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Post by: Kroothawk
Hi,
Brother Dimetrius over at Warseer got this from a GW (Belgium) facebook feed:
"On the afternoon of Friday 19th October we will be releasing a variety of direct only bundles for Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of The Rings. These bundles offer our customers fantastic value and are a great opportunity for them to add to their miniatures collections."
Sounds a bit weird ... for October. But we will see tomorrow.
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Post by: pretre
I wonder if this will be like the troop/ded transport thing they did last year or something different?
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Post by: Jackal
Hoping this is kinda like the apoc deals they had 
3 Fex's for £50? ill take 9.
In any case, could be a nice bit of promotion that they need.
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Post by: Experiment 626
Well, when I worked at the local GW store before it closed, we always got our Mega Paint Sets in stock right around Hallowe'en.
Rest of the BIG! Xmas bundles like the boxes armies followed within a few weeks of that happening.
Maybe this year those things like the 'uber paint set & army bundles will be Direct Only, saving shelf space and such for the rest of the Xmas stuff, (army cases/monster figure case, new terrain, etc...) and the forthcoming Hobbit stuffs?
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Post by: blood reaper
 Jackal wrote:Hoping this is kinda like the apoc deals they had
3 Fex's for £50? ill take 9.
In any case, could be a nice bit of promotion that they need.
That was back in 07, they'll probably charge the same price for all the items as they would be separate like the Chaos Bundle.
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Post by: Brother SRM
 blood reaper wrote:
That was back in 07, they'll probably charge the same price for all the items as they would be separate like the Chaos Bundle.
These bundles offer our customers fantastic value
I'm assuming they'll be cheaper, unlike the Chaos bundle. Probably not Apocalypse "we're clearing out all our stock" cheap, but cheaper.
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Post by: Harriticus
"fantastic value" usually means you save $30 or so buying the bundle then the individual components, even though you'd probably not want every model in the bundle anyway....
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Post by: blood reaper
 Harriticus wrote:"fantastic value" usually means you save $30 or so buying the bundle then the individual components, even though you'd probably not want every model in the bundle anyway....
Having seen the raised prices on the battleforces, it will probably end up being around £10-£20 pounds at most.
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Post by: pretre
£10-£20 is $16 to $32 dollars.
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Post by: Sigvatr
"Fantastic value" = normal price, because minis at THAT quality are a bargain at any price!
- Games Workshop
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Post by: blood reaper
But what will the price be? That's the question.
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Post by: MadCowCrazy
Pfft, if they are direct only from GW it will be cheaper to just buy the models separately from any discount seller. If GW allows any retailer to sell them it could be something worth looking at, if they dont it's a waste of time.
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Post by: MasterSlowPoke
The first question is what's in them.
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Post by: Breotan
 Sigvatr wrote:"Fantastic value" = normal price, because minis at THAT quality are a bargain at any price!
- Games Workshop
That's what it's been like lately, hasn't it? An example would be those limited edition "super" figures that you need to have two kits to make, which happen to require two kits and are priced at exactly two kits pricing, but are bundled only for a limited time or else you have to buy two SEPARATE kits at the same price. 
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Post by: Orinoco
 Breotan wrote: Sigvatr wrote:"Fantastic value" = normal price, because minis at THAT quality are a bargain at any price!
- Games Workshop
That's what it's been like lately, hasn't it? An example would be those limited edition "super" figures that you need to have two kits to make, which happen to require two kits and are priced at exactly two kits pricing, but are bundled only for a limited time or else you have to buy two SEPARATE kits at the same price.
what?
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Post by: Happygrunt
Tomorrow is my birthday, so I hope there is a good IG bundle available!
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
Slaaneshi Chariot.
There was a “special” chariot that was available for a limited time only. To make it you needed two complete chariot kits, and the box came with two chariot kits.
And the cost?
The same as buying two chariot kits.
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Post by: Ignatius-Grulgor
 MadCowCrazy wrote:Pfft, if they are direct only from GW it will be cheaper to just buy the models separately from any discount seller. If GW allows any retailer to sell them it could be something worth looking at, if they dont it's a waste of time.
I can only agree with this, even with a discount on there's no way it'll be cheaper than getting the models individually when a large amount of webstores are routinely on 20-25% off of RRP.
If some of the boxes come with a unique sculpt or something though then I may be unable to resist.
