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Post by: Earthbeard
 H.B.M.C. wrote:That Chaplain is a great model. I really do hope GW does more of these single-frame plastics, and doesn't do what was reported and run screaming into the arms of more fething Finecost.
Me too, I'm hoping the seeming success of the Fantasy ones, lead to 40k versions too.
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Post by: White Ninja
Sweet Jesus the chaplains head is separate from the body. Now I want three of them so I can make a collection of chaplains.
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Post by: Cyvash
 White Ninja wrote:Sweet Jesus the chaplains head is separate from the body. Now I want three of them so I can make a collection of chaplains.
then join the bidding wars on ebay that are being put up by people who are selling them to people who want them.
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Post by: Grey Templar
My guess is that there are some little gnomes over in china right now that are preparing to make recasts of the chaplain.
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Post by: ph34r
H.B.M.C. wrote:That Chaplain is a great model. I really do hope GW does more of these single-frame plastics, and doesn't do what was reported and run screaming into the arms of more fething Finecost.
Speaking of that, I am disappointed to see a lack of a large single frame plastic wave like was rumored some time ago to be released near 6e.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
That might be down to the news that was out 3(ish?) weeks ago that GW see’s the single-frame plastic characters as a ‘stop gap’, and that they wouldn’t be doing any more. Instead they’d be turning from the first real bit of modelling evolution they’ve made in the past half-decade and focusing their attention on more Finecost.
As someone who loves those single-frame plastic characters and who bought a number despite not actually playing Warhammer, this saddens me.
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Post by: ironicsilence
models look pretty good. GW can make a sexy plastic model
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Post by: Slayer le boucher
 ceorron wrote: Rivet wrote: Platuan4th wrote: Rivet wrote: Howard A Treesong wrote: Rivet wrote:I truly do not understand the animosity towards duplicate poses on a few of the miniatures. The duplicated miniatures are amazingly sculpted in the first place (Chaos chosen) and fill a role in the unit.
People have been spoiled in this modern age. Remember the 2nd edition box? Dear god I hated that even at the time.
2nd edition is before my time. I think when I first got into 40k it was just after the release of Chapter Approved... Then I got out of it until about 3 years ago when I got back in.
Heh, the first though in my mind was "Which Chapter Approved?" Technically, the first Chapter Approved/Book of the Astronomicon was released in Rogue Trader.
O.o not that one... The one with Sisters of Battle and Chaos cultists.
So for those out of the loop, or too young. What were choas cultists (and Sob) like back in the day?
Would be good to contrast how GW has changed over the many years it has been growing into the omnipresent super power of today.
The Sistas and Chaos Cultist is the Chapter Approved book of 2002, for the 3rd Edition.
THe models for the Sistas looks exactly the same now then then, the only addition that was made are the newest Exorcists and Immolator tanks, Saint Celestin, the Crazy leather girls(forgot their name) and the Penitence Engines.
The cultists where just cheap models with IG stats with S3 AP6/ AP- weapons and heavybolter/stubber guns, you could put a few meltas/plasma/flamers for 1 per 5 or 6 models,and you could take to 30 models per squad.
They where lead by a Cult Agitator, who could get to 40pts of Wargear and Gifts from the Gods from CSM codex.
In the same Chapter Approved, Termies got their invulnerable save!, because yes, before that, Termies din't have any invul save at all.
It was also the birth of the Cultists Termies!
S5 for Termies of khorne( in 3rd Ed the MoK give you +1 Strength, not Attack), Rubric Termies who had the "All is Dust" rule,;they could only be wounded by weapons of S5 or higher, anything else was NO.
T5 and Plague Swords Nurgle Termies and Init5 and Sonic armament for Slaaneshi Termies.
There was also the additional Wargear for Deamon Princes; Deamon Weapon, Chaos Armour(3+), Chaos Rune( EW) and a few powers/special rule from each God.
Funny thing though, a DP of Khorne could mount a Juggernaut..., gaining +1S,T,W and +2A..., with an axe of Khorne(make new attacks for each 6 to hit) and Khorne's Fury( +1D3A in charge)...
Ah miss the old days...
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Post by: ph34r
H.B.M.C. wrote:That might be down to the news that was out 3(ish?) weeks ago that GW see’s the single-frame plastic characters as a ‘stop gap’, and that they wouldn’t be doing any more. Instead they’d be turning from the first real bit of modelling evolution they’ve made in the past half-decade and focusing their attention on more Finecost.
