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2014/02/02 00:21:34
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Regular Dakkanaut
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GW has always been pretty cavalier when it comes to "culling" materials from their sites.
What you guys need to know is that they, as far as we can tell, have melted down their metal stocks and have likely thrown out the production molds as well.
That would make sense if they were switching over to Finecast, resin or plastic production since those materials wouldn't be needed anymore.
That leaves the original sculpt, LG tins, metal masters, master molds, RTV molds & resin masters.
How much of those are GW destroying? Do we know? Have they also gotten rid of the Nicem casting machines and vulcanizers as well?
As long as they have any of those, older product could conceivably come back in some form. Plastic injection molding machines are all very similar so you could make tools using the old masters and cast them in a different type of plastic like the PVC Privateer Press uses. Using materials like that undercuts aren't a big issue so it's theoretically possible to make those models in plastic, using the same machines GW already has, but with a different type of plastic or even resin.
Remember that the majority of Finecast releases used the same masters that were formerly used to make molds for metal casting so those materials are versatile and still useable.
What worries me the most is that there are people at GW with no sense of "history" or "nostalgia" for GW so they don't see those materials as something that should be stored and archived for posterity. It already happened once, back around 2005-ish. Someone at GW Lenton threw out more than he was supposed to so GW lost a large number of classic product.
From what I've heard, this already happened at GW Memphis. When I ran the mold dept there we had molds for hundreds of codes that even the UK couldn't produce anymore. We had kept all of those out of nostalgia and a sense of history because myself and several others were fans of GW models.
If someone can find out what is happening to the masters and master molds and equipment we can get a better idea of what is going on.
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2014/02/02 00:34:05
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Confessor Of Sins
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 mechanicalhorizon wrote:If someone can find out what is happening to the masters and master molds and equipment we can get a better idea of what is going on.
That would indeed be extremely helpfull but i would say "too internal": I doubt anyone on here would know... But maybe. You probably have more insight on this than anyone considering that background...
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It's like you take a Space Marine and say "what could make him cooler?" Instead of adding more super-genetic-psycho-organic modification, you take it all away. You have a regular human left in power armor and all the armies of hell at the gates. And she doesn't even flinch. Pure. Badass. |
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2014/02/02 01:46:53
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Regular Dakkanaut
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 BlackTalos wrote:That would indeed be extremely helpfull but i would say "too internal": I doubt anyone on here would know... But maybe. You probably have more insight on this than anyone considering that background...
I tried to get some info from a few people I know at GW, but they either aren't talking or don't know. But then again they are mostly just acquaintances, not friends. Just a few people I knew when I worked there.
Although lately I've been considering reapplying to the studio for a sculpting position, I wish I had kept in better contact with some of my former coworkers now.
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2014/02/02 13:19:38
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 pretre wrote:And isn't that 'alleged' new website since I've seen no official confirmation of that.
Is GW's annual report official enough for you? 
Our online shop is doing well. Sales are up to £14. 4 million from £13.1 million. During the year we built a new one and will be testing it over the coming year. It is planned to be fully operational in April 2014.
http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Games-Workshop-Group-13-combined-FINAL-without-title-page.pdf (page 3, Sales Growth")
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2014/02/02 13:55:46
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Fixture of Dakka
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Maybe the weekly WD will allow them to pace out the release of clampacks to replace the old metal and finecast minis that are getting the axe, too? At the premium they sell them, they might see the artificial scarcity as building up demand for their upcoming products?
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2014/02/02 15:06:29
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Badass "Sister Sin"
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Yep, and now all the folks who 'predicted' it after July don't get credit anymore. 
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2014/02/03 03:35:12
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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pretre wrote:
Yep, and now all the folks who 'predicted' it after July don't get credit anymore.
Just because GW says April doesn't mean it won't take them till July. They are still trying to figure out this internet thing but for some reason they can't find a service that will connect to their telegraph.
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2014/02/03 08:14:54
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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My Armies:
5,500pts 
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2014/02/03 10:44:39
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 Theophony wrote:Just because GW says April doesn't mean it won't take them till July. They are still trying to figure out this internet thing but for some reason they can't find a service that will connect to their telegraph.
They just need a programmer who is not fired after a month because of treason
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2014/02/03 12:29:11
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Is it me or are we a little off-topic here?
Just saying.
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2014/02/03 12:32:46
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Confessor Of Sins
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There's no news so it's natural for a thread to go off-topic.
Metal Sisters still available so no change there either. Haven't ordered anything myself so can't vouch if they still ship.
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2014/02/03 13:34:40
Subject: Games workshop finaly getting rid of it's metal stock
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It does seem as if we're done here, doesn't it?
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