I was excited when I backed the Breaker kids but much like their previous Kickstarter when the product arrived my expectations were exceeded, drastically exceeded this time around.
When Nick started hyping up the Kickstarter one of the things he talked about wanting to do was not having wasteful packaging. This resulted in the new models (and the add-ons as well) being packaged in MDF shipping containers that can be used as scenery for your games!
I think any modern or sci-fi gamer would agree that those containers are awesome, and are immediately useful. But they were part of the pitch, and I mentioned that my expectations were exceeded. Somewhere around the midpoint of the Kickstarter Nick realized he could throw the slats in that were cut from the containers, and some a-frames to build some scatter terrain. Having just received the package a few hours ago I haven't built anything with mine yet but when I do I'll show those off.
I really just want to emphasize to anybody who's read this far that I've talked about how awesome this product is, and I haven't even talked about the models themselves, all the above is just...the packaging. I really hope this continues from Breaker Press and in a perfect world I'd love other companies to see this as an idea they should jump on board with.
On to the kids (and the dog) themselves. The figure set comes with five figures; one male and one female teen, one male and one female pre-teen, and a dog.
The figures themselves are obviously perfect for Broken Contract but could also easily be used for Shadowrun, Cyberpunk or any modern or near future games. The textured MDF bases are a really nice touch, especially for gamers that want to step their basing game up to the next level. The detail is nice and crisp on the figures, and they should be a joy to paint (check back in a week or so). I'm excited to have some genuinely new and different figures in my collection unlike anything else I've already got.
Hopefully in the next week or so I'll be showing off these figures painted as well as some neat add-on accessories I got with this Kickstarter.
Check out Breaker Press at https://breakerpress.storenvy.com/
-Jay
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