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Oh ye of little faith!
(from GW Salisbury on Facebook)

Can we get them for the old 80's or early 90's prices?

I'm betting now that Fincast is all but phased out from use on new releases, this is what GW is doing with that equipment. That said I doubt we'll see any models that precede when GW reworked molds to be better compatible with this equipment.

Space Fleet shall live again!


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I am very happy with this news, I kick myself for not stocking up back in the days you could still order damn near anything GW ever made.

Yes please oh my Emperor please let this be true.

Daddy's got some spending to do.

Hope they sell some Epic models.

Oh waw, yes please! There are plenty of fantasy models I missed out on from the Brettonian, Beastmen and Tomb Kings ranges as well as plenty of Mordheim models I'd love to get my hands on.

A service that I won't be able to get through a discounter, unfortunately but given the circumstances GW's silly pricing probably wont deter me this time.

Bring it on!

Although, maybe it's their way of doing some about turns. They could claim Tomb Kings were requested and bring them back. A way of undoing some bad decisions and claim it's a customer choice thing.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Squats.

10 more years.

If this means I can pick up some pop models then yay.

If it includes old specialist games stuff, then I'll be making some relationship endangering large orders.

Fw hive tyrants? That would be a crazy hot seller.

Necromunda Arbites and Enforcers.

Plus I want more 40k "SOB Frateris Militia":

I loved using these guys for objectives or to add to cultist figures (I have metal ones as well).

I can't quite figure how they'll make this profitable and convenient.

It is a good idea. If they will organize it in a sensible way like a handful of ranges each month so people have a good chance it will get produced, I cannot see anything wrong with this. I occassionaly buy older GW metal models from their webshop and have not been disappointed by their offerings. Other companies like Bryan Ansell's Foundry Miniatures are doing this, too, and it is nice to be able to buy some OOP models again.

Oh man, if Necromunda and BFG minis pop up my wallet will be put into a most dangerous place.

 Talizvar wrote:
Necromunda Arbites and Enforcers.

Plus I want more 40k "SOB Frateris Militia":
I loved using these guys for objectives or to add to cultist figures (I have metal ones as well).

It's like you're reading my mind!

Wait a sec maybe you are reading my mind.

He's a witch!!! Get him!!!!

Daedalus81 wrote:
I can't quite figure how they'll make this profitable and convenient.

By making it really, really, really, really.. expensive.

more news on the 15th.

 Azreal13 wrote:

Daedalus81 wrote:
I can't quite figure how they'll make this profitable and convenient.

By making it really, really, really, really.. expensive.

That's for sure. But they may still get me - with the right models.

I'm curious, if they brought back the old back catalog but in Finecast, do people really want that? I still have the last two GW catalogs they shipped and paw thru them looking at the pictures, but I've had much better luck getting old metal models off ebay and rehabilitating them then I have had with any of their resin casts, and ebay's a hell of a lot cheaper.

Imagine...Lair of the Astromancer, Chapel, Plasma Annihilator, Chapel of Sanctuary.
Vampire Raider, Macharius Omega...

Chikout wrote:
Oh ye of little faith!
(from GW Salisbury on Facebook)

I went and checked your sources, and yep, you're right!


I'm really interested to see where this goes.

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I'm curious, if they brought back the old back catalog but in Finecast, do people really want that? I still have the last two GW catalogs they shipped and paw thru them looking at the pictures, but I've had much better luck getting old metal models off ebay and rehabilitating them then I have had with any of their resin casts, and ebay's a hell of a lot cheaper.

I, personally, won't be touching ang special order stuff unless it's metal. Life is too short for Finecast.

So, any idea on when the entire Finecast range is gonna go up on Last Chance to Buy?

Herzlos wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I'm curious, if they brought back the old back catalog but in Finecast, do people really want that? I still have the last two GW catalogs they shipped and paw thru them looking at the pictures, but I've had much better luck getting old metal models off ebay and rehabilitating them then I have had with any of their resin casts, and ebay's a hell of a lot cheaper.

I, personally, won't be touching ang special order stuff unless it's metal. Life is too short for Finecast.

Exactly, but I would buy the pants off of the back catalog if it was available in metal again. I never managed to get the History of Space Marine Armor set, and that's actually kinda pricey now in metal. There are so many good old Marines sculpts that I don't have nearly enough of.

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I'm curious, if they brought back the old back catalog but in Finecast, do people really want that? I still have the last two GW catalogs they shipped and paw thru them looking at the pictures, but I've had much better luck getting old metal models off ebay and rehabilitating them then I have had with any of their resin casts, and ebay's a hell of a lot cheaper.

No way. As much as I love the old Necromunda and BFG ranges, if they brought them back in Finecast I wouldn't touch them. Metal or nothing in my opinion. I will only buy a Finecast model if it is something I really (and I mean really) like the sculpt of and I can see the model physically before I buy it. I've seen far too many horrendous warpings, detail destroying bubbles, and other miscasts on the models I've seen (and in one of the two sets of finecast models I purchased).

To be honest, I think Kan is probably right and it will likely only be plastics and maybe a select few models from the 40k range.

Any time you have a bad cast from GW I'm pretty sure they will replace or refund it.

Pretty much any "specialist games" stuff they brought back I'd be all over. That said I'm even keener on new editions in glorious plastic a la Space Hulk and Blood Bowl.

 Sabotage! wrote:

To be honest, I think Kan is probably right and it will likely only be plastics and maybe a select few models from the 40k range.

Probably. It'll most likely be some new prints of stuff like bretonnian and tomb king plastics. (which would make it the third "last chance" to buy those in the span of a single year)

Don't get your hopes up for ancient stuff like space crusade ships or gob-lobbers

 Azreal13 wrote:
I... felt something.

As if a thousand wallets all cried out at once and were suddenly emptied...

I need to prepare my wallet I want some tomb king models for my Death army. Since mannfred had skeletons armed with Khopesh's and I recall he had some Ushabti lying around as well.

I think a lot of people are gonna have their hopes dashed. I just don't believe GW is reaching as far into their back catalog as people are hoping.

On their post they say "...old model when they went onto last chance"... As best as I can remember the "last chance" moniker isn't that old; at least not old enough to cover things like Necromunda or Space Crusade.

I think hoping for anything other than models that were at one point available in Finecast is setting yourself up for disappointment. IF GW does end up going deeper into their back catalog there is no way it'll happen so all at once.