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Post by: SagesStone
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Slaaneshi Chariot.
There was a “special” chariot that was available for a limited time only. To make it you needed two complete chariot kits, and the box came with two chariot kits.
And the cost?
The same as buying two chariot kits.
But the box was so shiny... 
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Post by: lunarman
If this is real, this is interesting....
The last bundle GW did was the chaos bundle... which saved you exactly £0.
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Post by: Yojiro
 lunarman wrote:If this is real, this is interesting....
The last bundle GW did was the chaos bundle... which saved you exactly £0.
GW: Working as intended.
Move along citizen. Nothing to see here. 
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Post by: blood reaper
lunarman wrote:If this is real, this is interesting....
The last bundle GW did was the chaos bundle... which saved you exactly £0.
It saved you a whole load of time clicking the add to cart button! What an amazing value!
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
The best one was the Captain Sicarius Strike Force thingy. It had tons of Drop Pods, Tac Squads, Terminators, Dreads and Assault Marines. A massive army. The cost? Exactly the same as buying it normally.
WTF? Why even bother?
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Post by: blood reaper
H.B.M.C. wrote:The best one was the Captain Sicarius Strike Force thingy. It had tons of Drop Pods, Tac Squads, Terminators, Dreads and Assault Marines. A massive army. The cost? Exactly the same as buying it normally.
WTF? Why even bother?
Because GW thinks people are stupid, and that's the case with some people.
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Post by: Puscifer
GW - Ambitious, but rubbish.
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Post by: thenoobbomb
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Post by: deejaybainbridge
The troop and transport bundles they did recently worked out a good bit cheaper. Be interested to see what new bundle's they have come up with.
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Post by: insaniak
H.B.M.C. wrote:The best one was the Captain Sicarius Strike Force thingy. It had tons of Drop Pods, Tac Squads, Terminators, Dreads and Assault Marines. A massive army. The cost? Exactly the same as buying it normally.
I seem to recall at least one or two bundles over the years that actually worked out slightly more expensive than their individual components...
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Post by: BrookM
I'm guessing the fantastic value is that it will all be on one big box instead of several smaller boxes.
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Post by: whalemusic360
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Slaaneshi Chariot.
There was a “special” chariot that was available for a limited time only. To make it you needed two complete chariot kits, and the box came with two chariot kits.
And the cost?
The same as buying two chariot kits.
Actually it was worse, because it only came with 1 base of each flavor (one square, one round). So if you decided you actually wanted to make two regular chariots, you had to get another base.
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Post by: unmercifulconker
So the new bundles should be up when the new daily blog gets put on the site?
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Post by: Daston
Here's to hoping they are doing bundles on their direct order only stuff. Going to be ordering 10 vostroyan squads over the weekend.
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Post by: Bulkoth
H.B.M.C. wrote:The best one was the Captain Sicarius Strike Force thingy. It had tons of Drop Pods, Tac Squads, Terminators, Dreads and Assault Marines. A massive army. The cost? Exactly the same as buying it normally.
WTF? Why even bother?
Looking back on that old deal now is even worse since fielding your army entirely in pods = auto loss.
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Post by: kronk
It's not the most competitive build, but it isn't an auto loss.
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Post by: pretre
 Bulkoth wrote:Looking back on that old deal now is even worse since fielding your army entirely in pods = auto loss.
Yeah, agreeing with kronk, that's a misconception. Pods drop half on turn 1, so there's not auto loss.
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Post by: Bulkoth
 pretre wrote: Bulkoth wrote:Looking back on that old deal now is even worse since fielding your army entirely in pods = auto loss.
Yeah, agreeing with kronk, that's a misconception. Pods drop half on turn 1, so there's not auto loss.
My bad, I forgot rule number 1: Space marines are the exception to every rule.
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Post by: kronk
I was going to explain how the rules work, but I see you're just a bitter person. Kindly stop your bitterness in this thread about bundled minis, please.
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Post by: Bulkoth
It was meant to be sarcastic.
Back to the bundles.
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Post by: kronk
 Kroothawk wrote:Hi,
Brother Dimetrius over at Warseer got this from a GW (Belgium) facebook feed:
"On the afternoon of Friday 19th October we will be releasing a variety of direct only bundles for Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of The Rings. These bundles offer our customers fantastic value and are a great opportunity for them to add to their miniatures collections."
Sounds a bit weird ... for October. But we will see tomorrow.
