I'm going to start my "construct all the things" project with the Robotech Starter Box:
It's a big box!
And this is what it looks like when you open it up:
So many sprues - so badly packed
UEDF Sprues
The sprues are colored to the different factions so if you don't feel like painting them it's probably not going to impact too majorly on your gaming experience. And where you have sprues you also have bases. These have little direction markings on them and a tab to show the rear side of the base. Which does completely ruin any chance of making them unique, but, whatever....
Base
There is of course a full colour rule-book:
Full colour art
Fluff
Also included in the box are the squad building cards and unit cards. The squad building cards list what particular units you can take in each squad, as well as they're possible upgrades. The unit building cards list each of the unit characteristics and any special rules they may have.
Squad Card
Unit Card
And all the other little ancillaries that come with these starter sets:
Advertising
More Advertising
Instructions
Instructions
More instructions
And Decals
Some dice, markers...
and a very nice template
In conclusion, you're getting a lot of stuff for your $90-$100, the only issue is the quality. I've started putting some of these things together and to be honest they're not the best. Mold lines are prevalent through-out and it's very hard to get things to line up and seal correctly. And the detail isn't particularly crisp. I'm aiming to have all of the UEDF constructed in the next couple of weeks and get some games in with them to see how they go. I'll pop another article up once I do that.
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