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**DarkStarSabre**

....

Yep.

Dodged that bullet.

Guess Chaos still gets shafted with the Hellturkey.

Would've been nice to have a non-dinobot vehicle for a change.

**Mymearan**

Honestly I like the Stormtalon more than this new variant. It looks to much like what it is - a bolt-on kit.

**SpyderG6**

I'm hoping that SM flyer has the option to put the old Stormtalon canopy on it. I'm not a fan of the fully enclosed look. It makes too much sense to armor the pilot.

**Nevelon**

casvalremdeikun wrote:
Good point. It definitely looks like an Icarus Stormcannon. Perhaps it will add Interceptor to the Stormhawk, which would be neat but kinda worthless to a flyer since they come in late. I do expect this thing to push 200 points due to the number of weapons. At the very least it packs an Autocannon of some sort, the pod weapons of the Stormtalon, and a Twin-Linked Assault Cannon. Who knows what else it has. And if abilities get thrown in on top of that, it will be a pretty nice, if fragile, flyer. If it comes with a formation for running it and some Stormtalons or if it is available for Blood Angels, I am definitely in. I do have one unbuilt Stormtalon, if I could get the upgrade sprue separately, I might get myself two of these!

Interceptor would make it less reliant on reserve rolls. When you have a glass hammer, you want it to show up after the other guy, so you get the first shot in. And if you have a good enough hammer, one shot should be all it takes. Interceptor, coupled with long range guns (which it has) will let you get your shots off in a dogfight, even if you go second.

But I suspect that it’s not going to have it, as the interceptor is probably based more on the overall “array” nature of the stalker, and not the gun itself. But that’s just me guessing.

(Which is the stage we are at in the leak cycle,

)

**shade1313**

Ushtarador wrote:
shade1313 wrote:

Enjoy your "safe space", away from that mean old "real world" where people have opinions that differ from yours.

Adult way of stating your opinion: "I don't like the aesthetics of this new flyer, it does not appeal to me"

That wasn't that hard, yes?

We're getting ridiculously bad turd designs so often that something only slightly better, something that's not even new, just a conversion sprue for one of the turdiest designs of the last several years, is being lauded.

And, yes, that's my opinion. Others are welcome to theirs.

They took a model that had terrible proportions that look neither plausible as a working, flying war machine, nor aesthetically pleasing, and kept the idiotic proportions when they made a new sprue to add bits onto it. It could have been decent, even good, but they refuse to see the core problem with the design.

**casvalremdeikun**

I just hope that the cockpit and nosegun mount need to be used together. I would use the original Stormtalon cockpit assembly if it can be done without alteration. I agree that it probably won't have hover, so the Storm Talon will still have a place.

**Crimson Devil**

casvalremdeikun wrote:
commander dante wrote:
Just watch as BA get the shaft again when they are not allowed access to it...
Without a doubt this is going to happen. BA will only get the Stormraven. I would love for them to get an interceptor version of the Stormraven. Take off all transport capacity and make it a gunboat. Unfortunately, that describes the Fire Raptor and C:SM get that one.

Well, I'm not terribly broken up about not getting it. I don't hate the stormhawk, but I'm not excited about it either. Probably wont buy it either way.

If GW ever give the BA another flyer I would prefer an air superiority fighter based on the DA's Nephilim or your gunboat idea.

**Hivefleet Oblivion**

Back OT - looks like the Ork Flya is now £42 [or £40?] with the upgrade sprue. Compares with £27.50 for the present model.

**Janthkin**

If you can't express disagreement with other posters without being rude, you would do better to avoid posting at all.

**casvalremdeikun**

Crimson Devil wrote:
casvalremdeikun wrote:
commander dante wrote:
Just watch as BA get the shaft again when they are not allowed access to it...
Without a doubt this is going to happen. BA will only get the Stormraven. I would love for them to get an interceptor version of the Stormraven. Take off all transport capacity and make it a gunboat. Unfortunately, that describes the Fire Raptor and C:SM get that one.

Well, I'm not terribly broken up about not getting it. I don't hate the stormhawk, but I'm not excited about it either. Probably wont buy it either way.

If GW ever give the BA another flyer I would prefer an air superiority fighter based on the DA's Nephilim or your gunboat idea.

Eh...I would rather we didn't get anything that even visually resembles the Nephilim. I think this is way cart-before-horse because let's face it, Bangles are probably not getting anything.

**Kanluwen**

Can anyone read what the USD price is?