I would have thought they'd be up by now.
Also, I thought they usually released new stuff on Saturdays.
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Post by: lucasbuffalo
"On the afternoon of Friday 19th October
Maybe they're waiting till afternoon to even announce it? I dunno. I'm all antsy in my pantsy.
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Post by: kronk
Heh. Reading fail! I missed the afternoon part. 
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Post by: pities2004
yeah i'm camping gw.com right now waiting for the update.
If it even shows up
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Post by: pretre
I think the chaos faq will go up this afternoon as well.
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Post by: BrookM
Afternoon UK or USA time though?
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Post by: ironicsilence
regarding the drop pod comment, everyone will be disappointed if they expect the army bundles to be competitive. GW long ago said they dont care about competitive play, if the bundles contain anything that looks close to competitive, i think it will be by chance
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Post by: Newabortion
Guys why are you so excited about these? They are just the same miniatures you can buy now but you save around $15 after spending $100 and they never include multi pose infantry. I couldnt be any more "meh" about these "releases". But i admit I'm pretty sour after the chaos dramabeast releases.
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Post by: Alfndrate
Even if it is US time, we're reaching afternoon here in the East Coast. Which puts it close to quittin' time over at Gee Dubya
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Post by: Tito
Looks like its a new Heresy book today, guys.
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Post by: Eiríkr
 Tito wrote:Looks like its a new Heresy book today, guys.
Whut?
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Post by: kronk
He's talking about the GW daily "What's New" here. And a t-shirt. 
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Post by: ironicsilence
Is there a release date for that book? BL just says october....Is it this weekend?
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Post by: kronk
What the heck is that A symbol. That doesn't match the Alpha Legion symbol at all.
Unless they're retconning it. Surely not!?!
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Post by: d-usa
I got an Alpha Legion shirt before it was cool. Automatically Appended Next Post:  kronk wrote:What the heck is that A symbol. That doesn't match the Alpha Legion symbol at all.
Unless they're retconning it. Surely not!?!
It's the Pre-Heresy symbol I believe.
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Post by: kronk
Huh.
So it is. I learned something new today! Now I can go to sleep!
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Post by: Bulkoth
Seems they are still shifting some stuff around on the site in the back:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landing.jsp?catId=cat440163a&rootCatGameStyle=
If you reload that page until it has the Tau XV8 Crisis Battlesuit on the bottom 4 pics it shows Sauron for the pic with the eye of sauron behind him.
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Post by: robertsjf
pfft. We're all Alpharius, no need to advertise it.
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Post by: BrassScorpion
"fantastic value" usually means you save $30 or so buying the bundle then the individual components, even though you'd probably not want every model in the bundle anyway....
With GW of late it could be anything from literally just a few dollars to huge savings. Last year's December bundles, HE, Skaven, DE, SM, had a built in discount in the US of about 35%! On the other hand, some of the standing Battalion/Battleforce deals are considerably less since recent price rises. Some of the Apocalypse deals back in 2007-2008 had discounts as deep as 35%-40% and occasionally more. Interesting to see what model ranges are offered and at what price break.
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Post by: Alpharius
Work blocked - what's the deal with that shirt?
As D-USA already noted, we've already got it covered, but I'm still curious.
Also... what book?
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Post by: pretre
 Alpharius wrote:Work blocked - what's the deal with that shirt?
As D-USA already noted, we've already got it covered, but I'm still curious.
Also... what book?
There's big news from the Black Library today - Angel Exterminatus, the latest novel in the Horus Heresy series is now available to advance order, both from the Games Workshop website and as part of an exclusive bundle deal from the Black Library. This stunning hardback novel is the first of a new breed of Horus Heresy books - a chunky tome complete with a gorgeous full-colour dust-jacket, a wrap-around cover featuring the cover art, an afterword from the author, Graham McNeill, and four exclusive pieces of artwork by Karl Richardson to accompany Perturabo's epic quest for the eponymous Angel Exterminatus.
Keen to find out more about Graham's inspiration for the book, both Michael from the Black Library team and Adam from White Dwarf took the opportunity to ask him about his latest novel:
"Angel Exterminatus is a tale of two Primarchs who are just about the last two you'd expect to see working together," begins Graham, "a tale of one's vanity and another's determination to carry out his brother's orders. It's a tale of trust broken, towering egos and a journey into the unknown in search of ultimate power. It's a book that was to be a spiritual sequel to Fulgrim, but ended up being all about Perturabo. I quickly realised that it wasn't Fulgrim's story, that he was the figure who kicked it all into motion, but the character who needed to take the journey was Perturabo. It's action packed, full of twists and turns and contains more than a few revelations the fans won't be expecting..."
