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 ZergSmasher wrote:
So GW lets us all think those models are coming back to the range on a (semi) permanent basis, and then announces that they are actually a MTO thing? Dick move GW. Now it's just another FOMO cash grab. Hoo boy, now I have to buy all of the stuff I want at once or I miss it. Somebody better press F for my wallet too...

wow what a reaction

Okay, I turned out to be mistaken. Mea culpa. But had I not been mistaken and those items had been MTO instead of range rotation, my reaction would have been totally justified. That would have been them jerking the rug out from under a lot of people. I'm glad to have been wrong, and I'm glad they cleared it up, as I'm confident I wasn't the only one who was, shall we say, irked?

I'm gonna want at least one of just about everything listed, but at least now I don't have to do it all at once!

Well that's a bloody relief. I would not have been well pleased if that was a MTO, with Nu-Heresy coming in hot on it's heels.


A small part of me does remains skeptical about this being a MTO though. Take the Blackshields for example. They normally don't re-release full warbands into the range when they could have released it as "Blackshields" and "Blackshield Command" or even the disparate command elements. The complete warband is something they've started doing for MTOs (See previous Easterling and Goblin Warriors) but not as a general release.

 krijthebold wrote:

Aeneades wrote:
Rob Alderman, head of the MEBG team at GW, has confirmed its a mistake in the article and they are not MTO.

That makes sense, it seemed like more an issue of poor formatting.

Lotr part was poorly written to begin with. Claims you could preorder stuff right now...

Men, GW needs to hire someone who is capable to manage their web site.

 Snrub wrote:

A small part of me does remains skeptical about this being a MTO though. Take the Blackshields for example. They normally don't re-release full warbands into the range when they could have released it as "Blackshields" and "Blackshield Command" or even the disparate command elements. The complete warband is something they've started doing for MTOs (See previous Easterling and Goblin Warriors) but not as a general release.

The ME team mentioned they will be doing this as it allows them to keep more SKUs available, takes up less space that multiple packs, is easier to run one warband on a mold at a time. (see: Dunland Warrior warband, Ruffians, Khandish warriors, and all the Finecast Hobbit-era releases which went from packs-of-three to boxes-of-twelve). The nice side effect is that warband sets are always cheaper than individual packs.

Ah well that's good to know. No complaints about that then.

Seeing them bring back all the Moria stuff (much of which has been OOP for a long time) gives me hope that they will eventually get around to bringing back Arnor and Far Harad models; I would certainly grab Arnor stuff in a heartbeat just for the cool factor, and I really like the Far Harad army as well (the idea of War Camels is just so cool!).

Yeah, Moria is in real need of having the better part of their range available again and i'm glad to see it return. Arnor and Far Harad would also be greatly received. Mostly because Camel riders go on the 2nd hand market for about $60AUD a pop. Which is proper bonkers.


If you don't mind 3rd party stuff, there's a few guys who produce really nice not!-Arnor models. Very convincing stuff.

 Snrub wrote:
Yeah, Moria is in real need of having the better part of their range available again and i'm glad to see it return. Arnor and Far Harad would also be greatly received. Mostly because Camel riders go on the 2nd hand market for about $60AUD a pop. Which is proper bonkers.


If you don't mind 3rd party stuff, there's a few guys who produce really nice not!-Arnor models. Very convincing stuff.

Speaking of 3rd party stuff, is there a lot out there for Harad stuff?

Davale Games does some nice "Snake Army" minis. Unreleased Miniatures do some not!-Far Harad although you'll have to scroll through and find them.

 Snrub wrote:
Yeah, Moria is in real need of having the better part of their range available again and i'm glad to see it return. Arnor and Far Harad would also be greatly received. Mostly because Camel riders go on the 2nd hand market for about $60AUD a pop. Which is proper bonkers.

I think I missed the camalry the first time around - got a link to any pictures?

There was a Mahud King on camel and 2 camel riders sculpts.

 Snrub wrote:
Arnor and Far Harad would also be greatly received.

Yeah, when they announced the range rotation on Far Harad I went ahead and just bought an army, as I figured it would be a long time until it would come back.

I just missed the Far Harad stuff when it rotated out I think, literally a week or two after they went I was looking for them. Really like those models.

Apparently the book has leaked (because of course it has).
Anyway, Orophin (Haldir's second brother).

Okay, something weird is absolutely going on in GW - who would bother leaking Middle Earth stuff?

Dang, I like that.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Okay, something weird is absolutely going on in GW - who would bother leaking Middle Earth stuff?

Contrary to popular belief, it is a long lasting, popular game. Just not 40k/sigmar big.

Don't engage, just yellow triangle and move on.

I wonder if Rumil will finally reappear? I've held off on getting any of the Galadhrim Court guards since he's unavailable.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Okay, something weird is absolutely going on in GW - who would bother leaking Middle Earth stuff?

Contrary to popular belief, it is a long lasting, popular game. Just not 40k/sigmar big.

Yeah, but when was the last time people leaked anything about it? It doesn't exactly get big relases. And the fanbase isn't exactly so demanding of news like the Warhammer ones.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Don't engage, just yellow triangle and move on.

I wonder if Rumil will finally reappear? I've held off on getting any of the Galadhrim Court guards since he's unavailable.

If this guy's FW, (which is highly probable,) maybe a repack to put him in with the Celeborn and Haldir pack.


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 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Okay, something weird is absolutely going on in GW - who would bother leaking Middle Earth stuff?

Contrary to popular belief, it is a long lasting, popular game. Just not 40k/sigmar big.

Yeah, but when was the last time people leaked anything about it? It doesn't exactly get big relases. And the fanbase isn't exactly so demanding of news like the Warhammer ones.

Actually this whole release for the Defence of the North has been massive. Just spread out over a period of time.

Ooh I like him. I wonder if they'll go for a complementary trinity type thing with the brothers. You've got Haldir for range, Rumil for defence and Orophin for attack.


Now to me, that model looks plastic. So part of me wonders (hopes) if we'll see a plastic triple kit for the three brothers.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Okay, something weird is absolutely going on in GW - who would bother leaking Middle Earth stuff?

It goes up for preorder this weekend, so almost certainly it's from preview copies GW sends out to reviewers/youtubers/etc

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Actually this whole release for the Defence of the North has been massive. Just spread out over a period of time.

No kidding. I nearly asked the other day what new supplement were we expecting Grimbeorn and the Beornings to belong to, I'd thought for certain we'd seen all of Defence of the North by then.

Also, the reason we don't often see leaks for Middle-Earth is that there's often nothing to leak. New things get previewed fairly well in advance, and the printed material is released either simultaneously or subsequently.


Orophin is pretty good, even if he's adding yet another aesthetic variation to the Galadhrim armour style. Would be nice if he was plastic, but I'm not convinced GW would spend the resources on such a minor character

 Snrub wrote:
Ooh I like him. I wonder if they'll go for a complementary trinity type thing with the brothers. You've got Haldir for range, Rumil for defence and Orophin for attack.


Now to me, that model looks plastic. So part of me wonders (hopes) if we'll see a plastic triple kit for the three brothers.

Don't give me hope...

I could see it though.

Easterlings get War Drakes apparently?

Would be on theme with their dragon obsession to have as some sort of warbeast.

 Arbitrator wrote:
Easterlings get War Drakes apparently?

I thought that was a battle companies thing?

 Fergie0044 wrote:

 Arbitrator wrote:
Easterlings get War Drakes apparently?

I thought that was a battle companies thing?

They're in the Legendary Legion.