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yukishiro1 wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Keep in mind that this is a "Launch Set" and will be limited edition.

I can tell you from past experience, these good ones sell out VERY quick. You would be served by putting in preorders the moment they come out, or with your FLGS if you want to guarantee a copy.

Haha GW. You gotta hand it to them, their ability to manipulate people with false scarcity is remarkable.

Well, it worked with several of the AoS boxsets. They sold out very quickly, even though they stated they had bumped up their production. Most didn't even survive the weekend they went up for preorder.

It's your wallet and your choice what to do. I'm just saying if you for sure want one, you should put in a preorder for it.

 Chamberlain wrote:
so if the 120 value of the mystery box giveaway is indeed this set, what if that value is based on the cost at standard wholesale discount? the fine print didn't say 120 MSRP, just value and since it was fine print legaleze, then wouldn't the value be what they expense for accounting reasons as part of the marketing promotion rather than the retail cost?

If memory serves, UK law means you need to quote the RRP?

So, if the assumption is correct, it’ll be £120 in the U.K.

Now......

How GW chooses to price it elsewhere isn’t necessarily consistent.

 Red Corsair wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
A bunch of new space marine models revealed at the end of the stream.

For those thinking a new SM codex was not coming, look to be wrong. No way they are not going to release a dex now.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/13/warhammer-40000-preview-beyond-the-boxgw-homepage-post-2/

They showed off some Necron stuff too.

And I remain unconvinced. "Reinforcements Incoming" doesn't really give us any sort of timeline on when to expect things. GW has shown they can be all over the map when it comes to releases, ranging from right after making an announcement, to months later.

Your just being stubborn. They held up the booklet with data slates for both sides in the set and it wasn't the necron cover art we has previously seen leaked with the Scorpehk destoryer on the front.

There will definitely be a new marine and necron codex within the month of the new edition.

True, I am a touch stubborn. This is also not a true starter set, so I don't know, I guess I'll believe it when I see it?

 Dr Mathias wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

 puma713 wrote:

Actually, I can’t wait to see what GSC players do with this kit.

As a GSC player myself I can tell you I'll do nothing

Why would I when the Ridge runner already exists and blows thing thing out of the water aesthetically?

I thought the exact same same thing How did GW get the cult stuff so right... then this?

Okay, maybe I should have said Orks?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Chamberlain wrote:
so if the 120 value of the mystery box giveaway is indeed this set, what if that value is based on the cost at standard wholesale discount? the fine print didn't say 120 MSRP, just value and since it was fine print legaleze, then wouldn't the value be what they expense for accounting reasons as part of the marketing promotion rather than the retail cost?

If memory serves, UK law means you need to quote the RRP?

So, if the assumption is correct, it’ll be £120 in the U.K.

Now......

How GW chooses to price it elsewhere isn’t necessarily consistent.

I hope that it ends up being £120. I will happily get some necrons then. If it's £200+ then I won't touch this. So I hope you are remembering correctly about the prize value being retail by law.

I think the Primaris buggy suffers a lot from the toylike colour and is one of those models that will suddenly look amazing in White Scars, Black Templar or Salamanders colours.

 Sasori wrote:
Well, it worked with several of the AoS boxsets. They sold out very quickly, even though they stated they had bumped up their production. Most didn't even survive the weekend they went up for preorder.

It's your wallet and your choice what to do. I'm just saying if you for sure want one, you should put in a preorder for it.

Battle boxes have always been 'While Stocks Last' and not just for Age of Sigmar. 40K has had their fair share (e.g., Tooth and Claw, Death Masque, Forgebane, etc.).

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I think the Primaris buggy suffers a lot from the toylike colour and is one of those models that will suddenly look amazing in White Scars, Black Templar or Salamanders colours.

Agreed. Add some battle damage and weathering and it could be less Mariokart and more grimdark.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I think the Primaris buggy suffers a lot from the toylike colour and is one of those models that will suddenly look amazing in White Scars, Black Templar or Salamanders colours.

So basically like every release for Marines it only looks bad because it's Ultramarines toyetic blue? Sounds about right.

 Ghaz wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Well, it worked with several of the AoS boxsets. They sold out very quickly, even though they stated they had bumped up their production. Most didn't even survive the weekend they went up for preorder.

It's your wallet and your choice what to do. I'm just saying if you for sure want one, you should put in a preorder for it.

Battle boxes have always been 'While Stocks Last' and not just for Age of Sigmar. 40K has had their fair share (e.g., Tooth and Claw, Death Masque, Forgebane, etc.).

I am well aware, I am not sure what your point is. I was just using AOS as an example.

Love the gun turrent and the Necrons

The Buggy is bad...not Centurion bad but bad enough

The Tarantula from Space Crusade has returned!

Maybe some intrepid kitbashers making a Raven Guard, Iron Hands, Black Templar, etc. buggy:

I kinda want to buy the buggy and use it as an ork buggy driven by space marine slaves, with grot masters controlling them, just to take the piss out of the whole space marine thing.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I think the Primaris buggy suffers a lot from the toylike colour and is one of those models that will suddenly look amazing in White Scars, Black Templar or Salamanders colours.

So basically like every release for Marines it only looks bad because it's Ultramarines toyetic blue? Sounds about right.

Yep, even the Storm Talon is almost passable in those colours and I can't think of any other SM models that are proper bad when painted right.

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Friend in the business told me to expect to pay $250US for the box.

 puma713 wrote:
Friend in the business told me to expect to pay $250US for the box.

Makes me wonder if the prize GW has will be a starter box minus the seperate character sprues and the duplicate sprues.

 Sasori wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Keep in mind that this is a "Launch Set" and will be limited edition.