Graham had plenty more to say about Angel Exterminatus to both our intrepid reporters. You can read more about Graham's thoughts on Angel Exterminatus on the Black Library blog page now and there is an extensive double-page interview with Graham and a review of the book in November's issue of White Dwarf, which will be out on October 27th.
We were lucky enough to get our hands on a copy of Angel Exterminatus (though only briefly before the librarians took it back) and we were delighted by all the extra features in it. Matt's Imperial Fist was entirely overwhelmed by the size and scale of the book, which is entirely appropriate considering what happens to his Battle Brothers at the start of the novel...
But that's not all from the Black Library vaults. With only three weeks to go until the Black Library Weekender they've announced another exclusive product that will be available on the day - an Alpha Legion t-shirt.
I am Alpharius.
You are Alpharius.
We are all Alpharius
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Post by: lucasbuffalo
Not a bundle, that's what kind of book 
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Post by: Apostle Pat
I have high hopes for this, and I'm ready for them to be shot done by GW as usual.
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Post by: Manchu
So is this happening?
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Post by: d-usa
Alpharius wrote:Work blocked - what's the deal with that shirt?
As D-USA already noted, we've already got it covered, but I'm still curious.
Also... what book?
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Post by: pretre
Pic fail.
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Post by: Nokkturnal
pretre wrote: Alpharius wrote:Work blocked - what's the deal with that shirt?
As D-USA already noted, we've already got it covered, but I'm still curious.
Also... what book?
There's big news from the Black Library today - Angel Exterminatus, the latest novel in the Horus Heresy series is now available to advance order, both from the Games Workshop website and as part of an exclusive bundle deal from the Black Library. This stunning hardback novel is the first of a new breed of Horus Heresy books - a chunky tome complete with a gorgeous full-colour dust-jacket, a wrap-around cover featuring the cover art, an afterword from the author, Graham McNeill, and four exclusive pieces of artwork by Karl Richardson to accompany Perturabo's epic quest for the eponymous Angel Exterminatus.
Keen to find out more about Graham's inspiration for the book, both Michael from the Black Library team and Adam from White Dwarf took the opportunity to ask him about his latest novel:
"Angel Exterminatus is a tale of two Primarchs who are just about the last two you'd expect to see working together," begins Graham, "a tale of one's vanity and another's determination to carry out his brother's orders. It's a tale of trust broken, towering egos and a journey into the unknown in search of ultimate power. It's a book that was to be a spiritual sequel to Fulgrim, but ended up being all about Perturabo. I quickly realised that it wasn't Fulgrim's story, that he was the figure who kicked it all into motion, but the character who needed to take the journey was Perturabo. It's action packed, full of twists and turns and contains more than a few revelations the fans won't be expecting..."
Graham had plenty more to say about Angel Exterminatus to both our intrepid reporters. You can read more about Graham's thoughts on Angel Exterminatus on the Black Library blog page now and there is an extensive double-page interview with Graham and a review of the book in November's issue of White Dwarf, which will be out on October 27th.
We were lucky enough to get our hands on a copy of Angel Exterminatus (though only briefly before the librarians took it back) and we were delighted by all the extra features in it. Matt's Imperial Fist was entirely overwhelmed by the size and scale of the book, which is entirely appropriate considering what happens to his Battle Brothers at the start of the novel...
But that's not all from the Black Library vaults. With only three weeks to go until the Black Library Weekender they've announced another exclusive product that will be available on the day - an Alpha Legion t-shirt.
I am Alpharius.
You are Alpharius.
We are all Alpharius
Finally after lurking for a couple years I made an account to point that out...theres been much better things I wanted to comment on but oh well.
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Post by: pretre
Welcome to the party!
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Post by: lunarman
hang on, that was the bundle? Wow
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Post by: ironicsilence
maybe GW just trolled everyone
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Post by: thenoobbomb
Nope.
There'd be a bundle.
