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 Peregrine wrote:

TalonZahn wrote:
I doubt the mold would be made any differently than the FW mold.

So of course a plastic version made by GW would look just like, if not exactly like, the FW one.

Except that precedent says otherwise. Even the Valkyrie, which duplicated the original FW kit instead of redesigning it like the Shadowsword/Baneblade had subtle differences and you can look at a picture of them side by side and tell which is which. If every single detail on the Thunderhawk is exactly like the FW kit, and you can't find even a single difference between the two, it's the FW kit.

I remember back when the whole 'Summer of Flyers' rumor silliness was floating around, there was all the sound and the fury flaring up around a WD picture which showed a Dark Angels' thunderhawk, and how flamey people got insisting that it HAD to be a plastic model, because of X, Y, and Z microscopic differences that picture showed, and the primary reason they were convinced it was plastic: the guy in the picture was holding it in one hand, and it was absolutely unpossible that anyone could ever hold a resin thunderhawk one handed.

And then there was the plastic warhound that was 'guaranteed' to be part of the initial release of apocalypse, because when photos leaked showing warhounds on the table, if you blew it up to ten times normal size, squinted just right, and turned off the lights, you would totally see the 'massive' differences between it and the resin FW model that totally proved its plastitude.

When people want to believe something, they'll invent whatever evidence they need to back themselves up.

It would be nice if it were true, but who really knows. It would probably still be a ridiculous amount of money.

I remember back when the whole 'Summer of Flyers' rumor silliness was floating around, there was all the sound and the fury flaring up around a WD picture which showed a Dark Angels' thunderhawk, and how flamey people got insisting that it HAD to be a plastic model, because of X, Y, and Z microscopic differences that picture showed, and the primary reason they were convinced it was plastic: the guy in the picture was holding it in one hand, and it was absolutely unpossible that anyone could ever hold a resin thunderhawk one handed.

And then there was the plastic warhound that was 'guaranteed' to be part of the initial release of apocalypse, because when photos leaked showing warhounds on the table, if you blew it up to ten times normal size, squinted just right, and turned off the lights, you would totally see the 'massive' differences between it and the resin FW model that totally proved its plastitude.

When people want to believe something, they'll invent whatever evidence they need to back themselves up.

This sums up the entire subject.

A plastic thunderhawk would be great, but even in my short time on Dakka I've seen a fair few of these threads pop up each one filled with people guaranteeing that a plastic that a plastic thunderhawk would be out soon, so until there is a picture of the box it's probably not happening.

Vanilla/BT-3 (Thunderhawk, Stormraven, Stormtalon)
GK/BA-2 (Stormraven, Thunderhawk)
DA-3 (Nephilim Jetfighter, Darktalon, Thunderhawk)
Tau-2 (Sunshark Bomber, Razorshark Fighter)
IG-2 (Valkery, Vendetta)
Necrons-2 (Night Scythe, Doom Scythe)
Orks-3 (Burna Bomba, Blitza Bomba, Dakkajet)
Chaos-2 (Heldrake, Flying Daemon Prince)
Tyranids-2 (Harpy, Flying Hive Tyrant)
Daemons-4 (Bloodthirster, Lord of Change, Kairos Fateweaver, Flying Daemon Prince)
Dark Eldar-2 (Razorwing Jetfighter, Voidraven Bomber)
Eldar-0

Space Wolves??? You forgot the dogs...


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Can we put this to bed now then?

Breaking news:

Natfka wrote:Also Please Note, that I will not be doing an April 1st joke/ post. I feel it would not be appropriate for a site like this.

http://natfka.blogspot.de/2013/04/the-list-what-it-is-and-what-to-think.html
In other words, where other sites post made up stuff on April 1st, Natfka posts serious stuff

Yeah, that list was fake.

I don't think, it is that simple. Seems to be some info in it that only internals know.

 Kroothawk wrote:
I don't think, it is that simple. Seems to be some info in it that only internals know.

Guess we'll see but so far it has not been very reliable. Convincing hoaxes are the best kind.

Looking at the Forgeworld Thunderhawk & this picture, there is a world of differences. See photos and compare. The major difference is the gun. The skull & eagle were added to the FW model (not part of the mold), so the absence of them on plastic isn't key... The paint job on the "plastic" seems like a GW staff job VS the higher paint job of the FW resin model....

 krazynadechukr wrote:
The paint job on the "plastic" seems like a GW staff job VS the higher paint job of the FW resin model....

Since when does "hey Bob, can I borrow your Ultramarines Thunderhawk for the WD picture?" mean that it's a new plastic kit?

 krazynadechukr wrote:
The major difference is the gun.

There is no difference. The gun on the FW kit has two options: turbolaser and battlecannon. The one on the FW website happens to be built with the battlecannon, but the turbolaser parts are included in the kit and identical to the one in the WD picture. Example:

 krazynadechukr wrote:
Looking at the Forgeworld Thunderhawk & this picture, there is a world of differences. See photos and compare.

If showing this Thunderhawk model is an indication of a Plastic Thunderhawk soon ... and we have seen this exact studio model 5 years ago in a WD pic, then we should have a Plastic Thunderhawk for 5 years now. So ...

I don't think GW could sit on a secret like a plastic Thunderhawk for long, even if they only thought about producing one. As much as I would like one, I just can't picture them doing it. Still it's nice to dream.

I think this has been debunked at this point? Right?

Is this turning into a "Zapruder film" breakdown, now?

 kronk wrote:
I think this has been debunked at this point? Right?

Is this turning into a "Zapruder film" breakdown, now?

Couldn´t agree more. Can we please have this one locked and dipped in acid?

 kronk wrote:
I think this has been debunked at this point? Right?

Yeah.

.. one day folks !