Why dont GW models come with bits for all the combinations a unit can be made?

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**Mothsniper**

lord_blackfang wrote:
Basically, the problem is entitlement and growing infantilism in society.

O! v tochku popal!

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Beardedragon wrote:
Something that really struck a nerve with me when I started collecting warhammer 40k a few months ago, was that when i got a unit package, that package never came with all the options i could make that unit. And theres no otherwise service of getting additional bits from GWs side at least, barring from buying another package.

For instance, lets say you want 5 Nobz with Big Choppas. well thats too bad, because the package only gives you 4.

Say you want a Deff Dread with 4 Dread saws. Too bad because the package only gives you 2, and 2 additional Dread Klaws. Meaning, you need to buy 2 Deff dread packages just to field 1 Deff dread with 4 Kill Saws.

How come, GW does that? it seems like a super gakky economics policy. Specially with the Big Choppa thing for Nobz and the like. Why on earth wouldnt they fit at least 1 more Big Choppa to finish the set? If you go for a Nobz mob of 10, that would mean 8 of them have Big Choppas, and the remaining 2 dont.

I wouldnt mind this way of building packages from GWs side if they actually sold spare bits from their regular website or regular spare bits were easy to come by but they dont.

It feels like a really greedy practice

Lolz, It is funny to me because I am completly opposite!
It always bothered me WHY when I put the models together there are pieces LEFT OVER! Like... WHAT A WASTE! I want this cool weapon, and this cool weapon, so 2 left arms but only one torso...
It bothered me back from the first kit I ever put together, and bothers me still.

So now, I have tons of bits, and that makes me happy because more quality materials for conversions!
Granted, I focus on hobby and not the game.

If you want one of a weapon, just convert it, that has always been encouraged in the hobby

**Mothsniper**

skchsan wrote:
JNAProductions wrote:
lord_blackfang wrote:
Basically, the problem is entitlement and growing infantilism in society.
Yes, how dare people expect the product they buy large amounts of money for to have enough bits.
No one would bat an eye if they actually had upgrade sprues that you need to pay extra money for.

The demand is there, and customers' been requesting for that demand to be fulfilled, and GW has not delivered. Still.

This is GW's current attitude:

Customer: "Lucky Charms doesn't have enough marshmellows."
GW: "Go buy another box of Lucky Charms and go pick out the marshmellows."
Customer: "Yeah, but I don't need more cereal, just more marshmellows. Can you at least sell some marshmellows on the side?"
GW: "No. Go buy another box of Lucky Charms if you want more marshmellows. There are marshmellows in there."

Love that analogy! BUT!
You can make 4rth saw blade for a can at home with just some trash and the fat of your hand.

YOU CANT MAKE LUCKY CHARM MARSHMELLOWS AT HOME!
And that is just terrible.

**Mothsniper**

Vaktathi wrote:
Mothsniper wrote:

Love that analogy! BUT!
You can make 4rth saw blade for a can at home with just some trash and the fat of your hand.

YOU CANT MAKE LUCKY CHARM MARSHMELLOWS AT HOME!
And that is just terrible.
...you sure about that?

Yeah a saw blade can be reasonably easy, but not all weapons are easy to convert, sometimes it's not something people are into, sometimes people want the actual original bit for visual consistency, and in more than a few instances the loadouts that are available on the sprue are not in any way coherent with how the unit will actually be used on a table (e.g. Devastators).

Damn bro! Ima go make me self some munchshmellows!