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Post by: Alfndrate
I believe the "bundles" are the following:
http://www.blacklibrary.com/collections
You can get ALL of the versions of Angel Exterminatus which includes the hardback, the ebook, the unabridged audio mp3, an exclusive poster and a wallpaper for pc, etc..
OR
The hardback and ebook versions of Angel Exterminatus, Horus Rising, False Gods, and Galaxy in Flames.
OR
Horus Rising, False Gods, and Galaxy in Flames in hardback and ebook
OR
Angel Exterminatus hardback and ebook
OR
ebook and mp3....
some bundles.
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Post by: kronk
As it's rare for them to put new stuff up on any day but Saturday, I'll wait until tomorrow and see if they have any deals. I'm actually hoping they don't because I spent this month's gaming budget on some Forge World stuff anyway and I don't want to miss out. Screw the rest of you guys! Edit: @ Alf. You may have found the bundles.
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Post by: ironicsilence
unimpressed with those bundles
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Post by: Bulkoth
The initial post mentions 40k, FB and LotR and adding to your miniatures collection, I think the two are a coincidence.
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Post by: Alfndrate
kronk wrote:As it's rare for them to put new stuff up on any day but Saturday, I'll wait until tomorrow and see if they have any deals.
I'm actually hoping they don't because I spent this month's gaming budget on some Forge World stuff anyway and I don't want to miss out. Screw the rest of you guys!
Edit: @ Alf. You may have found the bundles.
All I did was click the link in the GW post lol.
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Post by: Breotan
Doesn't GW release their stuff at midnight Friday in the UK? That'd be about 4pm PST for the Americas.
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Post by: Redbeard
Wow, $30...
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Post by: SalamanderMarine
I hope there are some good bundles would be the first time I would throw GW money and not care about the price.
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Post by: Nokkturnal
Bulkoth wrote:The initial post mentions 40k, FB and LotR and adding to your miniatures collection, I think the two are a coincidence.
They very well could be and probably are but I found it funny.
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Post by: spiralingcadaver
cover featuring the cover art
That's one hell of a perk, GW. 
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Post by: Valkyrie
So we get 3 versions of the same book? ...the hell GW?
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Post by: Happygrunt
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Post by: Brother SRM
Wait til tomorrow you goofs. GW does new releases on Saturdays generally. If they don't come then, well then wait til we're closer to Christmas.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
No! Ignore Brother SRM.
Sit in this thread, hit F5 constantly. The news is (possibly) only seconds/minutes/days away!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Darth Bob
I want that Alpha Legion shirt.
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Post by: Minx
From warseer:
"[Niezck] There's a reply on their facebook page saying it's been delayed."
"[The bearded one] Yes, it's been delayed. My local GW manager and the regional manager (he happened to pop in) said there was some internal miscommunication/chaos, so it will be delayed, possibly 'till christmas."
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Post by: Ralis
Minx wrote:From warseer:
"[Niezck] There's a reply on their facebook page saying it's been delayed."
"[The bearded one] Yes, it's been delayed. My local GW manager and the regional manager (he happened to pop in) said there was some internal miscommunication/chaos, so it will be delayed, possibly 'till christmas."
Am I the only that gets the feeling this was some kind of stunt?
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Post by: Aerethan
GW Belgium can no longer be trusted.
The only way they can make this up to us is to send us all a Belgian chocolate Land Raider.
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Post by: KalashnikovMarine
Maybe it was a leak test? Trying to figure out where leaked info was coming from? Or to see if there was lots of interest in bundles from us unwashed masses.
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Post by: Aerethan
 KalashnikovMarine wrote:Maybe it was a leak test? Trying to figure out where leaked info was coming from? Or to see if there was lots of interest in bundles from us unwashed masses.
That suggests that GW does market research, which history has shown they don't do.
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Post by: KalashnikovMarine
True, the latter was really my attempt to not seem like a tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist suggesting that GW is engaging in full on counter intelligence operations
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Post by: MightyGodzilla
 Aerethan wrote:GW Belgium can no longer be trusted.
The only way they can make this up to us is to send us all a Belgian chocolate Land Raider.
MMMmmmmm belgian chocolate Land Raider... what a way to die!
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Post by: Brother SRM
Minx wrote:From warseer:
"[Niezck] There's a reply on their facebook page saying it's been delayed."
"[The bearded one] Yes, it's been delayed. My local GW manager and the regional manager (he happened to pop in) said there was some internal miscommunication/chaos, so it will be delayed, possibly 'till christmas."
