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 CptJake wrote:
So... Do the Laketown buildings have interior detail?


Adam Troke on FB talked about this - they designed the walls as double-sided specifically for variety if you've got multiple sets. (You can see one side has glass windows, and the other side has curtained windows, for example)


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They are up for sale in the US! $40 for one, $115 for three!
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Lake-Town-House
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Lake-Town-House-Bundle


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 Yodhrin wrote:
I'm really hoping GW were sensible enough to slightly over-scale the Laketown kits, they'd be perfect for any number of Mordheim-related projects but not if they're noticably smaller than existing terrain.


I doubt making the kit compatible with other games crossed their mind so much as having to get IP licensor approval from NLP. But, modern Hobbit models definitely have a little scale creep going on compared to early LOTR models so I'm going to assume they will work just fine. Note that Master of Lake-town and Alfrid are on 25mm bases.
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As I look at this building another potential use comes to mind. Add some 'moss' and good weathering and it could be way out in the bayou for some voodoo action (possibly as a cult hang out for Strange Aeons...)

May be able to put it into a Pirate scenario too now that I think of it.

Hmmmm

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Hadn't visit the LotR/Hobbit section of the website for ages so I just noticed the bundles there.

The houses and the Goblin town scenery (decorated with stuff from the 40k scenery) would make some nice terrain for Necromunda and 40k (Underhive settlement or slum). Boats for spider-hunters and outhouses where giant rats lurk (and who will explode if you use flamers nearby) inclusive. Hmm... guess they just found a new albeit unusual customer for their Hobbit scenery.
   
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Using these in our Hobbit event in January. Nice.

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Damn, they've 'sold out' before I had a chance to order. How does a pre-order sell out?

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We'll find out soon enough eh.

 judgedoug wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
I'm really hoping GW were sensible enough to slightly over-scale the Laketown kits, they'd be perfect for any number of Mordheim-related projects but not if they're noticably smaller than existing terrain.


I doubt making the kit compatible with other games crossed their mind so much as having to get IP licensor approval from NLP. But, modern Hobbit models definitely have a little scale creep going on compared to early LOTR models so I'm going to assume they will work just fine. Note that Master of Lake-town and Alfrid are on 25mm bases.


Well of course, nobody would ever accuse GW of being sensible enough to recognise opportunities to sell their product beyond their own little ecosystem, but it costs nothing to hope except the inevitable disappointment. Which that picture, alas, provides - scale creep or no, compared to modern WHF-sized miniatures the houses are too wee to fit in with my existing WHF buildings.

 CptJake wrote:
Damn, they've 'sold out' before I had a chance to order. How does a pre-order sell out?


Because GW have already produced how ever much stock they're going to produce. I mean, what kind of madness would it be to build capacity into your production line that would enable you to respond to greater than expected demand? Pfffhahah, lunacy sir, I say lunacy. Everyone knows the only sensible business strategy is to make a rough guess at how much of an item you'll need to make, without prior market research, then hope for the best - and who cares if you sell out in a ridiculously short period of time and people have to wait weeks or months for a restock? Obviously your customers will simply wait, patiently, watching your website with the intensity of a snake surveying its imminent prey for a future opportunity to buy.

(and because this is the internet - yes, that was sarcasm)

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 Yodhrin wrote:
I mean, what kind of madness would it be to build capacity into your production line that would enable you to respond to greater than expected demand?


Expensive is the word you're looking for. GW can't afford expensive these days, especially not when it comes to a niche line running on life support.
   
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Bugger would have got the house set after Xmas was sorted. Ah well I'm sure something else will come along.
   
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 xKillGorex wrote:
Bugger would have got the house set after Xmas was sorted. Ah well I'm sure something else will come along.


It will be back at some point, I am sure

   
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Lake-Town House is Temporarily out of stock, not No longer available. It will be back as soon as they can refill the supply. Usually, it doesn't take that long. It might be good idea to click E-mail me button so that they can see how many people are interested in the product so that it doesn't run out of stock again. When Ruins of Osgiliath returned, they run out of stock multiple times.

