My 8yo son loves Legos, but also always wants to help me with my models. He loves Star Wars, so these are a perfect intro for him into model making! Thanks for the review and info!
These are pretty nice. What I'd like to see, though, is for them to release an adapter that lets you plug 3mm pegs into those custom sockets. A couple of the big model manufacturers in Japan have been releasing mecha models and aftermarket bits that use 3mm pegs for hardpoints, so having that kind of adapter would really go a long way to making these even more kitbashable.
I picked up a few sets at Target last week and they are fantastic. The 80’s space ship vibe is really fun and they strike a perfect balance of limitations and freedom that puts them in a totally different category from LEGO. These allow you to build really complex builds, but you can also make something neat while fiddling around while watching a movie or stuck on a conference call. The passion I have developed for these things is almost worrying.
the front of the dropship made me think of the torso of a mech. might be a good suggestion to give to them to add hands and ratched joints to make crazy space robots
I've been loving these since I spotted them in the toy aisle of my local Target. The low price point made them an impulse buy and now I've been showing them to friends who might be interested. I hope it continues to future waves and they fix a lot of the QA problems I ran into with my sets like easily broken pilot figures or inconsistent connection tolerances causing drooping or easily disconnected builds. Also I'd love to see more ground vehicles as well
In a lore sense, they are just powerful weapons. In a physical sense they are special, larger optional pieces that for the most part include trans-orange missiles that are spring loaded and launch farther that the other launch-able missiles they include with each set. The tank comes with a "shield" tech and one of the "bad guy" ships has mines that it can drop.
Oh come on, you freestyled right at the part that makes the Gladius special: The Deployable Rover that requires that huge proprietary piece that makes up the middle hull! Hopefully it works better than the Scorpions pod dropping mechanism, but now we don't know because you decided to improvise!!!
What would be really cool is if each piece had some stats. These would always include MASS and COST (in some hypothetical fictional currency). But some pieces might have stats like THRUST (for thrusters), DAMAGE (for weapons), SCAN POWER (for sensors), and so on. Then you could add it all up to get the total abilities for your spaceship, and these stats would be used in a dice game you could do battles with. Taking turns, moving x number of inches (total thrust / total mass = speed in inches). And some way to determine that you remove a certain number of pieces when hit. In a match, both sides would get a budget to 'buy' their pieces with. It would just be one more way you could play with it if you wanted.
There's an official table-top combat game for these along that same idea. SnapShip Tactics. You might already know since your post is so old, but still, very cool
@@LtZerge Yes, thanks. I have since discovered that. I'm not sure it existed when I posted that, or if I just didn't know about it. But I was happy to see.
Sort of a real world version of what I used to do virtually in Poser many years ago. Cool, hope they get available Downunder. Ordering for the US direct has gotten very expensive these Corona days.
Yep. Sold. I can see myself dicking around with these for years. Good thing my birthday is in a week or two, now I know what to tell the wife to get me.
This reminds me of the videogame Space Engineers, just in model form. You can build and create in it in a very similar way, with a fully functional physics system and game world to play with them in after.
Those look cool, and are way cheaper than I assumed looking at them. What I don't see is the API, as it were. Does SnapShips publish a 3D model of their connector so you can design and print your own parts to truly customize the ships? That would properly take it to the next level, especially if they also provided tested gcode and recommended settings for several of the more popular printers.
These kits look like the perfect kit bashing sets with all of the modular parts. I wonder if painting the parts will make them more epic? What creation could you make by combing pieces from the other kits you have available?
They are very modular and a joy to mess around with and reconfigure. However, if you're trying to make a specific ship from a fandom, you will probably be a bit limited by the parts. That being said, if you're not going for exact, you can easily make a creation inspired by a specific ship, and do it in less than the time it takes to watch an episode of your favorite show!
Assuming we see the return of trade shows and conventions I would love to see them do one in full scale using 12"x12" truss cornerblocks and industrial size 3d Printing!
Was looking at the product photos on Amazon and it looks like they come with minifigures, so I was wondering roughly what size were day. Was thinking of combining them with 1/144 HG Gundam kits to make a board game. ...sadly it looks like I'll have to import if I want any of these...
Don't know where you're living but I found them on Amazon (not dot com). They were showcased at different toy fairs and so I'm hopeful they'll be realeased properly worldwide.