So in other words, the Christmas bundles aren't coming til Christmas.
What. A. Shocker.
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Post by: Alpharius
A little birdie tells me there's actual info on GW bundles coming soon...
I think we'll have that news any second now, in this thread.
Right? 
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Post by: Kroothawk
Faeit 212 inbox wrote:Hello Natfka,
I have received an update from a source within Games Workshop, an email was sent out to all store managers informing them to advertise these bundles, however this was promptly followed by an update model to abandon this message (It may be noticed that the facebook pages have disappeared), due to a shortage of stock to fulfill these bundles.
It has been stated that we can expect these before the end of Nov 2012.
Regards,
Unforgiven...
Bundles seem to be covered in the new November WD:
Kurl Veranek over at Warseer wrote:New Bundles are:
SM
2X tactical squad
1X command squad
1X Commander
1X scouts
1X LandraiderCrusader
1X Ironclad
1X Razorback
1X Droppod
Necrons
1X Walker
1X Bark
1X Glider
6X Jetbikes
1X Spider
2X Worriors (24)
1X Extinctors
6X Scarabs
Vamps
1X Dragon
1X Shrine
1X Corpscart
1X Vargheists/Crypt (3)
1X Zombies (20)
1X Skeletons 20
1X Ghules 10
1X Knights 5
1X Necromancer
Empire
1X Karl Franz
1X Hellfire
1X Shrine
1X Knights 10
1X Commander/BSB
1X Spearmen 20
1X Greatswords 10
1X Technicus
Ah forgot the prices:
Empire: 195€
Vamps: 200€
SM: 200€
Necrons 200€
Oh, and Kroothawks are indeed birdies
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Post by: Alpharius
Thanks Kroot!
For Empire, what's a "Technicus"?
And Engineer?
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Post by: Bolognesus
And necron "extinctors" should be immortals, I suppose?
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Post by: KalashnikovMarine
Oh my, that 'Cron bundle is quite tempting indeed!
Pity they aren't doing bundles for all the armies. But I could get sold on Necrons price point depending. Add a standard battle force to that and you have lots of death robots to throw at anything with a pulse.
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Post by: Valkyrie
Kroothawk wrote:Faeit 212 inbox wrote:Hello Natfka,
I have received an update from a source within Games Workshop, an email was sent out to all store managers informing them to advertise these bundles, however this was promptly followed by an update model to abandon this message (It may be noticed that the facebook pages have disappeared), due to a shortage of stock to fulfill these bundles.
It has been stated that we can expect these before the end of Nov 2012.
Regards,
Unforgiven...
Bundles seem to be covered in the new November WD:
Kurl Veranek over at Warseer wrote:New Bundles are:
SM
2X tactical squad
1X command squad
1X Commander
1X scouts
1X LandraiderCrusader
1X Ironclad
1X Razorback
1X Droppod
Empire: 195€
Vamps: 200€
SM: 200€
Necrons 200€
Oh, and Kroothawks are indeed birdies
By my calculations the SM bundle would cost 284.5 Euros if buying them seperately. A saving of about £60-£70? I'm rather impressed.
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Post by: SickSix
Eh, I think I am good on SM kits for while. And these being direct only kind of kills it for me. Last time with the FLGS discount on top of the built in GW savings, it was like 45% off the individual prices. That was too good to pass up. This, I can pass on.
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Post by: Kroothawk
The source is a german WD, so the hand made transations by the poster can be off sometimes.
Technicus is Engineer, Extinctors are Immortals.
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Post by: KalashnikovMarine
$260 isn't terrible though some quick adding comes to 1137 points with a little guess work on my part. My guesses after the "-" mark.
Necrons
1X Walker - Triarch Stalker
1X Bark - Doomsday Barge
1X Glider - Doom Scythe
6X Jetbikes - Tomb Blades
1X Spider - Canoptech Spyder
2X Worriors (24)
1X Immortals
6X Scarabs - 2x 3 scarab bases.
And it's worth noting the bundle doesn't come with a HQ if you're like me and enjoy being able to pick up a set and play.
Meanwhile the SM force a legal list out of the box clocking in at a nicely expandable 1090 points without any upgrades
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Post by: Hulksmash
For Necrons it's approximately $353 retail assuming Bark is a barge and not an Ark. $365 if it's an ark instead of a barge. That's a savings of over $100. Almost 30%. That's not to bad for GW. Even better if they don't direct only them but either way, it's not to shabby. Better than their normal "bundles".
