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**H.B.M.C.**

Wait... is there going to be another six million page Desolation of Smaug rulebook a year from now, and then another full-colour hardback for There And Back Again rulebook 6 months after that?

**jonolikespie**

Yep, and each will $10 more than the previous.

**narked**

Personally I'd expect this to be the one rulebook, and then we'll get journey books similar to the existing Lord of the Rings range. Or maybe that's just me hoping I don't spend £50 on something that needs replacing in a year...

**Brother-Captain Scotti**

narked wrote:
Personally I'd expect this to be the one rulebook, and then we'll get journey books similar to the existing Lord of the Rings range. Or maybe that's just me hoping I don't spend £50 on something that needs replacing in a year...

Definitely hoping, it ain't gonna happen mate, sorry....

**FM Ninja 048**

narked wrote:
Personally I'd expect this to be the one rulebook, and then we'll get journey books similar to the existing Lord of the Rings range. Or maybe that's just me hoping I don't spend £50 on something that needs replacing in a year...

untill they condense all of the jorney books into the One Rulebook "for convenience" and whack the price up £10-20 while they're at it...

**Kroothawk**

For some strange reason, the GW website leaked the Hobbit release list for February (no prices or pics yet):
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat990004a&_requestid=869211
Radagast the Brown with Sebastian
Elrond
Goblin King Throwing Goblin
Yazneg (On Foot and Mounted)
Grim Hammers
Knights of Rivendell

Pics are in the rulebook though.

**Eiríkr**

Complete Bundle

£447!

**VenomBlood**

^ " Please note that this product is limited to one per customer order. "

That's why I dont want it anymore.

**AJCarrington**

$745 here in the US...wow o.O

**Commander Cain**

$895 in Canada. And the Canadian dollar is stronger the the U.S. dollar! But no. We have to pay $100 more anyway...

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Excuse me. That should be $150 more.

Edit: Plus tax makes it a nice $1,030. Free shipping though...

**Theophony**

I'm with venomblood....if I can't buy twelve copies then I just don't want it

**Kroothawk**

Here some pics of the February releases (and beyond), provided by Dr Death over at Warseer:
Knights of Rivendell

Elrond

Grim Hammers

Yazneg Mounted (plus new unmounted Wargs for a later release)

Radagast

Goblin King

Plus, for a later release: Giant Eagles:

and a new Gollum?

**FM Ninja 048**

Those Dwarves are SWEEET, but the paintjob doesn't do much for them.

Elves look good too, do we know if they'll get shields?

**alphaecho**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Wait... is there going to be another six million page Desolation of Smaug rulebook a year from now, and then another full-colour hardback for There And Back Again rulebook 6 months after that?

I wonder if a lot of replanning and re-editing was required if most work was completed on the game BEFORE "The Hobbit" became a movie trilogy.

**H.B.M.C.**

alphaecho wrote:
I wonder if a lot of replanning and re-editing was required if most work was completed on the game BEFORE "The Hobbit" became a movie trilogy.

Good question.

That said, this just gives them more models to release (presumably) and the second and third books will probably be very similar.

**Maddermax**

Commander Cain wrote:
$895 in Canada. And the Canadian dollar is stronger the the U.S. dollar! But no. We have to pay $100 more anyway...

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Excuse me. That should be $150 more.

Edit: Plus tax makes it a nice $1,030. Free shipping though...

Yay, Australia wins yet again - $1240.

**His Master's Voice**

Those Rivendell riders are probably the best mounted minis released for LotR so far.

And the dwarves are just sweet.

**H.B.M.C.**

Current Riders of Rohan - 6 per box for AUD$43

So I guess these new Elf Riders ~~will be 6 per box for AUD$60, yes?~~

EDIT: Scratch that, the Hunter Orcs on Wargs are already AUD$70. Jesus...

**Just Dave**

OK, now thems new models, they look sweet.

**Sigvatr**

Der god, Radagast. What the hell GW! Radagast's old model looked so awesome. The first thing that now comes to my mind when I see him is:

"CHAAAAAAAAGE YOU GOT CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE?"

