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 Furyou Miko wrote:
We should do a census. Everyone PM Talon or myself (but not both!) with an "I bought it" message, maybe?

We can just count up all the "I got one" on this thread (so do say if you purchased one and have not posted here yet )

Add that to the Facebook numbers (i think there might be a little more there) and we should have about 50% of purchases.

I think it'll be somewhere between the 50 - 150 but possibly more if "likes" count and all the spread / forums we don't know of. I know there has been some re-shares and word to mouth, which could double figures (or just not at all )

It would be one of the roughest estimates anyway lol

I'm much happier looking at the Availability of models on the GW Website to count success. That and the painted models everyone will post up when done =)

 Furyou Miko wrote:
We should do a census. Everyone PM Talon or myself (but not both!) with an "I bought it" message, maybe?

You can register your involvement here http://chaptermasters.com/sisters-of-battle-march-forth/ You don't need a log in.

We could go by stock levels, but we don't know how much stock GW had to start with.

Add me in as a +1. I actually picked up a Melta Sister before they went poof. :-p

Got a mail telling me the melta sister was back in stock.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I'm guessing 50-100 orders.

So basically few enough that the only person who will notice is the guy pulling the last few dusty old metals off the shelf to pack them

Quite the opposite. 50-100 e-mails on the same subject and a run on metals will probably be noticed. I've never contended otherwise. The difference is that they probably won't care.

 pretre wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I'm guessing 50-100 orders.

So basically few enough that the only person who will notice is the guy pulling the last few dusty old metals off the shelf to pack them

Quite the opposite. 50-100 e-mails on the same subject and a run on metals will probably be noticed. I've never contended otherwise. The difference is that they probably won't care.

My concern would be that GW will look at 50-100 sales and think "well, that's how many Space Marines we sell every hour of every day, I guess there's not much point reviving Sisters".

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I'm guessing 50-100 orders.

So basically few enough that the only person who will notice is the guy pulling the last few dusty old metals off the shelf to pack them

Quite the opposite. 50-100 e-mails on the same subject and a run on metals will probably be noticed. I've never contended otherwise. The difference is that they probably won't care.

My concern would be that GW will look at 50-100 sales and think "well, that's how many Space Marines we sell every hour of every day, I guess there's not much point reviving Sisters".

They might go "hey look, stock is all gone now", and Squat sisters.

At least we won't be hearing rumours of plastic Sisters every year, and be continuously disappointed.

ED: although i really doubt that outcome. Raging Heroes are about to come up with their version (which GW will probably counter-sell - i would not be surprised if rumours/releases matched) and Shield of Baal would have not focussed on them if they were just waiting for the emptying of stock.

£49.70 for 10 monopose Sisters.

GW really is taking the piss.

I've never understood this attitude to the battle nuns. They're pretty unique to the universe and have lots of cool additional forces going on in the background.

Arco-Flagellants and Penitent Engines, while not strictly reserved to Sisters, are some of my favourite models in the game.

The price for Sisters has been like that for a while now. It's why people bitch how expensive are to get into as an army.

 BlackTalos wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I'm guessing 50-100 orders.

So basically few enough that the only person who will notice is the guy pulling the last few dusty old metals off the shelf to pack them

Quite the opposite. 50-100 e-mails on the same subject and a run on metals will probably be noticed. I've never contended otherwise. The difference is that they probably won't care.

My concern would be that GW will look at 50-100 sales and think "well, that's how many Space Marines we sell every hour of every day, I guess there's not much point reviving Sisters".

They might go "hey look, stock is all gone now", and Squat sisters.

At least we won't be hearing rumours of plastic Sisters every year, and be continuously disappointed.

ED: although i really doubt that outcome. Raging Heroes are about to come up with their version (which GW will probably counter-sell - i would not be surprised if rumours/releases matched) and Shield of Baal would have not focussed on them if they were just waiting for the emptying of stock.

Something will have to give sooner or later and it's very much later now so they'll have to pick either overhaul the models and sell a newly updated army or get rid of them so people stop asking questions and going on about it. The reason the models don't really sell is that it's a fully metal army and there are a ton of models that went OOP forever so it's lacking variety. There is like 3 models for a Dominion Squad and 2 for Seraphim now. Very old school static models too so it's not like having a new plastic squad with lots of options for how they look and what gear they use.

Wow the UK is now out of stock for a bunch of sisters stuff. I recon heaps of people got some Sisters this week.

 SpookyBoogie wrote:

 BlackTalos wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I'm guessing 50-100 orders.

So basically few enough that the only person who will notice is the guy pulling the last few dusty old metals off the shelf to pack them

Quite the opposite. 50-100 e-mails on the same subject and a run on metals will probably be noticed. I've never contended otherwise. The difference is that they probably won't care.

My concern would be that GW will look at 50-100 sales and think "well, that's how many Space Marines we sell every hour of every day, I guess there's not much point reviving Sisters".

They might go "hey look, stock is all gone now", and Squat sisters.

At least we won't be hearing rumours of plastic Sisters every year, and be continuously disappointed.

ED: although i really doubt that outcome. Raging Heroes are about to come up with their version (which GW will probably counter-sell - i would not be surprised if rumours/releases matched) and Shield of Baal would have not focussed on them if they were just waiting for the emptying of stock.

Something will have to give sooner or later and it's very much later now so they'll have to pick either overhaul the models and sell a newly updated army or get rid of them so people stop asking questions and going on about it. The reason the models don't really sell is that it's a fully metal army and there are a ton of models that went OOP forever so it's lacking variety. There is like 3 models for a Dominion Squad and 2 for Seraphim now. Very old school static models too so it's not like having a new plastic squad with lots of options for how they look and what gear they use.