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Post by: Bolognesus
hmm. contents of the necron bundle are GBP 169,40 incl. shipping from wayland - that's €210. (this is all assuming an ark, not a barge)
€10 savings, but you don't get to choose which kits you want. remember, it's direct only, so you don't get the discounts.
not sure how it'll break down for ROW buyers, but I can't see there being much of a savings over discounters.
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Post by: Tannhauser42
Kind of disappointed that it's only for a couple of armies, unless there are more that haven't been announced yet.
The thing about bundle deals like this is that it doesn't take much effort on GW's part to create them (take existing boxes of stuff, place in larger box to hold all of them, profit). So why only a few armies?
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Post by: Platuan4th
 Tannhauser42 wrote:Kind of disappointed that it's only for a couple of armies, unless there are more that haven't been announced yet.
To be fair, it's the same number of sets they did last year.
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Post by: Azreal13
Tannhauser42 wrote:Kind of disappointed that it's only for a couple of armies, unless there are more that haven't been announced yet.
The thing about bundle deals like this is that it doesn't take much effort on GW's part to create them (take existing boxes of stuff, place in larger box to hold all of them, profit). So why only a few armies?
I'll see you and raise you.
Why not do this for all the armies, all the time?!
While it would devalue the starter sets a bit, it would lower the barrier to entry just a little bit, and would make an awesome Xmas or birthday present for younger players.
Oh, right, it's because GW minis are so awesome they don't DO sales. *facepalm*
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Post by: gianlucafiorentini123
If only they had done a chaos one. 
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Post by: Mathieu Raymond
And here I was hoping for a SoB bundle...
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Post by: KalashnikovMarine
don't mock us and our metal minis! Despised by the GW overlords, cast away into shadow to never take table top in a modern update again
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Post by: Breotan
I'm confused about the term bundles. These seem to be like the boxed armies they had last year around Christmas, albiet with different kit. Is that what this is or are these separate things?
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Post by: Ma55ter_fett
Not sure what a "Shrine" is for the vampires.
Everything else adds up to $291.5 if you bought it individually as opposed to the budle price of $318. So I'm guessing one of the following is true.
The "Knights" are blood knights as opposed to black knights (which is what I originally figured) then the cost of everything seperately would be $357.50, so you would save $40.
If the shrine ends up being the coven throne/mortis engine then the cost of everything seperate would be 419.5, which would be just over $100 in saveings.
Seeing that $100 in savings is what Hulk got with his maths I'm guessing it's the right one.
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Post by: Ouze
Kroothawk wrote:The source is a german WD, so the hand made transations by the poster can be off sometimes.
Technicus is Engineer, Extinctors are Immortals.
What's a "Necron Bark"? I assume a barge? Automatically Appended Next Post: Also,
KalashnikovMarine wrote:Maybe it was a leak test? Trying to figure out where leaked info was coming from? Or to see if there was lots of interest in bundles from us unwashed masses.
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Post by: tuiman
Depending on price here in NZ, might pick up the necron one, with what we assume is the CCB/annihalation barge kit, would make a nice legal army straight out the box.
Although would never really use the stalker, and one spyder? Would also prefer more immortals, jetbikes are cool. Again would depend on the price here.
Although, in NZ you can still buy the dark eldar and marine ones from last time, so dark eldar or necrons for my second army...
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Post by: Kanluwen
Just to play devil's advocate...
It would not be the first time that GW has fed misinformation to what they consider suspects and see what happens.
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Post by: tuiman
In fact the marine one is almost identical to last years megaforce, just a razorback instead of a speeder storm.
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Post by: Ralis
tuiman wrote:In fact the marine one is almost identical to last years megaforce, just a razorback instead of a speeder storm.
Thats what I'm thinking, That this just might be this years Megaforce.
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Post by: Kroothawk
 Kanluwen wrote:Just to play devil's advocate...
It would not be the first time that GW has fed misinformation to what they consider suspects and see what happens.
But they don't distribute fake WDs containing the bundle description
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Post by: Alpharius
Kroothawk wrote: Kanluwen wrote:Just to play devil's advocate...
It would not be the first time that GW has fed misinformation to what they consider suspects and see what happens.
