Unboxing: Robotech RPG Tactics Box Set
March 25, 2015 by dignity
The UEDF/Zentraedi war reaches the Beasts of War studio as the Robotech RPG Tactics Box Set gets unboxed. Not only that we've got Carmen who worked on the game in with us to assist with the unboxing.
This starter set from Palladium Books & Ninja Division for 2 or more players includes both the United Earth Defense Force (UEDF) and the Zentraedi Armada, it's designed to be a fast paced game much like the TV show.
UEDF or Zentraedi, which is your choice?
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Got a chance to have a look at this while in the studio, it looks a very fun game from what Carmen was telling me. Thumbs up!
Nice to see the retail boxed set in the plastic, as it were. I better not let my kids see this, however – my youngest loves anything with giant robots in it!
Still have my copy of the Palladium Robotech RPG. Stuck on the fence on this one. Would LOVE to see BoW cover Spartans Planetside!
you mean Firestorm: Planetfall?
Can’t believe you’re giving this company air time.
You only have to follow the kickstarter to realise this game’s dead on arrival due to Palladium Books ego and arrogance.
Excellent, i’ve looking forward to this for a long long time. I watched Robotech like crazy when i was younger and recently re-watched the whole entire macross series again. Any idea of a release date?
Carman why didn’t we crack this open at the bootcamp haha!!
yeah that would have been so cool, Carmen was a great laugh to chat too
I wasn’t a fan of the television show but watching this unboxing I like the look of the product. I’d like to see the finished models and a play through of the game. Not sure I’ll pick this game up but I’m more interested than I was yesterday.
Do a search for pictures online. These figures would have been crap in the 80s. The sprue layout is laughable. The piece count per miniature is freaking rediculous, a lot of the parts are stupid small and break before you even get them off the sprue, the seam lines are in obvious places that you can’t get to in order to clean them up and they all have terrible fixed poses. You should not have to spend weeks gluing tiny pieces together in order to play a game from a starter box. And especially not when there was no need… Read more »
Build them are just a pain with all those needless parts. It just sad when you consider that Ninja Division makes Relic Knights which are so easy to put together. So that means Palladium Books forced them to make this as cheap, and hard to put together, as possible. Another thing to hate Palladium for.
No they probably just left it up to the factory, your post assumes Palladium can design a spru, let alone a bad one on purpose
I’ve built a largelarge Robotech model and the sprue was almost the same. It looks like they just shrunk down the larger model sprue for the minis… Too many small pieces unfortunately.
Personally, I think they look pretty good once assembled.
I also notice that most of the negative comments about this game are coming from people who don’t own it and are basing their opinion from things they have read or seen online, while those of us who actually own and have assembled the game seem to be satisfied with it. Maybe you need to find someone who owns it so that you can see it in person?
I took a peek at the Kickstarter Forums for this game, there is not much nice being said about the game or the company there. furthermore I bought the game on clearance from a local store and I still say its garbage.
as to this video my big main issue is with how they did not do research into the product itself and went by Carmen doing the unboxing, I think they should assemble the figs first then let us know what they think.
Oh. And I don’t know if you’re aware. But Palladium Books have a reputation for making promise after promise and breaking them time after time. They also have a reputation for unbalanced games and corner cutting.
Bugger. Replied to the wrong post.
Lol
I have looked at the sprues and built a few models.
Utter rubbish.
Er… I own the game. The figures are garbage.
I’m all for multi piece figures but not this many pieces at this scale when it isn’t needed. And especially not when it’s a starter box.
They say the parts are how they are to preserve detail, yet they split the parts that don’t need it and don’t split the parts that do. Not to mention the seam lines could have very easily been hidden. Oh, and the inconsistencies between the various Valkyrie modes is a bit laughable. Rounded legs and flat legs… er what.
I’d like to see the Beasts paint some up and do a demo.
This has become my playgroup’s go to game. Half of us are old school Robotech/Macross fans and have been dying for a game.
Also..there is a 3rd faction…The Malcontents, who use a mixture of mecha from both sides.
Which are mentioned….shows me for posting before watching…..
That’s one hell of a box and a LOT of plastic crack too! I am impressed.
