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 Kosake wrote:
20 USD for a transfer sheet? Seriously? Even if this was A3, this would still mean like 20000% of the material costs in revenue. I wonder who would even consider this.

I'm sure a lot of GW fans will buy it.

Fluffwise the Knight Households often have their own quasi-planetary defense forces. So there is always a possibility of having a decal sheet with Knight transfers for tanks and infantry models as well. That wouldn't be that illogical.

Seeing as that's what I'm going for with my Guard right about now, I for one would actually like that a lot.

 Alkasyn wrote:

 Kosake wrote:
20 USD for a transfer sheet? Seriously? Even if this was A3, this would still mean like 20000% of the material costs in revenue. I wonder who would even consider this.

I'm sure a lot of GW fans will buy it.

It's almost the same price as an A4 Forge World transfer sheet, and plenty of people purchase those.


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 BrookM wrote:
Seeing as that's what I'm going for with my Guard right about now, I for one would actually like that a lot.

I've been meaning of making some guard allies for my Raven Guard. I'll probably just make them a PDF with a Knight from the planet that Deliverance orbits.

blood lance wrote:
can Chaos Marines use them?

For now it seems only IG and SM get to use them as allies. There's still hope, though. FW might release some conversion kits and rules for Chaos Knights, or even GW could do that in the near future.

Time will tell.

Posted on faeit212: Next week's releases

Sentinels of Terra, hmmm....

 Kroothawk wrote:
Posted on faeit212: Next week's releases

Is that $20 extra for the transfers?

I really need to stop being so surprised by GWs greedy BS.

Just noticed Sentinels of Terra is direct only. GW can't give us anything good without kicking us in the balls at the time, lol.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Just noticed Sentinels of Terra is direct only. GW can't give us anything good without kicking us in the balls at the time, lol.

So you pay 85 pounds for the model and another 20 just for transfers?

Well it's $20, not 20 pounds, that's more like 12 pounds. But yeah, I'll wait until I see them, it might come with transfers in the kit and you can just pay for extras. GW have sold additional transfer sheets in the past.

If the transfers do cost that much and there aren't any in the box, I probably won't be buying any.

The Knight isn't really THAT big, so I'm a bit disappointed at the price, was hoping for something close to the Wraithknight, given it's shorter but bulkier.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Well it's $20, not 20 pounds, that's more like 12 pounds. But yeah, I'll wait until I see them, it might come with transfers in the kit and you can just pay for extras. GW have sold additional transfer sheets in the past.

If the transfers do cost that much and there aren't any in the box, I probably won't be buying any.

I'm exactly the same - hoping they're additional sheets...because I won't be buying them otherwise.

I think that's got to be the case though...cause otherwise it's a whole new level of bulls%^&e that GW will have stooped to.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Well no, but then again nobody has to worry about GRRM deciding they die (unless he's a GM or Tournie Official lol).

You will just bring the doom of Valyria on them !
Your Targaryen will all die from , your Stark from , your Lannister will meet their demise from . You would rather name them Hodors !

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Well no, but then again nobody has to worry about GRRM deciding they die (unless he's a GM or Tournie Official lol).

Go away, I haven't read all the books yet

What the hell I cant escape GoT spoilers anywhere ffs,

Cant wait for the knights, what are these noble families anyway? Are knights piloted by members of a noble house?

 Kroothawk wrote:
Posted on faeit212: Next week's releases

Oh, wow, direct only...! That sux...

Is the LE of this one cheaper? "Only" $90.

And the eBay "professionally painted and magnetised" pre-orders have started already...

(No, not affiliated with the seller etc etc, just posting on the off chance some Dakka-ites might be interested...)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Warhammer-40k-Painted-And-Magnetized-Weapon-Options-Imperial-Knight-Pre-Order-/251454546923?pt=Games_US&hash=item3a8bdbe3eb&_uhb=1

$170 for the Knight huh? I am pleasantly surprised about that, was expecting it to be in the $200's. Now to work out a nice way to fit it into my SM army...

 unmercifulconker wrote:
What the hell I cant escape GoT spoilers anywhere ffs,

Cant wait for the knights, what are these noble families anyway? Are knights piloted by members of a noble house?

When they first came out (Epic, circa 92?), Knights were manned by the households of the noble families that Governed Maiden/Garden world. The knights themselves were to herd Dinosaurs (made of sweet sweet meat) that supplied Hiveworlds, but they also doubled up for defence duty.