As someone who loves those single-frame plastic characters and who bought a number despite not actually playing Warhammer, this saddens me.
what
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Post by: MajorTom11
I can agree with him, the single frame plastics are great! Although Finecast has improved in my experience, even with a perfect cast it still feels too bendy and delicate to me, I prefer plastic even if it is a choice between 2 perfect examples of the 2... well, as long as there are long thin fiddly bits anyways.
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Post by: UNCLEBADTOUCH
If they only describe the box set as limited edition then they are free to sell the chaplain separately later. GW will always do what they think will make money.
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Post by: Yodhrin
Starting to get a sinking feeling now, just called back to get my tracking number again, and now they tell me they're not dispatching starting from midnight last night afterall, they're starting "at some point today", and they "usually" get the tracking number one working day after that. So that means UPS will collect the parcel today, and leave it sitting in the local depot down there all weekend, it'll go to the main depot on monday, my local depot on tuesday, and if I'm lucky it'll arrive next wednesday.
What's the point of preordering direct from GW and paying for express shipping if I don't get the bloody thing until five days, three working, after the release date? Hell, I can preorder a PC game from Amazon and pay no shipping at all, and they still get it to me on the day of release.
Bah.
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Post by: SoloFalcon1138
Really, you guys need a hobby. This job called Warhammer is stressing you out....
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
 Yodhrin wrote:Starting to get a sinking feeling now, just called back to get my tracking number again, and now they tell me they're not dispatching starting from midnight last night afterall, they're starting "at some point today", and they "usually" get the tracking number one working day after that. So that means UPS will collect the parcel today, and leave it sitting in the local depot down there all weekend, it'll go to the main depot on monday, my local depot on tuesday, and if I'm lucky it'll arrive next wednesday.
What's the point of preordering direct from GW and paying for express shipping if I don't get the bloody thing until five days, three working, after the release date? Hell, I can preorder a PC game from Amazon and pay no shipping at all, and they still get it to me on the day of release.
Bah.
I have also ordered one on express, and if it doesn't arrive till next Monday or Tues, I'll be ringing GW for a refund, and I'd advise you to do the same. I had the 6th edition book without express and that arrived on the Monday after it launched on the Saturday, if express arrives on the same day as someone not paying extra postage they shouldn't be offering it as an option.
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Post by: Bewareofthephil
I'm buying mine in store, but personally I'd not be too bothered if they'd run out before I get there (even though I pre-ordered). It's not like I'm short on models to assemble and paint as it is. Is it so bad to wait an extra day or two? I'd bet most of us already have something of a backlog to keep us busy until arrival.
Unless you want the models for a tournament or upcoming game or something, I'd understand that.
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
Oh the wait isn't an issue at all, but paying a extra £10 and receiving it the same day as some one who paid zero is a issue.
UPS deliver on a Saturday so my assumption is the £10 extra would get it to us for release day. If this isn't the case, I believe I'll be well in my rights to ask for a refund and they really need to remove it as an option.
I'd also need to check, but I believe there is a legal issue of charging for a service you are offering others for free.
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Post by: Sidstyler
Yodhrin wrote:What's the point of preordering direct from GW and paying for express shipping if I don't get the bloody thing until five days, three working, after the release date?
There really is no point anymore, honestly. All it really does is guarantee that you'll get one at some point...but even then that's not entirely true, as was shown with the clusterfeth surrounding the release of 6th edition.
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Post by: Kroothawk
UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:If they only describe the box set as limited edition then they are free to sell the chaplain separately later. GW will always do what they think will make money.
Are we talking about the same GW that made Space Hulk limited when it could have sold threetimes as much boxes and even more miniatures? 
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Post by: wowsmash
I don't think ups or fed ex work on weekends do they? Even if you get express shipping that's only listed as busniess days. So it kinda throughs a wrench in it since releases always are on Saturdays.
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Post by: Talarn Blackshard
I know my local UPS and Fedex deliver part of the day on Saturday's but not on Sundays
I just want the DA shoulderpads...
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Post by: kronk
 wowsmash wrote:I don't think ups or fed ex work on weekends do they? Even if you get express shipping that's only listed as busniess days. So it kinda throughs a wrench in it since releases always are on Saturdays.
The work on the weekends, but they don't deliver packages on the weekends, which is the important part to people waiting on said packages. Some areas may, but not here.
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
Yodhrin wrote:Starting to get a sinking feeling now, just called back to get my tracking number again, and now they tell me they're not dispatching starting from midnight last night afterall, they're starting "at some point today", and they "usually" get the tracking number one working day after that. So that means UPS will collect the parcel today, and leave it sitting in the local depot down there all weekend, it'll go to the main depot on monday, my local depot on tuesday, and if I'm lucky it'll arrive next wednesday. What's the point of preordering direct from GW and paying for express shipping if I don't get the bloody thing until five days, three working, after the release date? Hell, I can preorder a PC game from Amazon and pay no shipping at all, and they still get it to me on the day of release. Bah.