I bought into the kickstarter, really want to be excited about the game. I liked what I saw in my initial read through of the rules (except for the melee rules, those were just silly wasteful and I plan on ignoring them) I love Macross and the Robotech property but just can’t build up the ambition to build all the UEDF figs. (the Zentradi are now in the queue for priming… along with my other 800 assembled figs) also for any scale purists Robotech and Dropzone are actually not the same scale but in general its close enough (I bought… Read more »
I just got the starter set Monday. I like the rule simple with out being a waste of time. The models are something of a mixed bag. The Zentradi pods are generally easy to build and enjoyable to put together. The UEDF minatures are another issue. They are mid to advanced level builds due to their size. Some individual parts are literally the size of the head of a ball point pen. The biggest issue is the poor instructions for assembly. None of the parts are labeled in any fashion. You are given one picture of how to build a… Read more »
Small world… I just spent over between 1-2 hours cutting and glueing 3 models, I guardian and 2 battloid`s. And most of my fingers too…!!!! But looking at them now with a simple white primer spray.. I`m very happy how cool I have them looking in there pose`s. I have 6 battle pods painted sitting on a drop zone commander tile. And there are looking good… the theme music is in my head and when I see the models they spring to life. Alot of game systems don`t have that feel…. The rules are good, a simple read, and it… Read more »
The miniatures are NOT crap. I pledged to their Kickstarter after being a massive fan of the Super Dimensional Fortress Macross OVA. I only received my miniatures two weeks ago and while it took Palladium some time to get their product out, they were not a miniatures manufacturer before this product. The miniatures themselves are very complex and do take a while to put together, but that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying the game. This is only the first print run of the game and I imagine that there will be a rejigging of the sprues to make them easier… Read more »
Baccus and Adler do superbly detailed 6mm miniatures.
these mechs are the same as the old battletech mechs
I had a ton of this stuff arrive a couple of weeks ago, but I haven’t got around to looking at it after all the highs and lows of the KS campaign.
I’m now a lot more interested after watching the video – time to open the boxes…
Thanks, Justin!
I love that anime and i even have the Macross 7 Trash Manga, i recommend it 100% for anyone that wants to see an amazing 80’s anime.
As I’m watching this, all I can think to myself is “Warhammer!”, “Stinger!”, “Marauder!” or “Archer!” and such. Personally I wish FASA had properly gotten the rights to the images so we could still call these as such in Battletech.
Ahh, nostalgia.
To be honest, I’ll probably get more use out of a few of the minis from this as Warhammers, Riflemen, Archers & Longbows than I will as actual Robotech/Macross minis. Shame really…
I received mine here in the states a while back. Those that talk about about a “fiasco” on Kickstarter are referring to the few “gatekeepers” with unrealistic expectations. Palladium did the rules, ND did the models and HG (900lb gorilla) enforced their IP (just use Prodos as an example of what that is like). It’s not like they (P & ND) could change models “at-will”. Of all the KS that I have backed, only 1 was ever on time but they cheated and had it in production before the start of the KS (Zombicide). For me, receiving Wave 1 was… Read more »
Someone mention the RK Minis… TBH they are not easy to put together and they are not highly detailed, most the the normal human mini have no faces…. at all! Seriously disapointed!
Now for this, i’d consider picking this up and giving it a try!
I backed this as Macross: Do You Remember Love was one of the first films (not anime, FILMS) that I rembered watching when i was younger, and I subsequently became a Robotech fan whilst at Uni (if nothing else pick up the novels – they dial down the cheese factor and add in a huge dose of politics, darkness and character development). Palladium havn’t done themselves any favours with how they managed the post-Kickstarter process on this one, which is a shame as the box is very nice, the rulebook gorgeous full-colour (and if it’s missing anything for a first… Read more »
I’ve had these boxes since before X-mas and have managed to assemble a Squad of Valkyries and a squad of battlepods. They’re definitely a chore to get through, but they look excellent once assembled. Now if only I could convince myself to paint them…
Neither.
The minis are rubbish. Pure and simple.
They look like the bad plastic soldiers i played with as a kid 25 years ago. I am a huge Robotech/macross fan, and i am sad that it looks this bad.
always been a big fan of your unboxing videos and tutorials and such, but I’m questioning if I want to watch anymore after this pile of utter rubbish, the only positive thing is I was not in the KickStarter for this game since I missed out, did pick up a copy of the game on clearance and once getting it, realized why it was on clearance, the models are poorly designed the rules are not designed for massive combat, and it would take several weeks if not a month to have an army completed for a game, furthermore, there are… Read more »
I’ve read elsewhere that they couldn’t get the licensing to do proper “miniatures” and could only do small scale “model kits” and also have seen many claims that they were laid out like that to preserve the detail. I don’t see much point in “preserving detail” if your mold lines/joins are going to be so blatant and ugly, myself.
I was super excited for this game at first, but I’m glad I stayed out of it. Even if I had it, I’d end up playing it with figures produced by other companies and probably a different scale.