Unboxing: Heavy Gear Blitz Southern Starter Army

Another Shiny box... no new box smell though!

Well now it's time for the other Starter set to spill it's beans. This time I'm going to lay bare the contents of the Southern Army Starter Kit. Much of what I said for the Northern Army Starter Kit unboxing is applicable to this box set too. Especially my comments about the price of them at Wayland Games. I think though Dream Pod 9 have sort of given themselves a difficult task 'selling' the game and concept. Not because what they've done is inherently unsaleable, it's not. But, when you look round at other Sterter Set's / Kits you'll see prices in the range of �20 to �30. Now you probably get half as much in those starter sets as you do with the Heavy Gear Blitz Starters... it's just that in our consumer addled brains now, that's the price point (�20 to �30) you expect to see. So they're swimming against the tide of perceived market wisdom I guess here in Europe... however, just look at the sexy Gears! Whereas the Northern Gears are all boxy retro 80's stomp machines the Southern Gears are slightly more rounded 90's anime Gears. I like the look of both to be honest with you, but people like me I guess have to help Dream Pod 9 with their task of convincing you lot that �78 for a box full of sexy Gears is well worth it. Which, it is:
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