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http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1490648&prodId=prod1130406



I don't get it. Is this a hint that we're getting our plastic kit finally? Or is it a mistake on GW's part? It's in the FA section as well...


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'Cos it's really really old?

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It's in their because some body put it there.

I'm guessing it shouldn't be there because you dislike it.

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It's not really that old. I believe the new raptors came out with the 3.5 dex, which was 2004, me thinks.


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Yeah that's over a third of my life. That's pretty old to me.

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VikingScott wrote:It's in their because some body put it there.

I'm guessing it shouldn't be there because you dislike it.



I didn't say I dislike it It's a nice model.


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... Because GW has a warehouse full of them collecting dust?

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Brotherjulian wrote:... Because GW has a warehouse full of them collecting dust?


This would be my guess. There are some pretty random things in the collector's section at the moment, and I'm pretty sure it's because GW wants to shift old stock that people don't want. It's sad, but adding the word 'collector's' to anything makes some people suddenly jump up and foam at the mouth for it.

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Its actually been that way for awhile.

I always took it for someone not putting things where it should be on there site.
   
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purplefood wrote:Yeah that's over a third of my life. That's pretty old to me.

It's not that old for the collectors range though.

For example, these guys have been around longer than you: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1490654&prodId=prod1140240
   
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Brotherjulian wrote:... Because GW has a warehouse full of them collecting dust?


x2

If they make a model that isn't that hot or doesn't fit it becomes a "collector's". Don't ask me to explain Gamesday Space Wolf Priest which of course was an awesome model.

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Somewhat less blatant than the Christmas gift suggestions page though.

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The Armour through the ages is a very tempting thing to buy!
Convert it a little to make it look chaos-ish and I'd be good to go!


And as for why it's in the collectors, dunno.
I think that it's due to the fact that CSM Raptors suck compared to anything jumppack SM have.
All they are is a normal marine that moves further in the movement phase. So GW probably didn't sell alot and are probably putting them there to try to sell more.

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Do they sell that model in stores? If not, then it's there because it's the only place you can get it.

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because GW deemed it so.

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I guess that makes sense...Even though this is really the only raptor model people want

I just convert assault marines to make raptors. No way I can spend 75$ on a single FA choice


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Scott-S6 wrote:
purplefood wrote:Yeah that's over a third of my life. That's pretty old to me.

It's not that old for the collectors range though.

For example, these guys have been around longer than you: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1490654&prodId=prod1140240

I don't know why but that's actually kinda depressing

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Interestingly, the chaos dreadnought is NOT a collector's item, despite being almost 16 years old

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440208a&prodId=prod1090270

Neither is the furioso dreadnought. I'm starting to think 'collector's' means absolutely nothing


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Maybe it just means hard to get?
Most of the models in that range are hard to get and afaik only availible by order.

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purplefood wrote:Maybe it just means hard to get?
Most of the models in that range are hard to get and afaik only availible by order.

Coulda swore that model came with the Raptor Box, but meh, don't feel like checking my case to see if it did or not.

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Samus_aran115 wrote:Interestingly, the chaos dreadnought is NOT a collector's item, despite being almost 16 years old

Eldar Jetbikes have been using the same model since about a year after 2nd edition came out.

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H.B.M.C. wrote:Do they sell that model in stores? If not, then it's there because it's the only place you can get it.


Nah. GW actually has quite a few models that are only available via their website, but aren't listed in the Collectors section. The group of Tomb Guard that I picked up a while back is a prime example. The Tomb Guard aren't available in stores (curiously, GW made them that way just as they changed the packaging from 3 per blister to 5 per box), but the only Tomb Kings models listed in the Collectors section are the Lich Priest from the Casket box, and Settra without his chariot.
   
 
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