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Yep. My LGS got in a large shipment of dark eldar models today! The store owner confirmed that the Dark Eldar are no longer direct only.

Is your LGS a FLGS or a GW store?

What terrible news.

Matybe they're just selling off stock before finally putting that misconcieved army out of everyone's misery.

FLGS. The models were re-packaged in the new style packaging as well.

Ah, ok. I'll have a peek at the Amsterdam store tomorrow to see if they still got DE but I think they're still out of the way.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:What terrible news.

Matybe they're just selling off stock before finally putting that misconcieved army out of everyone's misery.

*nod

...that doesn't bode very well at all. Why bother repackaging them and selling them in stores again if they're supposed to be getting an army-wide facelift and reimagining?

If they keep selling the same gak models I think I'm going to go insane. UPDATE. NOW. fething donkey-caves.

Nah they're keeping all the Gary Morley sculpted stuff and re-doing the rest... in Gary Morley's style.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:What terrible news.

Matybe they're just selling off stock before finally putting that misconcieved army out of everyone's misery.

Or maybe they're just trying to sell off stock before they release the awesome new codex and models!

Have you seen the new DE greens? I know they've been posted here before...








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Aye, ridding their selves of the stock is the most viable option. Makes me wonder just how much they still have lying about.

Might be going 1 of 2 ways IMHO

1) The new codex they are writting completely underminds the current DE models meaning that when released, no one will want to buy the old style so they are trying to get as much money from the old stock before the new arrives. A nasty trick if true.

2) They are dropping DE altogether and selling off old stock to recoup as much money as possible.

hmmm, both options seem to involve GW making money at the expense of its customers, how very typical

I noticed that several dakkaties have made custom codex's, some of them are VERY good such as "Angry Marines's Codex", maybe they can be convinced to make a custom DE one for 5th Edition?
I'd give it a go if I had the skill to make it balanced, but sadly I don't

Kid_Kyoto wrote:What terrible news.

Matybe they're just selling off stock before finally putting that misconcieved army out of everyone's misery.

If only they would do the same to Chaos Daemons.

warp beast look gak, hellions look gak, wyches look gak, evrything else looks cool...hmm...okay guy w/e

This just lends credence to a release soon, possibly after the Wolf Codex.

I know they had some Green Homnoculus done at a gamesday does anyone have those pictures?

Could just be offloading the old models, so they can release new ones when the codex is finally redone.

Dark Eldar do seem to be doing a good job of clinging on by their (sharp) fingernails. They were covered in 5th Edition and in Planetstrike where they're mentioned in the fluff and get their own strategem (and a good one at that).

My own stance is that I like the background, but hate the models, the name (Dark Eldar *sigh* If GW ever did evil Tau, they would either be Dark Tau or Chaos Tau) and the hideously out of date Codex.

Hordini wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:What terrible news.

Matybe they're just selling off stock before finally putting that misconcieved army out of everyone's misery.

Or maybe they're just trying to sell off stock before they release the awesome new codex and models!

Have you seen the new DE greens? I know they've been posted here before...

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You mean these?



You think they have them on the shelves too?

I do believe we still have the policy of suspending or banning people who post that thing.

Oh, so Mods are allowed to post "that picture" are they

Bah, the moment mods are allowed to do things we aren't blood will flow somehow through this digital burgh!

Doesn't blood flow through this digital burgh on a daily basis?

Ah, I thought it was more of a septic refuse that is pulled from massively distended colons and rectums.

So we're talking crap, is that it?

And in a vain effort to get this thread back on topic... so these repackaged Dark Eldar kits, are they attempting to sell them at the same value as a similar boxed set or are they discounted?

I won't believe this until a picture of the Dark Eldar "section" is posted.

I for one, might purchase a thing or two, just to support seeing this race in the future.

This could be a test you know, they may be seeing what the parket is for this race before making a permanent decision.

The GW site should have the answer to that questions.


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Mahu wrote:I won't believe this until a picture of the Dark Eldar "section" is posted.

I for one, might purchase a thing or two, just to support seeing this race in the future.

This could be a test you know, they may be seeing what the parket is for this race before making a permanent decision.

Jes is already halfway done, a bit late to pull the plug.

Like I said, sad, even their greatest fans say the DE need new models and new fluff to be even partially viable.

but honestly, elfs who are dark and also in space and sort of into bondage but only in a PG-13 sort of way is just such a limited concept.

Well, it's that or asking the fa/tg/uys of 4Chan to write the background.

Genius idea by GW....we all know it's all about securing the next generation of gamers, what's the best way of doing this?

Introduce a new army!
It doesn't matter that they've been out before or that everyone seems to think that the models suck.
They haven't been on the shelves for god knows how long so for all intensive purposes they are a new army.

Money making genius!

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Like I said, sad, even their greatest fans say the DE need new models and new fluff to be even partially viable.

but honestly, elfs who are dark and also in space and sort of into bondage but only in a PG-13 sort of way is just such a limited concept.

I dunno KK, the potential is there in the fluff, it just needs to be realised through the models and the rules. They did a great job of capturing the character of IG with the orders system, they just need to carry on with that approach. The Dark Eldar strategem in planetstrike is pretty characterful, more so than some of the other races.

Good to hear that Jes is doing the new Dark Eldar stuff. Actually, before I say that I should ask if he was the one that did the original Dark Eldar stuff... If so, then there must've been some mistake. Jes wouldn't do that .

Um... I'm a relative newb, why is it not cool to post the DE greens? Are they fake?

When the new DE are released, I'll probably start a force.

Steel Rabbit wrote:

Um... I'm a relative newb, why is it not cool to post the DE greens? Are they fake?

They were forever being posted as "New Dark Eldar models sighted" when they were in fact, practice sculpts or something.