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I probably want one of everything they listed except for the Laketown and Erebor models. My wallet is clenching...


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On a slightly less-related note, has anyone else had long delays ordering stuff from FW recently? I placed an order (preorder actually) for Rutabi and Brorgir (the new Easterling heroes), plus 2 packs of Dragon Cult Acolytes and the Defenders of Helm's Deep models, back on the 25th of February. It's now the 18th of March and the order is still listed as pending. When I look at my order details it says that it should ship within 6 business days. Is it because I'm in the USA and things take longer to ship across the pond?

I don't know what's going on with FW.

I placed on order on 2/21 that still hasnt shipped, yet my order from 3/7 shipped right away.

They don't respond to emails. I emailed asking about the 2/21 order. The web page says email them if not shipped in 20 days. I also had emails from back in January about and order issues from last year they still never replied.

I'm glad I pay for overpriced models.

100% a 'Forge World not shipping your order' issue rather than delivery time issues.

I sell regularly on eBay to North America and Australia. My packages to NA (Canada and USA) arrive in 5-7 days, and my packages to Australia arrive no later than 8 days. This is with the basic Royal Mail International Tracked service, which presumably is what FW would be utilising too. Any dedicated courier service would presumably have BETTER delivery times.

So I'd say this is just them not shipping your goods.

A small mixed bag of assorted Middle-Earth sculpts are on Last Chance to Buy

- Erkenbrand
- Eorl the Young
- Sons of Eorl
- Feral Uruk-hai
- Black Numenoreans
- Orc Trackers
- Morder Siege Bow
- Gondor Avenger Bolt Thrower

Groblog and the mounted Dragon Knight are there too, but we already know about their repackaging (EDIT 10 new SKUs get announced, so 10 current SKUs disappear, that explains it)

Seems most are already sold out in most places. Can't help but feel it defeats the purpose of the label to wait until most items are out of stock before applying them

zombie_sky_diver wrote:
I don't know what's going on with FW.

I placed on order on 2/21 that still hasnt shipped, yet my order from 3/7 shipped right away.

They don't respond to emails. I emailed asking about the 2/21 order. The web page says email them if not shipped in 20 days. I also had emails from back in January about and order issues from last year they still never replied.

I'm glad I pay for overpriced models.

I likewise have an order on day 19 of not having shipped despite being 100% in-stock items. Really awesome, modern-feeling buying experience...

Ugh. Why bring back minis in FailCast? WHY?!

Blastaar wrote:
Ugh. Why bring back minis in FailCast? WHY?!

From what I'm seeing they reverted Minis to metal that were sold in metal when they were first released (but got failcasted later on), but they don't turn figures into metal that were released in Failcast.

Blastaar wrote:
Ugh. Why bring back minis in FailCast? WHY?!

The Middle Earth MTO are usually metal, everything I've ordered since the scheme launched has arrived metal.

Eiríkr wrote:

Blastaar wrote:
Ugh. Why bring back minis in FailCast? WHY?!

The Middle Earth MTO are usually metal, everything I've ordered since the scheme launched has arrived metal.

Well see what it says when they go live on the we store. The article states several are FailCast. I would like to be pleasantly surprised.

They are usually, but not always, done in the last material the model was available in, hence why the dragon is resin.

I have mostly metal, but some of the Hobbit-era stuff is resin.

Every Made-to-Order miniature so far has been cast in the material it was last available. Often this is metal but if the model was last available in resin (or never available in metal like the Hobbit miniatures), it will be cast in resin.

Nice of them to give us plenty of advance warning so that we have time to actually get them.

They don't use the original failcast stuff anymore, so anything that's actually been cast recently will be in actually good resin.

 Snrub wrote:
Nice of them to give us plenty of advance warning so that we have time to actually get them.

It's disappointing that there's no consistency when it comes to the range rotation. They've announced which things would be going well in advance before, and the 40K LCTB wave that went up at the same time has come with what looks like an MTO guarantee

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/03/20/sunday-preview-avatar-autarch-and-aspect-warriors-aeldari-reinforcements-inbound/

The following units will be going off sale on the 3rd of April, but if you order any of them between now and then, you’ll be guaranteed to get one.

At least they will be back, I guess.

Also, re: resin, as much as I still don't like the material, I've still picked up a few and it's vastly better than the nightmare days of Finecast

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
They don't use the original failcast stuff anymore, so anything that's actually been cast recently will be in actually good resin.

Are you sure about that? I thought they had merely scrapped the label for obvious reasons and redid some of the worst examples of Failcast like the Gorgorothbeast.
I'm still reading bad Reviews about GW Resin.

I'd agree with Ninth on that. I've had some of their resin *finecast* pieces lately and the quality is pretty sound all around. No noticeable holes, not overly thin. Gates are still a pain in the ass, as are bendy spears. But other than that, it's fine.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I'd agree with Ninth on that. I've had some of their resin *finecast* pieces lately and the quality is pretty sound all around. No noticeable holes, not overly thin. Gates are still a pain in the ass, as are bendy spears. But other than that, it's fine.

Now you make me feel bad that I didn't buy those mirkwood elves before the price rise I'm having on my list since years

Well bear in mind they could have been cast years ago in the crappy resin.

Missing MTO's up next week:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/04/03/sunday-preview-tyranids-are-coming-and-the-realm-of-beasts-awakens/

FINALLY!

Boromir full o' arrows here I come!

I definitely want the classic metal Fellowship, and I probably want the Khazad-dum set also (I'm probably masochistic or something as I've heard that Balrog is a real PITA to put together). Might also pick up Escape from Orthanc, depending on what my money situation looks like in a week or two.

As someone who has built it, yes it is. You'll need pins and even that's not a guarantee it will hold together.

Tempted by the Orthanc set, the FW Gwaihir being £67 on his own

 Slinky wrote:
Tempted by the Orthanc set, the FW Gwaihir being £67 on his own

Have you seen how tiny the Orthanc one is?

Truthfully, you can make a Gwaihir easily out of the Great Eagles kit. Bonus: you get a second eagle!

Whoohoo. Time to get me weatertop and the balrog. Already got the fellowship and Amon-hen. Bought Orthanc a few months ago off ebay but didnt realise until after that it was missing the palantir.

Why would you want a metal Balrog?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why would you want a metal Balrog?

He's clearly planning to commit murder.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why would you want a metal Balrog?

Why wouldn't you want a metal Balrog?

I want the Balrog because i'm a completionist. Can't have the complete collection of every Lord of the Rings mini without having all 3 versions of the balrog (4 if you include the one that they changed the wings from metal to plastic).


Edit- 5 if you include the unreleased ice balrog. Impossibly hard to get your hands on though.

Made To Orders are live. (Along side Eldar and marine captains.)


Wowee! I've glad I've already got 3 of the 5 of these kits, as they've hiked the price up on them. Amon-hen was $120AUD last time. Now it's $135.
$165 seems a high price for the balrog and gandalf. But considering the metal balrogs tend to be priced upwards of $350+ on ebay, it seems not all too excessive.