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Nice to see the TS Praetor ... now only the other version of Custodes Terminators need to be released before I finally can order ...

Thats a sexy Praetor. Thousand Marines best marines.

Am I the only one who doesn't like the new model? It looks like kind of a shapeless blob, and those shoulder pads are just plain stupid.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Custodes aren't Space Marines.

Power armor, contemptor dreads, etc. They're space marines with gold paint.

Not just you. Thousand Sons fan, but underwhelmed by the Praetor.

Solid model, nothing overly impressive.

I kinda like these one model a week space marine releases, saves a lot of money

He's too much stuff, bling praetor of the bling brigade.

 Peregrine wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't like the new model? It looks like kind of a shapeless blob, and those shoulder pads are just plain stupid.

Agreed. Mediocre sculpt.

I actually like the praetor. YMMV.

I love the Praetor, got it from a friend that bought it on open day. I haven't painted him yet, but the sculpt is great, and there were no issues with the casting on mine. Solid detail, nice flowing robes. Very good!

New Tau tank, finally:

Another week of not my minotaur. Boo.

Another cash saving week

Thought they'd release the other Custodes Terminators.

Are those fuel tanks in Septembers WD battle reports Forgeworld models? The red, numbered ones. Unfortunately I do not have a photo at hand, but they are prominently featured in the magazines batreps.

Another week of "slap a random weapon on a sicaran model"

I think this accounts for all of the Sicaran variants that we've seen previewed, so that should be it for those.

Now we can wait on Aquilon Terminators with firepikes, the Orion aircraft, Tigersharks, Legion doors, etc.

shade1313 wrote:
I think this accounts for all of the Sicaran variants that we've seen previewed, so that should be it for those.

Now we can wait on Aquilon Terminators with firepikes, the Orion aircraft, Tigersharks, Legion doors, etc.

...among other things. :/

 Peregrine wrote:
New Tau tank, finally:

 Kirasu wrote:
Another week of "slap a random weapon on a sicaran model"

...and another week of complaints about FW's releases and unfunny LULZ posts too!

At least some people are as consistent as FW when it comes to releasing HH and SM stuff, amirite?

Has anyone tried emailing/calling/talking to FW directly?

I'd love to start emailing FW on the regular, but I absolutely hate email as a communication medium.

Plus, they're not exactly going to stop spamming Marine models if we ask them.

The best way to get FW to make more models in different ranges is to buy more FW models in different ranges.

The downside is that some ranges are really limited; you've got very few Dark Eldar choices and practically speaking there aren't many Tyranids either. As a result the Imperial/SM stuff sells much more strongly which in turn prompts FW to make more of them.

Plus don't forget FW is the boutique end of GW; and is restricted to online sales only and reduced marketing. As a direct result they only corner a smaller percentage of the total market potential anyway.

BTW, can I pick up a FW order in a GW store? The swiss customs is ridiculous...

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
BTW, can I pick up a FW order in a GW store? The swiss customs is ridiculous...

For some reason no.

It's been a no-brainer move to make for years, or even decades. It'd encourage people to make more impulse buys and not only save up for massive 250£ orders (that may or may not ever get sent for in the end), and it would increase traffic to GW stores.

But for some reason they'd never bothered with offering that as a choice.

Honestly I think its because of how FW is managed. FW has no retailer rate, its a flat price direct order from them only. GW stores have to make their own profits so for a GW store manager its no gain for them at all to be able to order FW product because the store won't gain anything from the sale.


I also think its because FW has less production capabilities than GW itself; so FW is likely not geared up to produce on the same scale. So likely would have trouble if they tried to retail through GW stores and thus got more advertising/marketing/market access.

That said its a huge issue for those overseas and yeah then I would at least have had a collect in store feature on the FW website; since (far as I know) FW comes out of the same factory site as GW stock.


I guess it could all just be a legacy issue coupled to FW not making enough return to change the way things are currently run (or GW doesn't get enough emails about it - seriously sometimes you gotta suggest/complain a bit for companies to actually be aware of issues)

People aren't even asking to order FW through stores or have them stock FW though, they just want to have the same option you get on the main GW site - deliver to a GW store with no shipping charge.

