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 infinite_array wrote:

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
The one thing I'm confused about, is that they're "paint and play". Does that mean these are already primed?

If they're really aiming for that 8-11 age range, how many of those kids are going to bother priming models?

There isn't actualy any need to prime before painting with acrylic model paints anyway.

The coloured plastic suggests that the raw plastic firms the base colour, and they just give you a couple of colors and some decals to do the details.


It's a clever move to gain a little extra exposure, I think, and using older models (if that's really what they're doing) would help to avoid devaluing the current range, while also letting them squeeze a little extra mileage out of old moulds that are otherwise just sitting and taking up warehouse space.

Wow. A trukk for 19€ when the current model goes for 36€? I'm going to buy like a dozen of those, if only to use as conversion fodder.

Now, if only they released some Guard minis as well..

I can read "Series one - six great kits to collect!" on the first pic.

Well, Games Workshop actually has a booth at the Nuremberg Toy Fair (Spielwarenmesse) 2016 according to this registration

http://www.spielwarenmesse.de/messe/aussteller-2016/aussteller/?tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[params][objId]=595456&tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[action]=detail&tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[controller]=Exhibitors&L=0&cHash=185d243df42b22a472c3e776e6a08b0e

Categories: Model kits and Modelling colours & varnish

This would be a positive step for GW, if they can get the right kits out there this way. And able to get people into the hobby from there.

Hope they get something for all the difernt races though :9 it's important for them to have some diversity also for difernt potential players.
Maybe they could even make sure players spending roughly equal amounts can have good games together with this line, it's a dream.

This is great. I'm very much in favour of anything that shakes things up.

Really don't understand how anyone can say this is a bad idea. It's fantastic to get new blood into the game, the prices seem reasonable for what you get, and there's no nickel and diming at the counter for paint, brushes, and all this other crap that first timers would get hit with. As someone else mentioned, with so many GW stores moving away from malls, this is a great way to get mass exposure again. Where's the downside?

Warhams-77 wrote:
Well, Games Workshop actually have a booth at the Nuremberg Toy Fair (Spielwarenmesse) 2016 according to this registration

http://www.spielwarenmesse.de/messe/aussteller-2016/aussteller/?tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[params][objId]=595456&tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[action]=detail&tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[controller]=Exhibitors&L=0&cHash=185d243df42b22a472c3e776e6a08b0e

Categories: Model kits and Modelling colours & varnish

OP's link and the BOLS post leave out the last two photos, which show these kits on display at Spielwarenmesse 2016, which started this morning. Suffice it to say that this is quite real.

https://imgur.com/gallery/V9D3A/new

Well, wait and see I suppose. It does give off a Airfix-Humbrol vibe that I used to get what, twenty years ago now? When they'd sell these cheapo Airfix kits with a brush and two small pots of Humbrol acrylics.

Thanks a lot for the link, Oryza

 BrookM wrote:
Well, wait and see I suppose. It does give off a Airfix-Humbrol vibe that I used to get what, twenty years ago now? When they'd sell these cheapo Airfix kits with a brush and two small pots of Humbrol acrylics.

They still do.

I could definitely see this working.

Kid sees brightly colored box with action scene in toy store, excited shows it to parent who formerly played 40k and BOOM! A new hobbyist for GW funded by a returning hobbyist parent who gets to scratch that nostalgia itch. Brilliant!

Regardless of the quality of the kits, I think its a good move and shows GW is trying to grow its market share in ways that don't involve raising its prices.

Its cool to see those Blood Bowl pics too, no doubt the Tacobell of Lost Souls will save that for entirely separate post.

Oryza Sativa wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:
Well, Games Workshop actually have a booth at the Nuremberg Toy Fair (Spielwarenmesse) 2016 according to this registration

http://www.spielwarenmesse.de/messe/aussteller-2016/aussteller/?tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[params][objId]=595456&tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[action]=detail&tx_nfmedb_exhibitors[controller]=Exhibitors&L=0&cHash=185d243df42b22a472c3e776e6a08b0e

Categories: Model kits and Modelling colours & varnish

OP's link and the BOLS post leave out the last two photos, which show these kits on display at Spielwarenmesse 2016, which started this morning. Suffice it to say that this is quite real.

https://imgur.com/gallery/V9D3A/new

Well gak. I was ready to call BS on this when I saw the P3 paintbrush sitting in the display (or am I wrong?) - edit: I am wrong, it is the newer brushes from citadel that I am clearly unfamiliar with
http://cdn.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GWbuildnplay4.jpg

There is a lot you can fake, this looks pretty much confirmed. I think it is excellent.

Yay, deffkopta re-release!

Those are all mockups! Nothing seems finished. November 2016!

When I suggested this some years ago, people screamed blue murder at me. Geez how times have changed.

 Agent_Tremolo wrote:
Wow. A trukk for 19€ when the current model goes for 36€? I'm going to buy like a dozen of those, if only to use as conversion fodder.

They are about half the size of the current one... both the vehicle and the crew

That's really cool, I loved the aircraft versions of these as a kid. I'd definitely try and sneak some of these to nephews as presents or maybe buy some for myself .

Buy some for you nephews and then build them for yourself.

This is a great thing for hobbiests to be able to grab for a younger family member.

I'd just be excited to see them picked up by a big box or two and sold to the mass market. Walmart/Target would be ideal in the US.

All the images from the Imgur album:






Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/V9D3A/new

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Why would GW shift into reverse with their box art though? It seems counter intuitive.

A couple of reasons I can think of -

- Re-using the old art means not having to commission new art. As with the sprues, they already have the artwork sitting around not doing anything. Re-using it means getting a little more life out of it for no real expense, and helps keep the development cost of the kits down.

- It's bright and cheery, and distinct from the core 40K range. That serves the double purpose of giving the kits that old Airfix vibe that will make them look right at home in a model shop, while keeping the 'deluxe' feel to the core range in their more minimalist packaging to keep the two ranges distinct.


Just from the little bit shown so far, this looks like a really clever and well-thought-out release.

I want one of those swag bags in the back with the Knight on it. That looks amazing.

Holy Mother of God, GW doing marketing outside of their inbred ecosystem?

Damn.

Also, those are some nifty Bloodbowl orcses. I like em.

Thank buggery this all comes out after my self-imposed purchasing moratorium ends

\o/

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Why would GW shift into reverse with their box art though? It seems counter intuitive.

It's simple: GW doesn't have to pay for the new art. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle."

Love this idea.

Anyone noticed the Terminator sprue with old 25mm base? That dates back to 2nd edition 40k / first Space Hulk re-release. I wonder too if the Land Speeder is the early 3rd edition one rather than the current model with more options.

Looks like a good idea to me, with prices that will be attractive in the toy store/model shop range, especially with paints and a brush included.

I like the box art. It should be clearly differentiated from current generation GW product anyhow.

I hope that the hobby shops that we frequent will also have access to these, as they will be good for hobby introduction.

 Yaraton wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Why would GW shift into reverse with their box art though? It seems counter intuitive.

It's simple: GW doesn't have to pay for the new art. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle."

Look closely at the box art, there's a 'mock up' watermark stamped across the artwork, that and the box proclaiming to have a dreadnought and terminators in it actually features a dreadnought and tactical marines on the cover. Looks like placeholder artwork for the moment as far as I can see.