Thanks Norm! Any recommendations for industrial looking mech model kits? I built a Gunpla recently but would like something a bit more mechanical looking to double as a Scifi /Post Apoc wargaming mkniature.
Bandai also makes this line of relatively inexpensive mech models called 30 Minute Missions. They're very modular, a bit simpler than Gunpla, and they do have a slightly more mechanical vibe. Most of them come with this little mini-mech that you can use as a very simple head replacement if the original head looks too fancy for your tastes. Apart from the size (about the same as a small Gunpla, so maybe a bit big for wargaming), they're pretty good as wargaming pieces - very customizable and kitbashable, you can swap out parts and assemble custom cannon-arms and suchlike, there are sets that let you replace the mech legs with tank treads or flight boosters, etc. Apart from that, you could also look at Kotobukiya's old Armored Core kits; some are very blocky and mechanical looking. Problem is that those tend to be larger and a lot more expensive than 30MM/Gunpla, so even less well-suited to a wargaming table.
I follow this project since the beginning hoping for a 3d printer version, instead they chose to go plastic: saddest day of my life :( hope they will start to sell the STLs too
I had some toys in the 80s that could be built into various ships and then you could then take the apart and build something new... i wish I could remember the name of it... they had little blocks and these Mini Figures...eggo sounds close but that is a waffle.
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Try to get these somewhere else online or local. I understand they get money for posting links to Amazon, but let's not give Amazon any mo money.
I'm so happy this line is getting huge recognition. I just bought a couple kits and absolutely love them.
I have bought all ten sets, assembled them, disassembled them, and built two MOCs so far. Thanks Norm for this video, Snap Ships are AWESOME!
I bought every set for my son and I. Two months in, we’re still playing with these things!
That’s awesome
My grandson and i are going to go crazy with these. Thanks for sharing.
That's the whole reason I clicked on this video! Trying to get mine into science and sci-fi and away from video games
Probably the fastest I've spent $90 in a few years.
Nearly $300 on a 3D printer
Ha!
Me too
I just did the same lol
Yeah
This system would be great for large scale Battletech models.
They are doing a mech version also
Well, I must say that is some quite clever packaging using the lids as base stands and what not. Nothing is wasted.
Would love to see more kit-bashing!
My 8yo son loves Legos, but also always wants to help me with my models. He loves Star Wars, so these are a perfect intro for him into model making! Thanks for the review and info!
Matt Baumgart I agree that these are brilliant to get kids into scale model building! Kind of a bridge between LEGOs and full-on model building.
These are pretty nice. What I'd like to see, though, is for them to release an adapter that lets you plug 3mm pegs into those custom sockets. A couple of the big model manufacturers in Japan have been releasing mecha models and aftermarket bits that use 3mm pegs for hardpoints, so having that kind of adapter would really go a long way to making these even more kitbashable.
I picked up a few sets at Target last week and they are fantastic. The 80’s space ship vibe is really fun and they strike a perfect balance of limitations and freedom that puts them in a totally different category from LEGO. These allow you to build really complex builds, but you can also make something neat while fiddling around while watching a movie or stuck on a conference call. The passion I have developed for these things is almost worrying.
Playing so much hardspace: ship breaker makes me wanna disassembled what you just built with my plasma cutter.
I'd been walking past these in Target for weeks. Now I kinda want one.
I bought a few sets for my youngest son. I honestly am having just as much fun making ships as he is (if not more).
I love these. They are on sale at target this week. I bought multiples of each to get the different builds in.
This is one of the coolest things I have seen in years! Thanks for sharing Norm!
Just got 4 sets for my nephews. Thanks for the review !! Kids these days need to get back to basic building activities instead of screen time!
Those two things arent mutually exclusive;)
Snap ships tactics is going to be big!
Years ago i thought of a concept of build modular spaceships, i never took it any further than my thought......im so glad to see someone did.
Just bought a few smaller kits, these are surprisingly satisfying to pop together!
These are really good kits.
This is the best toy I have ever gotten I had 4 but then I combined two of them and created a jet/tank
Thats my sons birthday present sorted. These look amazing. I cant wait to get one for myself too
The modularity of these remind of me of the game Starlink: Battle For Atlas, but cranked up to 11.
the front of the dropship made me think of the torso of a mech. might be a good suggestion to give to them to add hands and ratched joints to make crazy space robots
I saw that video of the modular space ships and I was in awe it was amazing.
