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So did anyone manage to get that monstrosity?

 Desubot wrote:
So did anyone manage to get that monstrosity?

Is it silly question day? Yeah, about 1000 people got them.

Oh damn i had it written then manage to change it lol

i meant to say did anyone on dakka manage ti get it

Who knows. As I said on the last page, I have an order number, but that may mean nothing if GWOZ sold more than was allotted to them.

 pretre wrote:

 Desubot wrote:
So did anyone manage to get that monstrosity?

Is it silly question day? Yeah, about 1000 people got them.

That's just mean!

all sold out already? I was hoping to snag one. Probably gonna stop by my GW tomorrow and see if they have some still.

It was pre orders, I doubt you're store will be able to help, unless they've held some back specifically for B+M retail, which would certainly take the shine off the speed they've sold through if that is the case.

So just had a look at it on the GW website...

The box looks more appealing than the model tbh...

And that servitor looks like an half-arsed job, seriously that "sacred Warhammer" in Ultramarines the movie entrenched in all that wiring had more dimensions than that thing..

Half arsed job and they knew it.

The White Dwarf is going to look a wee bit daft tomorrow, advertising something that has already been sold out in less than an hour.

Damn. Missed the boat...why LE GW? Why?

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Games Workshop: Fulchester

15 mins ·
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Sadly, we have sold out of Void Shield Generators.
As a special offer we are selling boxes of generated void! Only £10 a box. Supply limited!

i wonder out of the 1000 people that bought it, how many bought it to actually use it vs resale

Don't know if it's been noted yet, but those craters, it's a pack of two sets of two identical ones..



Same Chimera pieces. Same barrel and Baneblade wheel.

Damn. GW sold, at retail, $100,000 U.S. in @ 40 minutes. Well, I planned on ordering one, but had no idea it would sell out. I guess, based on dakka comments that it would have been sitting on some shelf at GW collecting dust.

 Sarigar wrote:
Damn. GW sold, at retail, $100,000 U.S. in @ 40 minutes. Well, I planned on ordering one, but had no idea it would sell out. I guess, based on dakka comments that it would have been sitting on some shelf at GW collecting dust.

I know right!?! Dakka declared it an unsellable triple twist pile of steaming something, and yet it sold out. Its almost as if there is a buying public out there that doesn't frequent Dakka. *Boggle*

You have to wonder where the buying public is getting all it's knowledge from to buy it up minutes after it's totally unpromoted release though huh?

1000 units is still very little for a global company, factor in that many may well have been purchased speculatively, not because they're actually wanted, and some-many may have been held back for other sales channels, it might not be half the achievement you think.

yeah,
Tomorrow morning when people buy the new white dwarf it will contain news of mini they can't buy...

Just like when they released the gamers editions of the new 40k edition...
And the crusade of fire selling out before the launch of that months White Dwarf.

They've switched a to a weekly publication and they still can't get it right.

 BrookM wrote:
Don't know if it's been noted yet, but those craters, it's a pack of two sets of two identical ones..
Same Chimera pieces. Same barrel and Baneblade wheel.

GW wrote:This kit contains eight quake cannon crater halves which feature four distinctive designs. They can be assembled in a number of different ways to make four craters.

You get 8 halfs.

There are 4 designs of half ... so I guess you can make several unique combinations.

Panic...

 azreal13 wrote:
You have to wonder where the buying public is getting all it's knowledge from to buy it up minutes after it's totally unpromoted release though huh?

1000 units is still very little for a global company, factor in that many may well have been purchased speculatively, not because they're actually wanted, and some-many may have been held back for other sales channels, it might not be half the achievement you think.

Not the first time GW created a fake shortage. Remember how they "Found" some space hulks lying around?


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 Cruentus wrote:

 Sarigar wrote:
Damn. GW sold, at retail, $100,000 U.S. in @ 40 minutes. Well, I planned on ordering one, but had no idea it would sell out. I guess, based on dakka comments that it would have been sitting on some shelf at GW collecting dust.

