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Pass. No thanks!

you can tell it's precision engineered because of all the graph sketching around the tools!

I don't mind the aesthetic they've gone for with the anodized aluminium. Other than that, eh, overpriced and probably not that good quality based off their previous efforts.

I wonder what happened to the razor saw, I like mine very much.

While im normally a supporter of GW products, although not the prices, I can't say I have ever felt the need to buy any of the tools.
They look good quality but cost two, three or even four times as much as I can get similar quality tools elsewhere.
So, not interested !

Those prices are outrageous for these tools.

 Deunstephe wrote:
Those prices are outrageous for these tools.

But dude, they're "Limited Edition"!

I'm going to order as many as I can when they go up for pre-order so I can sell them on Ebay later for big profit!

Those prices in Canadian:
Knife: $30
Drill: $33
Clippers $36
Files: $22
Sculpting tools: $30
Flash remover: $19
Tool set: $178

Wtf GW?

Limited edition tools?

Forget the outrageous pricing and decidedly average quality, but limited edition tools.

I've got no words.

The fancy boxed set is LE as they probably only had X number made.

However, that doesn't mean the tools won't be sold separately afterwards.

That promo line makes me want to try and bring a false advertising suit. If only I had the money to go toe to toe with GW legal.

 Alpharius wrote:
Huh.

More like "Precision Re-Branded to be the Most Expensive Hobby Tools in The World"!

AHHAHAHHAHA!!!!

exalted, just brilliant

You'd think they would learn

Finecast was the best miniature material in the world as well.

And its near enough a timescale that even relative newcomers will remember that bunch of horse manure.

They seem to have no marketing team, just a pithy cliche generator.

PS. If your tools must have a brand name on them, Tamiya make them all. Cheaper. And better.

Aha. Haha. Hahahahahaha.

April Fools has been and gone, G-dubs.

 Ravenous D wrote:
Those prices in Canadian:
Knife: $30
Drill: $33
Clippers $36
Files: $22
Sculpting tools: $30
Flash remover: $19
Tool set: $178

Wtf GW?

Wait what?
Now that's just extravagant, even by GW's standards.

It's as if they want me to find alternatives...


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 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 Blacksails wrote:
Knife is overpowered.

I giggled very hard at this.

A note on the mould line remover, it is excellent for making holes in thin plastic (i.e; tank armour) and it has no other functional use. You'd be silly to use it to remove mould lines.

Oh, is that what that knife looking tool next to the pin-vise is?
I was wondering what that was used for.

Whoever is making up these new GW prices should probably be in a mental asylum.

I'm telling you, Kirby is the spawn of Azathoth!

Anyone who buys these needs to be mocked without mercy or remorse.

 Cryptek of Awesome wrote:
But dude, they're "Limited Edition"!
I'm going to order as many as I can when they go up for pre-order so I can sell them on Ebay later for big profit!

Just for the record: The tools are NOT limited, just the set.
Even worse: Some of the current only double overcosted tools are already discontinued, e.g. the knife.
So soon we will only have the triple/quadrupel overcosted tools from GW

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I'm telling you, Kirby is the spawn of Azathoth!

No, he's working for khorne, stirring up anger and violence with his prices!

 Kroothawk wrote:

 Cryptek of Awesome wrote:
But dude, they're "Limited Edition"!
I'm going to order as many as I can when they go up for pre-order so I can sell them on Ebay later for big profit!

Just for the record: The tools are NOT limited, just the set.
Even worse: Some of the current only double overcosted tools are already discontinued, e.g. the knife.
So soon we will only have the triple/quadrupel overcosted tools from GW

Which is the perfect opportunity to find alternatives.

I lol'd@the claim they're the best precision tools.

I know a guy who builds miniatures (including ships for museums) for a job. Would love to see him laugh at all this.

GW is just embarrassing themselves again. Can go down to Home Depot and get all this for 1/4 the price, and it'll be better quality on top of that.

The tools look alright, without seeing them I couldn't really say how good or bad they actually are though. They look like they're going back to the older pin-vice design there as well.

Honestly I don't need any of these so I won't be buying, and when I do need tools I might try online instead. If I'm paying those kind of prices I might as well have tools covered in gold leaf and anointed with the tears of a thousand angry virgins instead.

Anyone have any idea from which manufacturer GW source their tools from in the first place?

 Scrub wrote:
Anyone have any idea from which manufacturer GW source their tools from in the first place?

The local shop down the street? To ask the prices they are it's almost like they're paying full shelf price on these things and then marking up from there.

I'm going to save up and wait for the Limited Edition basing sand.

Almost doubling the prices for generic tools.

Legit.

 shamikebab wrote:
Needs more skulls tbh, I'd pay at least a quid more per skull.

Do people actually say Needs more Skulls? IS THIS A THING?!

Also, are they trying to turn their tools into works of art? Because they look very pretty, but that drill looks like it'll be a pain. There's a reason manual drills have oblong cylindrical handles.

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 shamikebab wrote:
Needs more skulls tbh, I'd pay at least a quid more per skull.

Do people actually say Needs more Skulls? IS THIS A THING?!

Also, are they trying to turn their tools into works of art? Because they look very pretty, but that drill looks like it'll be a pain. There's a reason manual drills have oblong cylindrical handles.

Future sand will be made of microscopic skulls.