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Considering that the plasma gunner was £6 when it was being sold eArlier this year, I found it very, very disappointing that it’s price is now £15.

I don’t know how GW can justify it. considering that I wanted to finish off my Vostroyons in this window and now feel that I’d be a fool to buy at these prices, I can’t help but feel that GW have shot themselves in the foot here.

A great shame. I am considering writing an email to GW about it, but I don’t think that any email that I sent them would make any difference whosoever.


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I mean, purchasing 6 individual plasma gunner troops would cost £90.

Whut?

They seem to have gone with £15 as the minimum price for any item, which means you can grab 1 Grenade Launcher troop for £15 or buy a conmand squad for £20 which includes a grenade launcher and 4 other models.

They should have grouped the two officers into a £15 bundle and the two heavy weapons into a £15 bundle rather than £15 single purchases. Would still be painful and not great for those who only want more of a certain heavy weapon but at least more reasonable value for money.

I was tempted to pick up a Firstborn Army this weekend but whisky the squads are not too bad, the other bits are the killer. Plus very misleading description of the platoon set unless the photo is incomplete.

Picture shows what the platoon deal includes, which is the very same as it was waaaaaay back when they were first introduced alongside Cities of Death.

The description is wrong then as it claims to have a unique officer only available in that bundle but all the officers are also available in the seperate units below.

 BrookM wrote:
the very same as it was waaaaaay back when they were first introduced alongside Cities of Death.

[pedantic]Fall of Medusa V [/pedantic]



What do you mean "waaaaaay back"? Medusa V was waaay back at most.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
the very same as it was waaaaaay back when they were first introduced alongside Cities of Death.

[pedantic]Fall of Medusa V [/pedantic]



What do you mean "waaaaaay back"? Medusa V was waaay back at most.

It was 2006 when that all went down, feeling old yet? A lot of users were still in diapers or swimming somewhere at that stage of their lives.

Aeneades wrote:
The description is wrong then as it claims to have a unique officer only available in that bundle but all the officers are also available in the seperate units below.

Maybe they kept the description from the original release? Seem like a very GW thing to do XD

$25 usd for one sergeant, or special weapon. Pretty ridiculous.

lol, it's like "here guys, vets are cheaper in points..but you will pay for it elsewhere!" I guess they really want to give Anvil Industries the business, huh?

I decided if I get some cash for Christmas I'll take a swing at 4-5 of the basic squads...I can convert the rest or go aftermarket. The basic squad cost is fine, the obvious single figures are not.

Dayum, who cares about the single model special weapon prices when the platoon set is a stupid good deal; the last few that I've seen get sold went for ~$300.

Very tempted to grab platoon, firstborn, command, snipers; that'd get me one of each heavy weapon, two of each special weapon and vox, Hell, maybe two platoon boxes...

 BrookM wrote:
The platoon deal has:

1 officer with bolt pistol and chainsword
2 sergeants with laspistol
1 medic
1 vox caster
2 plasma guns
1 flamer
1 grenade launcher
1 mortar team
1 lascannon team
12 models with lasgun
3 casualties

Due to wording sometimes a heavy weapons team can be described as one / two models.

So no standard bearer!?

 Original Timmy wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
The platoon deal has:

1 officer with bolt pistol and chainsword
2 sergeants with laspistol
1 medic
1 vox caster
2 plasma guns
1 flamer
1 grenade launcher
1 mortar team
1 lascannon team
12 models with lasgun
3 casualties

Due to wording sometimes a heavy weapons team can be described as one / two models.

So no standard bearer!?

Nope that's in the £20 commander set, which was the case even in the original release.

 Elevenses wrote:

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 Original Timmy wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
The platoon deal has:

1 officer with bolt pistol and chainsword
2 sergeants with laspistol
1 medic
1 vox caster
2 plasma guns
1 flamer
1 grenade launcher
1 mortar team
1 lascannon team
12 models with lasgun
3 casualties

Due to wording sometimes a heavy weapons team can be described as one / two models.

So no standard bearer!?

Nope that's in the £20 commander set, which was the case even in the original release.

Dam :( ive now got to re-think my purchases as i was hoping to get the big boxset and a couple of the ridiculously overpriced single packs, God knows what the prices will be like afterwards on Ebay

 judgedoug wrote:
Dayum, who cares about the single model special weapon prices when the platoon set is a stupid good deal

Well, I do as I want the two single sergeants.

But yes, the platoon is good and IIRC the command squad is even cheaper (in Euro) than the last time it was sold. Hum... I guess I'm in for those two (and the sergeants... hmph) even if I already have most of the models (all in fact minus the casualties and the power fist guy).

I think I will treat myself afterall its the last chance im going to get them at this price, what is it about £150 for one of every thing ?

