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Post by Ortwin K on Jan 1, 2020 14:16:30 GMT
Hi,
it would be glad from HäT if they'd clear the following sets out of their list, cause it doesn't seem there's happening anything and other manufacturers are quenched doing sets for this themes which is a bit disappointing.
greek Hoplites sassanid Cataphracts sassanid Elephant pyrrhic Elephant
carthaginian Sacred Band Byzantines Baggage Camels Thanks and a good new year, Ortwin
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Post by minuteman on Jan 2, 2020 9:19:43 GMT
Hi,
it would be glad from HäT if they'd clear the following sets out of their list, cause it doesn't seem there's happening anything and other manufacturers are quenched doing sets for this themes which is a bit disappointing.
greek Hoplites sassanid Cataphracts sassanid Elephant pyrrhic Elephant
carthaginian Sacred Band Byzantines Baggage Camels Thanks and a good new year, Ortwin
Yes, I think I'll second this sentiment; although I'd keep the Sassanid items on the list since this 'range' has already started. Better, I think, to post forthcoming sets when there is a reasonable chance of them arriving with customers within, say, 6 months or less of the announcement. Some of these items have been listed for many years and have not advanced at all eg: Byzantines.
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Post by devonian on Jan 2, 2020 10:40:39 GMT
Yes I totally agree. We have been waiting for these sets for over a decade now in most cases so it would be great to see some progress. I hope Hat take note and we`ll see some movement in 2020 and finally these sets will be realized in the not too distant future.
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Post by Alcibiades300 on Jan 6, 2020 12:49:26 GMT
Hi Hät (and Otwin),
Instead of clearing the mentioned sets I would prefer that you start producing one or more of these interesting and long awaited sets!
I would like to start buing them as soon as they appear in (online) stores.
Kind regards, Alcibiades300
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Post by Ortwin K on Jan 6, 2020 14:19:33 GMT
Hi,
well it's not the thing i don't want them - there was just no movement for a (partially very-) long time. I would buy each and not just one times. But when asked, the answer was, that there's no current plan for them.
That's why i asked for something more decisive, cause gaps don't get filled from others if there's someone who says he will do. Well, at least the already begun sassanid range might get done.
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Post by devonian on Jan 7, 2020 10:50:32 GMT
There are certainly one or two other companies that would most likely make sets such as Byzantines and other Ancient sets if Hat dropped their announced but never made sets- to this list we could also add several WW1 sets such as 8306 Artillery limber , 8238 Austrian Mortar and 8239 French Trench gun which have seen no progress for many years and are unlikely to be made anytime soon. I can think of another company that might make these sets otherwise.
A look at the list of upcoming sets from Hat shows that apart from the ACW it is exclusively Napoleonic. No doubt there are good financial considerations behind this but at least Hat might come clean and admit they have no plans to make any new Ancient sets in the near future and that WW1 and other eras have low priority.
Sassanid Elephant and Cataphracts should be made to complete the range and maintain some credibility and the Baggage Camels would sell very well and could be produced very quickly using some poses from existing sets plus a few new ones with various items of baggage.
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Post by Malcolm on Jan 7, 2020 11:15:51 GMT
I think that the publishing of "Lists" of future sets is like "Staking a Claim". The problem here is that other companies may see these lists and avoid the eras since there are only so many "Buyers" out there and the market is limited. So these lists scares off the opposition but when the sets never get made it just leaves glaring gaps that make rounding out an era-war-campaign etc. just impossible. My current interest is the SYW and I would like to see some progress on the Prussian Artillery.
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Post by paulomayor on Jan 14, 2020 17:49:46 GMT
Hello everybody!
I am also waiting for the Byzantines. I have the three sets of Orion. Not great, but useful. I would like Hat to launch a Byzantine set promised for years.
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Post by bongman on Jan 16, 2020 20:10:00 GMT
Manufacturers make the same sets all the time. Some companies made the Republican Romans even after Hat made theirs so I see no "staking a claim". Maybe the other companies are waiting for Hat to make theirs first to see if they sell. Byzantines have already been made by other companies. Hat is making Greeks after others made them and Greeks are made by everyone. I don't see staking the claim by other companies either.
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Post by Ironsides on Jan 16, 2020 23:52:29 GMT
Maybe the other companies are waiting for Hat to make theirs first to see if they sell.
I think thats a very likely scenario....
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