GW 40k "Battle for Vedros" sets price and content details

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**Melevolence**

The weird part is I can't even find a single box of it listed on ebay by someone who went out and bought a bunch to relist. :I Do these kits even fricken EXIST or was this one massive late April Fools joke?

**Sinful Hero**

Has anyone even verified if they're at the stores that are listed on the website yet?

**gungo**

I can't even find it on eBay with those resellers.
Has anyone found them anywhere?

**Bi'ios**

gungo wrote:
I can't even find it on eBay with those resellers.
Has anyone found them anywhere?

Why would it be on eBay? It's available at a small number of retailers currently. GW has listed exactly who carries it. If anyone is interested in purchasing them, they should probably contact those specific retailers, rather than eBay. It's not a product available to retailers who would be selling it online.

**Melevolence**

Bi'ios wrote:
gungo wrote:
I can't even find it on eBay with those resellers.
Has anyone found them anywhere?

Why would it be on eBay? It's available at a small number of retailers currently. GW has listed exactly who carries it. If anyone is interested in purchasing them, they should probably contact those specific retailers, rather than eBay. It's not a product available to retailers who would be selling it online.

Resellers, plain and simple. With how difficult it is to get ahold of these, even marking them up 10 bucks could net someone a nice wad of cash and the people buying them still get an alright deal, because it seems no one can find the damn things right now. Those who can may not even be on this forum. We're just trying to figure out if anyone here HAS found them where GW has said they're supposed to be.

So yeah, you're not incorrect that retailers wouldn't be selling these online. But it's not retailers we're seeking on ebay.

**Kirasu**

I was really concerned that GW was going to release a starter product that was of a decent price so that new people could enter the game...

**MattofWar**

I had a family member who was a independent toy store distributor/sales person. They usually sold items from over 100+ different companies. My guess is that GW has just been lost in the shuffle and most of these independent sales people they contracted out to are just operating as normal and if a store doesn't specifically ask for it, they don't bother.

And one of them might land True Value hardware as a customer but since they are all independent retailer owned cooperatives where each owner can own order what he wants, most are simply not going to give up the shelf space for a full display. So there may be six retailer displays sitting at the True Value distribution center and no one ever orders them, but GW can list True Value as a place to get it even though it is meaningless.

At first I was positive about GW getting this into a wider array of stores, but its beginning to look like they'll get it pretty much nowhere and not allow it to be sold through their existing independent stores because it might devalue AoS Starter Sets or Dark Vengeance.

Unless they actually get this in front of kids in a wide variety of stores, this project is going to be a total failure. What's worse is that GW might take this as a reinforcement of their pricing policy. We tried to sell to a wider market at a lower price, but no one bought any. When we price it high and sell it direct, people buy lots. So let's up the price some more and make this next thing direct only!

**Ghaz**

From the Battle for Vedros Facebook page, posted 6/14:

**Lord Corellia**

*Sigh* still nothing in Canada, eh?

**BobtheInquisitor**

Holy crap, Rancho Cordova? My brother lives there. now I guess I'll need to go visit him... Unless I go to the Wild Animal Park in Escondido first. Tough choice.

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What is CXA?

**Whumbachumba**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
What is CXA?

Looks like a type and it's supposed to be a CA.

**Zywus**

Maybe I'm missing something but why are people here so enthusiastic about buying this set?

It's the (semi)-monopose models from the 6th edition starterset and a positively ancient ork trakk from the Gorkamorka era?

I guess it might be cheep and appealing to someone starting up, but anyone who's been in the game for a few years will have had the opportunity to get their hands on those models easily and cheap for a long time.

**Sinful Hero**

I think it's more folks just want confirmation they're out in the wild. I know unless they were going for pennies I wouldn't bother with them, but I also don't play either army.

**highlord tamburlaine**

All I see are what seem to be mostly small independent places.

Where's all the Michaels and Hobby Lobby announcements?

I guess I can look for Totally Thomas next time I head down to San Diego.

The name alone makes me think of creepy old guys wanting to tell prospective customers all about their Thomas the Tank Engine collections and having trivia contests over incredibly nerdy minutiae ...

In other words just like any other hobby shop

**tneva82**

Zywus wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something but why are people here so enthusiastic about buying this set?

It's the (semi)-monopose models from the 6th edition starterset and a positively ancient ork trakk from the Gorkamorka era?

I guess it might be cheep and appealing to someone starting up, but anyone who's been in the game for a few years will have had the opportunity to get their hands on those models easily and cheap for a long time.

Isn't that more like 5th?

