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 DarkStarSabre wrote:
The second exclusive Captain has me flabbergasted. It is effectively a £75 model as in order to get it you have to have spent £60 and gotten the other one and its code and then they have the cheek to charge you £15 for it.

£75 plastic SM Captain folks.

Right there.

To me its a £15 Captain available if I was going to spend £60 anyway.

If some people out there are going to manufacture an unnecessary £60 spend JUST to have the Captain for £15 then I giggle inside...unlike GWs accounts which will laugh maniacally out loud.

 tjnorwoo wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 tjnorwoo wrote:
I just think Games Workshop has put all their eggs in one basket with 40k.

Completely possible, and if it's true then we really will see a new edition by the end of the year (assuming sales have lagged and the hyper-release rate hasn't helped enough) to try and put some life back into it.

I do agree that GW needs more diversity in it's products. Who knows, maybe if we're lucky and the Hobbit finally leaves we'll see some other stuff come down the pipeline again when those resources are freed up.

That's wishful thinking though.

I have always wondered how the LOTR stuff has stayed around for so long. I have never seen a battle being played at a game store outside of starter sets.

LOTR was actually more popular than 40k and Fantasy around my area up until a couple of years ago.

I could work with that, needed two thunderfire cannons and Sammael anyway +2 characters, curse foil you GW. "Read in Shatners voice"

Clever Games workshop

Does Thunderfire guns come with a techmarine?

Eh, I am debating it. Largely because I either need to pick up some more vehicles for my Flesh Tearers or possibly a few Mawlocs for the 'nids.

Huh. Go figure. Mawloc + Razorback is £61 on the dot.

What irks me about this is I'd much rather go spend it at my FLGS for 20% discount....

Quite like the second captain, I guess they would make the good model the one you need to spend a hell of a lot to get access to :(

Bishop F Gantry wrote:

Does Thunderfire guns come with a techmarine?

Yes

I have defeated my impulsive desire to own one of these figures. I was not collecting bog standard marines prior to the offer and therefore I do not need the mini.

Flashman wins another mighty victory in his ongoing internal struggle with GW.

Huzzah!

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 tjnorwoo wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 tjnorwoo wrote:
I just think Games Workshop has put all their eggs in one basket with 40k.

Completely possible, and if it's true then we really will see a new edition by the end of the year (assuming sales have lagged and the hyper-release rate hasn't helped enough) to try and put some life back into it.

I do agree that GW needs more diversity in it's products. Who knows, maybe if we're lucky and the Hobbit finally leaves we'll see some other stuff come down the pipeline again when those resources are freed up.

That's wishful thinking though.

I have always wondered how the LOTR stuff has stayed around for so long. I have never seen a battle being played at a game store outside of starter sets.

LOTR was actually more popular than 40k and Fantasy around my area up until a couple of years ago.

During the films being released originally LotR range from GW got a massive boost in sales from film fans; rather like toys from films. However GW were unprepared for the sudden drop off in popularity that hit them when LotR films ended on the big screen. They expected/hoped more would have become firm fans of the game and continued, but many didn't. They are just not geared up for fast appear and disappear product lines like many of the toy companies are.

 DarkStarSabre wrote:
The second exclusive Captain has me flabbergasted. It is effectively a £75 model as in order to get it you have to have spent £60 and gotten the other one and its code and then they have the cheek to charge you £15 for it.

£75 plastic SM Captain folks.

Right there.

Only if you don't value the stuff you bought to get it, and assuming then you could sell most of it unused on eBay for at least half your money back, so it becomes a £45 marine if you're just buying the marine. But you'd be better off just buying the marines you want from eBay for £20. It's not as if they are particularly unique anyway.

In reality, it's a £15 marine you're paying £6-12 for, because you've overpaying by about 10-20% on your £60 order, assuming you were going to buy anyway, and the 2nd figure is a £15 marine for £15.

Huzzah and Huzzay indeed!

Does anyone else find if you look up rules it shows all the languages? There ought to be a filter to limit it to a chosen language.

For a little chuckle, all you anti-GW whining and moaning™ cynics, type "game" into the search function and see what comes up.

 Overread wrote:
During the films being released originally LotR range from GW got a massive boost in sales from film fans; rather like toys from films. However GW were unprepared for the sudden drop off in popularity that hit them when LotR films ended on the big screen. They expected/hoped more would have become firm fans of the game and continued, but many didn't. They are just not geared up for fast appear and disappear product lines like many of the toy companies are.

