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How long until GW realise the only thing they need to do to sell models is stop making them and move them to the Last Chance area?

Well, this is sad. They could easily have bundled the newer TK plastics into a new semi-faction like they did with plague skaven.

This is bad news indeed. TK is my 3rd Warhammer army, and completely painted too. I don't understand their logic of taking them OOP after they've paid for all of those expensive metal molds? Why not just sit on them for awhile, then re-release them, similarly to the method used by model car companies?

I just picked up a few Screaming Skull Catapults for KoW, I have a feeling the finecast models will sell out quickly.

Well, that answers that then. I had planned on starting Tomb Kings as my first foray into Fantasy. The FLGS owner suggested I wait a bit for AoS to drop and see what happens. 6 months later AoS dropped and I considered possibly starting them again but couldn't see how the rank-and-file army would play against the new forces so held off until bat reps started to appear explaining it.

Lo and behold, the Tomb Kings return to the plastic dust they arose from. An army full of character gone in favour of... what, angry ginger midget 'slayers' who all look identical and cost £10+ per model (that I swear were originally a dwarf army subfaction with some tweaks?), a Khorne-obsessed blood army (I expect to see more of the warriors of chaos line to disappear like the hell cannon and those possessed guys) and super-awesome star warriors clearly unrelated to Diablo 3.

Oh well, at least the Lizardmen still exist. This does make me wonder about other factions in both 40K and AoS. If my Thousand Sons were to go the same way....

Well I think is not that bad , I mean tomb kings was one of the worst old models lines in "fantasy" ..most is failfast and GW don't support it (thanks god)

Sure weird that the sphinx and tomb guard will go too..
, I however think we just have to wait and see when GW makes the "Death Alliance" to see if tomb kings really are gone

 Claimh_Solais wrote:

, I however think we just have to wait and see when GW makes the "Death Alliance" to see if tomb kings really are gone

The book is up for preorder today and there is a blurb that states there are no Tomb King rules inside.

 GiraffeX wrote:
I just picked up a few Screaming Skull Catapults for KoW, I have a feeling the finecast models will sell out quickly.

Pretty sad to see such a range being wiped Missed out on a few things this morning; the Ushabti (both sets) being sold out is annoying but managed to pick up Settra, a Necrosphinx, and a box of Necropolis Knights though...phew!

Have my eye on the new Space Wolf characters and range and would like to buy some but I'm just saving all GW expenditure for Warhammer stuff that mightn't be around much longer. So what's next for the chopping block in the 'Last Chance to Buy' range?! I'll say one thing though, fair play to GW for creating this feature as previously stuff would just go out of production with no notice which was frustrating

See, this is exactly why I love China.

Brettonia is probably the next to go. I'd also guess that a large part of the O&G line will disappear to make them more in line with the new savage Orc-like aesthetic. The rest will probably stay IMO.

DE,HE,OG ...

 Mymearan wrote:
Brettonia is probably the next to go. I'd also guess that a large part of the O&G line will disappear to make them more in line with the new savage Orc-like aesthetic. The rest will probably stay IMO.

Yeah would be sad to see Brets but only two models I would really want to get there would be Green Knight (one of best models they did) and Trebuchet. I'm taking it that a lot of the direct order stuff in the ranges will be the stuff to go...stuff like Wood Elf Sisters of Twilight on Dragon and Azhag the Slaughterer, Mangler Squigs etc in the O&G range

I learned my lesson with Rackham confrontation, Illyad and Kraken as much as I love a line and feel gutted to see it go away there will always be new ranges to collect and invest in instead.
Sorry to to all TK players and yes Im preparing myself for the O&G trim too.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Empire getting rekt as well. Haven't heard anything of them yet? Just some speculations about them chilling in Sigmars crib?

CragHack wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised to see Empire getting rekt as well. Haven't heard anything of them yet? Just some speculations about them chilling in Sigmars crib?

I would hold your breath for the meantime - we have seen the "Cult of Sigmar" models appear in images in the AoS books (warrior priests, flagellants and the war altar). It could mean that the Cult of Sigmar will be branched out into its own army, ala the Fyreslayers. In the fiction books I have also heard the people of Azyr are heavily fortifiing the celestial realm gate. It could be most of the Empire range is transferred over to this.

Maybe more than a little wishful thinking on my part (as an Empire player), but I don't think they are doomed yet.

Then again, I thought the Tomb Kings were safe...

 Bottle wrote:

 Claimh_Solais wrote:

, I however think we just have to wait and see when GW makes the "Death Alliance" to see if tomb kings really are gone

The book is up for preorder today and there is a blurb that states there are no Tomb King rules inside.

And the Tomb King models are in the "Last Chance to Buy" section.

