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 Nevelon wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Eh, it's not REALLY a full company deploy until they get transported in on their plastic Thunderhawk

Despite having no practical use for one, if they came out with a plastic thunderhawk I’d pick one up just as a centerpiece. Even at a reasonably unreasonable cost.

People have been daydreaming/rumoring that for over half of 40K's lifespan. Maybe for the weight reduction alone - the box with my resin parts I haven't had time to build is pretty heavy every time I move it.

Breton wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Eh, it's not REALLY a full company deploy until they get transported in on their plastic Thunderhawk

Despite having no practical use for one, if they came out with a plastic thunderhawk I’d pick one up just as a centerpiece. Even at a reasonably unreasonable cost.

People have been daydreaming/rumoring that for over half of 40K's lifespan. Maybe for the weight reduction alone - the box with my resin parts I haven't had time to build is pretty heavy every time I move it.

There are so many reasonable arguments against even getting a plastic one. For the old resin (and before that metal) ones the number goes up.

Size - where am I even going to store it? Get it to the FLGS? Deploy it on the table?
Weight - even in plastic, it’s going to be a chonky boi. Resin probably has enough mass to be used as a murder weapon.
Cost - at FW prices it costs more than whole armies now in resin. I’d expect a plastic one to be launchbox size/price so $200-$300. Unreasonable, but not $890
Rules - How often do you play games big enough to fir one? And don’t you have better things to do with your points?
Building - Putting together a stomraven was a little irritating. This is going to be far worse, even if they go plastic. I can only imagine the resin nightmare of warped parts and things sagging under their weight. and pinning everything.

There is no logical reason to want/have a thunderhawk. But I’d be right there in line with a “shut up and take my money” meme if they released one. It’s the classic, iconic capstone to a marine collection, that’s been out of reach for so many reasons for so long.

 Nevelon wrote:

Breton wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Eh, it's not REALLY a full company deploy until they get transported in on their plastic Thunderhawk

Despite having no practical use for one, if they came out with a plastic thunderhawk I’d pick one up just as a centerpiece. Even at a reasonably unreasonable cost.

People have been daydreaming/rumoring that for over half of 40K's lifespan. Maybe for the weight reduction alone - the box with my resin parts I haven't had time to build is pretty heavy every time I move it.

There are so many reasonable arguments against even getting a plastic one. For the old resin (and before that metal) ones the number goes up.

Size - where am I even going to store it? Get it to the FLGS? Deploy it on the table?
Weight - even in plastic, it’s going to be a chonky boi. Resin probably has enough mass to be used as a murder weapon.
Cost - at FW prices it costs more than whole armies now in resin. I’d expect a plastic one to be launchbox size/price so $200-$300. Unreasonable, but not $890
Rules - How often do you play games big enough to fir one? And don’t you have better things to do with your points?
Building - Putting together a stomraven was a little irritating. This is going to be far worse, even if they go plastic. I can only imagine the resin nightmare of warped parts and things sagging under their weight. and pinning everything.

There is no logical reason to want/have a thunderhawk. But I’d be right there in line with a “shut up and take my money” meme if they released one. It’s the classic, iconic capstone to a marine collection, that’s been out of reach for so many reasons for so long.

I got lucky buying one before they jumped up that high - as for your questions : I've seen the magnetization and pinning/pegging others have done and that sounds like the key. The wings go on and off for storage, with two magnets and a central support peg/pin similar to the lower arm of a Redemptor - then the one absolutely giant model turns into three large parts. I also bought it when it was just under a third of your army instead of nearly half.