**the_Armyman**

Hivefleet Oblivion wrote:

Back OT - looks like the Ork Flya is now £42 with the upgrade sprue. Compares with £27.50 for the present model.

I've always thought the Dakkajet was a very nice kit at a decent pricepoint. Might be time to pick another one up before that bump.

**Abadabadoobaddon**

What happened to the windshield? Are these piloted like dreadnoughts?

**BrokenRecord**

Kanluwen wrote:

Can anyone read what the USD price is?

It appears to be $29 US / 40 CAD, but that seems a little low, not that I'd complain if that was the case.

**warhead01**

I was just told to expect it to be $85.00 USD

**BrookM**

€52, so $66 USD

**casvalremdeikun**

Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
What happened to the windshield? Are these piloted like dreadnoughts?

DUDE! That would be frickin' awesome!

**Mymearan**

It's €52 so probably ~$65.

**Ghaz**

BrokenRecord wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:

Can anyone read what the USD price is?

It appears to be $29 US / 40 CAD, but that seems a little low, not that I'd complain if that was the case.

Unless it actually is a bolt on kit and you need a Storm Talon/Dakkajet to use it, e.g. the Chapter upgrade sprues

**warhead01**

The text is strange. Is it a Smasha Gun or Lifta droppa...
Wish the writers would make up their minds... Do smaha guns "lift" their targets?

**Hanskrampf**

BrokenRecord wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:

Can anyone read what the USD price is?

It appears to be $29 US / 40 CAD, but that seems a little low, not that I'd complain if that was the case.

It's already 42 GBP and 52€. 29 USD can't be right.

**Hivefleet Oblivion**

Ghaz wrote:

Unless it actually is a bolt on kit and you need a Storm Talon/Dakkajet to use it, e.g. the Chapter upgrade sprues

Copy says it's all one kit.

**Vankraken**

My guess is $65 US based on conversion rate and that is a lot closer to what the current Ork flyer kit is than $85. I highly doubt they will sell many models at $85.

**TheCustomLime**

I really like the look of the new flyer. The Imperium has finally figured out that a glass window isn't the only way for a pilot to see out of his craft.

**casvalremdeikun**

The thing I find incredibly funny about the Stormhawk is that there are numerous customs people have done to improve the appearance of the Stormtalon, and this looks very similar to a good many of those. Not going to accuse GW of plagiarism, but it is eerily similar.

**Azreal13**

Hanskrampf wrote:
BrokenRecord wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:

Can anyone read what the USD price is?

It appears to be $29 US / 40 CAD, but that seems a little low, not that I'd complain if that was the case.

It's already 42 GBP and 52€. 29 USD can't be right.

So the Stormtalon is £27.50 as at 5 minutes ago, and this new flier, which is nothing more than a Stormtalon with recut/exchanged sprues, is £42?!!

**casvalremdeikun**

Azreal13 wrote:
Hanskrampf wrote:
BrokenRecord wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:

Can anyone read what the USD price is?

It appears to be $29 US / 40 CAD, but that seems a little low, not that I'd complain if that was the case.

It's already 42 GBP and 52€. 29 USD can't be right.

So the Stormtalon is £27.50 as at 5 minutes ago, and this new flier, which is nothing more than a Stormtalon with recut/exchanged sprues, is £42?!!

it is an entirely new sprue in addition to the full Stormtalon kit. Think the Knight Warden kit vs. The Knight Paladin kit.

**Hivefleet Oblivion**

Azreal13 wrote:

So the Stormtalon is £27.50 as at 5 minutes ago, and this new flier, which is nothing more than a Stormtalon with recut/exchanged sprues, is £42?!!

Yup, almost certainly. Altho I can't quite tell if that's £42 or £40.

**Crazyterran**

Looks like the gun from the Stalker, a Skyhammer launcher, and a TL-Assault Cannon all on one bird.

Not bad.

**H.B.M.C.**

When the Chibi-Hawk first came out I lamented its lack of fuselage. Took Chapterhouse to fix that.

Then when we heard rumours of what would be the Space Guppy, I made the joke that this one wouldn't have any wings. I was right!

Now this new one comes along... and fixes both problems! I think it's great!

Hivefleet Oblivion wrote:
Back OT - looks like the Ork Flya is now £42 [or £40?] with the upgrade sprue. Compares with £27.50 for the present model.

Thanks GW. A guess Kirby-itis takes time to cure.