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This explains a bit about why most of the dark eldar line was out of stock two weeks ago and back in stock this week.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
You are correct to pour salt on that. It is not the case.

Fair do's. I think the rumour went through 4 or 5 people before I heard of it hence the salt tip. But I do wonder how things have changed for FW since 8th launched

The only clog I'd want is the production of a whole new range of Sisters in plastic. Then again I'd expect them to sell better than all other new releases so of course it's not something GW would look into and if they did they'd make about 10 of each kit then exclaim that they had no idea they would be so popular... <= now that was a long sentence

 Zygrot24 wrote:
This explains a bit about why most of the dark eldar line was out of stock two weeks ago and back in stock this week.

Production might be a part of it, but remember they're in the midst of repackaging everything to include a new style of instruction manual that has the datasheet for the unit as well.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
That I think is a vagary of translation.

Could be the power grid within the main building. I mean, Nottingham is a fair sized city, not some teeny hamlet out in the sticks.

If it's power supply can't cope with GW's factory, there's a wider issue there I'm sure we'd have heard about

It's seems more related to the Transformers capacity to run everything. The message says they are pending of upgrading them in order to operate properly so they need to set the infraestructure then switch to it.

Wich may be tricky since it can also mean something going wrong may shutdown all other injection machines that may be on overworking status. wich lead to further delay as then you need to re-clean the molds and set them operating again.

I can imagine that this is partly due to it being the run up to christmas. They released 8th at around the same time alot of companies and retailers begin their initial christmas prep, And they need to be sure they have enough necromunda/shadespire for christmas since those are probably going to be big movers.

I suppose this explains why they've had jobs going at forgeworld for casting technicians for the last few months.
Honestly as long as it doesn't sink them, I'm happy to have things rotate in and out of stock for a bit if it means GW are doing well.

Or worse cause damage inside the machines causing further delays. Industrial equipment comes with a big shutdown procedure.

Also the power demand on plastic injection machines is big. They need to produce a lot of energy to melt that
much plastic that fast.

Hmm it appears my foresight in getting DW is warranted then as I am easily prepped for over a year of work when I bought them just in case.

Good to see their success. On the other hand not so great that this means there will probably delays in new releases.

Sounds like they have maxed the transformer into the building and need to upgrade it. They have hit the equivalent of having too many things plugged into a socket and popping the breaker. The panel needs to be up sized.

Its a facilities upgrade that isn't cheap and depending on local utility rules can be a pain to upgrade. Depending on the bureaucracy with the local government/power company, the fix could take a while. Company I work at is looking into doing that for one of their buildings and they are scheduling 6 months for "government approvals".

Last rumor I heard was less that power was an issue, more that they have for the 1st time since lotor used more capacity for stuff outside the 2 big ranges.(Well the big range and AoS anyway)

Again also from what I heard the "other machines" thing was a deflection to the investors to stop them asking "why" there is an issue.

GW have only 1 remotely modern hips machine which is in itself light years behind the newest tech as used in China to make KD, Malifaux etc. It's a testament to there engineers that they get the results they get.

SeanDrake wrote:
Last rumor I heard was less that power was an issue, more that they have for the 1st time since lotor used more capacity for stuff outside the 2 big ranges.(Well the big range and AoS anyway)

Again also from what I heard the "other machines" thing was a deflection to the investors to stop them asking "why" there is an issue.

GW have only 1 remotely modern hips machine which is in itself light years behind the newest tech as used in China to make KD, Malifaux etc. It's a testament to there engineers that they get the results they get.

I'm surely gonna believe you

SeanDrake wrote:
Last rumor I heard was less that power was an issue, more that they have for the 1st time since lotor used more capacity for stuff outside the 2 big ranges.(Well the big range and AoS anyway)

Again also from what I heard the "other machines" thing was a deflection to the investors to stop them asking "why" there is an issue.

GW have only 1 remotely modern hips machine which is in itself light years behind the newest tech as used in China to make KD, Malifaux etc. It's a testament to there engineers that they get the results they get.

If that is the case, I'm even more impressed with GW. Put multiple kits together from WGF and always felt they were inferior to current GW kits. Less warpage, better line cuts, better part breakdown and less mold lines.

I didn't want to be the first to say it because the gaps on my KD stuff are pretty bad on the basic infantry kits. Where as I've had zero issues with GW with the exception their old landspeeder and LR kits that had warped sprues a decade ago.

The US page has been out of stock of Carnifex and Hive Guard/Tyrant Guard kits for, like, over a month now. I brought it to their attention on their FB page and they just echoed what's being said here: Too much demand. Guess we just wait? It's great that the game is experiencing such a resurgence but being out of stock of numerous kits for weeks or months at a time is not a good thing at all.

 MadCowCrazy wrote:
... and if they did they'd make about 10 of each kit then exclaim that they had no idea they would be so popular..

Hey, that's Nintendo's shtick!

 radarbabyeater wrote:
The US page has been out of stock of Carnifex and Hive Guard/Tyrant Guard kits for, like, over a month now. I brought it to their attention on their FB page and they just echoed what's being said here: Too much demand. Guess we just wait? It's great that the game is experiencing such a resurgence but being out of stock of numerous kits for weeks or months at a time is not a good thing at all.

Right? I can just imagine what is going down at GW:

Employee rushes into the CEO's office frantically

Employee: "Sir, Christmas is right around the corner & more than 50% of our products are out of stock!"

CEO: "Yes yes... I am aware. Tell them there is too much demand."

Employee: "Right away sir! One more thing. Are we going to do anything to rectify the situation?"

CEO: "Not a damn thing." *Laughs*

If they don't have the power to make models, they should switch to printing more codexes.

 JimOnMars wrote:
If they don't have the power to make models, they should switch to printing more codexes.