While I'm not a fan of the prices, I'm glad GW is giving players one last opportunity to purchase these. Hopefully they will do the same for all of the other OOP regiments.

Oh piss off GW.
£15 for individual models.
Pull your heads out your stupid asses

I was half way through collecting these when GW pulled the plug without even a "last chance to buy" warning. I was gutted at the time as I'd usually get a squad or a couple of blisters at Christmas and Birthdays. For me it's too good a chance to pick up the bits I need to complete my infantry company before they're only available on Ebay for stupid prices.

Man those prices for the special and heavy weapons is brutal. What the hell were they thinking?

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Man those prices for the special and heavy weapons is brutal. What the hell were they thinking?

That we'll blindly click "buy now" because they're "one week only".

The grenade launcher guy should have a special mention. Pay 20€ for it or pay 25€ to get him plus a whole command squad.

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Man those prices for the special and heavy weapons is brutal. What the hell were they thinking?

It's isn't particularly different from other old metals (including sisters) or new individual characters. Someone out there is paying those prices.

The rest of us make characters out of boxed sets or get them for essentially nothing in boxed sets.l


@Commissar Benny- I fully expect these 'last chances' to come around again. The modernized Space Hulk had four separate 'last chance' sales over the course of several years. And by sales, I mean it was put back up for sale at the list price.

These are, after all, made to order. they can just run another production cycle whenever they think demand for them is back.

I was going to do an order, but I can't remember my GW password, so guess that is fate giving a veto.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I was going to do an order, but I can't remember my GW password, so guess that is fate giving a veto.

. Fate is pretty lazy if a 30 second password reset process counts as a veto these days.

I'm really not sure what I want to buy, in an ultimate first world problem.
I don't even play 40k, and apart from some Tau I got cheap last year and still haven't built, the original Vostroyan Platoon set is the only 40k thing I now own.

But (assuming basic army comp is still 1HQ and 2 troops) it would be nice to have two platoons of two man squads, plus and overall HQ set. Hence I've made one order for the £20 commander set, and the two officers (given the insane prices these go for second hand, I'll accept the crazy GW price, unlike the special weapons guys).

Then I'm not sure whether to buy another platoon, with the £20 squad to ensure I own a heavy bolter crew (might as well for another £5 on top of a sole heavy bolter crew). Then I'd have a basic army set up, and have one of the platoons with three squads, coming to £95. I could even buy a further £20 squad and a couple of sole lascannons to have a HQ, two platoons of three squads each, and a battery of three lascannons. Though that's like.... £150, which is a lot for the purposes of a collection.

Or do I just buy two £20 sets, make it a single large platoon and call it a day, since I'm not about to pick the game up any time soon?

Edit: a quick google suggests platoons have long since vanished, which does push me towards the cheaper option!

I had no idea the Vostroyans were removed in the first place. Does this mean they're gone forever after this? I'm trying to decide if I need these or not.

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I had no idea the Vostroyans were removed in the first place. Does this mean they're gone forever after this? I'm trying to decide if I need these or not.

They could bring them back for another Made to Order, they still have the moulds. If they do... who knows.

Well, I really like the Vostroyans. So should you if you place an order. If you're not sure, save your money for something else like gambling, alcohol and wild women. Or just waste it.

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Considering that the plasma gunner was £6 when it was being sold eArlier this year, I found it very, very disappointing that it’s price is now £15.

I don’t know how GW can justify it. considering that I wanted to finish off my Vostroyons in this window and now feel that I’d be a fool to buy at these prices, I can’t help but feel that GW have shot themselves in the foot here.

A great shame. I am considering writing an email to GW about it, but I don’t think that any email that I sent them would make any difference whosoever.


Real talk it is incredibly easy to make a Melta out of the flamer sculpt and a plasma out of either a rifleman or the point sergeant (same pose as the scion plasma gunner for the point sarge)



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I mean, purchasing 6 individual plasma gunner troops would cost £90.

Whut?

Real talk it is incredibly easy to make a Melta out of the flamer sculpt and a plasma out of either a rifleman or the point sergeant (same pose as the scion plasma gunner for the point sarge)

Just buy the chains word sarge set a couple times. Use some spare plastic plasmas.



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This was a golden opportunity for gw to take the Piss out of stupid ebay scalpers charging crazy prices for the longtime oop vostroyans and they fethed that up royally. Casualties still only in the 125$ set, oops all 25$ each...only act of mercy is that ten man box.

spare plastic plasmas.

Oh you kidder! I've heard rumors of such things but never known one in real life.

In all seriousness, and I say this as the owner of a couple 100 metal IG and Necromunda it ain't easy to make that look good. It often looks like a lasgun with a plasma pistol or whatever glued to the end.

My current solution is to put a gun on their back and just have them over equipped.