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 azreal13 wrote:
Am reading it right that Gants and Gaunts are now direct only?

They also appear to be $13 more?

Maybe they took out 4 models and put the price up.

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 Sparkadia wrote:
Wonder what those costs translate to in Australia. Probably a solid 25% markup.

If, IF, those prices are right:
Harpy: $98 - it will be higher.
Hive guard: $86 - sounds about right.
Haruspex/ exocrine: $89 - not sure about this one.
Warriors: $63 - this sounds right, one dollar increase like the tac squad.
Swarm: $ 208- sounds right.
Termagaunts: $54- sounds right, plus we get rippers.
Hormagaunts: $54- sounds right
Carnifex brood: $ 110- I hope.
Codex: $ 61- don't count on it. Probs 90 like the others
Powers: $ 8- don't really care.

Mmm solid reasoning. A local group was going to run an escalations type thing early next year, and I was going to go in with 'Nids. Good to know the buy-in might not be daylight robbery.

feth I hate Dakkas false double posts :/


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If the Carnifex brood hits $110au, it'll definitely push the Harpy out of my purchase list. My group hasn't embraced Flyers, and I feel like a jerk already just using a Flyrant. But two broods of two Carnifexes is something I can get behind.

I'll definitely be grabbing a box of Tyrant Guard, since I just bought a walking Tyrant. Saving up and buying a Swarm box later, adding to the Gaunts I already have, would give me more than I'd ever field, plus more Gargoyles and another Carnifex.

This release is shaping up pretty well.

Huh, so its $52 and direct only.

Currently its $34.75 for 12. Unless they are adding models (year right) we are looking at a $17 (nearly 50%) increase.

 Ravenous D wrote:
Huh, so its $52 and direct only.

Currently its $34.75 for 12. Unless they are adding models (year right) we are looking at a $17 (nearly 50%) increase.

Didn't a rumor some time ago claim that Gants/Gaunts would be a box of 20 and direct only?

Which makes all kinds of sense. It's a troops choice, a mandatory purchase if you plan on getting into Tyranids...but it won't be on the shelf at your local independent store.

Oh yeah, it makes "sense" that GW is forcing you to buy it straight from them because they get to pocket all the money they would have otherwise had to share with those dirty, greedy, entitled independent stores that helped get GW to where it is today. But it doesn't really make any sense. Might as well make the codex direct only. Hell, why not the entire range? Don't even let indie stores have a product line to display, that'll make GW even more money!

 Sidstyler wrote:
Which makes all kinds of sense. It's a troops choice, a mandatory purchase if you plan on getting into Tyranids...but it won't be on the shelf at your local independent store.

Oh yeah, it makes "sense" that GW is forcing you to buy it straight from them because they get to pocket all the money they would have otherwise had to share with those dirty, greedy, entitled independent stores that helped get GW to where it is today. But it doesn't really make any sense. Might as well make the codex direct only. Hell, why not the entire range? Don't even let indie stores have a product line to display, that'll make GW even more money!

GW is like Ozymandias mixed with Einstein!


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Sorry it glitched and double posted

 Ravenous D wrote:
Huh, so its $52 and direct only.

Currently its $34.75 for 12. Unless they are adding models (year right) we are looking at a $17 (nearly 50%) increase.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS!

Again...

 Ravenous D wrote:
Currently its $34.75 for 12. Unless they are adding models (year right) we are looking at a $17 (nearly 50%) increase.

But Games Workshop doesn't raise prices! (/Kingsley)

The direct Gant broods couldn't possibly be the 20-man units that were rumored. It wouldn't be possible that they are keeping the standard box sets of 12 for regular retail? No, it's definitely GW pulling a standard troop choice from retailers.....

Well, if they ARE a 20-man box, that would make them about .40 less than they are now(american).

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Ravenous D wrote:
Currently its $34.75 for 12. Unless they are adding models (year right) we are looking at a $17 (nearly 50%) increase.