Write to a consumer watchdog (such as Watchdog). GW sent you a shipping confirmation which listed the date your product had been shipped as 2 days ago (if it's the same date as mine was apparently "shipped"). If they still haven't shipped the product then they should not have sent you a shipping confirmation as that is misleading the customer.
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Post by: unmercifulconker
Since the cultists all have sperate arms (and heads?) What is everyones plans for future cultists, would love to get the forgeworld conversion pack and do a bit of swapping. Automatically Appended Next Post: Ah damn just missed something from the post today, my parents never said there was anything to wait for and although the website doesnt say it has been sent yet, the packet was too large so I am hoping it was....you know......  
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Post by: Absolon
 A Town Called Malus wrote: Yodhrin wrote:Starting to get a sinking feeling now, just called back to get my tracking number again, and now they tell me they're not dispatching starting from midnight last night afterall, they're starting "at some point today", and they "usually" get the tracking number one working day after that. So that means UPS will collect the parcel today, and leave it sitting in the local depot down there all weekend, it'll go to the main depot on monday, my local depot on tuesday, and if I'm lucky it'll arrive next wednesday.
What's the point of preordering direct from GW and paying for express shipping if I don't get the bloody thing until five days, three working, after the release date? Hell, I can preorder a PC game from Amazon and pay no shipping at all, and they still get it to me on the day of release.
Bah.
Write to a consumer watchdog (such as Watchdog). GW sent you a shipping confirmation which listed the date your product had been shipped as 2 days ago (if it's the same date as mine was apparently "shipped"). If they still haven't shipped the product then they should not have sent you a shipping confirmation as that is misleading the customer.
What good would that do. So if you do a search you find out GW lies regarding when it ships product. Technically though they don't. The fine print basically gives them an extra two weeks on any of the shipping information they release. So if you are not willing to wait for up to two weeks from release date your out of luck.
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Post by: Robbietobbie
Just got mail from my discounter that my items have been shipped so I should get them tomorrow I hope
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Post by: pretre
Also DV painting guide for iPad.
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Post by: Pharcae
It's really annoying me that their books is Apple-only, would it really be that hard to release their books on Amazon?
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Post by: Destrado
Aaaaaaand... just called home, my package has arrived! Can't wait to get home... but I've still got a presentation for the boss, so I'll only get home at 8 or 9 :(
I'll try to post pics, if people haven't already.
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Post by: MightyGodzilla
On the shipping. Man UK parcel delivery must really really suck.
That being said if GW UK is in bed with a particular means of delivery (eBay in the US has contracts with the USPS for example) then it could be that part of finished invoice per a particular customer includes an automated sending of a tracking number whether or not the package has already been shipped. I know it's that way for some places here in the US. But when you tracked the package at the delivery service did it say it has been picked up from GW ? What state of ship was it in and did it suddenly get rolled back a day or two later. Scan progress at the delivery service's website doesn't have anything to do with GW.
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Post by: ergotoxin
larger picture of cultists:
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Post by: Yodhrin
 MightyGodzilla wrote:On the shipping. Man UK parcel delivery must really really suck.
That being said if GW UK is in bed with a particular means of delivery (eBay in the US has contracts with the USPS for example) then it could be that part of finished invoice per a particular customer includes an automated sending of a tracking number whether or not the package has already been shipped. I know it's that way for some places here in the US. But when you tracked the package at the delivery service did it say it has been picked up from GW ? What state of ship was it in and did it suddenly get rolled back a day or two later. Scan progress at the delivery service's website doesn't have anything to do with GW.
GW use UPS over here for their courier shipping, only their free home delivery option uses Royal Mail I believe. And the issue is that they haven't sent a tracking number(they never do, I've had to call them to get it for every order I've ever made), just a shipping confirmation, and are now trying to weasel about and say that actually, the shipping confirmation is just a "we packed your stuff into a box and will post it when we can be arsed" confirmation, and they won't be sending anything out until some stage today, meaning nothing will be arriving until next week at the earliest.
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Post by: Grey Templar
Well, threaten to report them for false advertising unless their "Shipping Confirmation" is actually a damned Shipping Confirmation.
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Post by: conker249
Got mine today. Very impressed.
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Post by: unmercifulconker
Pics bro or didnt happen
I wont get mine till monday probably, royal mail 1st class but it seems they are going to ship mine on release day and well sunday is a no go so my only hope is that royal mail realise my package is the starter set and put everyone in their reach on the job of delivering my package on the day. Bend the regulations, breach some rights of employment, you know, it would be right thing to do.