Because the guy who works the molds and machines writes great rules and has a grasp of the history of the game

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I find it slightly bonkers that in the modern day UK, a factory can genuinely run out of power.

I know it's entirely possible (trunks and lekky and cables and that), it's just not something one hears of very often

How many specialist manufacturing/trade forums do you hang out on?
It’s not common to hear about because the general news media don’t cover it, even assuming companies issue releases regarding such things.

This might explain why I saw rather a lot of solar panels being installed there earlier this week.
Then the following day the sun was blocked out by a massive dust cloud over the whole UK. Not the best timing.

 Theophony wrote:

 JimOnMars wrote:
If they don't have the power to make models, they should switch to printing more codexes.

Because the guy who works the molds and machines writes great rules and has a grasp of the history of the game

That would explain a lot at GW [boom...tish]

Well, I wonder what sort of trickle-down in cost there will be for the power upgrade. I don't think GW's product can absorb another 10% rise in cost right now, there's already a lot of grumbling about the current price-to-value ratio.

 Stormonu wrote:

 Theophony wrote:

 JimOnMars wrote:
If they don't have the power to make models, they should switch to printing more codexes.

Because the guy who works the molds and machines writes great rules and has a grasp of the history of the game

That would explain a lot at GW [boom...tish]

Well, I wonder what sort of trickle-down in cost there will be for the power upgrade. I don't think GW's product can absorb another 10% rise in cost right now, there's already a lot of grumbling about the current price-to-value ratio.

They literally can't make this stuff fast enough. I don't think the pricing is on the knife edge that internet wisdom says it is.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I find it slightly bonkers that in the modern day UK, a factory can genuinely run out of power.

I know it's entirely possible (trunks and lekky and cables and that), it's just not something one hears of very often

How many specialist manufacturing/trade forums do you hang out on?
It’s not common to hear about because the general news media don’t cover it, even assuming companies issue releases regarding such things.

Dammit Jim, I'm a Financial Complaints Investigator, not a Factory Owner!

 I Ate a Bug wrote:
This might explain why I saw rather a lot of solar panels being installed there earlier this week.
Then the following day the sun was blocked out by a massive dust cloud over the whole UK. Not the best timing.

Wait, solar panels work in the UK? I thought your nation's chief exports were paleness and weather-related depression.

 EnTyme wrote:

 I Ate a Bug wrote:
This might explain why I saw rather a lot of solar panels being installed there earlier this week.
Then the following day the sun was blocked out by a massive dust cloud over the whole UK. Not the best timing.

Wait, solar panels work in the UK? I thought your nation's chief exports were paleness and weather-related depression.

My panels manage well enough to keep my bills down....but I'm not trying to power a factory!

 EnTyme wrote:

 I Ate a Bug wrote:
This might explain why I saw rather a lot of solar panels being installed there earlier this week.
Then the following day the sun was blocked out by a massive dust cloud over the whole UK. Not the best timing.

Wait, solar panels work in the UK? I thought your nation's chief exports were paleness and weather-related depression.

Like 40% of days you can get decent gen, its more a secondary power source to reduce bills than primary.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Zygrot24 wrote:
This explains a bit about why most of the dark eldar line was out of stock two weeks ago and back in stock this week.

Production might be a part of it, but remember they're in the midst of repackaging everything to include a new style of instruction manual that has the datasheet for the unit as well.

Good insight. Thanks for reminding me of the new datasheet, etc.

Solar Power (generally not just in the UK) will not generate the amunt of energy required to run a comercial building nevermind industrial equipment.

I seem to remember GW having smething like 4 production lines/machines. Given their turnover and the size of the Nottingham facility one HIPs machine would be a woeful risk/limitation.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
Well, GW seemed to be doing well with the sales, but I never thought it was going THIS well

Have you seen their stock?? I was hoping 8th would be a death knell for them. But it looks like it's Alpharius and Astra Militarum from here on out. Of course many of us gripe with every change to the game, but now I feel they're really ostracizing those who build the brand. But hey, they're making money.

 Commissar Benny wrote:
GW changed from being a "modeling company" to a "games company" and they can't keep inventory on the shelves. Crazy how that works. Imagine what it would be like if we can actually eliminate the power creep & make all armies viable?

Lets get to the important stuff. What does a guardsmen have to do to get some updated plastic miniatures? Its literally been like this off/on for months. Some days 70% of the entire IG army is temporarily out of stock. I'm tired of hearing there is no interest or "moulds are expensive". GW is making a fortune. It would be nice to have our 20+ year old miniatures updated.

Great point, that much stuff being out of stock seems a bit ridiculous to me.

 Imateria wrote:
Not exactly a surprise, it was mentioned at the general meeting last month that they'd basically maxed out their current production capacity and had plans to expand it. Until it expands this will continue as they physically can't make more.

Well that just sound indicative of poor management.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
...so while they can afford to buy more machine(s) they're probably not available off the shelf immediately (either they're made to order or there will be a waiting list) so they're waiting to get more machines installed and up and running and it's not going to happen till after Xmas

FWIW; I do machine design, which would be what you're talking about. I've never worked with injection molding processes. But I would wager that the machines that do this are basically off the shelf variety (unless they've pioneered some sort of process, which they claim to have done at some point), but even if these are special injection molding machines, they already had them build before. Same with replacing molds. Companies know that molds are replacement parts, so unless there's a problem further down the supply chain, it doesn't make much sense anyway you look at it.

They're a business, they should have forecast models for how much production runs they will need.

They seems to have enough cash on hand, as well as credit to finance any capital equipment purchase.

The failed startup of three machines due to power grid problems isn't very informative, it could just have been "one of those things", but to me it sounds like continued poor planning.

This might explain what happened to the Myetic Blight Crawler.