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This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been corroborated elsewhere. Gw will be bringing back certain out of production miniatures based on customer interest.
Edit forgot this was my thread. It is now official. The programme is still in its pilot phase so future releases and their timing have yet to be confirmed. The first wave is imperial guard.

Chikout wrote:
This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been confirmed elsewhere.

Where?

Chaos Toilet please.

 Zywus wrote:

Chikout wrote:
This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been confirmed elsewhere.

Where?

A user on the grand alliance forums said they had been told by their local GW managers. If true this is coming very soon so it seems very plausible especially with how well the last chance to buy stuff sold.

Chikout wrote:
This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been confirmed elsewhere. Gw will be bringing back certain out of production miniatures based on customer interest.
Official details of this are coming next week.
Really interested to see how this works out.

where was it confirmed? Don't get me wrong, if its true it would be great, but without saying where its confirmed its still as unreliable as faeit

Chikout wrote:

 Zywus wrote:

Chikout wrote:
This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been confirmed elsewhere.

Where?

A user on the grand alliance forums said they had been told by their local GW managers. If true this is coming very soon so it seems very plausible especially with how well the last chance to buy stuff sold.

that's not a comfirmation. that's a "user" on grand alliance saying something that the gw local manager wouldn't know.

 namiel wrote:

Chikout wrote:

 Zywus wrote:

Chikout wrote:
This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been confirmed elsewhere.

Where?

A user on the grand alliance forums said they had been told by their local GW managers. If true this is coming very soon so it seems very plausible especially with how well the last chance to buy stuff sold.

that's not a comfirmation. that's a "user" on grand alliance saying something that the gw local manager wouldn't know.

I changed my wording if that makes you feel better but if this is coming next week managers would know.
Scepticism is fine, especially with rumours on faeit but I am inclined to believe this one.

Necrosphinx, Necrosphinx, Men@Arms!

Chikout wrote:

 Zywus wrote:

Chikout wrote:
This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been confirmed elsewhere.

Where?

A user on the grand alliance forums said they had been told by their local GW managers. If true this is coming very soon so it seems very plausible especially with how well the last chance to buy stuff sold.

I'd take that with a grain of salt, then. Many rumors fly back and forth in retail, and it's hard to tell what's solid info.

Unless they've been called to HQ for training, managers generally don't know anything about what's going on until the pre-orders arrive, or a box turns up on the Thursday for a Saturday launch.

Skeptical doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about this...

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Chaos Toilet please.

Arsecannon please!

Just to be a devil's advocate here, this is actually what happened with a lot of the Order stuff that was "Last Chance to Buy".

They grossly underestimated the demand and ran off another few runs to post. I know a few people who ordered stuff that had still been on the shelves at the time and received it in baggies rather than even the white mail order boxes.

Chikout wrote:

 Zywus wrote:

Chikout wrote:
This was a rumour that first appeared on faeit but has since been confirmed elsewhere.

Where?

A user on the grand alliance forums said they had been told by their local GW managers. If true this is coming very soon so it seems very plausible especially with how well the last chance to buy stuff sold.

Oh.

Well, rumours from a "user on the grand alliance forum" (assuming the user has no previous history of breaking correct) and Faeit has a trustworthiness value of approximately zero as far as I'm concerned.

Not saying it won't happen; (GW should have introduced something like this years ago), but so far this is a rumour with nothing backing it up.

Would this include minis of OOP games, like say, BFG?

I really hope this is true as I missed the ending of the tomb kings and need some stuff for my 1k sons army!

Ash Wastes gangers for Necromunda.

Any Necromunda minis, really.

 Blacksails wrote:
Would this include minis of OOP games, like say, BFG?

Gonna be honest, I doubt it will be anything not plastic.

Inb4 Sisters fans break the request system...

This is already happening; several out of production Lord of the Rings and Hobbit models have gone back into production and are now available again.

Original hormagaunts please, and resin but not finecast

 judgedoug wrote:
This is already happening; several out of production Lord of the Rings and Hobbit models have gone back into production and are now available again.

Yeah, but that's because the are reviving and expanding the LotR game system. There's a separate thread for this.

 JohnnyHell wrote:
Inb4 Sisters fans break the request system...

What, all four of them?

I... felt something.

As if a thousand wallets all cried out at once and were suddenly emptied...

I mean, GW has to realize that their back catalog, meaning models no longer in production, would be more valuable than all but a small handful of manufacturer's complete ranges.

There's a ton of value there.

If Forgeworld wasn't already swamped, I could see such things being handed off to them. We'll see. I just (stupidly) started a sisters army, and I'm excited by this prospect. Not as excited as plastic Sisters or Plastic Inquisitorial Henchmen... but excited none the least.

Maybe we can get a group together and place loads of request for stuff that's being price-gouged on e-bay?

Be careful what you wish for!

It will end up with 3D printers in store and a free needle file to make the edges nice and smooth yourself.

 Azreal13 wrote:
I... felt something.

As if a thousand wallets all cried out at once and were suddenly emptied...

Think of the ebay resellers! This has the potential to upset the gravy train. A small subset went ballistic a few years ago when Foundry started producing ancient citadel miniatures they had. Can you imagine the howls of anguish if GW started opening up their back catalogues...

I would expect this would work something like a Kickstarter. GW would put up a list of possible models they are willing/able to do production runs on (i.e. they still have the molds and the legal right to do so), and people can "pre-order" what they want. When a specific model or kit gets enough orders for them to make a decent profit by making the run, they pump them out and charge the customers at that time.

Really, this would be a great way to bring back some classic models and things that people are clamoring for.

Squats.