It's a better ad than that annoying youtube commercial.
Has Norm ever done a tour of his house ? He’s done a lot of builds I would like to see if he’s got a display room or are they jus tall over?
I've been loving these since I spotted them in the toy aisle of my local Target. The low price point made them an impulse buy and now I've been showing them to friends who might be interested.
I hope it continues to future waves and they fix a lot of the QA problems I ran into with my sets like easily broken pilot figures or inconsistent connection tolerances causing drooping or easily disconnected builds. Also I'd love to see more ground vehicles as well
This is even cooler I’m not even lying seriously keep it up.
We got some of these ships, my kids LOVE them!
I would have loved a 4K version of this video.
What is the mysterious UJU tech that is included?
In a lore sense, they are just powerful weapons. In a physical sense they are special, larger optional pieces that for the most part include trans-orange missiles that are spring loaded and launch farther that the other launch-able missiles they include with each set. The tank comes with a "shield" tech and one of the "bad guy" ships has mines that it can drop.
You always have some of the neatest show and tells.
Oh come on, you freestyled right at the part that makes the Gladius special: The Deployable Rover that requires that huge proprietary piece that makes up the middle hull!
Hopefully it works better than the Scorpions pod dropping mechanism, but now we don't know because you decided to improvise!!!
They just created a skirmish wargame for this called Snap Ships Tactics. Needs can take this to the next level by playing a game with their toys!
I'm definitely checking these kits out.
Love these ships, my sons loves making his own configurations and battling the forge vs the complex.
Imagine...500 piece frigate 😲
Wish these existed when I was a kid
They need to make a bunch of Mecha the same way.
What would be really cool is if each piece had some stats. These would always include MASS and COST (in some hypothetical fictional currency). But some pieces might have stats like THRUST (for thrusters), DAMAGE (for weapons), SCAN POWER (for sensors), and so on. Then you could add it all up to get the total abilities for your spaceship, and these stats would be used in a dice game you could do battles with. Taking turns, moving x number of inches (total thrust / total mass = speed in inches). And some way to determine that you remove a certain number of pieces when hit. In a match, both sides would get a budget to 'buy' their pieces with. It would just be one more way you could play with it if you wanted.
There's an official table-top combat game for these along that same idea. SnapShip Tactics. You might already know since your post is so old, but still, very cool
@@LtZerge Yes, thanks. I have since discovered that. I'm not sure it existed when I posted that, or if I just didn't know about it. But I was happy to see.
Bet they would make a bundle with some movie studio licences.
That seriously looks like a lot of fun, might have to look into
Adam is going to watch this video and weep at the lack of knolling!
This looks like decent freespace the building system and I love it
It would be awesome to see someone build a massive capital ship with these
Ohhhhhh these things I've been looking for these glad there out
I'd been wondering about these, these look like a blast to mess with and even use for kitbashing!
Sort of a real world version of what I used to do virtually in Poser many years ago. Cool, hope they get available Downunder. Ordering for the US direct has gotten very expensive these Corona days.
Your projects are amazing.
One Day Build is amazing ;)😎
Yep. Sold. I can see myself dicking around with these for years. Good thing my birthday is in a week or two, now I know what to tell the wife to get me.
Awesome toys! I... I mean my kids... Love'em.
Have you tried the UGears model kits? They are super cool
Very cool, regards from Spain 👍
these look amazing. if i hadn't already maxed out my credit card i'd be buying a ton.
I want some of these things!
They should make ships from iconic TV series. Like Firefly an Babylon 5 !!!!!!!!!!!!
This reminds me of the videogame Space Engineers, just in model form. You can build and create in it in a very similar way, with a fully functional physics system and game world to play with them in after.
Yes, great game.
Snap ships tactics
These are on the shelf at Target.
3D stuido max, now theres a name ive not heard in some time, this is a great idea, i want some kits
I was looking into these, but in my mind I was going “looks cheesy and too easy” but boy was I wrong after seeing this video
have you trayed to build a warships using all the parts for both factions.
