Mantic Close In On Final Days Of DreadBall 2nd Edition Kickstarter
August 3, 2016 by brennon
Mantic Games have been closing in on the final few days of their DreadBall 2nd Edition Kickstarter and this means new models for this revamp of the game. We kick things off with their new team, the Matsudan...
The Matsudan are their awesome sumo characters that have joined the league to crush you. Despite their immense weight they look like they have a fair bit of speed to them too. They are being led by their Captain who also looks excellent.
Other teams aren't missing out either as the Yndij have got themselves a Captain model too.
I really like the look of these Captains with the elaborate armour standing out from the rest of their team. The Samurai mask on the Matsudan however makes him the better of the two I reckon.
We also have the Sports Robots of course who you can pick up in more numbers.
Commenting on all of this we have some adornment for the side of the DreadBall pitch with Elmer & Dobs. You can just imagine them chortling in the background as one of the players gets turned into paste on the pitch.
You can go and check out the various Stretch Goals for the game over on their Kickstarter Page. As well as Jack giving you all manner of accessories for your existing teams the Striker Pledge comes packed with SO many models and other bits and pieces too.
Have you been drawn in by this Kickstarter to pledge for the new edition?
Drop your thoughts below!
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The commentators look good.
I’m trying to figure out how I can make them look like Statler and Waldorf
I really want to get into this game but I have always had the worst luck with mantic minis. I’m not great with my hands and when I got deadzone 1st ed the mound lines on all the figures were so hard to remove and in horrible places. When I finished trying to remove them, my minis looked awful and I had to bin the lot really. Don’t want to invest in this and get burnt again. Which is a pity as I really like the look of this, especially the sumo guys and the commentators.
@Gazky
Mantic quality have drastricly improved since the fist mini for deadzone/dreadball where produced.
if you can just take a look (in a store or at your club) at:
-the brooks team and compare to the forge fathers team, practicly no cleaning was needed (in my case at least) and they come in one piece (except for two that you can customize)
-the ada lorana, which are just beautiful, the all team took me an hour to complete (painted with wash…)
-the new enforcers sprues (the guns look nice with crisp détails which was not the case in the fist “restic” enforcers…)
I don’t really like this Kickstarter. The Jack level is priced to be really unattractive, with no freebies, goodies or anything. It’s a middle finger raised to existing players and those that backed the first time around.
I’m in because I still play Dreadball and want to see them get it right; but I’ll think long and hard before getting into another Mantic game. Poor show.
Well, it is $94.94 worth of stuff for $45. The two books on their own cost more that the actual pledge itself and there weren’t any models added as existing players stated that they didn’t want any.
@ Somegeezer – I’m kinda with you on that. I have no interest in yet more teams (particularly the Yndij and Matsudan), but the jack pledge is only any use if you play Dreadball only. If you play Ultimate, well tough luck – you MUST get the striker pledge, as there is no add-on, or upgrade pack coming. @ Gazky – Mantic board games are moving toward single piece figures, more like those of Loka – and they were pretty good. The newer ones I have had recently are even better. As they are single piece, they tend to need… Read more »