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Richmond, VA

 Yodhrin wrote:
Well of course, nobody would ever accuse GW of being sensible enough to recognise opportunities to sell their product beyond their own little ecosystem, but it costs nothing to hope except the inevitable disappointment. Which that picture, alas, provides - scale creep or no, compared to modern WHF-sized miniatures the houses are too wee to fit in with my existing WHF buildings.


Seems very sensible to me. Making a kit based on a licensed property for that licensed property be accurate to the licensed property is exactly what they've done. And since it's for 28mm-30mm models, the mass appeal is already built in. While I'm sure if the kit was perhaps 3.2% larger then you would have purchased a bajillion houses, the rest of the world disagrees. Even the grognards on TMP are begrudgingly calling a cease-fire on their anti-GW hate. Yesterday the Frostrgrave FB groups were abuzz with people buying droves of the kit.

 Yodhrin wrote:
 CptJake wrote:
Damn, they've 'sold out' before I had a chance to order. How does a pre-order sell out?


Because GW have already produced how ever much stock they're going to produce.


Well, no, you're wrong. As has been mentioned ITT and elsewhere, Adam Troke has specifically said GW is allowing certain things to happen in limited quantities to gauge the interest of continuing support of SBG. The re-release of out of production models - which have sold out multiple times now; the release of new models through Forge World - whose sales have been apparently far more than FW anticipated; the release of a new sourcebook - which also sold out of it's initial print run nearly worldwide in a day or two; and the release of a new plastic kit - which has now sold out worldwide within a few hours - are all exceptionally good news for the entire SBG community as that is precisely what we needed to have happen.


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jullevi wrote:
Lake-Town House is Temporarily out of stock, not No longer available. It will be back as soon as they can refill the supply. Usually, it doesn't take that long. It might be good idea to click E-mail me button so that they can see how many people are interested in the product so that it doesn't run out of stock again. When Ruins of Osgiliath returned, they run out of stock multiple times.


Dude, logic doesn't matter to several people. The house could be oversized to match Playmobil figures, be entirely free, have working torches, delivered to your house by the design studio itself, and come with a free sandwich, and certain people will still call it a missed opportunity or a failure on GW's part.

Speaking of which, Ruins of Osgiliath is back in stock, both the single and the discounted three-pack.

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We'll find out soon enough eh.

 judgedoug wrote:
 Yodhrin wrote:
Well of course, nobody would ever accuse GW of being sensible enough to recognise opportunities to sell their product beyond their own little ecosystem, but it costs nothing to hope except the inevitable disappointment. Which that picture, alas, provides - scale creep or no, compared to modern WHF-sized miniatures the houses are too wee to fit in with my existing WHF buildings.


Seems very sensible to me. Making a kit based on a licensed property for that licensed property be accurate to the licensed property is exactly what they've done. And since it's for 28mm-30mm models, the mass appeal is already built in. While I'm sure if the kit was perhaps 3.2% larger then you would have purchased a bajillion houses, the rest of the world disagrees. Even the grognards on TMP are begrudgingly calling a cease-fire on their anti-GW hate. Yesterday the Frostrgrave FB groups were abuzz with people buying droves of the kit.


Garbage. The scale variation within the LotR range is already ample evidence that precise adherence to relative scale is not necessary for GW to get approval for a product, and so a marginal increase in the product's scale to give it additional sales potential outside the intended niche is an unequivocal positive. And Frostgrave hardly serves to bolster your case, given that its models while being heroic in scale are much closer in height to modern LotR than modern GW, so how exactly is their enthusiasm any guide to people who's collections are based around the latter? Regardless, if GW don't want extra money they won't get it, that's their choice.

 Yodhrin wrote:
 CptJake wrote:
Damn, they've 'sold out' before I had a chance to order. How does a pre-order sell out?


Because GW have already produced how ever much stock they're going to produce.


