Plastic Iron Fang Pikemen and Black Dragons

So, yesterday these wonderful things showed up on the PP website front page:

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These new sets are remarkable. Short list as to why:

1) New sculpts! Some of the poses aren't great (both of the leaders are a little wonky, but at least they're distinct) but for the most part I really like the reposing of the models. It also looks like this version of the models will be much easier to fit into B2B; the old metal ones are much less than cooperative sometimes.

2) Both units are included! A really enterprising/crazy hobbyist could probably magnetize the unit to be able to swap between the two options, but I think that's so impractical as to be very rare. What is nice is that this is one stop shopping: you want either variety of IFP + UA? Buy this box and put them together however you like.

3) The UA is included! This is a first for plastic units, which so far have only included WAs, if applicable. Its more value added, and it makes adding a unit of IFP (or another unit) to your collection extremely easy.

4) The cost is extremely compelling! Getting a full 12 model unit for $60 is a great deal to begin with. When you contrast that with how much a full unit of IFP + UA would currently cost you ($85 for the unit + $20 for the UA + $15 for the Black Dragon upgrade kit if you want that as well), it becomes a total steal.

This boxed set is going to remove the final barrier that most players had to buying IFP (a surprising number of Khador players on the boards attest to not buying the unit because it's expensive/finicky/metal), and it will probably facilitate a lot more players doubling/tripling (for the Claws of the Dragon theme force) up as well.

I've been holding out on buying a second unit of IFP for awhile now based on the paranoid certainty of something being announced that would make me regret buying it right now. This isn't quite what I expected (I thought plastic IFP would be far off in the future), but I damn sure won't complain, and I have almost no reason not to buy that second unit now. June can't come fast enough.