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So I'm a YouTube subscriber to Beasts of War and they released a vid on the GW Price Rises:



Now, they eventually come out with two interesting points:

GW was mad to make Space Hulk a "one-off" and it would've been a great entry point for new players and should've been in every toy shop around the world... I don't think many Dakkaites are going to disagree with that

But the second interesting point was that AoBR should be cheap, perhaps even sold at a *loss*.

Now, I agree with the idea of a break-even price for a starter set... But AoBR? It's far too useful to Marine players to be made cheap, thanks to AoBR we can get Marines for £1 each off of e-bay or cheaper, a cheapskate who cares little for customisation could never buy a tactical boxset again. There's a lot of conversion material and you can just buy the boxset yourself and sell off the rest.

But what do you think Dakkaites?

They used the reasoning that after even one box of Black Reach, nobody would be able to stomach the ugly models/little variety.

AoBR is just as good as the real thing imo...

AoBR was their loss leader and it worked. People probably wouldn't want to buy more than one box, since the poses get really repetitive. I know I only needed one box. From there I started an Ork army with all the trimmings, and my Marines got some reinforcements. I do think Space Hulk should still be around though - it works as a good "gateway drug" into the GW hobby.

i bought AoBR just to boost my marines and gave the ork stuff to a friend, i think they are a good idea to get new people into the hobby but maybe there should be 2 or 3 choices?
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shakey787 wrote:
i bought AoBR just to boost my marines and gave the ork stuff to a friend, i think they are a good idea to get new people into the hobby but maybe there should be 2 or 3 choices?
like eldar v necron
tau v ig

"I have a dream...."

GW probably couldn't turn a profit from it. It would be amazing if you could "build-your-own-starter-set" but it would cost uite a bit in production.

lol fair point fella,
i suppose they have to go with the best seller

space crusade started a huge amount of people into 40k in the 90's.

oh my god yeah i had irst edition space hulk lol i feel conned now i have the new ed and the models are amazing

nevertellmetheodds wrote:space crusade started a huge amount of people into 40k in the 90's.

shakey787 wrote:oh my god yeah i had irst edition space hulk lol i feel conned now i have the new ed and the models are amazing

He said Space Crusade not hulk. I got space crusade 2nd hand. shame most of it was broken, looked alright to play.

i know he said CRUSADE fella but i said HULK cos i was swinging the nostalgia lantern because Hulk started my interest in the hobby

i know he said CRUSADE fella but i said HULK cos i was swinging the nostalgia lantern because Hulk started my interest in the hobby

GW doesn't like discounting, and AoBR was the last "loss leader" product they carried. GW is now consistent, and there's no pretending that any of their stuff is (or ever will be) "cheap".

I have just one question for the mono posed GW products...

Why dont they ever make their pose animated as if they are shooting or something , why are they all sculpted to be standing there looking dumb and doing nothing?

LunaHound wrote:I have just one question for the mono posed GW products...

Why dont they ever make their pose animated as if they are shooting or something , why are they all sculpted to be standing there looking dumb and doing nothing?

Maybe GW wants you to buy the multi-pose models which cost more?

It's why I didn't buy any AoBR.

my god are you implying that GW is a souless corporate automoton that cares mor for profit that it does the enjoyment of the hobbyists it attract

"implying" is perhaps too weak of a word.

JohnHwangDD wrote:

LunaHound wrote:I have just one question for the mono posed GW products...

Why dont they ever make their pose animated as if they are shooting or something , why are they all sculpted to be standing there looking dumb and doing nothing?

Maybe GW wants you to buy the multi-pose models which cost more?

It's why I didn't buy any AoBR.

It has more to do with the fact that "actiony" poses tend to have parts of the model that would be obscured from painting or just fragile as hell in a single piece model.

Rather, take a look at action poses, and try and figure out how you'd remove that from an inflexible steel mold if made as a single piece.

Kanluwen wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:

LunaHound wrote:I have just one question for the mono posed GW products...

Why dont they ever make their pose animated as if they are shooting or something , why are they all sculpted to be standing there looking dumb and doing nothing?

Maybe GW wants you to buy the multi-pose models which cost more?

It's why I didn't buy any AoBR.

It has more to do with the fact that "actiony" poses tend to have parts of the model that would be obscured from painting or just fragile as hell in a single piece model.

Doubt it , take a look at the current models. Nothing is stopping GW from turning their head to where their bolters are pointing at and changing the angle of their bolter + arm alittle.

Here is something recent , your theory doesnt work.