Bone Moon Omega (War Planets) Review

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Bone Moon Omega (War Planets) Review

Bone Moon Omega
War Planets (Trendmasters)War Planets is a bit of an odd duck. It's sort of the low-rent offspring of Mighty Max and little green army men, featuring decently sculpted and painted figurines and "playsets" that are little more than diorama backdrops. Or in this case, bits of scenery.
The Moons are meant to attach to the Planets via bendy tech-umbilicals, but with only one hardpoint per planet, the dual moons most are associated with are left to connect to each other. Via their 6 hardpoints each. What happened there!?
The saving grace of the Moons is their versatility. The various plastic rods (some of which double as plain and unimpressive missiles for the ever-present missile launchers) allow for various combinations of the large vehicle, two circular Giger-inspired platforms, and a big ol'snake monster.
All that works with the umbilicals as well, and the moon itself splits into two domes for set dressing. I personally turned the big vehicle into a sort of MASER tank by plugging a platform onto the end of the missile launcher and sticking it on top.
Troops consist of a few of Bone's usual lizard-men and one commander, who sports swivel shoulders and neck. None of them are sculpted to fit on the saddle of the snake-thing, but the commander can be held on with the reins.
If it seems like I'm being harsh here, it's because Trendmasters clearly didn't plan these things out very well. Figures are warped, things that are meant to combine often do so in a clunky fashion with no sculptural flow, and connections are often either too loose or too tight. The main appeal is the sheer volume and variety of troops and war machines here, and while the Moons obviously don't bring much to the table compared to the planets, they do make for good companion pieces.