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 xttz wrote:
Why would they go to the effort of FAQing books that have already been confirmed as going out of print?
They are at the very least updating all the points.

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 Nevelon wrote:
 xttz wrote:
 Overread wrote:
We've not heard anything about Forgeworld, not reopening nor even the new rulebooks for them. We have heard that the aircraft get their keywords on the rules launch day for 40K, but otherwise nothing.



Yesterday's article implies the FW books will release alongside 9E:

"The list of Forge World Flyers receiving the Aircraft keyword will be included in their rules updates on the same day that the new edition is launched."


I read that as they will be getting a FAQ/9th update launch day, not new books.

If that's all they're doing why wouldn't they just put the fw flyers in the list in the brb?
   
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depends on how long the think getting replacements out will take,

and if it's just a question of adding a new keyword to some units I think we'll see that day 1 no matter how soon the new books are coming

 
   
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They said the books are already done and should be out soon. So why bother with giving them a FAQ? Just release the books already gw!
   
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Does anyone know if GW are opening their U.K. stores next week?

Only I’m running low on plastic glue.

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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Does anyone know if GW are opening their U.K. stores next week?

Some of them will - but it'll depend on the store & staff. My local is (the manager has already been in cleaning & re-pricing everything), but some of the bigger stores are only getting one staff member back and not all shopping centres are reopening yet.
   
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Cool. Hope my local one is amongst them.

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I'm surprised there's not a list somewhere.

(I don't want to rush the staff back to work. By the same token, if my store is open I do have a mail order that's been sat there since this all kicked off...)

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 The Phazer wrote:
I'm surprised there's not a list somewhere.

I'm expecting that there'll be a WarCom article later today (otherwise they're leaving it a bit late).
   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Does anyone know if GW are opening their U.K. stores next week?

Only I’m running low on plastic glue.

Can't buy some Revell Liquid Glue off Amazon for cheaper?
   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Does anyone know if GW are opening their U.K. stores next week?

Only I’m running low on plastic glue.

Can't buy some Revell Liquid Glue off Amazon for cheaper?


Possibly, but the price of stuff on there (and delivery) has shot up during lockdown - Tamiya Extra Thin is double what I normally pay for it.
   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Does anyone know if GW are opening their U.K. stores next week?

Only I’m running low on plastic glue.


well Facebook showed our affable GW minion was at the shop yesterday so im guessing some thing is afoot, unless he has been there all lockdown and they only put the power back on

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A couple of my local-ish stores (Newcastle & Metro Centre) have announced on FB that they've re-opened.
   
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The UK still has a fairly substantial level of infection (much higher than other countries which have attempted similar stages of lockdown reduction steps - opening shops etc.) and a highly questionable track & trace system in place (a lot of comments saying it is not ready - and will not be able to effectively mitigate a second wave, should that occur.)

I am actually amazed anyone would take a risk of visiting a shop this week, when you have the... internet... At the very least think of the poor sod in the GW store that has been expected to return to work today and put himself front and centre for minimum wage?

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The problem is people are fed up of lockdown.

There's also other factors - people want to connect and chat with others; they also want to do some normal stuff in life. There's also a sense of supporting local businesses which have all been hit hard - even though GW itself has done really very well, their stores have not so many will feel like they want to make sure their store has made some sales.

There's also the immediate nature of things - you want that glue/paint/model TODAY not in a few days time.



There's also regional influences too - such as where I am in the countryside we've not really felt the plague side of things (in fact the lack of any local major outbreak makes it much harder to convince people to stay under lockdown measures...)

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All valid points, although I don't blame individuals for wanting to do all of those things (I do too). I blame government for creating the impression, and in fact encouraging people to go out, when it is not safe enough to do so.

We have already seen the pictures of masses of people crammed together outside some stores which shows that distancing measures will not always be effective. Almost no-one in masks or gloves, and this with a virus that is now known to be horribly contagious (especially in indoor areas).

I've supported local businesses through lockdown by ordering from them online or via the phone - there are very few hobby-related businesses that can't operate in this way. Most of them in fact seem to have been over-run with orders (I guess lots of people wanting to do this kind of thing when they can't go outside).

So if GW (although I don't think they are alone in this regard) have been making so much money from mail order why do they need to open stores so quickly? How is that one staff member able to monitor queues outside, control the store (you generally have very little room to move around) and provide customer service, especially with kids involved who will generally be much harder to police?

Understand that it's absolutely the government to blame in this for politicising the re-opening of shops, but companies such as GW have a duty of care for the safety of their own staff and so they are also taking a role in this.

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Most of the GW stores I've seen should be pretty easy to control - one staff member just monitors the door and a line forms outside. I'd wager GW stores are pretty tame and easy to manage. It's bigger stores where you can't have the till near the door and can't see the store from a single spot that need two or more staff (one tills one on the door).

In general if the store manager is behind a screen and if there's soap at the entrance then it should be as safe as we can make it right now - safer if people are starting to use masks more and more often.


I can also side and say taht government should be doing more; they seem to be imploding to protect themselves from breaking lockdown rather than taking slaps on their own wrists. That and they are likely under a lot of pressure from big firms who do want to reopen. GW is likely not pressuring them, but tourism, leisure, food, big deparment stores, smaller stores - all without internet or without the option of internet - wanting at least some income.

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 Pacific wrote:
All valid points, although I don't blame individuals for wanting to do all of those things (I do too). I blame government for creating the impression, and in fact encouraging people to go out, when it is not safe enough to do so.



Based on? the continually dropping numbers despite all the 'second wave' events that we've been told about? People are going to be fine going into GW stores. just avoid the crowds of idiots outside nike. brief contacts with other humans arent going to infect you. otherwise everyone would've got it at the supermarkets which have been open the whole time.

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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/15/forge-world-store-reopening-soonfw-homepage-post-1/

FW reopens on Wednesday
   
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FREAKING YES!

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 xttz wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/15/forge-world-store-reopening-soonfw-homepage-post-1/

FW reopens on Wednesday

WOOOOHOOOOO!!!! New Forge World Indexes for 40k and hopefully Road to Thramas for hh hopefully incoming! Also my supplier for Terror Squad heads is back. Excellent news.
   
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The FW webstore is re-open.

And amazingly, none of the prices on things I wanted to buy with my virtual vouchers had gone up

   
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Even better I don't think anything has been removed either


And now I'm the proud owner of a receipt for a hieroduel!

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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Tempted by the big Necron thing.

Then I remember I hate working with Resin!


Go on!! Resin isn't that bad!!

Grab some colour/clay shapers - some greenstuff - some perfect plastic putty - a worn toothbrush - some soap - and go to town building a mighty necron monster. Also I saw some neat photos of that machine - it looks REALLY great if you model it with the for body and head looking up and the for arms raised as if to strike!

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The iffy thing about fw resin is that it bends quite a lot during hot days- not an issue with the resin i guess but more with the sheer size of the parts. My kustom stompa arms' moveble parts keep comin apart after a hot summer :/.

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