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 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:

75hastings69 wrote:

I hope we do see Tau soon, with some more different races.

Not from my understanding of the releases.

shaso_iceborn wrote:There will be no new races (no Demiurge after all). Kroot will be expanded, New Vespid were play-tested I am awaiting confirmation as to whether or not they made into final print.

There are multiple fliers and and new units.

This post is intentionally vague until I can gain confirmation of units.

I hope Kroot get more than just another Hulk on an oval base.

Im hoping calvary.
Tau dont have enough silliness in them.

Yes, robot cavalry, not kroot or vespid.

Attention all Shas'O/El's it's looking like 5/13', very distinguished source. Start saving!! No questions, that is all.

Colour me quietly excited.

 Tauownz wrote:
Attention all Shas'O/El's it's looking like 5/13', very distinguished source. Start saving!! No questions, that is all.

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What exactly does that mean? Release 13th May, a Monday?

 Kroothawk wrote:
What exactly does that mean? Release 13th May, a Monday?

Or European dates... The 5th day of the 13th month.

 Kroothawk wrote:
What exactly does that mean? Release 13th May, a Monday?

I think it means may 2013

 Rented Tritium wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:
What exactly does that mean? Release 13th May, a Monday?

I think it means may 2013

In other words: the White Dwarf to be released at the end of March. Which would make a little sense, I suppose. After all, we've had a 40k release, a WHFB, and a WHFB/40k release so far this year, so for March preorder/April release, it would make sense for GW to give LOTR/Hobbitt some love...or just do something totally different...Spring of Flyers/Apoc/Allies, anyone?

Speaking of cavalry... Kroot already have that. I doubt they could make it into an interesting plastic kit, though. It's a nice chunk of resin, but trying to make half pieces of it all would be daunting.

Apparently Hammerheads and Skyrays aren't available any more to order from GW. My FLGS wanted to order a couple in and got told they weren't available any more - yay codex time!

Tau Hammerhead Gunship

The Hammerhead is the main battle tank of the Tau army. Many Imperial tank crews have learned the hard way how deadly its main weapons can be.

This boxed set contains 1 multi-part plastic Tau Hammerhead Gunship. It can be assembled with either an ion-cannon or a railgun. There is also a variety of optional parts and weapons.

Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Part Code: 99120113020

Tau Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship

The Sky Ray is a variant of the more common Hammerhead gunship, and provides a dedicated missile platform that is used by the Fire caste to provide point attack fire support for Fire Warrior teams, who lack their own heavy weaponry. When guided by the markerlights of Pathfinder teams, the Sky Ray makes an exceptional perimeter and air defence missile system.

This boxed set contains 1 multi-part plastic Tau Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship.

Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Part Code: 99120113021

If that's aimed at my comment... ordering as a supplier is different than ordering as a regular customer.He rang up earlier today and spoke to the GW phone monkeys and they said "they're no longer available"

 stubacca wrote:
If that's aimed at my comment... ordering as a supplier is different than ordering as a regular customer.He rang up earlier today and spoke to the GW phone monkeys and they said "they're no longer available"

And yet, they are still available...

I get the difference between retailer and customer. Also, he doesn't call 'phone monkeys', he calls trade sales.

 pretre wrote:

 stubacca wrote:
If that's aimed at my comment... ordering as a supplier is different than ordering as a regular customer.He rang up earlier today and spoke to the GW phone monkeys and they said "they're no longer available"

And yet, they are still available...

I get the difference between retailer and customer. Also, he doesn't call 'phone monkeys', he calls trade sales.

Available from their own website, yeh. They aren't going to turn down sales from there. They're the same as Apple in the respect that they'll sell old lines even though they know full well new stock is being brought out soon. I mean just look at the old paint range - they had that big thing over Christmas 2011 about buying all 70 or so in one bundle knowing full well that new paint range was out just a few months later, and at the exact same time that "special bundle" was being announced, the Games Workshop rep I used to deal with told me not to order in any more of the old paints, and that if I was really desperate just to order in ones or twos. He pretty much gave away that a new paint range was being released without actually saying "there is a new paint range out soon"

So yeh, my friend who runs the local gaming store has no reason to lie, and it totally fits with my own experiences of GW

Guess we'll see based on Tau release.

I wouldnt be surprised if tau get something along the lines of jet bikes. Heck, even necrons have jet bikes.

It would be pretty cool if the XV 15 was the equivalent of a monstrous creature flying. That would be a cool alternative to jetbikes.

Ok, so since they are being removed what does that mean in terms of stuff like how long it will be before we see the codex?

I don't think it's clear (yet) that they are being removed

it could be for example that GW is waiting for another shipment from the plastic factory.

If stores in another region also find they can't order them then maybe start anticipating

 stubacca wrote:
If that's aimed at my comment... ordering as a supplier is different than ordering as a regular customer.He rang up earlier today and spoke to the GW phone monkeys and they said "they're no longer available"

Well, they are still both listed in the retailer price list for March.

Strange, could be the case that they're out of stock? We'll see I guess

Anyone know the release date for the novel "firecaste" - it may have some decent insight for the new dex (fall of damnos had a lot of new necron units in it, and the new "flavor" of the necron lords and courts).

Ironically, I just finished painting my tau .....

Of course, now I might get to use all of them...
(including my vesipd and human aux....).

Why would Tau need jetbikes? We have tetras and Piranhas. Tetras are the same size as jet bikes too...

Because, A better way to more firepower onto the field.

If it really matters, tetras are a great platform for a jet bike. The fact they aren't a jet bike is strange to me anyway... They are really flimsy and have minimum armament.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I don't think it's clear (yet) that they are being removed

it could be for example that GW is waiting for another shipment from the plastic factory.

If stores in another region also find they can't order them then maybe start anticipating

A while ago there was a rumor of them re-boxing the Hammerhead/Sky Ray into a single kit (since the Sky Ray kit contains everything in the Hammerhead kit as well as the Sky Ray parts, for the same price). Given the fact that the Hammerhead is one of the iconic Tau units it's extremely unlikely that it would change much, so if there is any kind of "new release" coming it's most likely just a new box for the same model. At most there might be a re-shuffling of the sprues a bit, and maybe a few minor detail bits added if there's space.

Ant news on the Krootox? I picked up one at the BAO and i was hoping it will get a buff somehow, like Maybe it could have sky fire or something

Can't find the tau update on Forgeworld anymore. Have new books made it obsolete or are they reigning in Tau info in prep of a new lease?

Tau update still exists:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/t/Tauupdate.pdf

But it's no longer directly linked because they are 'updating' it.

 Lobukia wrote:
Can't find the tau update on Forgeworld anymore. Have new books made it obsolete or are they reigning in Tau info in prep of a new lease?

All of the pre-6th update pdfs were taken off the downloads page as soon as 6th was released. The files are still there if you have a link to them from somewhere else, but they won't be back on the "official" download page until they finally get around to updating them to 6th. The Tau update is nothing special, and not at all a hint either way about future non-FW Tau releases.