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Wow, so much ranting here. For one, the $20 champion isn't strictly a champion; use him as a chosen, a lord, a sorcerer, or whatever. For the wanted upgrades the OP wanted, they'd have to make it plastic but clearly they like Failcast resin more.

Personally, I love the Warp Talon/ Raptor models because they're spiky enough to look unified with the Dark Vengeance spiky's and I hated the old Raptors. Such crappy modelling and poses. There is more creativity in plastics, as shown because of the ability to personalize and convert your own models.

^ Just a matter of personal preference; I just don't like the helmets or the thing holding them up (oversized grass or wind flow or whatever it is) And the fact that they were expensive AND finecast.

But I see your point about the $20 champ and the cost. Though I love the DV models; that's why I got 'em.

^ Your raptors sound good. Just the ones on the GW website have tufts that look like weird rocks or smoke.

IIRC the Terminator Lord is still 22.25 and is more awesome in terms of gear; but GW did intend for the new Champ to be just a champion; the Termie Lord gets more cool stuff because he is a lord, and thus more important for the army. GW wouldn't like making a plastic centerpiece model HQ with only one set of gear.