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 Jidmah wrote:
Mostly sucks for *new* DG players. I've got triples of DI and Lord Felthius Cohort plus I think six or seven of the ETB plague marines.

Through ebay and conquest, DG has probably been the cheapest army to start in a long time.

Yeah this is true, I'm still hoping for a roll out of Conquest here for that reason. I checked stores across the border but alas, they could not get the magazine for me.

Buying them in stores has been a matter of luck here as well, you pretty much need the subscription if you want the magazines. I basically bought the DG half up to #32 from one of our marine players, sadly he terminated his subscription afterwards.

Were the other two sets of Space Marine Heroes available to everyone? Japan obviously had them, but I think the UK got at least the terminator ones.

If they considered giving us a few of the marines via little box set games as the equivalent of releasing them in the US, I'll be mad. I want some nicely proportioned first born, GW!

We got the Terminator series in the US.
I was able to get them all at my local shop.

 skrulnik wrote:
We got the Terminator series in the US.
I was able to get them all at my local shop.

You're kidding me . Were they advertised on the website as well?

 GaroRobe wrote:
Were the other two sets of Space Marine Heroes available to everyone? Japan obviously had them, but I think the UK got at least the terminator ones.

If they considered giving us a few of the marines via little box set games as the equivalent of releasing them in the US, I'll be mad. I want some nicely proportioned first born, GW!

From 'A New Breed of Heroes' on Warhammer Community:

Would you like a range of new, uniquely posed Space Marines at pocket-money prices? Of course you would!

Do you want to travel all the way over to Japan for the privilege (beautiful country though it may be)? We thought not!

Just like a true Space Marine, you need have no fear, for Space Marine Heroes is hitting the shelves worldwide next weekend!

 GaroRobe wrote:

 skrulnik wrote:
We got the Terminator series in the US.
I was able to get them all at my local shop.

You're kidding me . Were they advertised on the website as well?

Actually, they weren't sold at GW stores. So independent stores had them, boardgame stores had them, but no GW shops in North America. I don't think they were sold through the website either.

angryboy2k wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:

 skrulnik wrote:
We got the Terminator series in the US.
I was able to get them all at my local shop.

You're kidding me . Were they advertised on the website as well?

Actually, they weren't sold at GW stores. So independent stores had them, boardgame stores had them, but no GW shops in North America. I don't think they were sold through the website either.

Not to be disagreeable, but they absolutely were sold via GW stores here in the US. My local did a painting contest around them

 GaroRobe wrote:
If they considered giving us a few of the marines via little box set games as the equivalent of releasing them in the US, I'll be mad. I want some nicely proportioned first born, GW!

I don't know what you want, USA had best release of these. Cheap, not random, in shops often doing sales, this is literally 'rest of the planet had it worse' deal...

Complaining about the US game releases is kinda petty. You got almost all of the models, CHEAP, with no random blind box BS. How was that a bad thing? And the games weren't even terrible...

Personally, the only complaint with regards to the games I consider acceptable is that they were more or less Barnes and Noble exclusives.

 Kanluwen wrote:

angryboy2k wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:

 skrulnik wrote:
We got the Terminator series in the US.
I was able to get them all at my local shop.

You're kidding me . Were they advertised on the website as well?

Actually, they weren't sold at GW stores. So independent stores had them, boardgame stores had them, but no GW shops in North America. I don't think they were sold through the website either.

Not to be disagreeable, but they absolutely were sold via GW stores here in the US. My local did a painting contest around them

Maybe it was just Canada then. Series 2 (the terminators) were not sold in GW here - not for lack of desire on the part of the managers!
Series 1s were definitely sold in GW stores.

I picked up a few series 1 (the tactical marines). I don’t recall ever seeing the terminators at my FLGS, but I don’t get there with much frequency, and might have just missed the window they were available.

Made for fun stocking stuffers that Christmas.

 Nevelon wrote:
I picked up a few series 1 (the tactical marines). I don’t recall ever seeing the terminators at my FLGS, but I don’t get there with much frequency, and might have just missed the window they were available.

Made for fun stocking stuffers that Christmas.