They should make these in australia
How long did it take for you to build it
Those look cool, and are way cheaper than I assumed looking at them. What I don't see is the API, as it were. Does SnapShips publish a 3D model of their connector so you can design and print your own parts to truly customize the ships? That would properly take it to the next level, especially if they also provided tested gcode and recommended settings for several of the more popular printers.
These kits look like the perfect kit bashing sets with all of the modular parts. I wonder if painting the parts will make them more epic?
What creation could you make by combing pieces from the other kits you have available?
Are these kits modular enough to make something different entirely, I'd love to have an Asp Explorer on my shelf
They are very modular and a joy to mess around with and reconfigure. However, if you're trying to make a specific ship from a fandom, you will probably be a bit limited by the parts. That being said, if you're not going for exact, you can easily make a creation inspired by a specific ship, and do it in less than the time it takes to watch an episode of your favorite show!
Are any new ones coming?
Very reminiscent of the zoids blox that was released takara tomy where it has a similar cube core.
Assuming we see the return of trade shows and conventions I would love to see them do one in full scale using 12"x12" truss cornerblocks and industrial size 3d Printing!
Was looking at the product photos on Amazon and it looks like they come with minifigures, so I was wondering roughly what size were day. Was thinking of combining them with 1/144 HG Gundam kits to make a board game.
...sadly it looks like I'll have to import if I want any of these...
Don't know where you're living but I found them on Amazon (not dot com). They were showcased at different toy fairs and so I'm hopeful they'll be realeased properly worldwide.
Thanks Norm! Any recommendations for industrial looking mech model kits? I built a Gunpla recently but would like something a bit more mechanical looking to double as a Scifi /Post Apoc wargaming mkniature.
Bandai also makes this line of relatively inexpensive mech models called 30 Minute Missions. They're very modular, a bit simpler than Gunpla, and they do have a slightly more mechanical vibe. Most of them come with this little mini-mech that you can use as a very simple head replacement if the original head looks too fancy for your tastes. Apart from the size (about the same as a small Gunpla, so maybe a bit big for wargaming), they're pretty good as wargaming pieces - very customizable and kitbashable, you can swap out parts and assemble custom cannon-arms and suchlike, there are sets that let you replace the mech legs with tank treads or flight boosters, etc.
Apart from that, you could also look at Kotobukiya's old Armored Core kits; some are very blocky and mechanical looking. Problem is that those tend to be larger and a lot more expensive than 30MM/Gunpla, so even less well-suited to a wargaming table.
to all of you out there, stay safe
The only way I’m getting any of these products Is to order it online! No stores in my area carry this product!
NCC 1701 most beautiful starship ever.
neat! maybe they can make a board game to go with it?
Hinges...
So you could build robots? 😍
SO COOL! I need to get one when I have some more cash! Darn covid...
The shape reminds me a lot of Crossout or Space Engineers
The prototypes looked 100% better than these overproduced kids toys.
1:41 the SHIPS!! OOOOO. ship, with a "P"
Reminds me of those educational tool Mathlinks things we had in primary school way back...not sure if that's a good thing. Ha
With the math cubes you could build ships that transformed and spun. I sadly ran out of cubes before completing a B5 inspired destroyer.
Same system as in No man's sky! :)
Sad to learn, that they are Us and Canada only. Would have liked to build me a fleet. Greetings from Germany
Apparently coming to the UK in November so hopefully you'll see them then too.
umm. how are intakes a hallmark of spaceships. there’s nothing to intake
Most sci fi have ships operate in space AND in atmosphere
that hasn't stopped anyone yet!
nearly every Starfleet ship technically has intakes.
they don't take in much, but they're there for a reason.
Take my moneys!
These look really cool... Too bad they're not available in Europe
Lowest price I can find the drop ship at is 178$ rip
are you not in the US?
I just found it for $40
I follow this project since the beginning hoping for a 3d printer version, instead they chose to go plastic: saddest day of my life :( hope they will start to sell the STLs too
I want the battle cruiser from star craft please
It's Space Engineers.
Kerbal Space Program in real life
I had some toys in the 80s that could be built into various ships and then you could then take the apart and build something new... i wish I could remember the name of it... they had little blocks and these Mini Figures...eggo sounds close but that is a waffle.
He's probably a creator
I have the medium size ship
what do you think about warhammer 40k space ships?
Yeah they're not that cheap outside the US...
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