Linear-A news & releases 2020 - 2024

[CliosPaintingBench]

Just to quickly add another opinion: I suppose the higher price point could be they're expecting to sell less units (they're specialised models - diorama pieces, specialised poses or character models, people don't need as many, hence probably less sales); as such to justify making these moulds they need to sell them at higher price points (the Games Workshop model, who deliberately price character models at a way higher point because they know they'll sell less of them, hence introducing a higher price point to maintain profit - is this ethical or 'right?' - whole other discussion) - making additional sprues on a mould costs peanuts, but recouping initial cost of investment on moulds can be tricky. 

End of the day though, whether it's profitable for them will be up to the free market; if consumers decide it's too expensive people just won't buy them, and if people accept them, they'll make money. I personally don't care for Napoleonics so I'm not the target audience so I'm even in the equation but relative costs in 1/72 is also compared to other discretionary income expenditures - computer games, the pub, sports. If a $1 snack I liked doubled 100% to $2 I might not care because it's nothing out of total percentage income, but a 100% increase on a Buggati is going to burn holes in the theoretical wallet. Money also has different value to different people, etc. 

[carlosfaro]

I see all your points for the Mini Boxes reasonable: they are specialist or coleccionist items, they expect less sells, we can support the producer on this product, as we Want LinearA tondo more stuff...OK..

But anyway after having developed a complete scuplts, a mould with all invest, and a box etc...I Believe se would have got in same box not 1 copy but 2 or 3 of the samw sprue...
Then It can maybe keep aT 5 eur (as the cost is not in the plástic itself but in the whole model and mould development..
Then 8 or 12 fig for 5 eur, if still expensive, seems to me less hard for the customer, gives some versatility or conversion potentíal and means little in terms of production yo Linear, making customer happier...
jist an oipinion.. Inedee as Owen said, It make a 50% less relative price in comparison..makes a Big difference

I like much LinearA and Bought many products, including three Ancient minisets. I Will but still many LinearA sets, but these Mini were for me a small abuse..

[Peter]

It wasn't my intention to start a big discussion here about these figures. But there are allways pro's and contra's for this kind of sets. And you get 48 figures in a normal set of Linear-A for almost 10 euro. So that is good.

Maybe it had been a better idea that they did it like Strelets, and give them as bonus figures in other sets.

[Misteredd]

Linear B announces Cimmerians, Lydians and Urartaians as opponents for their new Assyrians.

These topics were not touched ever! Great news for Antics Collectors.

[Michael Robert]

Hear, hear,
Until Linear A announced them I didn’t even know these people existed. Curious how they turn out. A history trip to the limits of today’s boundaries in archeology.
Need to keep an eye on them. There will be many conversion possibilities, and not just fantasy Cimmerians
Michael

[Misteredd]

Some new phalangists and fighting swordsmen published.

I wonder if there will be real fighting sarissa hoplites.

[Misteredd]

https://www.linear-a.de/new-master-figu ... rmal-sets/

[MABO]

And also a new Master for the #037 Neanderthal vs. Denisovan vs. Homo sapiens.

[Erich von Manstein]

After a somewhat longer break, some very nice updates from Linear-A again.

034 - Hellenistic Diadochi/Epigonoi, Ptolemaic Infantry Phalanx Set 1




045 - Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus, Infantry Allies/Mercenaries Set 2




Edit says:
Hey Mabo, almost synchronous posting.

[CliosPaintingBench]

I can't really tell the difference between Seleucid and Ptolemaic infantry, so that probably makes them historically accurate haha.

I've been waiting for that Celtic set for so long. I've got a combined order waiting as soon as it releases and there's finally a tick of progress. Please Linear A, I want to give you money, let me give you money.

[Chariobaude]

I can't really tell the difference between Seleucid and Ptolemaic infantry, so that probably makes them historically accurate haha.

I've been waiting for that Celtic set for so long. I've got a combined order waiting as soon as it releases and there's finally a tick of progress. Please Linear A, I want to give you money, let me give you money.

i want give my money too !!
Please Linear, i'm waiting for your Justinian troops since last september, i can't wait !!

[linear-A]

Hi Chariobaude,
don't worry about the Justinian troops, we are already in the process of asking our specialist books and our archaeological friends about the uniforms.
We start with the Nika revolt, unfortunately we will not publish all master figures because we are making this set an age rating of 18 and over.
Cheers
linear-A

[Félix]

For my part I find myself in the same situation as Owen. Waiting for the Celtic set to go on sale to place a combined order.

Regarding the aforementioned differences between the Hellenistic armies of the Epigonoi, there probably would not be many, and there would be many similarities.

This will not prevent Linear from giving a lot of money to be able to get the two armies.

[Chariobaude]

Hi Chariobaude,
don't worry about the Justinian troops, we are already in the process of asking our specialist books and our archaeological friends about the uniforms.
We start with the Nika revolt, unfortunately we will not publish all master figures because we are making this set an age rating of 18 and over.
Cheers
linear-A

Music for my ears ! Thank you very much for exploring all of these industry blind spots, with such skill, and and thank you for taking the time to answer, it's really nice !

[Erich von Manstein]

Excellent looking Greeks previewed today.
031 - Peloponnesian War, The Army of Athens Set 1 Sicilian Expedition 415-413 BC

[steve_pickstock]

Sweet!

[Bluefalchion]

The spears are comically short though, correct? Otherwise they look very good.

[Félix]

They seem like great figures to me.
I would love for the rest of the poses in other figures to serve to form a phalanx in combat.

[Howlin]

I really like all these phalanx sets and the mercenaries one most cool.

These look great, and I hope the spears will be cast in (do you think that is the plan>? I hear it's hard to make it straight that way though, or any method)

I am not much of a historian I just love the aesthetics, and it seems these early phalanx sets are very similar and almost interchangeable. For some diversity.

I hope to collect all the ancient ones, its really cool they are producing at this detail and attention to history. Some of this Bronze Age stuff is just awesome. I just picked up the Samnite warriors set, what a time period for style!

[Erich von Manstein]

First master of another new set revealed today.

038 - Romes early period 6th century BC The Roman Army under King Servius Tullius