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Post by: MightyGodzilla
Yodhrin wrote: MightyGodzilla wrote:On the shipping. Man UK parcel delivery must really really suck.
That being said if GW UK is in bed with a particular means of delivery (eBay in the US has contracts with the USPS for example) then it could be that part of finished invoice per a particular customer includes an automated sending of a tracking number whether or not the package has already been shipped. I know it's that way for some places here in the US. But when you tracked the package at the delivery service did it say it has been picked up from GW ? What state of ship was it in and did it suddenly get rolled back a day or two later. Scan progress at the delivery service's website doesn't have anything to do with GW.
GW use UPS over here for their courier shipping, only their free home delivery option uses Royal Mail I believe. And the issue is that they haven't sent a tracking number(they never do, I've had to call them to get it for every order I've ever made), just a shipping confirmation, and are now trying to weasel about and say that actually, the shipping confirmation is just a "we packed your stuff into a box and will post it when we can be arsed" confirmation, and they won't be sending anything out until some stage today, meaning nothing will be arriving until next week at the earliest.
Yeah the automated shipping emails that vendors send to me using UPS/USPS do that too here in the states. In some cases I'll even receive a tracking number and when I scan it, it will say "Invoice created" but not any further, which was what I thought you had going on over there.
Yesterday my FLGS has 3 boxes out on the floor with 6 DVs a piece. I almost pulled a snatch and grab!
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
 Absolon wrote: A Town Called Malus wrote: Yodhrin wrote:Starting to get a sinking feeling now, just called back to get my tracking number again, and now they tell me they're not dispatching starting from midnight last night afterall, they're starting "at some point today", and they "usually" get the tracking number one working day after that. So that means UPS will collect the parcel today, and leave it sitting in the local depot down there all weekend, it'll go to the main depot on monday, my local depot on tuesday, and if I'm lucky it'll arrive next wednesday. What's the point of preordering direct from GW and paying for express shipping if I don't get the bloody thing until five days, three working, after the release date? Hell, I can preorder a PC game from Amazon and pay no shipping at all, and they still get it to me on the day of release. Bah.
Write to a consumer watchdog (such as Watchdog). GW sent you a shipping confirmation which listed the date your product had been shipped as 2 days ago (if it's the same date as mine was apparently "shipped"). If they still haven't shipped the product then they should not have sent you a shipping confirmation as that is misleading the customer.
What good would that do. So if you do a search you find out GW lies regarding when it ships product. Technically though they don't. The fine print basically gives them an extra two weeks on any of the shipping information they release. So if you are not willing to wait for up to two weeks from release date your out of luck.
My email from GW says that my product was shipped on the 29th of August, 2012 at 8:42. Where is the fine print which says that my product was not actually shipped at that time? Even if there were it is still incredibly misleading, if not flat out lying, to tell the customer that their bought and paid for goods have been shipped when they have not. If they are lying to you about shipping your order then they may be guilty of a breach of contract, in which case it is well within your rights to report them to Trading Standards for investigation.
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Post by: Destrado
Got mine already! Great stuff, the chaplain is on a single sprue like the Warhammer characters, and the mould lines are barely noticeable. The box is the same size as AOBR, I think, but once opened it felt a bit too big for the contents.
A little peeved that one of the Ravenwing bikes' shield was broken, one of the wings was sitting on the bottom of the box.
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Post by: notprop
Just picked my ones up from the store.
Super impressed with the boxset, the Space Hulk treatment for 40k. Suprisingly heavy and bulky.
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Post by: pretre
 Destrado wrote:A little peeved that one of the Ravenwing bikes' shield was broken, one of the wings was sitting on the bottom of the box.
Just snapped off? Sounds like a job for glue!
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Post by: Destrado
Yeah, it's repairable. I don't know if I should tell GW or not; I don't like receiving expensive and fragile package with broken bits, especially since the box has no damage. They should improve the packaging in that aspect, since I already had an issue with a Dark Eldar megaforce.
Now, people, focus! Should I take pics of the sprues intact (bar the wing and a just discovered so-bent-that-nearly-broke hellbrute cannon) for the greater good? I don't know if someone already did, in which case I'll just get the clippers...
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Post by: Rakear
Just got my box, noticed something that is infuriating. there are no slot placement rules or point costs. so all of this is completely useless in normal games atm.
The Da stuff can be used as there is nothing new aside from the special ed char, who also has no point value or slot.
