The Spider Droid pictured was constructed by James Keller of Forest Heigbts, MD using the illustration and statisticsfrom the Sakara Skirmisb in the May issue of GAME NEWS The droid was assembled using the following 1/200 scale plastic kits by Nichimo and 1/170 scale plastic kits by Regult.. 1/200 Scale Tac Pod Regult Soldier for the legs, feet, lower torso, nose and center totso cannons, and wi-ist cannon. 7be legs are mounted backward. Battledroid designation is Ostsol. 1/170 Battroid Valkerie VFIS upper torso, arms, and lower bead Battledroid designation & Wasp. 1/200 Cmerwalk VFIJ upper bead and back pack BacApack is mounted upside-down. 1/170 Gerwalk or anyfighter modelfor gunsandfins Two models were usedfortbe Spider Droid No Battledroid designation was given. The actual model measures 3-1/4 incbes high -Editor Dear Editor. When The Gamer stopped its production I was really sorry, this English magazine was the only one to cover ALL GAMES in production then. Now, during a business visit to the UB., I discover GAME NEWS and I'm very glad to see that the CHILD is good, let us hope that he will grow even better. I also hope that GAME NEWS will not forget European gamers (in general) and ITALIANS (in my situation). Let us know more about new releases. So please increase your NEWS page a little more to let us know better what is happening in the big companies and what we expect in the near future. Please let me also know if you axe interested in some REPORTS from my country! I will be happy to send you any news or curiosities from ITALY. I'm a life gamer (and I also created some games for Italian companies) and I own some hundreds of games, 50% war games and 50% various. I also founded the biggest Italian war games association (Torneo Masters) of which I'm presently the president. What else? Good luck! Ciao. --Pietro Cremona, Modena, Italy Dear Editor: I have been reading your magazine for some time and I think its great! It's the first magazine that really knows what gamers want. --Bob Carr, Hopatcong, NJ Dear Editor: First, you should know, I will play anything with rules and an objective. I've played over 200 different games of all types and thought no magazine could take the place of Britain's Games and Puzzles. Nothing did until I picked up GAME NEWS. I find your magazine enjoyable and informative. I especially enjoy the game reviews. May I suggest the number of players who can conveniently play the game be displayed in the gray box that lists the game's vital statistics. Also, how about articles comparing and contrasting games on the same subject. Keep up the good work and I wish you success. --Alfonzo Smith Hawthorne, CA Back to Table of Contents -- Game News #7 To Game News List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1985 by Dana Lombardy. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com