Those still have the factory protective plastic on the faces of them. Take a look at any plastic set and they're very different with the protective stuff still on.

Ack, be careful what you wish for! Those are going to be on extended armatures from the slingshot mechs. Take a look at any Scared Stiff and see what the weight of the boogey men have done to the slingshot mech. They're just rubber finger puppets and it still rips the screws out from under the playfield over time. Every SS I've done had to be repaired, not just toothpicks and glue, but a hole cut with a forstners bit, and a new hardwood dowel piece glued back into the playfield to be able to support them properly.

Keep the weight down to as little as possible for those axes!

(Also, since they're just part of the plastic set, they'll be far easier and cheaper to replace in the future. You know they're going to take damage from air balls. Heck, go price a set of *original* SS Boogeymen and you'll see what I'm saying)

That's a good point LTG, they may not be on the sling armature but still, they have mass and they'll be on the end of some mech's armature being slammed around.

I just don't want it to end up like the mess that the SS design was.

Man, you guys just don't get it.

The more weight you're moving on a long arm, the more energy has to be dissipated *somewhere* The more weight, the more cost involved in the mech to move it *and survive* the process over the long run.

Most people would prefer the machine cost $100 less and the objects being "bobbled" were just plastic.

That's exactly what I was talking about.

I have one of these on order, paid in full. I'd much rather they put a couple hundred bucks of development into some cool new kind of target *hint hint* than the equivalent of a bobble head axe that flops around when the slings kick.

Yes, I think the axes are cool. No, I'd rather see more R&D and production cost go into making Smaug really awesome than into a fancy diecast axe.