I don't think they retconned that but they used to have cool Electric/Physic dischargers to herd dino burgers about. Think giant cattle prods that could be used in CC. One had a groin mounted Heavy Stubber too!

$170 for the titan and another $10 for the 15" template that you have to use when it dies. Not a chance its worth that much.

 Kroothawk wrote:
Posted on faeit212: Next week's releases

So $210 US to get your first Knight. Yeah, I can see these selling like hotcakes alright. /sarcasmoff

GWs desperation for cash is really starting to show....

I also love how the prices are even higher than conversion rates for Canada. A $140 knight in the US should be about $153 Canadian. Instead it is $170 Canadian.

My bet, we'll have plastic titans coming in Summer of this year. Those will go for about $350 a kit and GW will expect players to scoop them up by the thousands. Because according to current GW management, our hobby is BUYING GW product....

I'm thinking that the Knight includes a transfer sheet.

They sold the Baneblade transfer sheet by itself for a bit when the Baneblade came out.

I am actually surprised they offer separate Transfers.

It would allow people with 3rd party products like PP Colossals or DF Leviathans to use them for a bit more 40K styling. Seem, contrary to the auto-haters, a rather genuinely cool move by GW.

And as above, I don't think the existence of a separate transfer sheet means there'll be no transfers in the box. I could be wrong though.

 Wayshuba wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:
Posted on faeit212: Next week's releases

So $210 US to get your first Knight. Yeah, I can see these selling like hotcakes alright. /sarcasmoff

GWs desperation for cash is really starting to show....

I also love how the prices are even higher than conversion rates for Canada. A $140 knight in the US should be about $153 Canadian. Instead it is $170 Canadian.

My bet, we'll have plastic titans coming in Summer of this year. Those will go for about $350 a kit and GW will expect players to scoop them up by the thousands. Because according to current GW management, our hobby is BUYING GW product....

Its because its compared to the British pound not the US dollar. It gets really annoying when its stuff that is made in the US.

I don't see why people think $140 for these things is okay. Unless everyone is scaling this thing completely wrong, its only a little taller than a trygon. Its really not that big. When you compare a stomper, which is massive at 115, this thing is an absolute rip off.

Goresaw wrote:
I don't see why people think $140 for these things is okay. Unless everyone is scaling this thing completely wrong, its only a little taller than a trygon. Its really not that big. When you compare a stomper, which is massive at 115, this thing is an absolute rip off.

Because DreamForge Leviathans are RRP USD 157,50 + USD 45,50 for extra weapons (while the Knight has all options included).

PP Colossals are RRP USD 162,- or thereabouts.

It's not a cheap kit by GW standards, admittedly, but even a pricy GW kit is still more affordable than the rest of the "wargaming industry".

 Ravenous D wrote:

 Wayshuba wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:
Posted on faeit212: Next week's releases

So $210 US to get your first Knight. Yeah, I can see these selling like hotcakes alright. /sarcasmoff

GWs desperation for cash is really starting to show....

I also love how the prices are even higher than conversion rates for Canada. A $140 knight in the US should be about $153 Canadian. Instead it is $170 Canadian.

My bet, we'll have plastic titans coming in Summer of this year. Those will go for about $350 a kit and GW will expect players to scoop them up by the thousands. Because according to current GW management, our hobby is BUYING GW product....

Its because its compared to the British pound not the US dollar. It gets really annoying when its stuff that is made in the US.

?

It doesn't matter which way you convert it.

140 USD = 84 GBP = 153 CAD

It's some what of a relief that they cost a lot in points. With the rumored 150$USD price tag that comes with them hopefully we wont see a lot.

Goresaw wrote:
I don't see why people think $140 for these things is okay. Unless everyone is scaling this thing completely wrong, its only a little taller than a trygon. Its really not that big. When you compare a stomper, which is massive at 115, this thing is an absolute rip off.

It is a rip off and yeah it's not great value, but at the end of the day if the model is cool, it's still worth it to me. Though I will definitely be getting it from discounters.

I increasingly find myself buying stuff from FW because it looks cool even though it's far worse value-per-model than GW stuff, let alone other companies.

Goresaw wrote:
I don't see why people think $140 for these things is okay. Unless everyone is scaling this thing completely wrong, its only a little taller than a trygon. Its really not that big. When you compare a stomper, which is massive at 115, this thing is an absolute rip off.

Same was said about the riptide being $100 and the wraithknight being $140 but they became part of most peoples collections. If this thing manages to break past the super heavy bans then it'll be a regular staple. And if it can allied in with tau or eldar you are going to see some of the stupidest combinations this game has ever seen.