Comments on: Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Review

By: Tony Mastrangeli

Tony Mastrangeli — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:16:25 +0000

In reply to Jeremy Van Hecke. Thanks for the kind words. I originally had a paper mat, but I travel around with the game so much, that I ended up getting the vinyl one, which holds up really well and has worked perfectly. Very durable.

By: Jeremy Van Hecke

Jeremy Van Hecke — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:50:39 +0000

Great review! This convinced me to throw down a bit of cash, and I’m now hooked! Just a question regarding the mat! Did you purchase the Paper or Vinyl one? It looks like the gloss paper in the pictures. Is it durable? How easy to store? Thank you!

By: Tony Mastrangeli

Tony Mastrangeli — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:44:27 +0000

In reply to GuyFawkes. I completely stand by my statement. No they don't look as good as a high end painter spending 4 hours on 1 mini, but for a mass produced game, they still look amazing. I'm not sure what you are expecting, but the minis in X-Wing look better then most pre-painted minis to be included in a game. I think they look great and are fun to play with. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

By: GuyFawkes

GuyFawkes — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:31:17 +0000

“They did such a good job recreating these ships, I could see someone collecting them to put on display.” Are you kidding me? My 8 year old son can better paint his tank models. You must have really low standards. I mean, c’mon! The X-Wings painting is really awful. Tie Fighters are not too well painted either. Maybe physically they models are quite accurate but the paint job of some of these models is really bad.

By: Tony Mastrangeli

Tony Mastrangeli — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:58:57 +0000

In reply to Kaleb. I got it here.

By: Kaleb

Kaleb — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:48:40 +0000

Where did you get that mat?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:43:35 +0000

comparable to most mini games out there, X-wing is probably one of the cheapest if not THE cheapest quality miniatures game to get into

so it is only expensive as you make it out to be. If you want all the options for 100pts for both factions, (4 X-wings, 4 Y-wings, 5 A-wings, 2 YT-1300’s, 3 Firesprays, 5 Tie Interceptors, 4 Tie Avanced and 8 Tie Fighters) then yes you are looking to be hitting around the $600 mark.. but that can be spread out over time..

comparing it to Privateer Press’s Warmachine and Hordes miniatures game in terms of costs; you can spend well over $1000 on the figures, only have half of everything for a SINGLE faction and still have to put everything together and paint them yourself

this game is very well priced and i also highly recommend it to anyone even thinking about purchasing it.. assuming you can find it of course!!! as Fantasy Flight Games made such a huge hit of this game that they can’t keep it on store shelves for long and are having trouble keeping up with the demand

all in all though, Great review!

the only con i have about the game is that movement templates only come in a starter box (they are not sold separately) and they are only cardboard, so they are easily susceptible to damage that resorts in bending or water damage that would warp them; though thankfully nothing has happened to mine yet

if they ever release an official plastic version that are playable in tournaments i would be sure to pick them up (there are unofficial plastic templates available if you do a quick search, but they are currently not permitted in sanctioned events)

By: Troy Garcia

Troy Garcia — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:46:51 +0000

While the minis are beautifully crafted, they do have delicate parts and I would not recommended for younger player known to be heavy handed.