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That all looks... pretty cool actually.

(If the assault team is a dread and five termies.... for £25... Dayum. )

Warhams-77 wrote:

Spoiler:

All the images from the Imgur album:

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Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/V9D3A/new

That guy on the right looks like Scully from Brooklyn 99



And those Bloodbowl models look great!!

Ibis wrote:

Look closely at the box art, there's a 'mock up' watermark stamped across the artwork, that and the box proclaiming to have a dreadnought and terminators in it actually features a dreadnought and tactical marines on the cover. Looks like placeholder artwork for the moment as far as I can see.

Likewise, the 'Attack Bike' has the art for a regular marine bike... Although the sprue shown is a regular bike as well, so who knows what's happening there...


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ruralguard wrote:
I wonder too if the Land Speeder is the early 3rd edition one rather than the current model with more options.

Seems likely, going by the other models shown.

Hope they've sorted out the warping problem, at least...

Warhams-77 wrote:

Hey, what piece of castle terrain are they using in the left side of the Sigmar display? That looks cool. I want that big arch!

This is very much a good thing. Remember when GW used to be in partnership with Milton Bradley? You actually had GW branded goods available in regular retail back then. Those games were what got a lot of us into miniatures and wargaming in the first place. Yhis will put GW's name back out there and should help bring in some much needed new blood.

I for one will be extremely happy if this means that I'll be able to grab miniatures while I'm shopping at Target. I really hope they're going to release these to big box retailers in the US. I also hope those brushes are up to their regular brush quality. If so, it may wind up being more economical to buy one of these kits instead of just getting the brushes from my FLGS.

Whats this 'tiny plastic spacemen' thing? A generic GW logo, a new division?

It is also on the Blood Bowl advertising(!1!)

Well this is a turn up for the books. I didn't see this coming. Will be interesting to see how this turns out. tbh

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Whats this 'tiny plastic spacemen' thing? A generic GW logo, a new division?

It is also on the Blood Bowl advertising(!1!)

Spoiler:

A blog watermark. Beats the usual one that's plastered all over the image to prevent sharing.

@Silent Puffin - I think that's just the watermark of the folks who took the pics. It says, "images via Tiny Plastic Spacemen and Spikeybits Hobbies (Facebook) 1-27-2016"

Edit - DOH. BrookM = fasta ninja!

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Whats this 'tiny plastic spacemen' thing? A generic GW logo, a new division?

It is also on the Blood Bowl advertising(!1!)

Spoiler:

[img]https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12647323_1010471962309644_354550965503090208_n.jpg?oh=17b013e088811592c3dfbd8421f4fd54&oe=572595F[/]

It's a watermark.

I think Orks & Space Marines is cool, too. Fitting -- they are the Original Two, from Rogue Trader.

Its a step in the right direction, no doubt. But why now? Makes me think GW's financial situation is worse than it looks.

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Its a step in the right direction, no doubt. But why now? Makes me think GW's financial situation is worse than it looks.

I think Rountree is not the puppet Kirby was hoping he'd be.

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Its a step in the right direction, no doubt. But why now? Makes me think GW's financial situation is worse than it looks.

The new guy in charge did say when he took over that he was aiming to shake things up a little and look for new, more affordable ways to get their product out there without affecting the value of the existing branding.

This is pretty much bang on target for that goal.

 Talys wrote:
I think Orks & Space Marines is cool, too. Fitting -- they are the Original Two, from Rogue Trader.

Finally a plastic Farm kit???

 insaniak wrote:

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Its a step in the right direction, no doubt. But why now? Makes me think GW's financial situation is worse than it looks.

The new guy in charge did say when he took over that he was aiming to shake things up a little and look for new, more affordable ways to get their product out there without affecting the value of the existing branding.

This is pretty much bang on target for that goal.

Gland he doesn't seem to be Kirby's puppet like many predicted.

Thank God. This Rountree fella has a good bit more about him than Kirby it seems!

Hopefully the quality of these kits mould-wise is up to standard we expect from GW.

Huh. Not sure what to think of this. On the one hand, its more of GW thinking they're just a model company rather than a game and model company. . . but on the other hand its actually going to be spreading their net a little further and offering a sort of introduction to the hobby. The issue I see is what grabs someone who isn't already into 40k into buying one of these kits. The only appeal will be a purely visual one, and Space Marines don't have as wide of an appeal as a military tank or helicopter. But maybe they'll combine this with some advertising?

What they really need is a good Saturday morning cartoon, if kids still watch those things I guess. Its too bad they're not super cheap, but these prices aren't all that bad I guess.

