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i was browsing the GW website (canadian) and looked in on the GK / BA stuff.... and the SR is 99$... now im pretty sure, that it was not that much to start with. not even the new DA fliers cost that much, nor the heldrake.

did GW just sneak in another price increase on us? is anything else up from more then it used to be?

now i might also just be on crack... but i thought the SR was around the 65$ mark for quite a while...not dang near 100.

 DarthSpader wrote:
i was browsing the GW website (canadian) and looked in on the GK / BA stuff.... and the SR is 99$... now im pretty sure, that it was not that much to start with. not even the new DA fliers cost that much, nor the heldrake.

did GW just sneak in another price increase on us? is anything else up from more then it used to be?

now i might also just be on crack... but i thought the SR was around the 65$ mark for quite a while...not dang near 100.

allways been that price here in norway 550kr wich is about 55£

Could be due to the upcoming flyers release.

Since everyone who didn't have access to one before will be wanting one it only makes (GW) sense to up the price.

GW US has it at $82.50.

 DarthSpader wrote:
i was browsing the GW website (canadian) and looked in on the GK / BA stuff.... and the SR is 99$... now im pretty sure, that it was not that much to start with. not even the new DA fliers cost that much, nor the heldrake.

did GW just sneak in another price increase on us? is anything else up from more then it used to be?

now i might also just be on crack... but i thought the SR was around the 65$ mark for quite a while...not dang near 100.

If it was ever priced at $65 it hasn't been since before 6th edition was released. I don't remember seeing the Storm Raven below 80 CND since I got back into the game near the end of 5th.

It came out at about $65 dollars (US) if I remember correctly, then awhile back it skyrocketed to what it is now, along with all the Space marine vehicles. I think the Landraider, for instance, went from $55 to $75 in one jump.

IIRC, the initial price of the Stormraven when it was released with the BA codex was $79.95(CAN)...
...If the price has already shot-up, then hopefully this means it won't get jacked again come the inevitible summer price-adjustments.

Still, it's not like you ever really need more than 1 unless you're playing apoc pts levels. The things are pretty much a Land Raider pts-wise afterall!

Land Raiders are $75 now!? Are they fething crazy? Good lord...

That model has been in production for 10 years now. I think they've made their money off of the molds...

And now you know my joy, when starting my Terminator army, I remembered... Way back in the corner of my old bedroom at the parent's house, was still an unfinished, unprimed Chaos Land Raider I bought in 2000! It had been languishing there collecting dust for 12 freaking years!

After cutting off the glued-on bitz from the old Chaos "spiky bits" sprue, my Blood Angels are getting a Land Raider that, because of a sale when I bought it, cost me a whole $35US.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
It came out at about $65 dollars (US) if I remember correctly, then awhile back it skyrocketed to what it is now, along with all the Space marine vehicles. I think the Landraider, for instance, went from $55 to $75 in one jump.

When I started with this game a couple years ago, Land Raiders were $60. Less than a year later they were $66, and one year after that $74.25.

Ah you kiddies.....I remember when you could get two Land Raiders in a box for 24$. Ah well....


The worst thing about the Stormraven is that it's in big demand right now with the flyer mania that has come with 6th edition, This means that it's hard to find good deals on them even on the second hand market. I've been trying to score a second one on Ebay for several weeks now, but even assembled and poorly painted examples are ending up near full retail.
Happily Land Raiders are still common enough that you can get good deals on them if you look around. I got one for 30$ shipped a few months back when I was building my Imperial Fist army.

And...

Since everyone who didn't have access to one before will be wanting one

Pardon me for being asleep, but what is that? Are they about to open up the Stormraven to other armies outside of allies?

TR

Since everyone who didn't have access to one before will be wanting one

Pardon me for being asleep, but what is that? Are they about to open up the Stormraven to other armies outside of allies?

TR

Yep, there's a new book coming out that is rumoured to be giving the Stormraven to BT and SM

Ah thanks.

That shows how little I pay attention to rumors about new releases.

That's nice though. That means I can use my yellow painted Stormraven without having to use a "counts as Blood Angels" ally now. (that is to say, buying a HQ and and single troops choice from the BA codex that I would normally get from the main SM book, and just use normally painted Imperial Fist figures to represent them.)


