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[Aetes Nakatomi]

My HBS merchandise is bloody epic, I got the flight jacket level.

I have a feeling that any items they offer will be similar to the last set, hats, key rings, patches, pin badges and such. But instead of just the IS houses it will include the major clans. If they do models I would be surprised (happily surprised).

[process]

Sorry for the bump, but I couldn't find a more recent thread.

https://battletechgear.com/

The HBS crowdfunding store was online for a really brief window sometime last week. From what I can recall, the merch being offered included the following items. We should expect all of these items and their prices to be tentative.

• ~10" resin MWO Atlas statue, as seen in photos from Mechcon. Someone else managed to catch the listing here: http://www.neogaf.co...&postcount=1303

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Atlas Resin Sculpture




$180.00 Ends: December 19, 2016

17 / 500 Minimum Order Quantity

At almost 10” tall, this highly detailed, massive, limited-edition, resin statue of the Atlas `Mech will dominate your desk or shelf. Customize this monster to be your own! Select which Noble House emblem you want on the shoulders of the ultimate statue of the king of the battlefield.


Projected Ship Month June 2017

• IS House banners, same as the Kickstarter ones, but sold as a set.
  
• Clan banners. Wolf, Jade Falcon, Ghost Bear, Smoke Jaguar, and I want to say Nova Cat. Also sold as a set. The faction symbols were not the originals, but reinterpretations similar to MWO's initial set; the Ghost Bear one was a little silly.
  
• Hoodies, with a choice of IS House and Clan symbols.

Hopefully the site will go live soon. Not sure I'll pull the trigger on any of the initial offerings, but it's always exciting to see new Battletech merch.

Edited by process, 18 December 2016 - 09:46 PM.

[Star Captain a e s t h e t i c]

Any pictures of the clan banners? Specifically the ghost bear logo reinterpretation?

[process]

I didn't think to download anything unfortunately.

[xengk]

photo of the Atlas Sculpture from Mech con, taken by TheStrider
https://mwomercs.com...09#entry5523609

[MeiSooHaityu]

Battletech Gear is now open for business...
https://battletechgear.com/

I think I may need to get myself a hoodie. I kind of hope they add the Mercenary logo (Atlas Head).

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 19 December 2016 - 11:09 AM.

[Rekkon]

I seriously want Jade Falcon swag and would probably have purchased two of the banner packs, but I just cannot tolerate what they did to the Clan logos. The House updates were minor; the Clan ones certainly are not. Smoke Jaguar looks like a freaking Haunter Pokemon.

[C E Dwyer]

1000 atlases have to be pre ordered or it doesn't happen.

Same with the other goods, I think the minimum required is 1500-2500 for the other items

I was thinking of a hoodie but that became a no thanks when I saw it has MWO on the sleeve, I was hoping for HBS logo items, more than anything else.

Once I realised the money isn't going solely to H.B.S I lost all interest

[Barantor]

I looked at the hoodie too, but it was a no go for me because it is t-shirt material instead of sweatshirt.

[TercieI]

Barantor, on 19 December 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:

I looked at the hoodie too, but it was a no go for me because it is t-shirt material instead of sweatshirt.

I live in Florida. That was a selling point for me.

[Imperius]

I'm waiting to get home because off the top of my head I don't know my CC info

[Bombast]

Nice!

Nothing for me on the first pass of stuff, but I'll keep checking. Crossing my fingers for Urbanmech/Atlas statues!

[CK16]

Cathy, on 19 December 2016 - 01:45 PM, said:

1000 atlases have to be pre ordered or it doesn't happen.

Same with the other goods, I think the minimum required is 1500-2500 for the other items

I was thinking of a hoodie but that became a no thanks when I saw it has MWO on the sleeve, I was hoping for HBS logo items, more than anything else.

Once I realised the money isn't going solely to H.B.S I lost all interest

No offense, but petty mech?

[process]

Rekkon, on 19 December 2016 - 01:24 PM, said:

I seriously want Jade Falcon swag and would probably have purchased two of the banner packs, but I just cannot tolerate what they did to the Clan logos. The House updates were minor; the Clan ones certainly are not. Smoke Jaguar looks like a freaking Haunter Pokemon.

Hah, that's the one I mistook for Ghost Bear. So spooky!

[Jay Leon Hart]

*ahem*

MOTHER FRACKIN NOVA CAT?!

*ahem*

Pre-ordering

[Revis Volek]

MeiSooHaityu, on 19 December 2016 - 11:07 AM, said:

Battletech Gear is now open for business...
https://battletechgear.com/

I think I may need to get myself a hoodie. I kind of hope they add the Mercenary logo (Atlas Head).

Dunno if there is anyway to contact them and let them know of this, but adding Merc, Loyalist, and Freelancer much like we have in the MWO would im sure just increase orders with more options.


I would love to see just ComStar stuff and maybe even Word of Blake logos, would just increase options and potentially get us to 2500 that much easier.

[Alan Davion]

I hope it's just me, but putting up this site just a week before Christmas seems like a very bad idea.

The "Heavy Gear Dreadnoughts" table top game kickstarter by Dream Pod 9/Fusion Core Studios folded for exactly this reason. That was started like a week before Black Friday and was canceled on the 5th of December.

With so few orders placed so far, and requiring so, so many, especially for the hoodies, doesn't bode well for this venture.

[I L L]

$200 USD for a 3d printed statue? I was really excited for these but that is horrendously over priced.

[Bombast]

IllMentalState, on 19 December 2016 - 04:37 PM, said:

$200 USD for a 3d printed statue? I was really excited for these but that is horrendously over priced.

That's pretty standard pricing for statues, probably towards the cheaper side of the equation. The cost is mostly in man hours painting.

If you think that's bad... oh boy. Should see how much the super high end DC/Marvel/Movie licensed statues go for. There's one company I check out from time to time to torture myself to sells those bad boys for 500 bucks, at the least, and up to a 2 grand for the more intricate stuff.

[I L L]

Bombast, on 19 December 2016 - 04:41 PM, said:

That's pretty standard pricing for statues, probably towards the cheaper side of the equation. The cost is mostly in man hours painting.

If you think that's bad... oh boy. Should see how much the super high end DC/Marvel/Movie licensed statues go for. There's one company I check out from time to time to torture myself to sells those bad boys for 500 bucks, at the least, and up to a 2 grand for the more intricate stuff.

If that's the case they would have more luck selling them unpainted. That's over $260 Canadian. People complain about mech pack prices as it is.