Was all excited to get the hellbrute and the cultists, and they do nothing for current chaos, unless i'm missing something.
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Post by: Vespa
Rakear wrote:Just got my box, noticed something that is infuriating. there are no slot placement rules or point costs. so all of this is completely useless in normal games atm.
The Da stuff can be used as there is nothing new aside from the special ed char, who also has no point value or slot.
Was all excited to get the hellbrute and the cultists, and they do nothing for current chaos, unless i'm missing something.
They wouldn't want to give you any reason to not buy the new codex when it comes out would they?
By the time you have got everything all painted up and ready, the new codex will hopefully be just around the corner.
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Post by: d-usa
I still wouldn't be surprised if there will be a "Get point cost and a mini-box set codex from iBooks for $4.99" coming soon.
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Post by: Deadshot
Just read the WNT blog post and one phrase in particular caught my attention.
"Dark Vengeance will be on sale in hobby centres tomorrow, including some limited edition copies."
This to me suggests that I will be able to buy the standard version tomorrow. Is this right or am I imagining it? What price am I looking at in GBP? Same as AOBR?
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Post by: Waethion
Just the LE tomorrow. Regular probably next weekend. Regular is same price as AoBR.
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Post by: Lorizael
A Town Called Malus wrote: Absolon wrote: A Town Called Malus wrote: Yodhrin wrote:Starting to get a sinking feeling now, just called back to get my tracking number again, and now they tell me they're not dispatching starting from midnight last night afterall, they're starting "at some point today", and they "usually" get the tracking number one working day after that. So that means UPS will collect the parcel today, and leave it sitting in the local depot down there all weekend, it'll go to the main depot on monday, my local depot on tuesday, and if I'm lucky it'll arrive next wednesday.
What's the point of preordering direct from GW and paying for express shipping if I don't get the bloody thing until five days, three working, after the release date? Hell, I can preorder a PC game from Amazon and pay no shipping at all, and they still get it to me on the day of release.
Bah.
Write to a consumer watchdog (such as Watchdog). GW sent you a shipping confirmation which listed the date your product had been shipped as 2 days ago (if it's the same date as mine was apparently "shipped"). If they still haven't shipped the product then they should not have sent you a shipping confirmation as that is misleading the customer.
What good would that do. So if you do a search you find out GW lies regarding when it ships product. Technically though they don't. The fine print basically gives them an extra two weeks on any of the shipping information they release. So if you are not willing to wait for up to two weeks from release date your out of luck.
My email from GW says that my product was shipped on the 28th of September, 2012 at 8:42.
Where is the fine print which says that my product was not actually shipped at that time? Even if there were it is still incredibly misleading, if not flat out lying, to tell the customer that their bought and paid for goods have been shipped when they have not.
If they are lying to you about shipping your order then they may be guilty of a breach of contract, in which case it is well within your rights to report them to Trading Standards for investigation.
The only way you can get an advance order on day of release is to have it sent to a GW store. If you have it sent home then you don't get it until the week after. It's been this way for nearly a year now...
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
 Lorizael wrote:
The only way you can get an advance order on day of release is to have it sent to a GW store. If you have it sent home then you don't get it until the week after. It's been this way for nearly a year now...
That does not change the fact that to send a customer confirmation of shipping when you haven't shipped their product is misleading. If they are deliberately misleading the customer about their service then they may be breaking the law.
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Post by: MightyGodzilla
A Town Called Malus wrote:
My email from GW says that my product was shipped on the 28th of September, 2012 at 8:42.
Where is the fine print which says that my product was not actually shipped at that time? Even if there were it is still incredibly misleading, if not flat out lying, to tell the customer that their bought and paid for goods have been shipped when they have not.
If they are lying to you about shipping your order then they may be guilty of a breach of contract, in which case it is well within your rights to report them to Trading Standards for investigation.
There's your problem right there, it's not September 28 yet. You're actually getting yours laters this month. Learn to read j/k.
Nah but seriously did the email/text/whatever you received state in the body of the letter the time and date that it was supposedly shipped or are you reading the datestemp of the email itself?
And as far as your breach of contract statement, I doubt it would hold up because when you ordered from GW I doubt in their terms/agreements they included anywhere that they'd be shipping out on August 28. If they did, then and only then would it be a breach on those grounds.
They probably scanned everything they completely packaged that was ready for ship and automated messages went out on all those scans on emails similar to yours. Post guys picks them up a day later. Bing Bang Boom you don't get your stuff Friday/Saturday. If the email you're referring to didn't have the UPS Tracking number then I'd say that was the case. If it did, you should have been able to track it and see the shennanagans first hand. UPS is cool like that.