And imo, they should stick some real basic AoS style wargaming rules into the box.

So the SM bike kit comes with a terminator captain based on the pics and is 10 pounds. A SM termie libby costs 18 pounds.

So for 20 pounds, 2 pounds more than the TEQ libby, you can get not only 2 TEQ captains but also 2 bikes, and brushes, and paints, and glue.

FFS...

I wouldn't be basing much off of the not-final box art.

Edit: Never mind, took another look and saw the sprue. Interesting...

 Pacific wrote:
And PS - that art is fething awesome, and a far more evocative thing to fire the imagination (of both kids and adults) than a dull, photo-shopped picture of some painted minis.

Exalted for truth.

some of the old box art was awesome

 Talys wrote:
Looks like a good idea to me, with prices that will be attractive in the toy store/model shop range, especially with paints and a brush included.

I like the box art. It should be clearly differentiated from current generation GW product anyhow.

I hope that the hobby shops that we frequent will also have access to these, as they will be good for hobby introduction.

I agree.

*With a crack! the Second Seal is broken*

Getting back into stores is a good thing.

It looks like Rountree is thinking outside of the eensy weensy box that GW has been doing most of its recent thinking in.

The Auld Grump

 argonak wrote:
The issue I see is what grabs someone who isn't already into 40k into buying one of these kits. The only appeal will be a purely visual one, and Space Marines don't have as wide of an appeal as a military tank or helicopter. .

They're cool models, and there's a dearth of cool scifi model kits out there.

Nice. I approve of this.

New outreach to non-gaming modelers and cheaper inferior(?) kits for existing customers. The current artwork looks fine, too, more in keeping with the style I typically see on model shop boxes anyway.

The original source is doubting these will be sold in Walmart and the likes - GW is aiming at model shops with their new range. The blog's article, with a few more pics of the AoS diorama

http://www.tinyplasticspacemen.com/games-workshop-2016-releases-from-the-spielwarenmesse-the-nurnberg-toy-fair/

They will provide more info tomorrow

Hi guys, I'm the one that took the pictures (and my name ain't Chris whatever!). I posted this in the 2 main 40k groups on Facebook, The Overlords group and on my site/blog, Tiny Plastic Spacemen: http://www.tinyplasticspacemen.com/games-workshop-2016-releases-from-the-spielwarenmesse-the-nurnberg-toy-fair/ - there's some extra pictures on my site of the Age of Sigmar terrain, I wasn't aware that it's not released yet because I'm sure I've seen it at Warhammer World before now.

I also posted the pictures of the Built + Paint sets flyer on the Spikey Bitz Facebook page, and they somehow turned it into a 'GW is going to Target and Walmart' story - which I just didn't get at all from talking with the head guy at the GW stand. They're placed right in the middle of die-cast and scale model manufacturers, in a prime spot to talk to hobby shops and try to get back into independent stores. Who knows what their strategy is but I don't think it's get into big retailers. Although it's not a bad idea, with an all-in-one model kit! I will try to confirm this one way or another in the next couple of days, though.

If this is true it means GW is doing something that (to me) seems totally reasonable and designed to get more people into playing their games.

I don't know how to process this information. I actually really like the direction GW is taking. I haven't thought that in something like a decade (which is a long time when you're in your 30s).

Thanks, Krushgroove, for the photos, news, and chiming in to add valid information

 krushgroove wrote:
Hi guys, I'm the one that took the pictures (and my name ain't Chris whatever!). I posted this in the 2 main 40k groups on Facebook, The Overlords group and on my site/blog, Tiny Plastic Spacemen: http://www.tinyplasticspacemen.com/games-workshop-2016-releases-from-the-spielwarenmesse-the-nurnberg-toy-fair/ - there's some extra pictures on my site of the Age of Sigmar terrain, I wasn't aware that it's not released yet because I'm sure I've seen it at Warhammer World before now.

I also posted the pictures of the Built + Paint sets flyer on the Spikey Bitz Facebook page, and they somehow turned it into a 'GW is going to Target and Walmart' story - which I just didn't get at all from talking with the head guy at the GW stand. They're placed right in the middle of die-cast and scale model manufacturers, in a prime spot to talk to hobby shops and try to get back into independent stores. Who knows what their strategy is but I don't think it's get into big retailers. Although it's not a bad idea, with an all-in-one model kit! I will try to confirm this one way or another in the next couple of days, though.

Thanks for the info!

The Auld Grump