Anyway quick look at ebay gave that as 60£. Individual squad goes around 13£ or so. That's not THAT cheap compared to brand new battle for verdos. Especially orks find that good(marines less so due to oddities like 1 terminator).

In age where GW models are generally ridiculously priced you surprised people would like some cheaper ones? Those orks will form infantry core cheaply provided you are happy with slugga and choppa configuration

**str00dles1**

I would love to get the orks.

Not only are they cheap, but orks being orks I can convert the crap out of them. With all my bits I can make tons of lootas or burnaboyz or use them as experiments in making plasticard meganobz

**adamsouza**

The excitement around Battle of Vedros is it's a cheap source of orks and free space marines.

If you play Orks, you convert. Battle of Vedros is the newest bestest supply of Cheap Orks to convert. On top of that you get the Marine models as well. Convert that Marine Dreadnaught into an Ork one and it's an even better deal.

**agnosto**

*sigh* And another decent idea being drug down my GW's asinine advertising and terms of conditions. This being the age of the internet, anyone who attempts to sell this product in NA is immediately hamstrung by a complete inability to advertise or sell it on their websites.

I don't think we'll see the likes of Hobby Lobby, Michaels, etc. for the same reason. They can't put it on their website, they can't advertise it in their circulars, they're basically denied the ability to move the product at all so there's little point in picking it up.

Again, the big heads at GW seem to have a completely anachronistic view of marketing and sales. The stated purpose of this project is to bring new blood into the game and provide an accessible game to younger players and those not already in the GW ecosystem. You can't do that without advertising. If people don't know it exists, they can't buy it. Not like they could anyway unless they live in places like Alpine CA with a population of 14k.

**BobtheInquisitor**

Whumbachumba wrote:
BobtheInquisitor wrote:
What is CXA?

Looks like a type and it's supposed to be a CA.

That's disappointing. I was hoping GW had found some newer, slightly less obscure markets, like Burkina Faso, Disputed Zone and Rand McNally.

**TheWaspinator**

Given the price of metal Deffkoptas, that's a reason enough alone for people to be interested in these boxes.

But yeah, GW seems to be shooting themselves in the foot a bit with this and their backwards retail policies. The importance of online retailers is only going to increase going into the future. If they really want to promote this as a cheap 40k entry point and/or advertising avenue, they should be selling it for cheap to Amazon to have as a deal of the day or something.

**MattofWar**

Great idea TheWaspinator

Places they should be selling this:

Amazon Deal of the Day
the larger Bundle and Crate services
Their own stores
Any of their independent trade stores
Their own special Battle for Vedros ebay store

**baritowned**

Guys... I actually found Vedros in a store yesterday. Picked up everything but the Gretchin and Attack Bike, so much nostalgia.

I think it might be worth making an edit to the original post with a confirmed list of stores that actually carry product.

In case we start that:

Columbus, Ohio - The Guard Tower

**MattofWar**

The Guard Tower is a gaming store. With stuff like Flames of War and Magic and whatnot. I was wondering if they'd end up there or if GW was trying to keep it out of their normal type of target independent store.

**warboss**

The store listed in Alaska made me laugh. No address, no zipcode, nothing. Alaska is a small place that's easy to navigate... I'm sure everyone just run across it somewhere in the bush!

**Bolognesus**

Have they invented postcodes in Alaska yet? I thought that was to follow *after* running water?

**baritowned**

MattofWar wrote:
The Guard Tower is a gaming store. With stuff like Flames of War and Magic and whatnot. I was wondering if they'd end up there or if GW was trying to keep it out of their normal type of target independent store.

Very true, but he said that they had issues convincing GW to let them sell it

**adamsouza**

I know at least one of my LGS orders their GW stuff from Diamond Distribution instead of GW.

Am I missing something, or could your FLGS just go around GW by not ordering through them and just contact someone on the trade list and order it from them instead ?

Spoiler:

You could call the local sales rep listed and find out who in your area is carrying it already.

**privateer4hire**

Toyopolis in Santa Fe New Mexico had bought a display. My missus dropped by there while we were up that way and bought 3 starter boxes and 3 ork boyz boxes.

Place is a dedicated toy store with Play Mobil and the like. The 40k display was reportedly very much out of place. There were still 3 starter boxes and the little boxes of SMs and Ork vehicles and grots available.

**Ratbarf**

My FLGS owner phoned the Canadian rep and found out he's already sold out and doesn't know when they'll get more.

**Lord Corellia**

Ratbarf wrote:
My FLGS owner phoned the Canadian rep and found out he's already sold out and doesn't know when they'll get more.

Are you in the east of Thunder Bay camp? I'd like to know where the hell he's sold them to then! Lol