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
Eurgh. Fixed the date in my post.
The shipping time and date are in the email.
I went with the free shipping so I wasn't expecting it for release day. I'm not too fussed with whether it gets here tomorrow or sometime next week but I can understand that someone who added on another £4 to get it shipped express would be pissed to be told that it had shipped only to find out that it in fact hadn't and would most likely not arrive on day of release.
When websites like Amazon can get something to you on release day with free shipping when they are not the company actually making the product it is a bit ridiculous that GW cannot even guarantee to get a product to you on release day if you pay for next day delivery.
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Post by: MightyGodzilla
I will be interested to see when you actually get this. PM on that will ya.
In the states, Amazon, and distributors, and even our FLGS's all have their copies of DV. I mentioned a couple posts ago that my FLGS has 18 copies of DV in 3 cardboard boxes sitting in the middle of the store. I circled one like a shark last night.
I feel for ya man. I was expecting something last Monday and got it two days late...I was all antsy. It was a Hot Toys Nick Fury from the Avengers movie. I was cursing UPS because they were taking their sweet time going from Seattle to Los Angeles. And come to find out it left the store a day late too. I could track it, but not much else.
I'd wager thatyou'll get yours on Monday, as it's not a holiday in the UK (It's Labor Day Monday in the US) because UK's not a really big distance to cross when you're thinking postage.
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Post by: Jacobshepard
I reserved a limited edition with my FLGS back on august 24th. Cool guy, however, had to put some things pack just so I could put down a deposit right there and then
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Post by: conker249
Just finished the chaos side of the set. No problems at all. The snap fit works great. I glue anyway but theY held up quite well without the glue. Way better than island of blood. And that one was great. Chosen are my favorite part of it. I am using liquid green stuff to help with the gaps. Cheers everone just happy and had to post
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Post by: jah-joshua
mine shipped today from Frontline Gaming...
thanks, guys!!!
unfortunately, it would have cost the same as the box to ship it to Mexico, so i have to wait for a friend to bring it down in a month...
aaaarrrgggghhh!!!
my minis will be sitting in a cozy corner in Portland while everyone else is happily clipping sprues...
oh well, it's not as if i'm short of minis to paint, they're just not the new hotness:(...
hahahahahaha...
at 38, i'm still like a kid at Christmas when cool new stuff comes out ...
cheers
jah
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Post by: ShatteredBlade
I've actually touched quite a few Dark Vengeance boxes this morning. Never mind the fact that I work at Fedex. Let's just say that when that box has the imperial guard seal on it, I tend to check the shipper. Sadly though I don't expect it before, or even on release date. Stupid Hurricane.
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Post by: Vespa
Picked up mine this morning haven't opened it though :( I think the kids are going to wrap it up to give to me for fathers day tomorrow Do I have to act suprised?
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Post by: CrashCanuck
Yes
A) it's your fatherly duty
B) your kids are awesome enough to get you 40K stuff for father's day
And I don't care if you out and out told them that was what you wanted, they still got it
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Post by: Ratius
Absolutely, thats soooo cute
Let them help you assemble them
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Post by: Vespa
CrashCanuck wrote:Yes
A) it's your fatherly duty
B) your kids are awesome enough to get you 40K stuff for father's day
And I don't care if you out and out told them that was what you wanted, they still got it
I preordered it, payed for it, and picked it up. I will just be giving it to them to wrap up and give to me. But at least I will get something I want for fathers day It's a good way to justify the money spent on more plastic crack.
Ratius wrote:Absolutely, thats soooo cute
Let them help you assemble them
I'm sure they will "help" me 
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Post by: beezley1981
 ShatteredBlade wrote:I've actually touched quite a few Dark Vengeance boxes this morning. Never mind the fact that I work at Fedex. Let's just say that when that box has the imperial guard seal on it, I tend to check the shipper. Sadly though I don't expect it before, or even on release date. Stupid Hurricane.
Haha, yea. Well Isaac, the Democratic National Convention, and Memorial Day are what I'm up against. I'm looking at Thursday.
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Post by: Mannahnin
The models are gorgeous. The terminators are, I think, maybe even higher quality than my Space Hulk terminators. More finely-detailed, with less problem of undercutting.
The chosen and culsists are amazing. The level of fine detail is stunning. Be careful not to bend and damage the lightning claws! There are a number of dangly bits and gew-gaws, like the little details hanging from the SH termies and in the Death Company boxed set. I think this set is even more finely-detailed than the Death Company, which were my previous gold standard.