Well, no, you're wrong. As has been mentioned ITT and elsewhere, Adam Troke has specifically said GW is allowing certain things to happen in limited quantities to gauge the interest of continuing support of SBG. The re-release of out of production models - which have sold out multiple times now; the release of new models through Forge World - whose sales have been apparently far more than FW anticipated; the release of a new sourcebook - which also sold out of it's initial print run nearly worldwide in a day or two; and the release of a new plastic kit - which has now sold out worldwide within a few hours - are all exceptionally good news for the entire SBG community as that is precisely what we needed to have happen.


I'm wrong, and then you spend a whole paragraph explaining exactly how I'm right? Question: How can a preorder sell out? Answer: Because GW produced the number of kits they intended to produce. Your criticism: You're wrong, because GW produced the number of kits they intended to produce

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Relax, like you said, they're gauging interest and this is just the first production run. If they have any sense, they'll try to get it back in stock in time for Xmas so they don't miss out on further sales. And the products weren't labelled as Limited Edition, like the various LE resin terrain pieces for 40K (generator etc) that sold out in a day, or the original re-release of Space Hulk a few years back when it became unavailable again for years. So they will be back at some point, the only question is when.

I want the new source book but can't afford to buy it right now (well...I can but it'd be irresponsible ) so its on my Xmas list. But then it sold out in a day or two. Hopefully it'll be back in stock in time for Christmas.

Also, I would prefer it if they didn't start deliberately over-scaling their terrain to fit heroic scale miniatures. I want SBG terrain to fit SBG miniatures, not Warhammer. Warhammer players have got a huge range of Warhammer terrain to choose from, stop trying to hijack our tiny range.

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The lakehouses will be fine with the WHFB Empire fantasy range. I plan to get some and I have no worries whatsoever.

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Yay for ruins being back! Also those houses are awesome. They are great because they fit for a variety of fantasy settings and don't have the typical overabundance of skulls and spikes.

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 jmurph wrote:
Yay for ruins being back! Also those houses are awesome. They are great because they fit for a variety of fantasy settings and don't have the typical overabundance of skulls and spikes.

That's more due to Weta Workshop than Games Workshop.

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Richmond, VA

 Yodhrin wrote:
Garbage. The scale variation within the LotR range is already ample evidence that precise adherence to relative scale is not necessary for GW to get approval for a product, and so a marginal increase in the product's scale to give it additional sales potential outside the intended niche is an unequivocal positive. And Frostgrave hardly serves to bolster your case, given that its models while being heroic in scale are much closer in height to modern LotR than modern GW, so how exactly is their enthusiasm any guide to people who's collections are based around the latter? Regardless, if GW don't want extra money they won't get it, that's their choice.


Your poe-like position is unintentionally amusing. So, GW should scale Hobbit releases from 28/30mm to 40k and AOS 38mm so that people will buy Esgaroth terrain to use for Age of Sigmar instead of The Hobbit? Or you want them scaled for 33mm for Mordheim and Warhammer Fantasy, both dead products? I'd like clarification on what your "position" is. Increase scale by 35% so that it is unusable for SBG but is appropriate for Khorne Bloodbound and Deathwatch Marines to hang out on and get their fishing done?

 Yodhrin wrote:
 Yodhrin wrote:
 CptJake wrote:
Damn, they've 'sold out' before I had a chance to order. How does a pre-order sell out?


Because GW have already produced how ever much stock they're going to produce.


Well, no, you're wrong. As has been mentioned ITT and elsewhere, Adam Troke has specifically said GW is allowing certain things to happen in limited quantities to gauge the interest of continuing support of SBG. The re-release of out of production models - which have sold out multiple times now; the release of new models through Forge World - whose sales have been apparently far more than FW anticipated; the release of a new sourcebook - which also sold out of it's initial print run nearly worldwide in a day or two; and the release of a new plastic kit - which has now sold out worldwide within a few hours - are all exceptionally good news for the entire SBG community as that is precisely what we needed to have happen.


