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http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2009/04/40k-fantasy-news-june-2009-price.html
I guess there feeling the recession aswell
I better get the ravenwing battleforce soon then

Happens every year, about the same time and people are still shocked and amazed. Deal with it, heck, sometimes things go down a buck or two.

Le Grognard wrote:heck, sometimes things go down a buck or two.

Lies and scandal

Yeah they go up every year but it's still news and we still don't have to like it, real concern is by how much?

I only remember prices going down on some stuff once.

I realize prices go up every year, but in this recession GW shouldda skipped the annual increase. If this does turn out to be a 25% increase as rumored I'll be done buying as soon as my current GW projects are finished. I've already mostly moved on to other game systems where I feel the value of my money is better spent.

Damn. I might never get my Grey Knights finished. Already damn expensive as is, I can't take much more than this. It's already $17 for a GK Termie with Psycannon, might they push it all the way to $20?

That doesn't include the insane cost of my Lizardmen Salamanders, Razordons, and Kroxigors...

Quick form an assualt team to storm there headquarters

Just because it happens every year doesn't make it not BS.

Is there any other miniatures company that raises their prices every year?

I get my stuff with a set weekly budget of store credit I earn running the game days and tournies at the FLGS, so they'll get no extra money out of me, they'll just be selling me less stuff.

I guess I really need to get my Chaos boys done before that, then hope I don't ever want to make another army.

I feel like the cadian box price increase is flowing into the overall price increase rumors... there's no way they would stay in business if they increased all prices by 25%.

my army isnt even finish so i have know idea what to do
but who knows if the economy gets better they may lower prices
but i see that as unlikely
man the bike squade will end up costing 50 bucks

Cryonicleech shakes his head as he hears about the price increase AFTER Californian taxes increase...


Luckily, I have THE WARSTOR!!!

Neal, you rule!

What, GW would raise prices in a down market? Imagine that!

I guess the coming IG order will be my last for quite a while.

No biggie - plenty to work on, plenty to play.

Nerdrage and walletfury aside, it really is bizarre behaviour. Why do they do this? Has there ever been a concrete reason for their inexplicable and seemingly arbitrary strategy of "whether hail or sleet or snow or UFO invasion or zombie apocalypse, we will raise prices." policy?

1. Hit a recession
2. Increase prices
3. Lower sales
4. ????
5. ...profit?

with price increases happening again this year all that will happen with me and gw is ill be more selective over what i buy from them, and my ammount of buying will be reduced by about a quarter as things will take longer to save up for?

Will online discount sites be affected by the price increase later then GW stores will? just wondering.

But seriously, It hasn't even been a year anyway. The last price hike was sometime during the autumn, or doesn't that even count because they didn't jack up the price of plastics that time?

All in all, to sum it up,

Greed workshop strikes again.

Paul Atreides wrote:Will online discount sites be affected by the price increase later then GW stores will? just wondering.

If the price increase means also increasing the prices they charge to retailers, then yes, it will.

I'd like to move to wherever you guys are, where nobody but GW ever raises prices. I can stomach expensive models if it means food and rent are cheap.

lord_blackfang wrote:I'd like to move to wherever you guys are, where nobody but GW ever raises prices. I can stomach expensive models if it means food and rent are cheap.

Oh, in Alberta, rent is hellishly expensive. We've just gotten used to it.

lord_blackfang wrote:I'd like to move to wherever you guys are, where nobody but GW ever raises prices. I can stomach expensive models if it means food and rent are cheap.

See, I like to think that in a sane world, playing with toy soldiers doesn't really need to be figured into the same budget as food and rent.

JOHIRA wrote:

lord_blackfang wrote:I'd like to move to wherever you guys are, where nobody but GW ever raises prices. I can stomach expensive models if it means food and rent are cheap.

See, I like to think that in a sane world, playing with toy soldiers doesn't really need to be figured into the same budget as food and rent.

Its true, everybody knows toy soldiers come before food and rent in a budget.

Is this only for the US market?

Would be strange with the strong €uro to increase priced for the Continent.

Heck, In the moment it makes sense to buy all your stuff directly in Brittan.

Greets
Schepp himself

Well, the Cadian Battleforce over here is being released at £55, a 10% increase.

I assume thats what BoL are inferring, that the other sets will be going up to the same amount.

lord_blackfang wrote:I'd like to move to wherever you guys are, where nobody but GW ever raises prices. I can stomach expensive models if it means food and rent are cheap.

Within the hobby of miniatures wargames and other pastimes, GW pricing strategies are pretty unique. WOTC prices its D&D Player's Handbook roughly the same this year than it was 2 years ago when I bought my copy, MTG booster pack prices have been at 4€ for a while now as well. Privateer Press hasn't raised the cost of WM or Hordes rulebooks or old models (new warjacks cost more than old ones, but that's a different kind of pricing issue).

JOHIRA wrote:

lord_blackfang wrote:I'd like to move to wherever you guys are, where nobody but GW ever raises prices. I can stomach expensive models if it means food and rent are cheap.

See, I like to think that in a sane world, playing with toy soldiers doesn't really need to be figured into the same budget as food and rent.

QFT, man.

I shouldn't have to consider that buying HALF of a SMALL squad would cost bout the same as a decent small kitchen appliance.

I dunno. I think the 3.0 D&D books were quite a bit cheaper when they came out. PP did raise prices on old metals at the same time GW did last year.

As for M:TG, I started playing it at the same time as 40k and they were ~2.50€ back then. So an increase of over 50%. Admittedly, GW's prices just about doubled in the same time, but so did their quality. Even back then, if given the choice, I would gladly have paid twice the cost of the old Rhino for the MkIII. Meanwhile, Magic cards are still just pieces of card with pretty pictures...

I don't enjoy price hikes any more than the next guy, but I don't think GW is being unreasonable, especially when they're constantly improving (models at least if not rules)

GW's price increases are ridiculous. It'd be easier to swallow if they gave an explanation that made sense. With inflation bouncing between and around 3-7% each year, GW's prices at worst should be going up each year only by around that much. The fact that its consistently more means we're paying more and more for less and less. If GW were making significant strides in quality you could justify a higher price, but they aren't. So why does GW keep raising the price?

Answer, this sentiment:

Sirius42 wrote:Its true, everybody knows toy soldiers come before food and rent in a budget.

GW identified as much in their annual report, on their business. That we have such an inflexible demand for their products we sacrifice other expenses and luxuries to get our miniatures. Maybe rather than blaming GW for being capitalist and taking advantage of our "need" we should collectively admit we have a problem. The first step to breaking an addiction is to admit you have one.

Blaming GW only gets us so far, maybe its time we blame ourselves for feeding the "beast".