I mean, how much 'wait and see' does he need?

 Lt. Donomar StubbornBull wrote:
So what's next for the chopping block in the 'Last Chance to Buy' range?!

The Brets no doubt.

Tomb King with Sword & Shield, Tomb Guard, Ushabti with Great Weapons and Carrion gone as well now. I don't imagine that the remaining finecast items will last that long now. I wonder how many they actually had in stock before listing it in last chance to buy.

Personally I would be interested in Games Workshop launched something like Kickstarter (or to be more accurate Airfix's Kitstarter) where they would do limited runs of old out of production models in either metal or Forge World resin. Once they had enough people sign up to make it profitable they could cast a limited run to fulfil the orders. This way they would not produce something that wasn't wanted, wouldn't have lots of stock cluttering up shelves. If they did the management of it in-house then it wouldn't even cost anything in fees to run - just set-up costs.

Lets face it Adam, a full faction takes space instore, storage etc ... on an already fat game, with the new AoS factions and kits something had to give, I doubt they could keep up on expanding indefinitely.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Bottle wrote:

 Claimh_Solais wrote:

, I however think we just have to wait and see when GW makes the "Death Alliance" to see if tomb kings really are gone

The book is up for preorder today and there is a blurb that states there are no Tomb King rules inside.

And the Tomb King models are in the "Last Chance to Buy" section.

I mean, how much 'wait and see' does he need?

 Lt. Donomar StubbornBull wrote:
So what's next for the chopping block in the 'Last Chance to Buy' range?!

The Brets no doubt.

Existing old mostly failcast modells yes ..nothing says tomb king as a fraction will disappear completely

The old failcast dwars trollslayers are gone too ..but he have the new Fyreslayers to replace them
So if all the tomb kings go ..then somthnig new undead/egyptian may come to take its place , but yes it wont be Tomb Kings

All the models are in clearance! The entire range.

What about this don't you understand?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
All the models are in clearance! The entire range.

What about this don't you understand?

Fractions are hard yo

Even the rules are listed as 'get it before it's gone' O.O

 jonolikespie wrote:
Even the rules are listed as 'get it before it's gone' O.O

Thats a bit odd, having a pdf online costs them nothing so I dont get that.

 Mymearan wrote:
Brettonia is probably the next to go. I'd also guess that a large part of the O&G line will disappear to make them more in line with the new savage Orc-like aesthetic. The rest will probably stay IMO.

Logically I would expect this but I think the trend has been either factions mostly survive or get entirely axed. There's an orc starter box with the models most thought would be on the chopping block, so I think orcs will live on in near entirety. Do agree there's been an emphasis on the savage orcs and black orcs in the art though.

 NAVARRO wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:
Even the rules are listed as 'get it before it's gone' O.O

Thats a bit odd, having a pdf online costs them nothing so I dont get that.

But they DO have a policy of not having rules that they don't have models for. If all the TK are gone, no point in keeping the rules up. Or it could just be that the .pdf got caught up in the coding.

 jonolikespie wrote:
Even the rules are listed as 'get it before it's gone' O.O

If they still have rules then it might encourage someone to continue using their old models rather than going out and buying a new Stormcast Eternals army.

I loved the TK models, even though I sold my army years ago, I always regretted it. I'm still expecting them to not be squatted and just on the list for a redo some day later.. probably with a giant Archaon sized Setra and some Sigmarine sized mummy troops

That may be the GW way of doing things and even if I can understand the inventory trim I do not agree with the background/rules obliteration. There is effectively no investment from them by just keeping it stored online. It would show good will and maturity towards a struggling new game. It this case less is just less.

There is no conflict between someone getting Stormcasts and reading and getting inspired by old lists. By the contrary it expands your GW experience.

Not too worried about it just find it shortsighted.

 NAVARRO wrote:
That may be GW of doing things and even if I can understand the inventory trim I do not agree with the background/rules obliteration. There is effectively no investment from them by keeping it stored online. It would show good will and maturity towards a struggling new game. It this case less is just less.

There is no conflict between someone getting Stormcasts and reading and getting inspired by old lists. By the contrary it expands your GW experience.

Not too worried about it just find it shortsighted.

But if said prospective player were to be inspired by rules for old models that GW doesn't produce anymore, then that person is going to scour the internet looking for appropriate models to use for those rules instead of buying something from GW.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not in favor of squatting the army, but if that is their intent, then I understand not wanting to keep hosting their rules, as well.

Darn, all this model line clearing will really hurt players of KoW, as that game probably did a better thing for the sales of a lot of the WHFB range than AoS did.

In all seriousness, though. Man, I wish I could go back in time to the early 2000's, with all thos stuff happening. I have so much nostalgia for the fun I had back then!