The rules for the models in the box are purely designed for use in the starter/learning scenarios. They are not supplemental to the real codices. No point values, no force org slots, and very stripped down rules with almost no special rules for units. There is presently no way to use the cultist models in 40k, except maybe the CCW-armed guys as counts-as Lesser Daemons. Everything else in the box can be used as existing codex units.
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Post by: Texx
Hey, best part, cultists have an ork save.
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Post by: Cyvash
And if you look closely and compare the designs they have ork shootas. their auto guns are smaller shoota designs.
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Post by: Lorizael
 A Town Called Malus wrote:Eurgh. Fixed the date in my post.
The shipping time and date are in the email.
I went with the free shipping so I wasn't expecting it for release day. I'm not too fussed with whether it gets here tomorrow or sometime next week but I can understand that someone who added on another £4 to get it shipped express would be pissed to be told that it had shipped only to find out that it in fact hadn't and would most likely not arrive on day of release.
When websites like Amazon can get something to you on release day with free shipping when they are not the company actually making the product it is a bit ridiculous that GW cannot even guarantee to get a product to you on release day if you pay for next day delivery.
But GW purposefully don't guarantee that you get it on day of release unless it's shipped to a GW store. They're not even trying to get it to you on day of release if it's being sent home . Next day delivery means you get it the day after it's gone in the post.
The dispatched email just means it's gone through the system and is ready to be mailed.
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Post by: Zanderchief
Got mine too but as its a chinese box set the rules and pretty much any wording is useless... I justed wanted to make sure i got a limited edition ( the guy tried to get an english version for me but alas ).
Anyway i have been assembling the Chosen... Really detailed models. Very nice. Also the termies are nice and detailed... Which is kinda a pain cuz i wanted to make them moar chaos! Fave model.... Not sure yet but i think this is a win for GW. They get a lot of stick on here so i just want to say. Nice one GW
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Post by: Yodhrin
MightyGodzilla wrote: A Town Called Malus wrote:
My email from GW says that my product was shipped on the 28th of September, 2012 at 8:42.
Where is the fine print which says that my product was not actually shipped at that time? Even if there were it is still incredibly misleading, if not flat out lying, to tell the customer that their bought and paid for goods have been shipped when they have not.
If they are lying to you about shipping your order then they may be guilty of a breach of contract, in which case it is well within your rights to report them to Trading Standards for investigation.
There's your problem right there, it's not September 28 yet. You're actually getting yours laters this month. Learn to read j/k.
Nah but seriously did the email/text/whatever you received state in the body of the letter the time and date that it was supposedly shipped or are you reading the datestemp of the email itself?
And as far as your breach of contract statement, I doubt it would hold up because when you ordered from GW I doubt in their terms/agreements they included anywhere that they'd be shipping out on August 28. If they did, then and only then would it be a breach on those grounds.
They probably scanned everything they completely packaged that was ready for ship and automated messages went out on all those scans on emails similar to yours. Post guys picks them up a day later. Bing Bang Boom you don't get your stuff Friday/Saturday. If the email you're referring to didn't have the UPS Tracking number then I'd say that was the case. If it did, you should have been able to track it and see the shennanagans first hand. UPS is cool like that.
This is the complete body of the email;
Order Number: xxxxxxxxxxx
Dear xxx,
Thanks again for shopping with us. The order below has now been shipped. If your chosen shipping method included tracking, we’ll send you another email containing your tracking number and instructions for how to follow your shipment’s progress. Thanks once again for shopping with games-workshop.com and we hope to see you return soon.
Billing Address:
xxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Shipment # 1 (308736383)
Shipped on date: 2012-08-29 00:00:00.0
Shipping Address:
xxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Shipping Method: Express
Item Number Description Quantity (Ordered) Price Subtotal
60010199006 Warhammer 40,000: Dark Vengeance - Limited Edition 1 (1) £65.00 £65.00
Totals
Subtotal £65.00
Shipping £5.00
Tax £0.00
Order Total
Subtotal £65.00
Shipping £5.00
Value Added Tax (Included in)
Subtotal £10.83
Shipping £0.83
Total £70.00
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Emphasis added. It's pretty explicit, and it's the same email they've sent me every time I order something from them; in every other case, I've called the following morning and been given the UPS tracking number their automailer failed to send me, and have immediately been able to plug it into the UPS website.
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Post by: notprop
So I have properly unboxed mine now and am attempting to get it all desprued ready for undercoating (thanks to the Mrs and kids being out of the house!  ).
Don't know if this has been said but the LE Librarian isn't snap fit, more akin to the plastic WHFB characters.
I would be very surprised if it was realeased as a single mini in a blister, but this seems to use the same tech that makes those kits viable financially.
