Thursday 30 June 2011

Hexagon and Platformer Construction sets

In a word the Hexagon and Platformer sets can be described as revolutionary! Perfect for sci fi RPGs/wargames at least the Hexagon set can be built into any structure you choose and then be disassembled, then reassembled into an entirely new, unique structure. As regards the Platformer set, I am currently testing whether it can build strong enough structures to withstand metal miniatures, and thus not require gluing.

Apart form the fact that the sets can be assembled in a huge variety of ways, the Hexagon set can be used to create areas of habitation as you can see to the right. The building that you see has been constructed using the contents of two small Hexagon sets. No platformer components have been used, although it is not possible to create area of habitation in the way that you can do with the Hexagon sets, but if you do find a way I would be very interested. The best use for platformer that I can think of is to create platfroms to put underneath your hexagon structures. The structure to the right has windows, doors, ramps and ladders that fit 25mm to 30mm figures perfectly. The components come in sprue form and are unpainted, being moulded in metallic coloured plastic as you see below. The contents of each box have been laid out, showing how many of each type of sprue there are. Considering the versatility of the sets, I have managed to build spacecraft and I am considering building city tower blocks in the future. As of current there are no plans for any particular structures available on the Internet, save the plans of the structure advertised on the front of the box, which you get inside the box. I am hoping to create some plans of structures that you can build only using multiple boxes of these two sets. The contents of the sets, once disassembled fit into a small container easily. I store my two sets of Hexagon and one set of Platformer in a container smaller than an A4 sheet of paper and it is only a third full! The only downside to the sets is that it takes a while to build a structure of any reasonable size. These sets are clearly designed for gamers who are on a budget and want some variety in their games, who don't have a lot of space to cart their scenery around in and who don't mind having to spend some time to construct the structures before the game. Oh and the hexagon structures can take quite a lot of punishment due to their robust method of 'clicking' together.

2 comments:

  1. Awesome post! I've got a little of each. Thanks for giving me the motivation to finally use it!

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