New Blisters from GW (not new minis though...)

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**Howard A Treesong**

Doesn't seem particularly professional to re-release an item at a premium price on the website and then suddenly disappear it all again a few days later.

You'd expect that sort of stunt to be carried out by a amateurish set up not a company the size of GW which I would have though is not having decisions about stock and website operations being made on the fly without any actual planning.

**Raptorkid**

You clearly don't know GW then.

*Takes cover*

**nels1031**

boreas wrote:
That's a rather spurious moral judgment. So anyone who purchases a limited edition item because it's collectible, Warhammer or otherwise, has no morals?

No, read what I said: "no-moral price-gougers"

Being a price gouger his having no moral. Buying a LE mini because you like to collect, paint or model is quite correct. I even encourage my gaming group to buy nice minis out of their army range just to practice painting new themes and style.

Buying a LE mini just for it's sheer re-sale value is being scum of the earth. By doing this, your bring nothing to the community. You're just being parasitic to fellow players/modeler. To give you a non-gaming example (as a pharmacist): some pharmaceutical company buy patents to unique medication, jack the price 10% and re-license them. They don't do a single ounce of research (like developer companies), or cut prices by opening the patent (like generic drug companies). They produce nothing, they just profit off other people.

Phil

Collectible pricing is driven by what collectors want to pay for whatever they are collecting, there is no manipulation involved. Price gouging (as I know it) is implying that someone is being greedy because of a special need or circumstance. Profiting from luxury items is very different then increasing food and gas prices when a disaster occurrs, which is where the average person would see true price gouging.

I don't even think your example is price gouging, unless the company did so in a time of crisis for the sole reason of taking advantage(profit) of increased demand.

**Kanluwen**

Got a response today so here it is:

Hey there,

Thanks for writing in to us, although I don’t have great news for you. You were right that you did see the Inquisitor with Power Fist and Plasma Pistol up on the web-site recently. He was accidentally put on there late last week, but he was originally a limited edition model from way back in 2004 when the Witch Hunters codex was originally released. No more of him were going to be made, so he was taken down from our site. We’re really sorry about the confusion that this has caused.

Sorry we couldn’t be any more help than this.

Dave Swan

Customer Services Manager

So in summation:
He wasn't for sale. It was an accident.

**shrike**

dagnabbit!
and they STILL haven't fixed that leman-russ/sauron thing...

**VikingScott**

Well isn't that dandy.

**Tmonster**

what leman-russ sauron thing?

**BrookM**

Kanluwen wrote:Got a response today so here it is:

Hey there,

Thanks for writing in to us, although I don’t have great news for you. You were right that you did see the Inquisitor with Power Fist and Plasma Pistol up on the web-site recently. He was accidentally put on there late last week, but he was originally a limited edition model from way back in 2004 when the Witch Hunters codex was originally released. No more of him were going to be made, so he was taken down from our site. We’re really sorry about the confusion that this has caused.

Sorry we couldn’t be any more help than this.

Dave Swan

Customer Services Manager

So in summation:
He wasn't for sale. It was an accident.

Riiiiiiight and Justin Bieber is a boy.

This is them feeding on our despair.

**shrike**

BrookM wrote:Riiiiiiight and Justin Bieber is a boy.

do you HAVE to drag him/her/it up? I thought this was the ONE place on the internet that isn't ranting/raving about it.

**Howard A Treesong**

Kanluwen wrote:Got a response today so here it is:

Hey there,

Thanks for writing in to us, although I don’t have great news for you. You were right that you did see the Inquisitor with Power Fist and Plasma Pistol up on the web-site recently. He was accidentally put on there late last week, but he was originally a limited edition model from way back in 2004 when the Witch Hunters codex was originally released. No more of him were going to be made, so he was taken down from our site. We’re really sorry about the confusion that this has caused.

Sorry we couldn’t be any more help than this.

Dave Swan

Customer Services Manager

So in summation:
He wasn't for sale. It was an accident.

Riiiight. So someone just dug out pictures of a model from 7 years ago and put them up on the site for a few days at the funny old price of £8.20 "by accident".

Would be interesting to know if anyone who bought the figure in that small window of opportunity receive it.

**BrookM**

Howard A Treesong wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:Got a response today so here it is:

Hey there,

Thanks for writing in to us, although I don’t have great news for you. You were right that you did see the Inquisitor with Power Fist and Plasma Pistol up on the web-site recently. He was accidentally put on there late last week, but he was originally a limited edition model from way back in 2004 when the Witch Hunters codex was originally released. No more of him were going to be made, so he was taken down from our site. We’re really sorry about the confusion that this has caused.