The Libby's staff has some fiddley bits and whoever decided to put a tiny vent into the spike at the top should be shot. Much care should be taken here. Nice kit though.
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Post by: BlapBlapBlap
 notprop wrote:So I have properly unboxed mine now and am attempting to get it all desprued ready for undercoating (thanks to the Mrs and kids being out of the house! ).
Don't know if this has been said but the LE Chaplain isn't snap fit, more akin to the plastic WHFB characters.
I would be very surprised if it was realeased as a single mini in a blister, but this seems to use the same tech that makes those kits viable financially.
The Chappy's staff has some fiddley bits and whoever decided to put a tiny vent into the spike at the top should be shot. Much care should be taken here. Nice kit though.
Fixed for you!
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Post by: notprop
Ah yes well done that man! - too long playing IG to know the difference.
I wonder if I can still paint power armour after a decade?
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Post by: lord_blackfang
I got my 3 LE sets this morning at 9, was waiting outside the FLGS when it opened 
The models are absolutely stunning, certainly on par with Space Hulk.
The Terminators look much better in person than on the pics. The air vents are perfectly straight as they should be, so I don't know what was up with that pic earlier. The poses are good and, perhaps most importantly for those of us with multiple sets, a few of them are fairly compatible with the standard Termie kit - more so than the much simpler AoBR Termies, oddly enough. I'd say the sculptors intentionally went out of their way to give us a chance to vary our models a little.
The Helbrute could be a few % larger I think, as is it's a little bit taller than a Dreadnought but looks like it has a little less mass, probably because it's missing a Dreadnought's bulky shoulders.
The Chosen are, of course, amazing, and have absolutely the most intricately cut parts I've ever seen. There's one bit, for example, that is a Chosen's pistol hand, a strip of shoulder pad banding and the top half of the model's helmet. I imagine loads of people with clip this into two by mistake.
Okay, enough rambling, I have 2 and a half sets' worth of sprue to clip...
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Post by: notprop
After 15minutes cleaning up and dry fitting the hellbrute I noticed that I seemed to missing a peice to the front so finally consulted the instructions/booklets.
Peice easily found I realised that all the talk had been of models and less to the paperwork. The mini rulebook was one of the reasons I purchased this and it's up to the same standards of the previous edition (note to self - learn the rules!).
I have two quick reference sheets, nice and clear and in B&W; a colour card sheet for the libb....er I mean chaplain; the best set of instructions I have seen from GW in years and finally the DV booklet.
I have to say this last bit is really nice, the quality is good too. It is Card bound and includes good quality colour pictures/printing, though the paper feels a little flimsy.
This is also the How To part of the pack, I have to confess that I think I will find this useful as even after 25 years of 40k I have not found reading the Hardback rulebook easy going and a newbs guide should get me up to speed...hopefully.
£50 well spent I'd say.
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Post by: Bloodhorror
Im still waiting on mine )-:
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Post by: unmercifulconker
Havent even got the shipping email yet :( Although the site just updated the pictures so I am guessing they are sending peoples today.
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Post by: Ronin
Got mine
Interrogator-Chaplain Seraphicus is totally boss.
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Post by: unmercifulconker
Really hope the company send it today, despite it not coming till monday anyway, they said it would be sent on release day. Hate getting messed about.
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Post by: Melcavuk
I got my shipping message on Wednesday though I am fairly certain it was only posted on Friday, phoned GW today to check up on why my tracking email hadn't come through yet and I was given a tracking number for UPS and assured that it should arrive Monday (UPS wont deliver it over the weekend)
However my tracking number isn't working.
Meh.
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Post by: Anpu42
So are they the same plastic as Spcae Hulk?
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Post by: notprop
No, but definitely of that standard.
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Post by: AgeOfEgos
Bloodwin wrote:I went into my local GW store to pick up a copy of the Dark Vengance boxed set today and they had a few extra goodies for sale. There's a Dark Angels beanie hat with a peak and wrist bands for Dark Angels and Chaos. The hat was £5 and the wrist bands were £2 each.
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Post by: Veteran Sergeant
It's a nice looking boxed set. But a shame that they didn't put all that detail and time in, but left the models more generic. Those Marines are more or less useless unless you're looking to field Dark Angels with their silly bathrobes.
Actually, given the success of sales for AoBR, I'm amazed that they didn't release a more generic boxed set.
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Post by: unmercifulconker
Company hasnt even changed my order status to processing, gawd dang it, oh yeah no I totally understand shipping on release actually means whenever.
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Post by: AgeOfEgos
Summing this all up in an new thread---please head here for further discussion;
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/473732.page
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