped some of the drones of the scatterpack models that I did not need on the shuttle sprues I bought and mounted them on small stands. Works well for scale but being able to tell the facing of the drone can be difficult without some notation on the stand.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 05:51 pm: Edit

@Nick, i use notations on my stands a lot. Looks pretty cool too.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Monday, November 16, 2020 - 07:19 pm: Edit

Just got a few more klinks todsy. C7k, c7vk, d5wk, f6k, and fd7k. Very impressed. Command module on fd7k could have been designed differently for my liking but very vety nice.

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 11:21 am: Edit

We just got word that Shapeways is setting up for Cyber Monday. We'll release ships on Sunday the 29th.

By Aaron Staley (Awwwdrat) on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 12:09 pm: Edit

That is COOOOL!!! Gimme Gimme.
Getting my Klink heavies today.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Saturday, November 28, 2020 - 08:46 pm: Edit

I have yet to see ANYTHING on the Shapeways site, their forum, or by e-mail regarding Cyber Monday. {sigh} They really need to take lessons from Jean on marketing and customer service. Seriously.


Garth L. Getgen

By Matthew Lawson (Mglawson) on Saturday, November 28, 2020 - 09:36 pm: Edit

They informed us shop owners they will send us marketing stuff on the 29th, which is the first time in a long time they've done that. So look for something tomorrow.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 12:42 am: Edit

So, just a one day lead time? Nice.


Garth L. Getgen

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 12:51 am: Edit

Typical of Shapeways. They love to spring surprises.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 02:24 am: Edit

I'd say "loan them Jean for a month to help them get their act together", but she'd probably end up in an insane asylum. That, or in jail after she Gibbs-smacks them all into a coma.


Garth L. Getgen

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 07:31 am: Edit

The first thing she would do is shut down their factory and move it out of NYC where the costs are astronomical into NJ where a better facility would cost 1/3 of the price. That would let them make a profit without raising prices.

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 02:49 pm: Edit

Shapeways will be doing something for customers starting on November 30 at 12:01 AM EST. I am in the office and starting to release ships.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 04:51 pm: Edit

https://www.shapeways.com/product/GHGEE3EW4/3788-scale-north-polar-snowman-dreadnought-srz?optionId=188206805&li=shops

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 06:00 pm: Edit

List of ships released on Shapeways, November 29, 2020
3788 Fed Classic Destroyer Escort-R (DER)
3125 Fed Classic Destroyer Escort-R (DER)
3788 Federation Destroyer Escort-R (DER)
3125 Federation Destroyer Escort-R (DER)
3788 Klingon D5WD Drone Bombardment Cruiser
3125 Klingon D5WD Drone Bombardment Cruiser
3788 Klingon D5WDK Drone Bombardment Cruiser
3125 Klingon D5WDK Drone Bombardment Cruiser
3788 Klingon D7E Survey Cruiser
3125 Klingon D7E Survey Cruiser
3788 Klingon D7EK Refitted Survey Cruiser
3125 Klingon D7EK Refitted Survey Cruiser
3788 Fed Classic Fast Fleet Scout (CFS)
3125 Fed Classic Fast Fleet Scout (CFS)
3788 Federation Fast Fleet Scout (CFS)
3125 Federation Fast Fleet Scout (CFS)
3788 Fed Classic Medium Cruiser (CM)
3125 Fed Classic Medium Cruiser (CM)
3788 Federation Medium Cruiser (CM)
3125 Federation Medium Cruiser (CM)
3788 Klingon D6D Drone Cruiser
3125 Klingon D6D Drone Cruiser
3788 Klingon D6DK Refitted Drone Cruiser
3125 Klingon D6DK Refitted Drone Cruiser
7000 Borak Fleet Core Collection
7000 Borak Fleet Builder Collection
7000 Lyran Cave Lion Battleship (BB)
3788 Lyran X-Ship Command Cruiser (CCX)
3125 Lyran X-Ship Command Cruiser (CCX)
3788 Lyran X-Ship Refitted Command Cruiser
3125 LDR X-Ship Command Cruiser (CCX)
3788 Hydran X-Ship Ranger-X Heavy Cruiser
3125 Hydran X-Ship Ranger-X Heavy Cruiser
3788 Hydran X-Ship Dragoon-X Heavy Cruiser
3125 Hydran X-Ship Dragoon-X Heavy Cruiser
3788 Neo-Tholian X-Ship Frigate (NFX)
3125 Neo-Tholian X-Ship Frigate (NFX)
3788 Neo-Tholian X-Ship Destroyer (NDX)
3125 Neo-Tholian X-Ship Destroyer (NDX)
3788 Borak Assault Cruiser (CAC)
3125 Borak Assault Cruiser (CAC)
3788 Borak Carrier (CV)
3125 Borak Carrier (CV)
3788 Borak Strike Carrier (CVS)
3125 Borak Strike Carrier (CVS)
3788 North Polar Snowman Dreadnought
3125 North Polar Snowman Dreadnought
3788 North Polar Snowman, Front Snowball
3125 North Polar Snowman, Front Snowball
3788 North Polar Snowman, Middle Snowball
3125 North Polar Snowman, Middle Snowball
3788 North Polar Snowman, Back Snowball
3125 North Polar Snowman, Back Snowball
7000 North Polar Fleet Core Collection