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Dream Pod 9 Price Increases Announced for February 14th 2026
Dream Pod 9 price increases are coming on February 14th, 2026. We had managed to keep our prices constant for the last 4 years with our last price increase being back in January 2022. But inflation from our suppliers over the last few years has added up, the biggest issue is the cost of Tin which is the main component of our pewter miniatures. Over the last year the cost of the pewter we use has increased from $21.85 per lbs in January 2025 to $34.21 per lbs in January 2026, which is a 56.5% increase in 1 year. The main factor in the price increase is the construction of AI datacenters that uses a lot of Tin in soldering for their equipment, see the Tin Price Chart for the last 3 years below.
To offset the higher input costs Dream Pod 9 has to increase our prices by spreading out the cost increases over all our products as follows.
- All DP9 pewter miniatures (blisters, bagged, and squad boxes) will increase by 20%
- All DP9 Cast Resin miniatures with and without pewter parts will increase by 10%.
- All DP9 3D Printed Resin Miniatures, Plastic miniature army boxes, 2 Player Starter boxes, and individual Plastic sprues will increase by 5%
- All DP9 Books (new and old), acrylic tokens and token packs, all decal sheets, all dice, and all patches will increase by 5%.
- Our Black Talon 150 TV and Eden 100 TV Starter Force Boxes, which include mainly pewter miniatures and 1 cast Resin miniature each will increase by 15%.
Get your orders in now on the DP9 Online Store (Link is Below) before the prices go up on February 14th, 2026.
Dream Pod 9 Attending Cold Wars 2026 Next Week and Our 2026 Convention Plans!
Next week Dream Pod 9 will be attending the Cold Wars 2026 Gaming Convention down in Lancaster, PA, USA at the Wyndham Resort and Convention Center, 2300 E Lincoln Hwy, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA. Taking place from Thursday February 5th thru Sunday February 8th, 2026. DP9 will be running Heavy Gear Blitz demos at our booth during the Exhibit Hall hours (Friday & Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 9am to Noon), see Exhibit Hall map and the Ad we’ll have in the program booklet below. And we’ll also be running a Heavy Gear Blitz Tournament (100 TV Forces) on Friday night from 6pm to Midnight, with 3 rounds and space for 14 players. Join us there for a great weekend of miniature wargaming, checkout the Cold Wars website at the link below.
The DP9 Office will be closed starting this Tuesday Feb. 3rd thru Monday Feb. 9th, 2026 while we are away attending the convention. We’ll be back in the office on the morning of Tuesday Feb. 10th, 2026.
Dream Pod 9 Plans on Attending the following Conventions in 2026:
– Cangames 2026 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the Rideau Curling Club on May 15th thru 17th, 2026.
– Historicon 2026 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA at the Lancaster Convention Center on July 15th thru 19th, 2026.
– Otakuthon 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal on August 7th thru 9th, 2026.
– Fall-In! 2026 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA at the Wyndham Resort and Convention Center on November 6th thru 8th, 2026.
Sadly Dream Pod 9 has canceled our plans to attend Adepticon 2026 this March in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Attendance and sales were down in 2025 after the convention moved from Chicago to Milwaukee. Plus increased booth and travel costs for 2026 made the convention unviable for DP9.
Dream Pod 9 Releases the T-12 Goliath Northern Transport Aircraft STL 3D Model on DriveThruRPG!
Today we released the T-12 Goliath Northern Transport Aircraft from Heavy Gear as STL 3D model on DriveThruRPG for 3D Printing on FDM filament printers. We asked 3D Modeler, Taro Kawagoe, who did our Stoneheads STLs and all the 3D models for Dream Pod 9’s ABS like resin Infantry releases. The T-12 Goliath is a hugh STL model at 1/144 scale (8 parts) with a length of 365mm (14.37″), a wing span of 378mm (14.88″), and heigth at the Tail of 99mm (3.9″) designed for 3D printing on a FDM printer. We have also included a Bonus smaller 1 piece…
New 3D Printed Resin Hunter Two Packs, Tiger Two Pack, Gold Mamba Two Pack and Rock Mamba Two Pack Available Now!
Dream Pod 9’s January 2026 releases of 3D printed resin minis are now available to order on the DP9 Online Store. They include the new 3D printed resin Hunter Two Pack with Kneeling and Leaning pose legs and another Hunter Two Pack with the Standing and Running leg poses from the previously released NGP-R box set. Along with a 3D printed resin Tiger Two Pack with Standing and Running pose legs also from the NGP-R box set. Plus a Rock Mamba Two Pack and Gold Mamba Two Pack from the previously released DP9-SMN box set. Checkout the blister sheet images…
Hunter Two Pack with Kneeling and Leaning pose legs 3D Model Preview & Other Two Packs News!
Today we have quick 3D model preview for the new Hunter Two Pack with Kneeling and Leaning leg poses, see the image graphic below. On this Friday we plan to release all our January 2026 releases, including the new 3D printed Hunter Two Pack with Kneeling and Leaning pose legs and another Hunter Two Pack with the Standing and Running leg poses from the NGP-R box set previously released. Plus a Tiger Two Pack with Standing and Running pose legs also from the NGP-R box set. And Two Packs of the Rock Mambas and Gold Mambas from the DP9-SMN box…
Golden Gear 2025 Painting Competition Winners and Honorable Mentions!
The Golden Gear 2025 was a great success, we received 39 amazing entries for all the categories this year. Dream Pod 9’s Montreal Staff (Alain Gadbois, John Bell, and Robert Dubois) took the time over the last few days to judge the entries and select the winners and honorable mentions. Congratulations to the winners listed below. Best Heavy Gear Blitz Miniature Winner: Tim McClean – Dark Kodiak (Prize: Golden Gear 2025 Trophy and $125 USD DP9 online store rewards points credit). Best Heavy Gear Blitz Combat Group Winner: Stefan Locklair – South Combat Group (Prize: Golden Gear 2025 Trophy and…
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DP9 Online Store NuCoal Forces 1 Week Sale!
Our DP9 Online Store NuCoal Forces 1 Week Sale is on now (Nov. 12th thru Midnight EST November 18th, 2025. With the HGB Rulebooks (Full and Half size), the Battle in the Badlands Two Player Starter Box, NuCoal Plastic Miniatures Army Box, Box sets, Blisters, Bags, Decal Sheets, and Chibi Gears on sale at 10% off or more. Canadian and International orders ship when they are ready. USA customer orders ship by US Post about every 2 weeks via US Customs Consolidate Entry under the USMCA Free Trade Agreement to avoid any tariff costs. Our next US Post shipping is planned for Monday November November 17th, 2025.
Place your order today, here is a link to the NuCoal Forces Section of the DP9 Online Store.
https://store.dp9.com/hgb/nucoal
Dream Pod 9 Attending Fall-In! 2025 this coming Week.