TR

GW probably just preparing early for their general price increase this May/June. Should see the "heavy" kits such as Land Raiders go from ~$75 to ~$84

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
Land Raiders are $75 now!? Are they fething crazy? Good lord...

That model has been in production for 10 years now. I think they've made their money off of the molds...

lol... $110 AUD here, which is $114 USD.

It's £50 over here and has been ever since 6th was released. More expensive than a Battleforce was a couple of years ago.

I'm curious as to what the general price increase means this year; I'm holding off any big purchases from now onwards, seeing what's getting jacked, and getting the stuff I need before the increase hits.

I figure better to start my second IG regiment now, not later, and get what few GW kits I need prior to another increase, as the Guard got off pretty easy last time, I doubt that'll continue for a second run.

 MajorStoffer wrote:
I'm curious as to what the general price increase means this year; I'm holding off any big purchases from now onwards, seeing what's getting jacked, and getting the stuff I need before the increase hits.

Generally speaking, each year the prices increase by 12-15%. So calculate how that will effect x item by May/June. The percentages vary sometimes but you can always be certain they will increase. Popular armies like Marines/IG/so on tend to get effected worse then unpopular ones like Eldar or SoB.

 DarthSpader wrote:
i was browsing the GW website (canadian) and looked in on the GK / BA stuff.... and the SR is 99$... now im pretty sure, that it was not that much to start with. not even the new DA fliers cost that much, nor the heldrake.

did GW just sneak in another price increase on us? is anything else up from more then it used to be?

now i might also just be on crack... but i thought the SR was around the 65$ mark for quite a while...not dang near 100.

Yeah they up'd it by $15 back in july, for no reason. The american one didnt even jump as high.

10% or more? Ugh, I reckon I really gotta buy what I still have left to buy prior to June. Namely Stormraven (once it gets officially confirmed, I'll probably buy it right away), perhaps a DW terminator kit to convert to BT, maybe a Whirlwind to gather some dust... and so forth.

Ive been hearing prices are going up in april instead of july this year, but we'll have to wait. hopefully its not infantry, the imperial guard box has already seen a 75% increase in 3 years.

ah ok then. so not a price jump! i am thankful then, thay my lgs has them for quite a bit less then the 99$ on the website.

i also got a free one, on sprue in box, as part of a trade for my old IG - along with a bunch of tac marines and devs. not a bad deal!

anyway thanks for clearing that up, since i was POSITIVE there had been a price jump i wasent aware of. clearly i was mistaken. - that said....99$ for a single kit is absurd!

There was a price jump, in july 2012 it spiked up $15 and there is another jump coming this July.

Wanted to get a few LR for my terminator deathwing army....dunno about this now

Yeah considering landraiders are $90 now more expensive then the pewter kit ones 10 years ago.

Redline01 wrote:
Wanted to get a few LR for my terminator deathwing army....dunno about this now

Go to Ebay my son i have gotten a land raider for 30 dollars the paint job was bad but easily fixable.

 Sir Samuel Buca wrote:

Since everyone who didn't have access to one before will be wanting one

Pardon me for being asleep, but what is that? Are they about to open up the Stormraven to other armies outside of allies?

TR

Yep, there's a new book coming out that is rumoured to be giving the Stormraven to BT and SM

BAWUH!? That one slipped by me. Anyone have a link to anything about this book? Will any of the fliers make it to DA? I wouldnt mind a Stormtalon even!

 HerbaciousT wrote:

BAWUH!? That one slipped by me. Anyone have a link to anything about this book? Will any of the fliers make it to DA? I wouldnt mind a Stormtalon even!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/503221.page

There is a News and Rumors forum on dakkadakka - you should check it out.

One thing that has been a problem in the past is people looking at the website for the wrong country, which then displays a different dollar. I don't know how much they were before, but it sounds like a huge increase.

It jumped from $85 to $99 in a day.

And something that is more disturbing, now that we Canadians have gotten rid of the penny, it will encourage businesses to adjust (increase) prices to be even numbers even though its against the law to do so. Basically we just gave GW an excuse to jack prices here.