Droids, Bikers & New Starter Armies Come To Star Wars: Legion!
June 10, 2022 by brennon
Atomic Mass Games is now just spoiling us with the Star Wars: Legion content. It seems like we're back on the "new release shuttle" for this ace Sci-Fi wargame with a whole host of boxed sets and characters coming up for pre-order.
IG-88 & IG-11 // Star Wars: Legion
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Leading the way, we have a pair of assassin droids. Legion forces are going to be able to call on these deadly killers with both IG-88 and IG-11 looking to hunt down their marks. I like the poses here that mimic the awkward movements they make when you see them in the movies and TV shows. I say awkward but they are still deadly!
Keeping with the scum, villainy and mercenaries of the Star Wars universe, we also have these Swoop Bike Riders.
Swoop Bike Riders // Star Wars: Legion
I can't wait to play out some awesome table-spanning scenario where you race across the deserts of Tatooine hunting each other down. You could also use these for a properly fun heist scenario where you race to get aboard a thundering transport. Boba Fett vibes are incoming!
Brand New Star Wars: Legion Starter Sets
In addition to the new miniature sets, we're seeing the return of some previously released miniatures in Starter Set form.
New Starter Sets // Star Wars: Legion
There are going to be Starter Sets for both the Clone Wars period and the Age Of Rebellion. For the Clone Wars, we have the 501st Legion and the Separatist Invasion (images of those to follow). For the Age Of Rebellion, we have Blizzard Force...
Blizzard Force // Star Wars: Legion
...and the Echo Base Defenders. On the one side you have Darth Vader leading his Snowtroopers and on the other, Leia and Chewbacca try to rally the defenders and get them to the transports!
Echo Base Defenders // Star Wars: Legion
Both of these sets contain new Battle Force Command Cards and I would assume they are pretty balanced against each other. You'll still need to find the bits and pieces from the Starter Set/Essentials Kit in order to play the game (dice, measures, tokens etc) but they could be a good way to start a themed force.
I really like this idea from Atomic Mass Games and I hope this gets more people diving back into Star Wars: Legion.
Organised Play
As well as the new miniatures, we also got news of a new Organised Play kit which is good news for those who have been with Legion for a while.
Dynamic Exit Organised Play Kit // Star Wars: Legion
We don't have too many details on this one as of yet but it seems like it will be a fun scenario-based affair for stores. I do like that they're doing something a bit more and I hope the scenarios play out in a fun way!
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Great looking figures for players.
Is it me or do they look like proper army-in-a-box sets ?
I’m seeing commanders, core troops, specialists, support and vehicles for almost all of them.
Maybe GW could take a peek and learn a thing or two ? 😉
I did an article FÖRST! 😉
https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/star-wars-legion-battle-force-boxes-revealed/
You did and you broke down all the prices as well which was amazing. So if people are interested go check out the post !!!
Some may say that article is EPIC 😉
I would’t say AMG is spoiling with content. Releases are pretty glacial.
Nice boxes though, should have been done years ago. Will pick up a 501st box. Will the command cards be available elsewhere? As I already have more than enough units for Blizzard Force it makes no sense to buy it, but I would like to play it 😉
From what I heard on Crabbok’s breakdown, they will be available as downloadable PDFs
Those boxes look good, I’ve got the shadow collective on order so its good too that faction being expanded too.
These are great little boxset. I am in the process of finishing up painting an empire force. However that came with Vader and speeder bikes which is repeated in this box which is a shame. I might however get the rebels ones so I can replay the battle of Hoth. Of course the Empire will win as it should !!!
New miniatures look really good and those are some good looking starter boxes.
Those starter boxes look good and if google convert is right they’re about £120 each which seems a bit steep… but I don’t know how many points worth those boxes contain.
However… it’s a single faction… so great if you’re only building an army for yourself as you don’t end up with half a box of stuff you don’t want.
Still waiting for Shadow Collective to be delivered though.
Looks like it’s not due for release until next week, so nearly there 🙂
Going to purchase Echo Base… some really great models in that boxset and they are really well priced as well.
Completely appreciate what they are doing with the army boxes using previous moulds but I think it’s a missed opportunity not to have a Hoth outfit Leia figure exclusive to the set and not the Endor Leia.
Agreed. Some of those early Commander figures look quite dated against the newer models. Han and Leia in particular could do with an update.
Yeah could never bring myself to buy that Gan even though he’s my favourite character; it looked like and 80’s sculpt
Those starter armies are fantastic value in terms of savings, still not cheap as such but if your into the game, be in a new player, expanding on the starter set or just trying a new faction they are a great one stop shop.
IG 88 AND 11 :)!!!
Wonderful news! I love those Shadows of the Empire-style Swoop riders.
I’m really hoping they do a box or two of assorted alien ‘henchmen’ types, suitable for Jabba’s thugs, Hondo’s pirates, or any of the other myriad gangs of motley scum and villainy that pop up all over the galaxy to make trouble.
After all this years they only offer reboxings of the same sculpts? and now that almost every unit is out of order, you give me the at-st but I can’t buy it alone…
I am sorry, not interested in “thematical” boxes where snowtroopers are mixed with scouts… and Leia in Endor dress with hoth troopers??
If they only could have made any unit for imperials or rebels in these years…
FFG/AMG have been know for slow restock but the AT-ST is widely available. At least here it is. As German version and the English one too.
Also I’m pretty sure there is still some new stuff we will see shortly.
Not the spanish version, and of course there are no basic infantry units. If there is someone brave enough to begin playing right now, it will be impossible for that person to build a normal army. Since the beginning ffg have only given us the new shiny stuff (and even then to buy two boxes of sotrmtropers was boring since they all were monopose sculpts). If you wanted to buy a basic infantry rebel or imperial unit you simply were late. There has not been restocking, always the new stuff, again and again. Why do I want a tank if… Read more »
Ok so if it is a translated version you can’t blame AMG for it if that works the same way the Germany model works. AMG only produces minis and English cards and stuff. For Germany Asmodee Germany needs to make an order (!!!) so that things are produced. IIRC for Spain that would be “Fantasyflight Spain” that would have to make an order at AMG for new stuff. So if FFG Spain doesn’t order AMG won’t produce. So shouting at AMG isn’t really the right entity to blame. But again: that’s only if it’s the same way as is with… Read more »
It doesn’t work this way here. The company that made the game was FFG,and there was also a company dedicated to translations, called EDGE ENTERTAINMENT. But then asmodee bought FFG, and cancelled counterparts with EDGE, that now has become a magnificent role playing translating company, they translate wvery call of chtulhu and star wars rpg. BUT translations for other games, according to EDGE, was directly managed by Asmodee. They made then a spanish division called FFG Spain that had the DISTRIBUTION of the game. But the production of the game in different languages was now FFG “mother” company, and they… Read more »
Hopefully these new army boxes will help alleviate the problem of players not having basic units as each set has enough core units to field an army straight out of the box. In fact every set except the Empire one includes four core units! I haven’t totalled them all up but pretty sure each of these is a full 800 point army in a single box for about £125 retail, That’s pretty amazing value for any game system.
I must admit the price is awesome, but again the problem is with availability of units… not only the lack of restock, but also the quantity of available units they have designed to date. Doing a rebox when you could do LOTS of new imperial models (imperial army, imperial navy…) or revisit old ones (Han, Leia, multipart kits for stormtroopers or customization choices for speeder bikes, etc.) is a shame. Specially when you see the weekly ton of sculpts they do for Marvel crisis protocol… If they were not up to the effort, they should have not agreed to make… Read more »