Hmm... I guess we *do* know what's coming up...

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**JohnHwangDD**

Bell of Lost Souls wrote:We love to pass on on all the little tidbits we hear and here are some of the latest. We have recieved news that the GW 40k/WFB schedule is shaping up for Q1-Q2 2009 as follows:

JANUARY:
2nd wave Orks
Plastic Gretchin, Stormboys, Nobz, plastic Battlewagon.

FEBRUARY:
Lizardmen
Plastic Stegadon to be availiable as a rare, special and mount option. Up to nine said to fieldable in one list. New kroxigors.

MARCH:
Apocalypse
Stompa and one or more Baneblade variants (Stormlord and/or Shadowsword, possibly others).

APRIL-MAY:
Imperial Guard
Plastic Stormtroopers, Valkyrie, Russ variants, more.
2nd Wave Daemons
Plastic Daemon Prince, new Seekers, rest of the named Daemons, possibly generic daemons and a Battleforce

Q3-Q4:
Necrons
All the stuff reported here.

Dark Eldar
New range by Jes Goodwin, Codex by Phil Kelley. End of the year, possibly bumped even later to make sure the army is done correctly.

And More...

~There is great uncertainty as to the exact timing of these releases as we get into the Q3-Q4 timeframes, and the Apocalypse release slot is still full of uncertainty as to what the Baneblade variant(s) will be. While the 40k codex releases are thin between now and IG (reported to give plenty of time for the marine releases to sink in) the back half of 2009 is said to be stuffed to the gills with releases for both 40k and Fantasy. Standard caveats apply folks, have at it.

So, if BoLS is right, it looks like my wallet is going to be taking one hell of a beating in March and April for the (plastic) Shadowsword Baneblade variant and multiple (plastic) Valkyries.

**BrookM**

Valkyrie might be a Summer release for Planet Strike, which is strangely absent from this list for some reason.

edit.

Only new super-heavy I heard of would be the Stormlord super-heavy transport, no word on other variants.

**JohnHwangDD**

2H is kind of soft & squishy, but one can easily imagine Planetstrike in Q3.

**MarvinGayeIsMyDaddy**

Thank god Phil Kelly is writing the DE codex.

**warpcrafter**

A plastic stegadon? Really?? Looks like my Orks are gonna get a herd of Squiggoths! I'll have to make some little shovels and convert some pooper-scooper-grots!

**derek**

warpcrafter wrote:A plastic stegadon? Really?? Looks like my Orks are gonna get a herd of Squiggoths! I'll have to make some little shovels and convert some pooper-scooper-grots!

There are shovels on the IG vehicle sprue.

**Metsuri**

derek wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:A plastic stegadon? Really?? Looks like my Orks are gonna get a herd of Squiggoths! I'll have to make some little shovels and convert some pooper-scooper-grots!

There are shovels on the IG vehicle sprue.

And on cadian heavy weapon sprue.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

JohnHwangDD wrote:
FEBRUARY:
Lizardmen
Plastic Stegadon to be availiable as a rare, special and mount option. Up to nine said to fieldable in one list. New kroxigors.

Unless they are massively toning down the stegadon (I hope not) this must be a fan boi's wet dream.

**Raxor**

Generic daemons eh? Can't say CSMs are being ignored.

**blinky**

Hmm? We don't want generic daemons though. We want actual daemons, not the instruments of blandulon we have now.

**Osbad**

blinky wrote:We want actual daemons.

But wouldn't that cost you your soul?!

**blinky**

Damn, I bartered that long ago...

**ProtoClone**

I hope in the "and more" section is a SW codex...but I guess that is wishful thinking isn't it. Oh well, nice to see DE are getting a mention and not left behind.

**malfred**

Plastic stormtroopers might get me to buy more 40k. But most likely I'll buy
a unit, assemble it, and forget all about it.

**Prometheum5**

Hmmm... a plastic Valk kit should be alot of fun if done right. Why do I feel like DE aren't the right choice for an upcoming Codex yet... didn't they redo DE not that long ago?

**derek**

Prometheum5 wrote:Hmmm... a plastic Valk kit should be alot of fun if done right. Why do I feel like DE aren't the right choice for an upcoming Codex yet... didn't they redo DE not that long ago?

If not that long ago was 3rd edition, then sure.

**Prometheum5**

Really? Am I just going crazy? I thought DE were being updated mid-4th right as I gave up on 40K the first time... it was after they did normal Eldar.

Am I absolutely making this up?

**Agamemnon2**

You are, yes. They've had no releases since they came out.

**Prometheum5**

Hmmm... wonder what the heck I'm thinking of then. Oh well, carry on.

**dienekes96**

Better be Wolves next year. That is all. I don't care when. But it better be in 2009.

**AgeOfEgos**

Plastic Plaguebearers I can understand (Although I'm still considering buying some...that release is a ways off)
What's wrong with the current Horrors though? I like the models.

**Alpharius**

Plastic Generic Daemons - the release no one is asking for?

**MinMax**

AgeOfEgos wrote:What's wrong with the current Horrors though?

They're metal.

**redstripe**

Nice to see some confirmation of IG and a Valkyrie in the spring/summer. This will be an important release for GW if they hope to get me to buy back in.

**gorgon**

So since the other daemons reverted back to old designs, can we expect Pink Horrors to become silly-expressioned heads with legs and big gangly arms that flip the bird?

**groz**

6 units of Gretchin with Cybork Body here I come!

**wyomingfox**

So SW go from possible 1st Q to not going to happen in the forseeable future...oldest dex remians oldest...at least there is some consistancy

**Rymafyr**

I said it before...I'm not wasting points for generic daemons in a CSM army. I've got way better choices, even plain troops that are better options than the generic daemon crap.

Still a year to wait on a new DE codex. That I can live with, if the rumour is right.

**Necros**

I'm really just looking forward to the guard stuff at this point. I have a marine army but I haven't touched it in years and don't expect to get back to it. Maybe some of the new demons might be cool though...

**Anung Un Rama**

Is the SW Dex really older than the Dark Eldar one?