I can tell you from past experience, these good ones sell out VERY quick. You would be served by putting in preorders the moment they come out, or with your FLGS if you want to guarantee a copy.

Haha GW. You gotta hand it to them, their ability to manipulate people with false scarcity is remarkable.

Well, it worked with several of the AoS boxsets. They sold out very quickly, even though they stated they had bumped up their production. Most didn't even survive the weekend they went up for preorder.

It's your wallet and your choice what to do. I'm just saying if you for sure want one, you should put in a preorder for it.

This is only really true if you primarily purchase online or in certain very high traffic areas like SoCal, and of course very low traffic areas where you might only have 1 flgs. The SoB box set sold out worldwide like 4 times and we still had them sitting on the shelves taking up space locally.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 puma713 wrote:
Friend in the business told me to expect to pay $250US for the box.

Makes me wonder if the prize GW has will be a starter box minus the seperate character sprues and the duplicate sprues.

I expect that the price is just one faction of the veteran player force box


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ERJAK wrote:

 Sasori wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Keep in mind that this is a "Launch Set" and will be limited edition.

I can tell you from past experience, these good ones sell out VERY quick. You would be served by putting in preorders the moment they come out, or with your FLGS if you want to guarantee a copy.

Haha GW. You gotta hand it to them, their ability to manipulate people with false scarcity is remarkable.

Well, it worked with several of the AoS boxsets. They sold out very quickly, even though they stated they had bumped up their production. Most didn't even survive the weekend they went up for preorder.

It's your wallet and your choice what to do. I'm just saying if you for sure want one, you should put in a preorder for it.

This is only really true if you primarily purchase online or in certain very high traffic areas like SoCal, and of course very low traffic areas where you might only have 1 flgs. The SoB box set sold out worldwide like 4 times and we still had them sitting on the shelves taking up space locally.

For the Soros Box, we had some people here that bought several of them and treid to re-sell them after they were sold out
first treid to get more than the original price but were not able to sell them for 70% MSRP after a while

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 puma713 wrote:
Friend in the business told me to expect to pay $250US for the box.

Makes me wonder if the prize GW has will be a starter box minus the seperate character sprues and the duplicate sprues.

If the AoS new edition launch is anything to go by, there will be multiple demi-starters that are progressively smaller and cheaper.

ERJAK wrote:

 Sasori wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Keep in mind that this is a "Launch Set" and will be limited edition.

I can tell you from past experience, these good ones sell out VERY quick. You would be served by putting in preorders the moment they come out, or with your FLGS if you want to guarantee a copy.

Haha GW. You gotta hand it to them, their ability to manipulate people with false scarcity is remarkable.

Well, it worked with several of the AoS boxsets. They sold out very quickly, even though they stated they had bumped up their production. Most didn't even survive the weekend they went up for preorder.

It's your wallet and your choice what to do. I'm just saying if you for sure want one, you should put in a preorder for it.

This is only really true if you primarily purchase online or in certain very high traffic areas like SoCal, and of course very low traffic areas where you might only have 1 flgs. The SoB box set sold out worldwide like 4 times and we still had them sitting on the shelves taking up space locally.

Well, Anecdotally, I've got several shops nearby, and most limited edition sets were sold out very quickly. You were not able to find any of sets like Looncurse and Carrion empire anywhere unless you had pre-ordered it.

Again, it's your wallet and ya'll can do what you want with it. I am simply making the statement that if you want to guarantee your copy, you shouldn't wait long.

 Red Corsair wrote:

 puma713 wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 puma713 wrote:

Spoiler:

Dune buggies!

Holy gak marines get Wartrakks

Actually, I can’t wait to see what GSC players do with this kit.

As a GSC player myself I can tell you I'll do nothing

Why would I when the Ridge runner already exists and blows thing thing out of the water aesthetically?

My thoughts exactly upon reading that comment. WHat lunatic would take this over a Ridgerunner?

 puma713 wrote:
Friend in the business told me to expect to pay $250US for the box.

Was thinking $230 so $250 is not an unreasonable increase. Will still get it at that price.

The go kart just looks silly.

 puma713 wrote:
Friend in the business told me to expect to pay $250US for the box.

Sounds about right for GW pricing. Blood of the Phoenix was $230 and had significantly less stuff, most of which was not even new.

2 of these boxes will get you two full armies at around $425 when factoring in online discounts. That's basically a steal when you consider how much it costs to build an army these days.

I can't help but think that a manned turret that doesn't look like it can easily be redeployed or left to it's own devices really doesn't fit the the whole rapid strike force element that Marines are meant to embody. Tarantulas at least were automated and could be quickly dropped from altitude and forgotten.

JWBS wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

 puma713 wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 puma713 wrote:

Spoiler:

Dune buggies!

Holy gak marines get Wartrakks

Actually, I can’t wait to see what GSC players do with this kit.

As a GSC player myself I can tell you I'll do nothing

Why would I when the Ridge runner already exists and blows thing thing out of the water aesthetically?

My thoughts exactly upon reading that comment. WHat lunatic would take this over a Ridgerunner?

Wow, feth me, right? I belong to a kitbash group on FB and people are always looking out for interesting conversions. I thought GSC could make one out of this, but I apologize if I have offended all of you GSC players out there.

Mm, shame it’s all pushfit, that’s going to make it a lot harder to assemble properly.

 puma713 wrote:


Wow, feth me, right? I belong to a kitbash group on FB and people are always looking out for interesting conversions. I thought GSC could make one out of this, but I apologize if I have offended all of you GSC players out there.

To reduce awkwardness I'll accept your apology but this is nothing more than an act of politeness on my part.