During my desperate chase of one of the Attack Wing Federation packs to balance out my set and the eve of what looks like it’s end times, I stumbled across what looks like the final clearance of AW stuff from Wizkids.
Today, the first of it arrived, two Dominion War starter sets….$12.50 U.S each with decent freight (about $85au all up with a third set yet to come “Ships of the Line”).
All up, I scored 7 sets, with only one useful repeat for about $250au, which in balance with selling a lot of older stuff for $300au, seems a decent recovery.
Ships of the Line, These are the Journeys, 2x Dominion War starters, Live Long and Prosper, Adversaries of the Delta Quadrant and Lost in the DQ. I managed Secrets of Tal Shiar, Blood Oath and the Dominion War II set from other sources locally, but missed some during my “down time” with AW (Resistance is Futile and the Motley Fleet with the Andorian Cruiser) and let some go that I cannot replace parts of (Starter set 2), but lots of stuff, lots.
The reality with AW is not the plastic, but the cards.
I feel blessed that I started looking around when I did because most of these are now gone. Two of these, These are the Voyages and Lost in the DQ are technically still coming to the parts outside the U.S, but I am not holding my breath pre-orders will come to anything.
It looks like Wizkids are clearing out, not continuing the line, so jump when you can.
Where will I end up?
The Original Series, gets a massive boost with a literal doubling of resources from the These are the Voyages, Live Long and Prosper and Blood Oath packs (a handful of cards).
My original pairing-back gave me one of each named ship in each faction against the Enterprise as a simple introductory or multi player game, Mirror Universe, Tholian, Klingon, Gorn and Romulan (2 ships).
The Feds for example now have the Enterprise and Intrepid (Vulcan), 2 captains, 5 crew, 7 elite (thanks to the Vulcan pack), 3 tech and 2 weapon (Photon Torps). Only the Vulcan Intrepid can take tech, but it adds a another dimension.
A solid offering. One or two ship games in AW, thanks in part to solid scenario cards can be absorbing, but once played, the best options tend to float to the top. More options means more “X” options to combat “Y” obstacles. It is a shame this series, the original was not also boosted by the TatV set. The ship is small enought to fit in the box and more choices would have been awesome and felt right.
The TOS Mirror universe is one of the few I have kept intact, so it has gained some upgrades from other periods with 2 captains, 2 elite, 1 tech, 4 crew (I added an Orion tac officer for fun and she looks right) and 2 weapon.
The Tholians now have 3 ships, the Romulans 2 Warbirds and the Algeron D-7, the Klingons get the G’roth, a D-7 and for fun and to add something to be their signature “thing”, a Kronos One (I have 2) as a hypothetical new K’Tinga flagship. It fits timeline wise, has the only 4 primary attack in the range, but moves less well than the D-7 making it feel like the “heavy” compromise.
The Kelvin timeline is also well boosted by re-purposed cards from other Mirror packs. On top of the dual sided crew, they have 4 tech, 3 elite and 5 weapon. The Klingons have 5 elite, 4 weapon, 4 crew and 1 tech. The larger Klingon elite choice makes up somewhat for the less impressive crew options.
The original Movies (TOM) is not my favourite period, but in some ways is back to where it was thanks in part to the “These are the Journeys” set. Most the cards I sold have been returned including Kirk as captain and admiral, most others have choices, plus 4 elite, 6 weapon, 6 tech.
The Klingons have lost Chang’s BOP expansion, but I have the Chang from Kronos One, and a generic B’Rel BOP, 3 elite, 3 crew, 3 tech and 4 weapon. I lament the generous spirit that sold the BOP, but there are the elements needed. .
The TNG “battle” and DS9 “skirmish” sets are huge, the Feds in particular are too many to list as is the Voyager set, which has doubled with the “Adversaries” and “Lost” sets and the earlier Enterprise period, the one I really wanted the TatV set for is fully rounded and quite huge with the Columbia, Hernandez and Hayes in his intended role.
I would like to fill some small holes and balance some sets, like more Andorians or Weapon Zero, but it is all done well enough and there are ways.
A precedent set by the various Trek series is also the cross-over potential of Species 8472, Tholians, Borg etc to cross time and dimensional borders, allowing for missing bits (Weapon Zero), to be replaced by an equivalent (Borg Sphere).
It is close to over, chasing elusive and unlikely options done for all intents and purposes, but I have more than enough.
Time to enjoy.