But Games Workshop doesn't raise prices! (/Kingsley)

In fact its cheaper now then ever!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 pretre wrote:
It is a combination of a higher minimum wage which leads to a higher cost of living. Combined with prevalence of deadly animals history as a former prison colony and the fact that water swirls the wrong way around in the toilet, this leads to a higher overhead for any product, real or imagined.

I didn't know you identified as a White Knight.

Interesting.

Just beating you to it.


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 Sinful Hero wrote:
Well, if they ARE a 20-man box, that would make them about .40 less than they are now(american).

Considering the Tyranid Swarm thingy has multiples of 20, I think there's a good chance there.

Most likely they are selling them cheap and would lose money after the cut price they sell to retail so they are selling it direct. Nothing sinister in that.

Time to EBay some old models

Old One Eye as a HQ....now all we need is the Haruspex as an Elites choice and Nidzilla armies will be sweet

It would be hilarious if OOE as your HQ unlocked Fexes as Troops.


(I highly doubt that is the case but given we are back to Elite, FA, HQ and HS MCs I wouldn't be that surprised.)

The 'Fexes in the WD batrep were HS like usual, even with OOE in the list, so that's very unlikely.

If, IF, those prices are right:
Harpy: $98 - it will be higher.
Hive guard: $86 - sounds about right.
Haruspex/ exocrine: $89 - not sure about this one.
Warriors: $63 - this sounds right, one dollar increase like the tac squad.
Swarm: $ 208- sounds right.
Termagaunts: $54- sounds right, plus we get rippers.
Hormagaunts: $54- sounds right
Carnifex brood: $ 110- I hope.
Codex: $ 61- don't count on it. Probs 90 like the others
Powers: $ 8- don't really care.

At a guess it'd be something like this

Harpy/Crone - $110
Hive Guard - $91
Haruspex/Exocrine - $96
Warriors - $70 (since they're $65 now and were rumoured to go up slightly)
Termagants/Hormagaunts - $55
Carnifex Brood - $120
Codex - $83
Powers - $15

Going by comparable units/recent releases.

* places 27 carnifexes + OOE o. Board*
"so."

 Redemption wrote:
The 'Fexes in the WD batrep were HS like usual, even with OOE in the list, so that's very unlikely.

True but I think of OOE as a kind of Lee Van Cleef or Clint Eastwood type. Lean build, won't lay down and die kind of thing. I just love the idea of him being the Alpha Fex leading them on a one way mission against the Space Marine hordes

So

Dataslate: Tyranic War Vets (is this just going to be a way for CSM to overpower any new Tyranid stuff?)

and

Hive Fleet Leviathan supplement

coming out pretty much at the same time as the main codex

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
So

Dataslate: Tyranic War Vets (is this just going to be a way for CSM to overpower any new Tyranid stuff?)

and

Hive Fleet Leviathan supplement

coming out pretty much at the same time as the main codex

Based on the leaked crone stats the hell chicken is going to have a bad day.

 azreal13 wrote:
Am reading it right that Gants and Gaunts are now direct only?

Well, yeah... now that we're all supposed to be ignoring the FOC and points limits, why would you buy anything other than monstrous creatures?

Haven't bothered to read the thread as Nids aren't on my top to know list but I've got the latest WD so if anyone has any questions I might be able to answer them. If someone else has the WD as well and been answering questions then please ignore me

Do you have a scanner enabling you to post up some pics f4om the BatRep, please?

I do have a scanner but isn't it against the rules to post scanned content?

 MadCowCrazy wrote:
I do have a scanner but isn't it against the rules to post scanned content?

Only if they are post-release points costs and rules, iirc.

Well, my scanner seems to be broken. The color is all messed up...


Well now my scanner posts the message: Scanner failure, turn off and restart printer.

I have an Officejet 7100, it's kinda like 10 years old and I haven't used it in years so I guess it died of boredom.

There's this burnt smell as well so I'm not touching my scanner anymore :(

Put up a picture in the thread on 4chan if you wanna see how messed up the pics came out.

Hi MadCowCrazy and thanks for the input..
Do you have some stats on the Exocrine gun?

So wait- is it possible this is just a separate direct only offering of gaunts, or has a retailer confirmed their current gaunt boxes are being pulled?