So how is the Hobbit selling?

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**Backfire**

Sidstyler wrote:
I don't believe it did, no. There's still a couple copies at the local store and the Hobby Town around here, so I've seen it enough times by now that I should know.

However, it was advertised as such, more or less: "...it's worth mentioning that this kit is available ONLY WHILE STOCKS LAST. Do you remember when we released Space Hulk a couple of years ago and how quickly that sold out? Well expect the same of Dreadfleet - once it's gone, it's gone, and you won't want to be sitting there when the ship has sailed without one in your hands." And yes, my own FLGS has couple of boxes left too.

**PhantomViper**

Backfire wrote:
And yes, my own FLGS has couple of boxes left too.

Yours and every other FLGS around the globe that bought into it.

One of our local FLGS's hosted a WHFB tournament a few months ago where the first prize was a Dreadfullfleet box... the tournament had to be cancelled due to a lack of participants!

**Barfolomew**

I showed the new Hobbit models to the staff at my FLGS and we had a good laugh. They all agreed that the pricing was way off, especially for the counsel, and said it would site for years in their store before it would sell.

**jimbolina25**

I'm an independant retailer.. I looked at it, snorted, and walked away. None of my regulars asked me and with the different trade prices for online traders only I decided not to risk money on it.

**Mathieu Raymond**

The LE Hobbit set is also still for sale at my FLGS, for 134$, I heard that it sold in record time from the website though?

**filbert**

It's still available on the UK GW site at any rate, so it couldn't have sold that quickly.

**Mathieu Raymond**

Is GW sales isolated in silos like that? Still in 2013?

**Compel**

And, even funnier, they're now releasing Radagast in February in finecast for £12

**AllSeeingSkink**

Compel wrote:
And, even funnier, they're now releasing Radagast in February in finecast for £12

Which makes me want to buy one of the old ones. Partially because he's a ton cheaper, partially because the old one is a nice model and partially because I'm not a fan of Mr. Bird Poop Face.

**Fenrir Kitsune**

Barfolomew wrote:
I showed the new Hobbit models to the staff at my FLGS and we had a good laugh. They all agreed that the pricing was way off, especially for the counsel, and said it would site for years in their store before it would sell.

Will it sit there or will they pull a Dreadfleet and recall it?

**jonolikespie**

My understanding is at a FLGS it doesn't get recalled, just from the GW stores. I'll have to check if my FLGS has the limited edition DV set still next time I am in but I think once they get their hands on it it's out of GWs hands and wont be recalled.

**Ravenous D**

Mathieu Raymond wrote:
The LE Hobbit set is also still for sale at my FLGS, for 134$, I heard that it sold in record time from the website though?

GW artificially does that. Same with the LE dex's and certain WDs, they purposely understock the webstore so they can say it "sold out worldwide" it gives the sell bots the excuse to guilt you into buying it.

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jonolikespie wrote:
My understanding is at a FLGS it doesn't get recalled, just from the GW stores. I'll have to check if my FLGS has the limited edition DV set still next time I am in but I think once they get their hands on it it's out of GWs hands and wont be recalled.

100% true, and because its off the shelves, its no longer "current product" and there fore cannot be returned.

**Rainbow Dash**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
I doubt each manage was just smashing them and throwing them out. It was more a case of what happened with the surplus 3rd Ed 40K boxes - all returned to HQ, and then sent to landfill.

wow...so its like the ET for Atari myth...

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

'Cept that isn't a myth. And neither is this.