I'm wrong, and then you spend a whole paragraph explaining exactly how I'm right? Question: How can a preorder sell out? Answer: Because GW produced the number of kits they intended to produce. Your criticism: You're wrong, because GW produced the number of kits they intended to produce


This might be a misinterpretation on my part. I read your response as GW has sold however much stuck they're going to produce, ever, when that is clearly not the case (and has been confirmed by GW Customer Service that more is on the way). So if you meant to say "GW has sold the number of kits they produced for this first production run, and there will be more coming", then yes, you are correct. In any other case, you're wrong, which is what I responded to, providing evidence of multiple production runs of re-released previously-out-of-production models.


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This might be a misinterpretation on my part.


No...that was my interpretation too. It was exactly what he said. "GW has already produced however much stock they're going to produce". If thats not what he means, then he didn't express himself clearly.


They're clearly just testing the waters. Like with Smaug, and the Osgiliath ruins that goes out of stock and comes back in stock regularly, the fact that it instantly sold out guarantees that they'll do another production run.

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 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
This might be a misinterpretation on my part.


No...that was my interpretation too. It was exactly what he said. "GW has already produced however much stock they're going to produce". If thats not what he means, then he didn't express himself clearly.

They're clearly just testing the waters. Like with Smaug, and the Osgiliath ruins that goes out of stock and comes back in stock regularly, the fact that it instantly sold out guarantees that they'll do another production run.


From what I understand, they produced a significant number of Laketown house kits (in the tens of thousands) and sold out much more quickly than they anticipated (like, much much much more quickly, by weeks and months) - the original second run was scheduled for February and GW are internally moving that second production run ahead of other kits. No matter what the reasoning was for people buying the kits (for Mordheim, sure), it sends a phenomenally good message to GW about how re-investing into SBG was a smart business move.

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Games Workshop: Warhammer World added 3 new photos.

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The Design Studio folks have loaned Warhammer World the painted Lake-town Houses, and icy Long Lake board they built, so you can see the new scenery set up in a mini diorama, in our store now!

(fear not if you missed ordering your own Lake-town House, the Goblins are hard at work in the plastic mines, just click "email me" and you'll be among the first to know when it's back in stock! : https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Lake-Town-House)








 
   
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While these aren't SPECIFICALLY LotR per say, Unreleased Miniatures just posted a lot of new Not-Last-Alliance Elves including some army bundles

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They also have a not-Iron Hills Dwarf army deal up including a not-Dain
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http://unreleasedminiatures.net/

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 His Master's Voice wrote:
 Yodhrin wrote:
I mean, what kind of madness would it be to build capacity into your production line that would enable you to respond to greater than expected demand?


Expensive is the word you're looking for. GW can't afford expensive these days, especially not when it comes to a niche line running on life support.


The trolls are out in force I see. I skipped the first release of the houses due to money. well, Christmas. But I think i'll get a triple pack next time round. I have a hankering to kit bash all three into the Masters mansion.
   
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 Kalamadea wrote:
While these aren't SPECIFICALLY LotR per say, Unreleased Miniatures just posted a lot of new Not-Last-Alliance Elves including some army bundles

I love their stuff. Just ordered a ton of Not-Gundabad and Not-HunterOrc command models, etc, for their Black Friday sale. I will most likely also get the Noble Elves so I can field Gil-Galad and his Court.

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Love the new houses and excited to get a feel for the actual book.

I need to start getting some terrain together. I'd love to do a no-joke ruins of Osgiliath board and perhaps a Gondor fishing village board.

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 godswildcard wrote:
Love the new houses and excited to get a feel for the actual book.

I need to start getting some terrain together. I'd love to do a no-joke ruins of Osgiliath board and perhaps a Gondor fishing village board.


I've been playing with the idea of an Osgilliath board actually. Was thinking about kit bashing it along with the goblin town scenery to make it look like the orcs have been throwing up some ramshackle construction during the invasion.
   
