RE: AOG B5 Miniatures- Are they to scale

On AoG's web site they say they have 3 scales for their ships, fighter
scale, cruiser scale and cap ship scale.  Personally I wish they would
bring out a fourth scale - small fighter scale.  I prefer the Valiant-Ft
mini size fighters as a cluster of them look much better against the
larger ships than do the single larger fighters.  I sent them mail about
this and a few other things but have not heard back from them.

Yes you can use them with B5 Wars, just do what we do and don't use
hexes.

David Best

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>From:	C-Dog[SMTP:osiris1@home.com]
>Sent:	Wednesday, April 15, 1998 9:59 PM
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Subject:	Re: AOG B5 Miniatures- Are they to scale
>
>Yeah, the re-sculpted models are really cool, but I think the same guy
>who does scale for the Micromachines does the AOG stuff. ;)
>
>"Hmmm. Since fighters are small but look neat, let's make the models
>HUGE! And since the cruisers are big already, let's leave 'em the same
>size. Now, let's go make some AT-ATs as small as landspeeders!"
>
>
>Tom McCarthy wrote:
>> 
>> I think it's safe to say that AOG didn't really think out their
initial
>> miniature line.
>> 
>> The fighters are in scale to other fighters.
>> The Hyperion might be in scale to similar sized ships (Vorchan ?).
>> The Omega is likely in scale to similar sized ships (G'Quon, Sharlin
?).
>> 
>> Bigger ships are bigger (but not representatively bigger) than
smaller
>>ships.
>> 
>> For those who played B5Wars, you already new there was the potential
for
>> problems if you used anything other than counters to play.  Not only
are
>> hexes too small for all but the smallest ships, but the rules can
lead to
>> stacking and can reward it.	Now the G'Quon and Omega don't even fit
into a
>> hex, or even two hexes on some grids.
>> 
>> Bottom line:  These are a notch better than Micro Machines as
collectibles,
>> but are becoming even less suitable as playing pieces.  They could
never be
>> considered playing pieces for AOG's game.
>> Tom + Dana McCarthy
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