My Pulls on the New Set

[A&A Member]

I got 3 boosters and a starter yesterday. I opened the starter and saw that they put the units on the front. I needed a T-34/76 for my Soviet Armor. I only bought the starter for the Cromwell IV, T-34/76, and the Panzer III.

Booster 1: The first booster I opened was probably the best out of the three. I pulled out a SU-85, a Vickers Machine Gun Team, a Renault R-35, Bazooka, and a Canadian Infantrymen. The SU-85 was much needed in my Soviet Army as well as the Renault.

Booster 2: The second booster had some good stuff. I pulled out a SturmPanzer IV Brummbar, T-34/76, Commisar, Bazooka, and MAS Rifle.

Booster 3: This booster surprised me a lot. I pulled out a Mistubishi A6M Zero Fighter, another T-34/76, Red Devil Captain, Panzerfaust, and Ariska Rifle.

[horacus]

2 T34/76, good pool.

[FNG]

Guys,
Last night I got to bust open a new case of the 1939-45 set. Here is what to expect, probably typical pulls. I will be opening two more today, but have had no time thus far.
The Axis pulls were in the minority
Soldiers: C and UC
6 GE, 6 JP, 3 IT total 15pcs
Vehicles: UC and R
1 IT, 2 JP, 6 GE total 9 pcs
Caro Armato, Chi-Ha, Ha-Go, PZ IV Ausf. F2, Pz III Ausf. F, Stug III Ausf. D, SD Kfz 251, Tiger I, King Tiger
For the Allies in the Majority
Soldiers: C and UC
6 US, 6 SU, 4 UK, 2 FR, 3 CN total 21 pcs
Vehicles: UC and R
2 FR, 1 CN, 4 UK, 5 US, 3 SU total 15 pcs
IL-10 Sturmovik, T-34/76, T-70, M18 GMC, M26 Pershing,
M5 Half-Track, P-51D Mustang, M4A1 Sherman, Valentine I, Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I, Cromwell IV, Humber Scout Car, Sherman VC-17 Pounder, Renault R-35, Panhard ET Levassor P 178
I'm still not sure if I want to convert to the new scale change, as I have all of the mini's from previous sets in multiples. The actual 15mm scale is excellent, but most of my battle maps are of the 2" hex size and these miniature tanks just wont work. The visual difference is even more glaring than the previous sets scale differences.
I am probably going to trade off or sell all of the Soldier type units, if anyone is interested. Check my Trade page and they will be listed soon.
FNG-out

[Richter von Manthofen]

Actually condensing it you got 2 of each common and 1 of each uncommon - point no need to print that - no surprise

4 rare Axis 8 rare Allies

Again no surprise as there are 16 rare Allies slots and 8 Axis allies Slots, so you got half each side...

It seems not much randomness here ...

/BTW Tiger I + Tiger II in one pull is great/

OTOH you got both rare that are also in the fixed Starter (Cromwell + Pz IIIF)

[kurtgish]

Here were my pulls of "rares" from one sealed case of (12) boosters, where you get 1 rare per booster. My pulls were more evenly distributed than you'd expect by chance, in that I got 12 of 24 rares, with no duplicates (you have a 96.5% chance of at least 1 duplicate, when pulling 12 randoms out of a pool of 24, with replacement). But my Allies/Axis spread was different from RvM's above.

Thank you WotC for spreading them out (or I just got very lucky):

1 Cromwell IV
0 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I
1 Valentine I
0 Sherman VC 17-Pounder
1 Char B1-bis
0 Somua S-35
1 IL-10 Sturmovik
0 IS-2 Model 1944
1 KV-1
1 Su-85
1 T-26B
1 M18 GMC
1 M26 Pershing
1 M3 Light Tank
1 M4A3 (105) Sherman
0 P-51D Mustang
0 Jagdpanther
0 Junkers JU 87G Stuka
0 King Tiger
0 Panzer III Ausf. F
0 Sturmpanzer IV “Brummbär”
0 Tiger I
0 Mitsubishi A6M Zero
1 Type 97 Chi-Ha

[Fleet_Admiral_PF]

I got a starter and a booster, my booster was not bad.

M3 Stuart(nice)
Carro Armato M13/40(crappy paint but w/e)
Stalwart Lt.
Arisaka Rifle
Canadian Infantrymen

[fr3d]

I got a case, but have only opened 8 boosters thus far. My rares were:
Sherman VC
IS-2
Spitfire :D
Somua S-35
Valentine 1
Pz III
Tiger
King Tiger

I got majority allies aswell...

[FNG]

I finally made time to open the remainder of the three cases of boosters I received, Monday. I delayed the process out as long as I could, but they are fun to open.
The only Miniatures I did not pull are rares, the SU-85 22/60, FR Somua S-35 15/60 and the GE Jagdpanther 38/60
The first case opened, I covered in an earlier post in this thread.
Second Case Pulls:
21 Allied Soldier units
16 Allied Vehicle Units; IL-10 Sturmovik, Panhard Levassor, Humber Scout Car, Valentine I, P-51D Mustang, M4A3 (105) sherman, M4A1 sherman, T-70, M26 Pershing, Renault R-35, IS-2, Sheerman VC 17 Pndr, T-34/76, M3 Light Tank, KV-1, M5 Halftrack,
15 Axis Soldier Units
8 Axis Vehicle Units; Ha-Go, Chi-Ha, Carro Armato, Panzer IV Ausf. F2, Junkers JU 87G Stuka, SD Kfz 251, Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar, Stug III Ausf. D
Third Case Pulls:
21 Allied Soldier Units
13 Allied Vehicle Units; M18 GMC, T-34/76, Char B1, M4A1 Sherman, M4A3 (105), Cromwell IV, P-51D Mustang, Humber Scout Car, Renault R-35, Panhard Levassor, M5 Halftrack, T-26B, T-70
15 Axis Soldier Units
11 Axis Vehicle units; King Tiger, SD Kfz 251, Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar, Panzer IV Ausf. F2, Tiger I, Junkers JU 87G Stuka, Stug III Ausf. D, Carro Armato M13/40, Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Ha-Go, Chi-Ha
As I said in my earlier post, I like the newness of the mini's, but I'm not in love with the scale change. After five sets of uneven scale, I kinda grew into them and apreciated what they represented. This new scale has no place alongside the old vehicle mini's, they look way off when mixed. I guess I fit in the Collector niche and I also play the game ocasionally. I try and play every Friday night, but mostly we have been into War at Sea lately. I'm sure this Friday will be a good show and tell with the new release and all.
FNG-out