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The plastics are better but its like we have come full circle from when I started in 1990. Single or a push on pieces. Then came the multi part kits that never lined up unless you took silly amounts of time to build rank and file troops. Then they simplified the multi and those were pretty cool. The detail has gone WAY up but Fantasy Sales are WAY down so how do you fix that? Space Marines!

When I worked for GW we had a meeting were Tom Kirby told us that the tactical squad of space marines accounted for MORE in sale then the ENTIRE range of Fantasy combined! Now as staggering as that is, it appears to me that that is what is happening here. Round bases and Fantasy Space Marines!

The smaller format game will allow people already familiar with GW to try fantasy with out destroying their wallets ( maybe not) and of course it will also be a new carrot for new customer that GW loves so much. There will be those who wail and lament the death of their game and those that return to try the new hotness. This happens every time GW changes pretty much anything but this surely looks like a heavy attempt to pull the 40k crowd to the other side of the shop.

Not saying any of this is good or bad. I do not like the sigmar stuff so far save the HQ. The chaos stuff looks pretty cool but I have to see it up close to make that real judgement for my self. Sure looks like the game just jumped up the scale ladder again though for sure!