LOTR continued on around this area for quite a while after the last film went off the big screen, and even after GW stopped actively pushing it. I think because people liked the rules and also the models (look less like children's toys that the typical hero scale GW models) and also just because nerds like LOTR, lol.

 Koppo wrote:

Bishop F Gantry wrote:

Does Thunderfire guns come with a techmarine?

Yes

Technically, no.
It comes with a Techmarine Gunner.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Koppo wrote:

Bishop F Gantry wrote:

Does Thunderfire guns come with a techmarine?

Yes

Technically, no.
It comes with a Techmarine Gunner.

Quack quack

*Waddle waddle*

So anyone ordered the second captain? How or when do you get the code?

You get it with the first Captain.

You get it with the purchase of the first one therefor you must buy separate the second one and pay extra shipping or more models!

 hiveof_chimera wrote:
You get it with the purchase of the first one therefor you must buy separate the second one and pay extra shipping or more models!

That's a piece of machievellian brilliance right there. I'd assumed they'd roll it into the same shipping as the first order, or giving free shipping via the code.

Looking at the new GW site, where is the forge world section?

boyd wrote:
Looking at the new GW site, where is the forge world section?

There's a link at the bottom, along with investors.

On the Forge World page. There's a link at the bottom of the GW page.

Can anyone tell me what happened to Mephiston Red spray paint?

Well crap, I kind of want that second Captain.

I like this guy

Skull count too low, would not buy.

 Peregrine wrote:

 PotentiallyLethal wrote:
I think what people are hoping for is the possibility of ordering on the online GW webpage and having it delivered free to your local GW store thus only really needing one trip to pick it up, but living 10 minutes walk from the local store I don't really care

That's what I'm talking about. Maybe that's more appealing in the UK where GW stores are everywhere, but my "local" GW store is still 25 miles away (and until a couple years ago there wasn't even one in the same state). So "free" shipping costs ~$7 worth of gas and an hour of driving, even if I can place the order online. I can't imagine how people are willing to pay $100 for a tank kit, but find the extra $7 for much more convenient delivery to be such a financial burden.

For a lot of people, especially in the US which is really spread out, it doesn't really make sense. But GW does tend to target population centers with its stores, so there's plenty of people it would benefit. My local GW is about 15 minutes drive away, but I pass it every day on my way to and from work, so it's really not a big deal for me to pick it up from there. If I'm ordering a $100 tank then shipping is free anyway, so I'll get it sent to my door, but for small things, it's nice. I build up a lot of my armies using the snap-fit models that you can mostly only get from GW's webstore, and buying characters that aren't often in FLGS's but aren't expensive enough to get free shipping, it's nice to just be able to get it sent to my local GW.

Well.. it's a Space Marine... same old same old.
There are only so many things you can do with the same model (same armour, same weapons, same backpack, same skulls etc.).

Space Marines are just boring imho.

Not surprised by it being a Marine.

But I have a foolish hope they might do something like an Exarch, Haemonculus, etc next.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Can anyone tell me what happened to Mephiston Red spray paint?

Anybody?

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Can anyone tell me what happened to Mephiston Red spray paint?

Anybody?

Typically if GW does not have a product in stock (and can't guarantee it will be back in stock quick) they pull it from the website

so I'd imagine it will return when they next get a shipment of spray paint from their manufacturer (but there is no guarantee it will)

if you really need it not you'll need to shop around

(google supplies this UK based site that seems to have stock, http://www.gamerznexus.co.uk/estore/shop/index.php?_a=product&product_id=1310 but I've never used them so can't tell you if they are any good)

 DJGietzen wrote:
If the hobbit leaves because of poor sales I'd expect most people to loose their jobs and not get transferred to another project.

I expect it to leave because the trilogy ends and there is no more reason to flog it first honestly.


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Black1Blade123 wrote:
People say about the hobbit is stealing resources. The entire line designed for film 2 was finecast. I think that if they supported the game it would be a lot more successful. If they put the prices to the current Lotr levels (which most people could handle) and they advertised, they would attract a group of non war gamers.

The Hobbit IS taking resources though. Namely time and money that could be used elsewhere. And GW gave it a good push at the start with the starter set and new rules but I don't think they really sales numbers like they were hoping which is why it's all direct only and they're not making stores carry it.