Seriously, what's up with "The Hobbit" and all the hobo influence in regards to character design? :/

**Kroothawk**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Current Riders of Rohan - 6 per box for AUD$43
So I guess these new Elf Riders ~~will be 6 per box for AUD$60, yes?~~
EDIT: Scratch that, the Hunter Orcs on Wargs are already AUD$70. Jesus...

You mean, GW prices in Australia are high?
Never heard of that. Good to let us know ... in every

thread on every

day since 2 years

**insaniak**

Kroothawk wrote:
You mean, GW prices in Australia are high?

That wasn't the point he was making, no.

**Azazelx**

Kroothawk wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Current Riders of Rohan - 6 per box for AUD$43
So I guess these new Elf Riders ~~will be 6 per box for AUD$60, yes?~~
EDIT: Scratch that, the Hunter Orcs on Wargs are already AUD$70. Jesus...

You mean, GW prices in Australia are high?
Never heard of that. Good to let us know ... in every thread on every day since 2 years

I'll have to copypasta this post for use in future mantic threads...

**Rainbow Dash**

Sigvatr wrote:
Der god, Radagast. What the hell GW! Radagast's old model looked so awesome. The first thing that now comes to my mind when I see him is:

"CHAAAAAAAAGE YOU GOT CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE?"

Seriously, what's up with "The Hobbit" and all the hobo influence in regards to character design? :/

the old one reminded me of Ian Anderson

**H.B.M.C.**

insaniak wrote:
Kroothawk wrote:
You mean, GW prices in Australia are high?

That wasn't the point he was making, no.

Yeah. Really not the point I was getting at Kroot.

**FM Ninja 048**

Kroothawk wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Current Riders of Rohan - 6 per box for AUD$43
So I guess these new Elf Riders ~~will be 6 per box for AUD$60, yes?~~
EDIT: Scratch that, the Hunter Orcs on Wargs are already AUD$70. Jesus...

You mean, GW prices in Australia are high?
Never heard of that. Good to let us know ... in every thread on every day since 2 years

Although I do get bored of hearing that too, this time he had a valid point

Knights of Minas tirith: £18
Riders of Rohan: £18
Haradrim Raiders: £18
Easterling Kataphrakts: £22.50
Gladhirim Knights: £22.50
Hunter Orcs on fell wargs: £25
Rivendell Knights, most likely £25

**CptJake**

FM Ninja 048 wrote:

Knights of Minas tirith: £18
Riders of Rohan: £18
Haradrim Raiders: £18
Easterling Kataphrakts: £22.50
Gladhirim Knights: £22.50
Hunter Orcs on fell wargs: £25
Rivendell Knights, most likely £25

How many companies sell their products for the same price today that they did when the Knights of Minus Tirith were released?

**UNCLEBADTOUCH**

But the knights have all gone up in price over time. This is just gouging for the sake of gouging. I don't expect a thick sliced loaf of white bread to cost a third more than a medium sliced white loaf from the same company.

**heartserenade**

CptJake wrote:
FM Ninja 048 wrote:

Knights of Minas tirith: £18
Riders of Rohan: £18
Haradrim Raiders: £18
Easterling Kataphrakts: £22.50
Gladhirim Knights: £22.50
Hunter Orcs on fell wargs: £25
Rivendell Knights, most likely £25

How many companies sell their products for the same price today that they did when the Knights of Minus Tirith were released?

Knight of Minas Tirith (now): $29.75
Hunter Orcs on Fell Wargs (now): $40.00

That's a $10 difference. I don't care how they were priced before, after or in the future: the new hobbit miniatures are considerably pricier than the LotR ones. Just compare the Ruins of Minas Tirith and the Goblin Town terrain set.

**CptJake**

According to:

http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

a $29.75 item in 2001 would cost $38.88 in 2012.

So they are not too far off the inflation index.

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UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:
But the knights have all gone up in price over time. This is just gouging for the sake of gouging. I don't expect a thick sliced loaf of white bread I bought 10 years ago to cost a third more than a medium sliced white loaf from the same company today.

That would be a better way to look at it. And I suspect if you looked at bread prices you would find you are paying more today than you did 10 years ago...