Sorry we couldn’t be any more help than this.

Dave Swan

Customer Services Manager

So in summation:
He wasn't for sale. It was an accident.

Riiiight. So someone just dug out pictures of a model from 7 years ago and put them up on the site for a few days at the funny old price of £8.20 "by accident".

Would be interesting to know if anyone who bought the figure in that small window of opportunity receive it.

Chances are orders will be cancelled and refunds given to those.

**Kroothawk**

Waiting for the official announcement:
"Sorry, the Jokaeiro was accidently put up in the Grey Knights section. This is of course wrong, as the Imperium in general and the Inquisition especially hate Xenos and would never field an army of them. They are of course a future release for Tau Empire. Sorry for the confusion."

**Kanluwen**

BrookM wrote:
Howard A Treesong wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:Got a response today so here it is:

Hey there,

Thanks for writing in to us, although I don’t have great news for you. You were right that you did see the Inquisitor with Power Fist and Plasma Pistol up on the web-site recently. He was accidentally put on there late last week, but he was originally a limited edition model from way back in 2004 when the Witch Hunters codex was originally released. No more of him were going to be made, so he was taken down from our site. We’re really sorry about the confusion that this has caused.

Sorry we couldn’t be any more help than this.

Dave Swan

Customer Services Manager

So in summation:
He wasn't for sale. It was an accident.

Riiiight. So someone just dug out pictures of a model from 7 years ago and put them up on the site for a few days at the funny old price of £8.20 "by accident".

Would be interesting to know if anyone who bought the figure in that small window of opportunity receive it.
Chances are orders will be cancelled and refunds given to those.

Considering it was removed from my shopping cart, I think that's most likely.

**Slinky**

Here's an interesting twist...

In the latest WD, which arrived today, this model is also shown as available to order at the back of the mag...

**VikingScott**

Double Cross!

**tokugawa**

Lorr just disappeared from GW website...

**Kanluwen**

Days ago, yes.

**shrike**

Slinky wrote:Here's an interesting twist...

In the latest WD, which arrived today, this model is also shown as available to order at the back of the mag...

seriously?!
Kan, you should email that gu back...surely they can't make the same mistake twice?
a few days apart?
with the same model?
on computer and magazine?
and survive editing?

**Kanluwen**

White Dwarfs are printed months in advance.

The mistake was likely in WD first, then someone didn't catch it and it made it into the website.

**Jaon**

GOD DAMMIT!

Looks like I am paying $60 on ebay! yayayayay!

Although...

With minimal chopping, this guy could closely resemble him. It seems I have found my Rad + Psychotroke grenade lobber!

**shrike**

hmm...

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Just saw the plasma gun's flintlock-like handle...lol...

**BrookM**

Both models share the same basic model, but with different gubbins added.

**Kroothawk**

... and I always preferred the unlimited one (also more or less usable for Fantasy).

But for everyone else, there is a slight hope. Frgt/10 over at Warseer wrote:

regarding Lorr:

he IS getting re-released as part of the GK release. I've had this confirmed numerous times from a few people now.
he was also never a limited edition model that they destroyed the molds for/found more of in the warehouse/etc. rather just a model that was only released in a certain window and then never again (until now)

**Vermillion**

Gutted, was hoping to get one when they were released as quickly sold mine on ebay when I saw it was coming out. Doubly gutted and furious at GW ><

**UltraPrime**

Vermillion wrote:Gutted, was hoping to get one when they were released as quickly sold mine on ebay when I saw it was coming out. Doubly gutted and furious at GW ><

There is justice in the world.

**shrike**

Dammit, I got ninja'd...

**Kirbinator**

They kept Coteaz and the Flame Rifle guy, but not the cowboy plasma dude. Come on GW, seriously? You have to mess with me like that? Not cool.

**Kanluwen**

Kirbinator wrote:They kept Coteaz and the Flame Rifle guy, but not the cowboy plasma dude. Come on GW, seriously? You have to mess with me like that? Not cool.

Because "Coteaz and the Flame Rifle guy" were standard, full production run models.

The "cowboy plasma dude" wasn't.

**BrassScorpion**

PR code models were "Promotional" models. Inquisitor = PR 18

**necrondude89**

very nice