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migooo wrote:
Oh please don't bring back those robot rules from RT

I loved those, it was do much fun when damage made them do stupid random things.

 Anpu42 wrote:

migooo wrote:
Oh please don't bring back those robot rules from RT

I loved those, it was do much fun when damage made them do stupid random things.

Its not that its the programming thing. im all for fun rules, but they were a little overcomplicated.

P.s. that is technically not a hat more of a head attachment.

i agree

 SirDonlad wrote:
This guy has the biggest hat that i've seen in 40k - it's also a cortex controller!

Ya this guy has his combat hat, in the picture, and at home he sports a pink fluffy one with a skimpy clad female servitor holding it up.

And when Christmas comes around...

So... any guesses when wave 2 drops?

Sometime in May sounds right.

I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

 lord marcus wrote:
I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

It's more like GW's initial estimation of how badly we wanted AdMech was much lower than it actually was. They didn't make enough and we'll have to wait for them to play catch up.

 lord marcus wrote:
I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

There's still a bunch available on ebay.

 lord marcus wrote:
I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

Don't worry they'll be restocked soon enough. Use the "email me" function on the site so that you can get one before they sell out again. This tactic let me get a whole lot of 32mm bases back in January when those things used to sell out in hours.

AdMech is here to stay, get yourself one of the other kits if you're antsy to get painting; at least one of them is usable.

 Hive City Dweller wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

Don't worry they'll be restocked soon enough. Use the "email me" function on the site so that you can get one before they sell out again. This tactic let me get a whole lot of 32mm bases back in January when those things used to sell out in hours.

AdMech is here to stay, get yourself one of the other kits if you're antsy to get painting; at least one of them is usable.

I did so. doesn't mean they will be back in stock in time :/

 lord marcus wrote:
I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

They figured the eldar codex was leaked by now and nobody would be on the ad mech bandwagon anymore.

 aka_mythos wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

It's more like GW's initial estimation of how badly we wanted AdMech was much lower than it actually was. They didn't make enough and we'll have to wait for them to play catch up.

IIRC the same thing happened to Tau.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So... any guesses when wave 2 drops?

Possibly second /third week in May.

I think the issue is that GW's production is still relatively small scale, and since they don't do advertising or, you know, market research, they don't think to take some of that production time and stock up extra of something when doing a release.

I remember waiting for a Riptide like 3 weeks because of production numbers.

Just shows people like new stuff that's unique and not stupid *cough santawolf cough*

 lord marcus wrote:

 Hive City Dweller wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
I am slightly pissed right now....

I went to order a box of vanguard/rangers from GWUS, and they are "Temporarily out of stock."

What, did they see demand was high and say "eh, whatever" and not reorder stock.

All i wanted was one box of blasted troops to paint on after finals, and even that is denied me.

Don't worry they'll be restocked soon enough. Use the "email me" function on the site so that you can get one before they sell out again. This tactic let me get a whole lot of 32mm bases back in January when those things used to sell out in hours.

AdMech is here to stay, get yourself one of the other kits if you're antsy to get painting; at least one of them is usable.

I did so. doesn't mean they will be back in stock in time :/

Try checking at a store, the webstore allocation goes faster than the physical store allocations because of people buying the "bundles".

Or like was already mentioned EBAY. Or another third party. There is still stock out there.

Nithoggr wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:
This guy has the biggest hat that i've seen in 40k - it's also a cortex controller!

Ya this guy has his combat hat, in the picture, and at home he sports a pink fluffy one with a skimpy clad female servitor holding it up.

And when Christmas comes around...

Awesome model, ludicrous physics. He'd lose balance and fall over as soon as he turned his head. (I'm assuming his neck is augmetic so it won't just break.) Maybe there's a tiny anti-grav unit in the hat?

 SisterSydney wrote:

Nithoggr wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:
This guy has the biggest hat that i've seen in 40k - it's also a cortex controller!

Ya this guy has his combat hat, in the picture, and at home he sports a pink fluffy one with a skimpy clad female servitor holding it up.

And when Christmas comes around...

Awesome model, ludicrous physics. He'd lose balance and fall over as soon as he turned his head. (I'm assuming his neck is augmetic so it won't just break.) Maybe there's a tiny anti-grav unit in the hat?

Advanced gyro-stablization for the win. SCIENCE! FICTION! oooohh aahhhh

Nithoggr wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:
This guy has the biggest hat that i've seen in 40k - it's also a cortex controller!

Ya this guy has his combat hat, in the picture, and at home he sports a pink fluffy one with a skimpy clad female servitor holding it up.

And when Christmas comes around...

We have CyberCringle The Jolly Tech Priest who gives Cogs to good Servitors and other followers of the Machine God?

Last year he bought me Socks.

Socks are HERESY.

Because, you know, all loyal servants of the Mechanicum should be augmetic from at least the knee down, per Codex:Skitarii.

I want to see these robots, if the rumors hold true. I'd like to see how the handle them...

Nithoggr wrote:

Last year he bought me Socks.

The flesh is weak.
I thought the need for an extraneous insulation layer to ensure consistent operation would be impetus enough to replace those feet/legs with an enhanced locomotion array?

 SirDonlad wrote:

Nithoggr wrote:

Last year he bought me Socks.

The flesh is weak.
I thought the need for an extraneous insulation layer to ensure consistent operation would be impetus enough to replace those feet/legs with an enhanced locomotion array?

Hmm Maybe i'll ask for rocket legs next year

migooo wrote:

Hmm Maybe i'll ask for rocket legs next year

niiiice!


"Dear Mecha-santa; the thing i want most in the whole wide mars is the 'deepstrike' and 'hammer of wrath' USR's - can i pleeeeease have them for christmas this year?"

So let's speculate a bit here. Based on all the tidbits and rumors, plus what we know of the fluff and also what we saw with the Militarum Tempestus/Astra Militarum release, here's my prediction:

Given that Adeptus Mechanicus is an entirely new faction, they saw an opportunity for two MT-style mini-dexes instead of the one for AM.

The first one we have in our hands - Codex: Skitarii.

The second one will be - Codex: Cult Mechanicus.

THEN, after all that shakes out, they will drop the actual Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus, which will have the ability to include all the forces from C:S and C:CM, but without some of their unique rules or roles. (It could also pull in the updated Codex: Imperial Knights, if that turns out to be true) This will give players tons of options for how they want to represent their Mechanicus forces, just like Militarum Tempestus gives the ability to play your Storm Troopers a little differently if that's your thing.

This is just speculation, but it's my analysis of all the rumors so far, and gives the best match to the fluff, as well as making sense considering GW'w current style of new releases.

Sounds very plausible. Fits with the no codex entry without a model model too.

Hmm but no SC unless they are going the way of fantasy now. But guessing the way they portrayed the Skitarii as Pre programmed almost automaton like that makes sense for that codex.

Well, Skitarii special characters could be downloadable into any number of bodies, rather like the Tyranid Swarmlord.