Agreed.

 pretre wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I'm guessing 50-100 orders.

So basically few enough that the only person who will notice is the guy pulling the last few dusty old metals off the shelf to pack them

Quite the opposite. 50-100 e-mails on the same subject and a run on metals will probably be noticed. I've never contended otherwise. The difference is that they probably won't care.

Well a petition has been put up now too, so go check it out:
https://www.change.org/p/games-workshop-reboot-the-sisters-of-battle-adepta-sororitas-army-models-in-plastic

If those numbers are anything to go by, i'm quite surprised to see the 7 hundreds. Possibly bould accounts and only half went to buy a model, but that would still be good numbers, as i thought we had (with stock running out everywhere)

I got an email from Customer Support which read as follows:

Hello

We are contacting you today regarding your order with Games Workshop. We apologise for any inconvenience, but our dispatch department has informed us that unfortunately the SUPERIOR WITH BOLTER are currently out of stock and we do not have an exact date of when this will return.

Would you like us to hold the order or remove the item and you will not be charged?

If you could reply back stating which action you would like us to take we will organise this for you as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Sophie
Games Workshop Customer Service


Here is my brief reply:

Hello,

Game Workshop Customer service.

I wish to continue with my order.

I do not mind waiting for this order.

It was made in good faith as part of an online campaign to support the Sister of Battle Range of miniatures.

I personally have modeling plans for this order and wish to build a Sister of Battle army in the future.

Regards,


I hope other peoples orders have been more successful. It seems the VSS is of limited supply to Ireland. Which means, of those who did take part, the produced stock is rather low. But let's hope they meet the back log, and then then can meet any small uptick in demand from those who want to round out their forces or build an army.

Hey Jon,

Thank you for writing into us! I will make sure that your comments are sent to the appropriate parties as feedback. Should you have any other questions please give us a call at 1-800-394-4263 and we will work to get you taken care of.

Sincerely,


Games Workshop
North America Customer Services

So either someone is getting notified or they are just going to ignore it, I guess I'll wait for another email from them and see.

DefiantLambdas wrote:
I got an email from Customer Support which read as follows:

Hello

We are contacting you today regarding your order with Games Workshop. We apologise for any inconvenience, but our dispatch department has informed us that unfortunately the SUPERIOR WITH BOLTER are currently out of stock and we do not have an exact date of when this will return.

Would you like us to hold the order or remove the item and you will not be charged?

If you could reply back stating which action you would like us to take we will organise this for you as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Sophie
Games Workshop Customer Service


Here is my brief reply:

Hello,

Game Workshop Customer service.

I wish to continue with my order.

I do not mind waiting for this order.

It was made in good faith as part of an online campaign to support the Sister of Battle Range of miniatures.

I personally have modeling plans for this order and wish to build a Sister of Battle army in the future.

Regards,


I hope other peoples orders have been more successful. It seems the VSS is of limited supply to Ireland. Which means, of those who did take part, the produced stock is rather low. But let's hope they meet the back log, and then then can meet any small uptick in demand from those who want to round out their forces or build an army.

"and we do not have an exact date of when this will return."

Now that is some good news. It was one of the main goals of the appeal: Get orders with no stock available and see results, but the "email me" button completely foiled our plans.... lol

This would also support my thoughts that the "re-stock" on some models is the spreading of stock between the US and UK (if Sold out in the US, they send some over from the UK and vice-versa)

Wonder if they send them par avion and that's why they can't tell you when they'll be back.

I am confused about your sudden use of French, and about why planes would be so unpredictable. Am I missing something?

Airmail envelopes are always marked par avion in the UK for some reason, and the idea is that if they don't use airmail - they send stuff by boat - it would cause delays.

Hey all, finally got a shipping notification for my sister with a tracking number. Figure I'd just put an update in so we can compare when they email, etc.

My order shipped out on March 9th and is currently chilling (literately lol) in Winnipeg.

Was going to get in on this, but a serious RL financial thing came up (like, several hundred dollars of serious) so that left nothing in the discretionary fund for it.

I ordered a Battle Sister with heavy flamer to deliver to my local GW (yet free shipping), but it doesn't appear to have been dispatched yet, and I've had no comment from GW Customer Service...

Anyone else's order still pending?

D

I'll have to check tracking, but I think mine arrives at my local store today.

Hey, anyone else think that email sent out by GW earlier signed by Sophie shoulda been signed as High Lord Administratem Sophie? /hail Sophie!

Huh, hadnt' seen this thread. I'm tempted. Idk what good it'll do, but I might pick up another model just for kicks.

 Melissia wrote:
Huh, hadnt' seen this thread. I'm tempted. Idk what good it'll do, but I might pick up another model just for kicks.

It was posted a few times here in advance and on the Sisters Tactical thread too.

Timing is not an issue if you can get the email through, that's what counts now, clearly denoting support (don't forget to amend the "out of stock part", cause they prevented that).

Picked up one of my 2 orders today, still waiting for the other.

Gah!, Why did I not hear about this thread sooner!

 Pendix wrote:
Gah!, Why did I not hear about this thread sooner!

Heresy. Abject, rampant heresy.

I thought the title was talking about how the Sisters of Battle visually appeals to you. Doh! I should have checked it anyway.

I didn't want to bother with looking because I know that I like how they look and that was enough for me.

 djphranq wrote:
I thought the title was talking about how the Sisters of Battle visually appeals to you. Doh! I should have checked it anyway.

I didn't want to bother with looking because I know that I like how they look and that was enough for me.

Lol, should have put: "Appeal/Petition"