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I ordered a Salamanders LE codex.

Feel like a tiny bit of a fool for paying so much, but there you go

Just wondering how many of these we are accounting for on Dakka alone...

The website isbugged thnx to the rush.

Should add an option for those of us getting Codex iPad.

It's not Codex: Black Templars without a Black Templar on the cover. That's all I have to say.

I was tempted to get one, but then thought to myself it's another £35 for a picture, dust jacket, gold edged pages and a piece of green ribbon!. I'll spend the saved money on more marines instead.

Antony

 Breotan wrote:
Should add an option for those of us getting Codex iPad.

Done


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Antony Robertson wrote:
I was tempted to get one, but then thought to myself it's another £35 for a picture, dust jacket, gold edged pages and a piece of green ribbon!. I'll spend the saved money on more marines instead.

Antony

You're right, it's a ludicrous increase, I feel suitably ashamed for paying it

Was sorely tempted to get an IF one but after seeing the actual pic I decided it wasn't worth it at the price, especially when I realised that the cover was just an image from the inside of the book.
If I was a Salamander or a UM I may have been tempted but not with that boring IF cover.

I wanted a limited edition but the site is so slow I won't be able to. I was thinking Salamanders.

 Deadshot wrote:
I wanted a limited edition but the site is so slow I won't be able to. I was thinking Salamanders.

You never know

I put an Iron Hands one in and out of my basket about five or six times this morning before finally inventing sufficient justification("Well, I was planning to get a Vanguard box, but don't intend to now having seen the sprues, so that kinda sorta almost makes up the difference...." ) and buying it.

However, they've not sent a confirmation email yet and the site has gone bye-bye, so knowing my luck their system will have stayed up just long enough to take money out of my account before crashing and losing my order details

 Slinky wrote:

 Deadshot wrote:
I wanted a limited edition but the site is so slow I won't be able to. I was thinking Salamanders.

You never know

Well my new phone has 4 processors and can access huge sites with massive traffic like Facebook and google almost instantly, as oppossed to my PC which takes a moment or two. I left my phone loading overnight and still wasn't loaded.

I bougth a Iron Hands LE codex

I'd buy it - if I had at least a decent income. GW really wants to deliver the message how crack is cheaper.

 Tigramans wrote:
I'd buy it - if I had at least a decent income. GW really wants to deliver the message how crack is cheaper.

I always think of the epic feast i could have at a fancy restaurant instead of plastic crack. not that it's a good use of money either, but i enjoy it more.

actually for the price of the LE you could eat like a king for atleast a couple days.

Antony Robertson wrote:another £35

So it a 116.67% Markup? That's some serious bullgak by GW.

OP, you should add in an option for Not Yet or similar.

I voted for someone I know who got the Successors LE Codex. I was going to say how he was throwing money away for buying a SM Codex with a alternate cover until I realized that I would do the same if the IG do the same.

Initially thought, there'd be a black templars version and was going for that. But they didn't release one :(

I ordered a Successors LE 'dex this morning.


I swear I heard my wallet sob as I did it.

Considering that I feel the Codexes are overpriced already - I have not bought one.

I went for salamanders... it's the only money GW will see from me for this release, so it was the least I could do

 Viersche wrote:
Initially thought, there'd be a black templars version and was going for that. But they didn't release one :(

Yeah they did.

The "Successors" dust jacket is Crimson Fists, but the actual hardcover is Black Templars.

For myself I voted "No--Not interested in Space Marines".
I have my Dark Angels and my Imperial Guard and my Infinity stuff. I have more than enough work for me.

 Breotan wrote:
Should add an option for those of us getting Codex iPad.

There a 2 versions of that as well. Look like one is simply the printed book in electronic format and the other is "enhanced" with interactive images, audio content, helper tip links to special rules, an a "force manager" app. The enhanced iBook version is kind of intriguing to me. The one problem is I do not want to take an iPad to the game store all the time. I suppose I could always just print out the pages I need to take but that is a bit of a pain too. I will have to think on it a bit.

Bought the Salamanders LE, don't feel the slightest bit ashamed. I have the money, why not get something I want?

Well, is the cover the only reason for the increased price?

Anything in a "limited edition" will be more expensive. It's a limited run of 500 of each book for the world, so if you care about those things there's also bragging rights. I don't particularly care about bragging rights. There's a handful of minor features (cover, edging bookmark, certificate, blah blah blah), but nothing like exclusive fluff or anything as far as I know.

Just couldn't justiffy it with the price.

I absolutley love the artwork, and lavish my Crimson Fists with expensive toys, but I'd honestly rather have more of the new kits or more Forge World gear for that price.

I can't justify spending double the cost for a special cover.

The price jump is just too ridiculous. How many models can you buy for the price of "higher quality paper" and a dust jacket that's liable to get ruined or, to protect it, left off entirely?


If they wanted to charge a moderate price increase, that would be one thing. But it's like those ludicrous limited run Black Library Heresy novellas that everyone just ends up pirating copies of. There's no value offered by those LE books aside from some kind of bizarre attachment to a particular color of plastic toy soldiers.

I guess if ti makes people happy, it's good. But that's a fairly odd thing to get excited about. Especially as much as people gripe about the price of models, there's this rush to pay double the price for some... paper.

Ultramarines LE for me and a Successors LE for my friend.

I can't justify 115 for a book when I could get one for $60 (also outrageous) that has all the same relevant content.

I love black Templars and limited things, but these just aren't worth it to me.