That would certainly increase FW sales I think, but not to the stage it would cripple their production line.

 Verviedi wrote:
I'd love to start emailing FW on the regular, but I absolutely hate email as a communication medium.

Plus, they're not exactly going to stop spamming Marine models if we ask them.

Any chance you guys could stop spamming this thread then?

 Yodhrin wrote:
People aren't even asking to order FW through stores or have them stock FW though, they just want to have the same option you get on the main GW site - deliver to a GW store with no shipping charge.

That would certainly increase FW sales I think, but not to the stage it would cripple their production line.

And even if it would, that's a supremely stupid reason to not do it. "Yea, we could do this one thing that would increase our sales (and thus profits) to above what we can currently produce so lets limit our sales instead of increasing our production capabilities"..

If GW is worried FW sales would cannibalize sales in GW stores, that's first of all a rather uncharacteristic concern for their store owners considering the increasing amount of stuff that gets put into Web-only, (presumably to ensure bigger profit margins for GW). The store managers would likely benefit from some impulse buys from the people picking up their FW purchases anyway, which would mitigate, cover or even overtake any loss from cannibalizing. The only reason for me to ever visit a GW store nowadays for example, would be if they had a FW-pickup point.

If they really cared for that cannibalizing issue however, they could just have the store where it's picked up get a small cut of the FW sale.

 Zywus wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
People aren't even asking to order FW through stores or have them stock FW though, they just want to have the same option you get on the main GW site - deliver to a GW store with no shipping charge.

That would certainly increase FW sales I think, but not to the stage it would cripple their production line.

And even if it would, that's a supremely stupid reason to not do it. "Yea, we could do this one thing that would increase our sales (and thus profits) to above what we can currently produce so lets limit our sales instead of increasing our production capabilities"..

If GW is worried FW sales would cannibalize sales in GW stores, that's first of all a rather uncharacteristic concern for their store owners considering the increasing amount of stuff that gets put into Web-only, (presumably to ensure bigger profit margins for GW). The store managers would likely benefit from some impulse buys from the people picking up their FW purchases anyway, which would mitigate, cover or even overtake any loss from cannibalizing. The only reason for me to ever visit a GW store nowadays for example, would be if they had a FW-pickup point.

If they really cared for that cannibalizing issue however, they could just have the store where it's picked up get a small cut of the FW sale.

They can't legally sell FW in GW stores without offering FW products to independent retailers. FW simply do not have the production capability to offer thier products to that quantity of retailers. Increasing the production capability is hard because resin casting is manual labour intensive compared to injection moulding.

Regarding the topic at hand though, I like the new sicarian variant and it's rules are pretty cool. Its nice to see a FW model without a face for a change - no painting disasters here!

DaemonJellybaby wrote:

 Zywus wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
People aren't even asking to order FW through stores or have them stock FW though, they just want to have the same option you get on the main GW site - deliver to a GW store with no shipping charge.

That would certainly increase FW sales I think, but not to the stage it would cripple their production line.

And even if it would, that's a supremely stupid reason to not do it. "Yea, we could do this one thing that would increase our sales (and thus profits) to above what we can currently produce so lets limit our sales instead of increasing our production capabilities"..

If GW is worried FW sales would cannibalize sales in GW stores, that's first of all a rather uncharacteristic concern for their store owners considering the increasing amount of stuff that gets put into Web-only, (presumably to ensure bigger profit margins for GW). The store managers would likely benefit from some impulse buys from the people picking up their FW purchases anyway, which would mitigate, cover or even overtake any loss from cannibalizing. The only reason for me to ever visit a GW store nowadays for example, would be if they had a FW-pickup point.

If they really cared for that cannibalizing issue however, they could just have the store where it's picked up get a small cut of the FW sale.

They can't legally sell FW in GW stores without offering FW products to independent retailers. FW simply do not have the production capability to offer thier products to that quantity of retailers. Increasing the production capability is hard because resin casting is manual labour intensive compared to injection moulding.

Regarding the topic at hand though, I like the new sicarian variant and it's rules are pretty cool. Its nice to see a FW model without a face for a change - no painting disasters here!

Didn't the battle bunkers use to stock forge world when they were a thing....