But they don't distribute fake WDs containing the bundle description
Really Kan - no need to break all the pills in half!
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Post by: gobbledog
Mega forcesare indeed in Novembers WD....only available while stocks last apparently. There are SM, Necron,VC and Empire bundles available.... Also some assorted fine crap chaos warrior upgrade packs, chaos cultists, new edge paints and the mighty "ultimate paint set"..
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Post by: Kanluwen
Alpharius wrote: Kroothawk wrote: Kanluwen wrote:Just to play devil's advocate...
It would not be the first time that GW has fed misinformation to what they consider suspects and see what happens.
But they don't distribute fake WDs containing the bundle description
Really Kan - no need to break all the pills in half!
You leave my pills alone, Alphy! 
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Post by: battlematt
Wow, once again GW is cutting out the FLGS. You know if they cut out our game stores where are we to play 40k? It seems this is much like cutting your own throat.
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Post by: lord_blackfang
I'll probably get the Necron set if it's available through FLGS. It should come to about 45% off in total with my regular discount.
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Post by: MightyGodzilla
 battlematt wrote:Wow, once again GW is cutting out the FLGS. You know if they cut out our game stores where are we to play 40k? It seems this is much like cutting your own throat.
What's the FLGS have to do with anything? If the grief is over ordering GW Direct the shipping is going to be free. FLGSs have always had the ability to put together large packages and offer a greater discount but usually don't so no blaming GW there either. Retailers get a much better discount from distributors/ GW. I guess I'm not seeing the root of your complaint. Please explain.
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Post by: hands_miranda
I think he's trying to say that GW is undercutting local hobby shops. GW has had a somewhat antagonistic relationship with FLGSes for some time now, so this kind of thing isn't surprising. I have to think a lot of the fire is aimed at online retailers (only stuff I deal with, since my LGSes either aren't particularly friendly or else has no selection in shop) and personally it stinks a bit with that.
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Post by: Isengard
hands_miranda wrote: I think he's trying to say that GW is undercutting local hobby shops. GW has had a somewhat antagonistic relationship with FLGSes for some time now, so this kind of thing isn't surprising. I have to think a lot of the fire is aimed at online retailers (only stuff I deal with, since my LGSes either aren't particularly friendly or else has no selection in shop) and personally it stinks a bit with that.
I'd agree with the undercutting thing if they had permanent bulk discounts. I've laways wondered why they don't do this, have a big bundle deal on all their armies. No need for a special box just send the individual boxes. However, they don't its a simple trawl for the Christmas market. I actually think they've missed a trick and should do all the armies, it's annoying to say the least when you are again seeing these great deals but not on your own armies.
For 99% of the year on 99% of stuff the FLGS can undercut GW prices and still make a profit so GW have a LOT of price cutting and deals to set up in order to make that move!
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Post by: MightyGodzilla
Last holiday season my FLGS was 50% off all their GW stuff. I don't see getting mad at the manufacturer for doing the same thing. Even if it is select bundled items.
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Post by: LunaHound
Alpharius wrote:A little birdie tells me there's actual info on GW bundles coming soon...
I think we'll have that news any second now, in this thread.
Right?
Guess so?
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Post by: thenoobbomb
Funny, I actually wanted to list exactly those.
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Post by: tuiman
So glider = ghost ark, not night scythe
Although with the CCB is a playable army out the box.
Will pick it up if my flgs can get it in, they still have a few dark eldar ones from last time so should be able to.
Only thing I would do is sell the stalker for some more spyders/wraiths/flyers, its the only thing I would probably never use for necrons.
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Post by: KalashnikovMarine
That Space Marine force isn't bad at all for $250
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Post by: SickSix
I got last years SM Megaforce (which is nearly identical) from my FLGS for $188 that is including local tax.
So unless they let the FLGS order them, I am not even considering it as I still have nearly half of last years kit still in the box.
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Post by: Grot 6
 SickSix wrote:I got last years SM Megaforce (which is nearly identical) from my FLGS for $188 that is including local tax.
So unless they let the FLGS order them, I am not even considering it as I still have nearly half of last years kit still in the box.
And the sick thing about it is that I know of one that has a few from the year before, still on the shelf. ( of course they keep jacking up the price, but the thing is still on the shelf.)
Those army sets don't look too bad though, seeing the way that GW is going, you'll only need to sell one of your kidneys to get that outside of this offer.
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