I saw the terminators mostly at Barnes and Noble. Honestly, I think there were still some there last time I went (only a few weeks ago).
I pulled three of that captain. I did not need three of that captain....

Speaking of Christmas, isn't this the time we normally get information on the Battleforce bundles for 40k/AoS?

Flgs had series one, I don’t think we had the terminators though.

I stand corrected on the space marine hero games. I'm not sure why, but I thought they were waaay more expensive than they actually are. The expansion sets are a really good deal.

Ahah.
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Space-Marine-Heroes-3-Fdispenser-row

Nope. Not at $12 per space marine.

Good job obscuring that last model GW, then just showing the side of the box.
Not that I grasp the idea of showing off 5 models and refusing to show the sixth, but failing at it just seems absurd.

Still cheaper than plague marine reinforcements.

Also a hell lot cheaper than what re-sellers from japan are asking, I'm definitely getting a box when the codex drops, just for the flail and standard bearer.

Remember that the 'reinforcements' weren't. That triple box started out as a LE product, with art from John Blanche's concepts or whatever.

I am aware. Still, the difference between the 6 heros and regular set of 7 is less than 8€, and from a business point of view it makes sense to not make them cheaper.

 GaroRobe wrote:
Were the other two sets of Space Marine Heroes available to everyone? Japan obviously had them, but I think the UK got at least the terminator ones.

If they considered giving us a few of the marines via little box set games as the equivalent of releasing them in the US, I'll be mad. I want some nicely proportioned first born, GW!

Series 1 - 13 figures
Japan had 12 in the random box. Plus the captain sold separately.
Rest of the world had 9 in the random box. To get the remaining 4 you need the Labyrinth of the Necron game and maybe one of the two expansions if you’re unlucky with the blind box.
Series 2 - 10 figures
Japan had 6 in the random box 1 of which is not in the rest of the world box. Plus the standard bearer separately in a paint set.
Rest of the world 9 in the random box 3 of which are not in Japanese box. To get the full set of 10 you need the Maeklus (the missing one from the Japanese box) from the Rise of the Orks game.
Barnes and Nobles has the series 2 blind boxes and the two Space Marine Adventures games and expansions. I found blind boxes cheaper on Amazon.


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Has anyone heard if the plunge caster and paint set will be available to the rest of the world?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Remember that the 'reinforcements' weren't. That triple box started out as a LE product, with art from John Blanche's concepts or whatever.

Then they took that stuff out, but left it at basically the same price.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Remember that the 'reinforcements' weren't. That triple box started out as a LE product, with art from John Blanche's concepts or whatever.

Then they took that stuff out, but left it at basically the same price.

The plan was to discontinue the three brothers for ever, but they brought them back due to popular demand. I see nothing wrong with them selling those three models as collector's items - there really is no need to ever buy them if you don't want those three specific sculpts.

They made a surplus of Plague Marine sculpts, and decided to sell three of them with a bunch of useless tat for a massively inflated price.

Then they got rid of the useless tat and kept them at the massively inflated price.

Meanwhile, the 3 Ezy-2-Build Plague Marines, all stemming from the same project that made them and no more than any other "collectable" ezy build mono-pose model, were a fraction of that cost. It was a scam, through and through.

Did anyone actually manage to get some of the Death Guard reinforcements? They were unavailable before I even knew they were coming to the UK!

I also didn't see anything on the marketing to say they were a limited release but apparently they were?

Thanks to the Loot Group I was able to pick up the Series 3 Space Marine Heroes and the Plaguecaster/ Paint set on the Japan release.

I've bought a second set now to be painted up in my alternate Xandri Dust colour scheme for my Plague Marines.

I was never one really for Death Guard models but subscribing to Conquest cured me of that and I really enjoyed working on them.

Having a surplus of the easy build Plague Marines persuaded me to get creative with clippers, saw and a bits box.


For the near future, I'm looking forward to the Blood Angels Combat Patrol so that my Silver Templars gain some re-reinforcements plus a 'relatively' cheap Impulsor.

Loot Group’s Man in Japan can still sort you - but be aware the postage is, predictably, not especially cheap!

The UK Cost was pushing it as it was, £45 with postage etc. I don't care how limited they are, I won't be spending a penny more on them than that!

Sold out in Germany as well.