I know right!?! Dakka declared it an unsellable triple twist pile of steaming something, and yet it sold out. Its almost as if there is a buying public out there that doesn't frequent Dakka. *Boggle*

Actually, most of us said it was a pile of gak, but the morons and profiteers were going to buy it.


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 happygolucky wrote:
So just had a look at it on the GW website...

The box looks more appealing than the model tbh...

And that servitor looks like an half-arsed job, seriously that "sacred Warhammer" in Ultramarines the movie entrenched in all that wiring had more dimensions than that thing..

Half arsed job and they knew it.

Half assed is the companys new mantra. Recycled everything, $60 books with 2 pages of rules that took less then a few hours to make. Complete abandonment of structure and leaving it up to people to govern themselves (cause that works). And they wonder why so many people are leaving.

Honestly, I would just buy a couple of these, mount them on a little platform, and call it good as a void shield generator. Looks a damn sight better than the GW version, anyway (and far cheaper, too).

 Cruentus wrote:

 Sarigar wrote:
Damn. GW sold, at retail, $100,000 U.S. in @ 40 minutes. Well, I planned on ordering one, but had no idea it would sell out. I guess, based on dakka comments that it would have been sitting on some shelf at GW collecting dust.

I know right!?! Dakka declared it an unsellable triple twist pile of steaming something, and yet it sold out. Its almost as if there is a buying public out there that doesn't frequent Dakka. *Boggle*

1,000 units is a very small run for a company the size of GW. The other thing is that while I (and others here and elsewhere) might think it looks gak, that doesn't mean others aren't allowed to love it to death. Nor does it make either opinion or those who hold it evil.


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 Ravenous D wrote:


Actually, most of us said it was a pile of gak, but the morons and profiteers were going to buy it.

No need for such rudeness. Remember Rule #1.


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 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Honestly, I would just buy a couple of these, mount them on a little platform, and call it good as a void shield generator. Looks a damn sight better than the GW version, anyway (and far cheaper, too).

I quite like the look of those (and the pegasus kit shown earlier). Though I prefer the older kind of GW terrain aesthetic (think Necromunda) which both kits are closer to.

Well, after all that I was too late anyway, I thought it was due at midnight !

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Honestly, I would just buy a couple of these, mount them on a little platform, and call it good as a void shield generator. Looks a damn sight better than the GW version, anyway (and far cheaper, too).

I like it, simple and effective.

im not sure about the GW one. lol at the plastic zombie guy glued onto the side.
i think it needs some flying babies. maybe a flying baby flying off of another flying baby with a flying baby flying off that flying baby and that flying baby has a large banner backpack. (not serious)

 Rayvon wrote:
Well, after all that I was too late anyway, I thought it was due at midnight !

This is by no means a criticism, of you or anyone else, but it does seem to be taking a lot of people a long time to get out of the old release pattern way of thinking, ie midnight pre orders and monthly waves.

Its a brave new world people!

Actually looks like the price hike comes because the model is "pre-cleaned and ready to assemble"

Would anyone be shocked if there was a non-limited release in a month with a normal, non numbered box for $80?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Would anyone be shocked if there was a non-limited release in a month with a normal, non numbered box for $80?

GW lowering the price on anything would be quite shocking. It sold out in 15 min what should we do? Hmm lower the price !

I have to wonder how many of these will be sitting in GW stores down here 6 months from now. Of the 1,000 boxes I can't imagine the various national webstores were allotted more than three quarters of the total stock.

There are still 8 copies of crusade of fire between the FLGS and GW store in my city.

 Ravenous D wrote:
Actually, most of us said it was a pile of gak, but the morons and profiteers were going to buy it.

I am neither a moron nor a profiteer.

Choose your words more carefully.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Ravenous D wrote:
Actually, most of us said it was a pile of gak, but the morons and profiteers were going to buy it.

I am neither a moron nor a profiteer.

Choose your words more carefully.

Agreed. I would have bought one f I could.

Crazy "maybe they actually have a plan" theory:

Make a new kit, but you don't know if it will actually sell. So you make a limited resin release to see if people are interested. If the demand is there you go back and actually tool the molds for a non-limited plastic release.

Too much "that would make sense" for GW?