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Missed the new sourcebook just because GW did not send it to my favourite indipendent store. Sucha pity... I now have to wait.
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Fans of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ Strategy Battle Game have been celebrating the recent release of The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy™ There and Back Again supplement (Editor’s Note: this book has flown off the shelves and we are in the process of printing more even now, so click ’email me’ on the product page to be informed right away when they’re back in stock).

This 152-page book includes an array of new and updated profiles and army lists, and a cool new perk: Army Bonuses. These brand new Army Bonuses reward players for taking an army that is true to the films and built around a certain theme, providing an extra bonus that applies to the whole force! This allows players to faithfully recreate their favourite scenes from the movies and get something extra for doing so.

We caught up with the Middle-earth™ team’s Adam Troke and Jay Clare to see what this new book means for their own armies.

The Army of Thror

Adam: Back when we were playtesting the scenarios and army lists for The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy™ There and Back Again, I really enjoyed the ones that focused on the Army of Thror – who doesn’t love the idea of recreating the bloodiest battle in the history of the Dwarves!

The release of the new book has inspired me to bring out of retirement some of my fledgling armies from The Hobbit™ and first in line is my Army of Thror. Way back, I painted a couple of sets of Grim Hammers and a Thrain miniature, but it wasn’t until I played a cracking game against Lora Morle* at a recent event in Warhammer World that I realised I wanted to collect a whole army of my own. Lora’s army of stubborn little Dwarves looked fantastic, and they were led by Thorin Oakenshield™ and Dwalin the Dwarf™, and in the new There and Back Again book, there is a cool army special rule for the force. So this week, my own Grim Hammers and Thrain came out of mothballs, and already Young Thorin Oakenshield™ and his grandfather, Thror are on my painting table! I’ll be sticking with the red paint scheme for the elite models in the force, and doing some new Erebor Dwarves in blue to match Thorin.


Adam: In other news… I’ve always wanted to do an army for Dale, City of Men too. The Men of Dale have had a bit of a refresh, and I’m determined to do them justice with my own collection in the next couple of months. For starters, Girion, Lord of Dale has access to the Windlance, so I picked one up and have already built it (keeping the Bard the Bowman™ spare for when I want to use him with it instead). Girion can now start happily shooting at any Dragons, Trolls or any other beasties that threaten his lovely city.

*We’ve asked Lora to share her Dwarf army with us, and we’ll be showing it in a forthcoming blog post soon.

Survivors of Lake-town

Jay: Those who know me well will know that my absolute favourite army is my rather large collection for Lake-town, and it is something I have had a great deal of success with. Lake-town being, of course, the home of my all-time favourite character in Middle-earth – the Dragon-slayer himself, Bard the Bowman.

The release of The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy™ There and Back Again has led to some rather drastic changes to my armies; changes that have made me want to alter which models I take when I game with my own Survivors of Lake-town army. Now, usually I would ally my army with a selection of other models that would help my Lake-town force on the table (Saruman and Galadriel being the usual culprits). However, now if I were to do this I would lose the fantastic Army Bonus that the Survivors of Lake-town get for only taking models from that list, a sacrifice I am unwilling to make. Luckily for me, Gandalf™ the Grey is now part of the Survivors of Lake-town list, meaning that I can have the Grey Wizard lead some Lake-town Militia, and still have a Wizard to cater to all my spell-related needs.

Jay: The new book also adds a slew of new Heroes to the list, from Percy the mild-mannered porter to Bard’s children, and even the Master Burglar himself, Bilbo Baggins™. This has given me a greater range of characters to choose from, and means I can finally take Bilbo Baggins in my army – something I have been putting off for far too long. As I am a rather impatient sort, There and Back Again has also presented me with the opportunity to convert my own versions of the Heroes that have not yet been sculpted – as you can see with my conversion of Bain, son of Bard (made out of an Alfrid the Counselor with the head from a spare Bilbo Baggins).

The new The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy™ There and Back Again is a fantastic way to add even more characters and units to your games, and the Army Bonuses may even be an indication of what the future holds for the Strategy Battle Game…




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These army boni sound like formations going LOTR. Really interested to see what's behind this.
   
 
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