Orky Stompa coming Mar 7th for $95 USD!

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**JohnHwangDD**

http://belloflostsouls.blogspot.com/2008/12/rumors-stompa-kit.html

Bell of Lost Souls wrote:
Ohs the birds are singing folks,

We have collated together the following reports from several sources:

Teh Stompa is coming, and visual sightings of the kits have been reported.

-It is a large kit with several guns, a chainsaw arm, and rockits.
-Many bitz are provided with things such as, gunz, chains, pistons, and both Ork and Grot crew.
-The overall design is said to be somehwat related to the Apocalypse scratchbuilt models (see above pic). It was speculated that some of those may have been early prototypes.
-Stompa's head is smallish, but easily accessorized with the truckload of bitz included).
-The Stompa's main guns are awesome, with a belt fed Supa-Gattla included.
-Several grot-bombs are in (handy for scrathbuilding fighta-bombas).
- There is an "internal schematic" included that shows the inner working of a typical Stompa and its crew.

The kit is said to be very modular with the existing Ork plastic vehicle line. Things such as the turrets on the new Battlewagon are interchangable, and there is talk of future upgrade sprues (like the Baneblade) to expand the stompa to cover other versions over time.

Good to see the Orks getting some more love from GW.

Looks like this year is going to be a hell of an Apocalypse year!

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Updated with actual March 7th release date.

And price of $95...

**H.B.M.C.**

Stompy stomp stomp!

Should be good.

BYE

**mikhaila**

I am telling my wife I want nothing for Christmas.

Just save it for my stomper mob

**Hulksmash**

Yeah, i had it confirmed from a friend of mine over the weekend. I'm super stoked! Stomping Goodness (plus this means the chance for a plastic Warhound is getting better too!)

**Ifurita**

Any timeline?

**Clang**

March-ish, along with the next pile of Apocalypse and the Shadowsword. Bad timing, as I'll still be busy with all my battlewagons, grots, stormboys and nobs from Jan...

does anyone have any pics? please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

**pcon426**

one sounds awesome want the shadowsword first

**warpcrafter**

Who's gonna be elbow-deep in GW plasticrack? Besides me?

**sonofruss**

I don't think I can see my elbows shoulder deep here

**BrookM**

That's great news, I've been itching to get one of those.

**Flachzange**

seriously, theyre throwing out some huge kits these days.
Im hoping that other fractions will get some apoc loving as well.

Fractions that havent gotten alot from FW either ... yeah, that would be nice.

**BrookM**

Heh, odd that. FW is focusing on special projects and GW is going crazy with their releases in certain slots.

**JohnHwangDD**

@Flachzange:

IMO, GW is selling huge kits because:
- they have the technical capability to make them,
- no other gaming company can compete with similarly large kits
- we buy them

Apoc is selling well, so go for a 3rd round!
- Guard & Baneblade are selling, so the Shadowsword is avanced to plastic.
- Orks are selling well, so the Stompa is advanced to plastic.
- Marines always sell well, but their only big kit is the Thawk, which is too expensive to sell right now - save it or the Warhound for 2010+, when Apoc might need more of a jump

If I had to guess who gets Apoc stuff next, I'd guess for Eldar Scorpion superheavy (which then allows Cobra, and other Engines of Vaul), but that's probably 2011 or later.

**H.B.M.C.**

Never stops, does he?

BYE

**George Spiggott**

I believe that they're laying the groundwork for Apoc becoming the standard 40k game. A shadowsword is useless if it has no other superheavy vehicles to shoot at.

**FlatlanderBoss2.0**

If it's late March, might be available in time to throw the meta-games totally off kilter at Adepticon.

Hooray!

**Prometheum5**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Never stops, does he?

BYE

I was gonna say how proud I was of DD reporting new from a source, but then he goes off on some more rampant fabrication...

I'm glad to see the Stompa is coming along, as it bodes well for a plastic Warhound down the line, but let's stick to the facts we've got.

**Alpharius**

George Spiggott wrote:I believe that they're laying the groundwork for Apoc becoming the standard 40k game. A shadowsword is useless if it has no other superheavy vehicles to shoot at.

Gah!

I don't think so!

At least, I hope not!

**George Spiggott**

Alpharius wrote:At least, I hope not!

Agreed.

**CaptainRavenclaw**

Very cool. I want to see pictures!!! bring on the mega stompa waagh

**oomiestompa**

It's compatible with the Battlewagon?

Now I'm going to have to get one more of each than I was planning just to mess around with that.

**Brimstone**

oomiestompa wrote:It's compatible with the Battlewagon?

Now I'm going to have to get one more of each than I was planning just to mess around with that.

If you mean can I mix and match the kits the answer is yes.

**Agamemnon2**

Alpharius wrote:I don't think so!

At least, I hope not!

Perhaps that's why the new GW plastic version has more guns than the old FW Shadowsword? The FW SS is more of a one-hit pony, whereas the GW version has two extra lascannons and one extra twin HB, so it can function more like the Baneblade instead of hanging back sniping at the big targets.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

OH sweet Donkey Jesus....

Looks like my Wallett is going to be screaming in March.

**goffnob deffsmakka**

I was planning to make a gargant.(I haven't even started)
But this will fit in nicely, a shame it's propably gonna be apocalypse only.

**Flashman**

Deffrollas confirmed and Stompas incoming. Definitely a good day to be a ork

**Alpharius**

Agamemnon2 wrote:
Alpharius wrote:I don't think so!

At least, I hope not!

Perhaps that's why the new GW plastic version has more guns than the old FW Shadowsword? The FW SS is more of a one-hit pony, whereas the GW version has two extra lascannons and one extra twin HB, so it can function more like the Baneblade instead of hanging back sniping at the big targets.

Huh?

I was talking about hoping that Apocalypse wasn't going to 'take over' for 40K as GW's Main Game, so to speak...

**two_heads_talking**

Brimstone wrote:
oomiestompa wrote:It's compatible with the Battlewagon?

Now I'm going to have to get one more of each than I was planning just to mess around with that.

If you mean can I mix and match the kits the answer is yes.

I love it when Brimstone comes around.. Now, are you saying that there is a stompa kit? and if so, that it is going to be available sometime in 2009?

**Teek**

Exciting news!

I feel the "scratch builds" from that infamous apoc picture are a bit naff, but I've never really liked the old dumpy "flower pot" style stompa. Something more like the dynamic stompa concept art (and Ein's incredible translation of said art) would be a bit more up my alley.

Regardless, good news indeed. Should serve as an excellent diving board for customization.

**JohnHwangDD**

George Spiggott wrote:I believe that they're laying the groundwork for Apoc becoming the standard 40k game.

A shadowsword is useless if it has no other superheavy vehicles to shoot at.

I'd be OK with that - Apoc is fun.

Even without going to FW, we've got Brass Scorpions along with a host of Guard, Traitor, & Chaos Baneblade-based vehicles to play with. Very cool!