Squadron Box Pricing

[MongooseMatt]

Just to let everyone know, we have had to put the price of the Squadron box sets up to $39.99 / £29.99 (the latter including VAT).

This is something we knew we would have to do at some point, primarily due to the labour involved in creating these sets. We have held the lower price for as long as we can, in no small part due to players with the original Starline 2400 sets, who had always paid a little more than that for their models. Regrettably, the time has come to set them at a price point we can sustain over the next few years.

However, if you have already pre-ordered any squadron sets, the price has been locked for you, you won't be paying any more (and thank you for supporting us early on!). We are also currently locking the price of the Cloaked Romulan sets, so these will now be the same price as regular Squadron sets.

The rest of the A Call to Arms: Star Fleet range remains unaffected.

 

[billclo]

How would this only affect the price of Squadron boxes and not Fleet boxes as well?

 

[archon96]

for the higher price can we expect a little better quality control.

 

[H]

for the higher price can we expect a little better quality control.

ouch!

 

[MongooseMatt]

As it happens, yes...

 

[billclo]

If we can expect better QC and fewer defects to fix, then I can live with that. I find that I typically end up spending 45 min to 1 hour per mini to fix bubbles/sand misaligned parts, remove flash. If this is substantially reduced, it's worth paying more.

I only manage to build/paint one or maybe 2 minis a week due to lack of uninterrupted time, so any reduction in time spent can only increase my production rate.

 

[MongooseMatt]

I only manage to build/paint one or maybe 2 minis a week due to lack of uninterrupted time, so any reduction in time spent can only increase my production rate.

We'll do all we can to make building a mighty fleet easier!