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I got mine, just happened to be going into store anyway yesterday morning, so preordered the full 6 whilst there.

Doohicky wrote:
I got mine, just happened to be going into store anyway yesterday morning, so preordered the full 6 whilst there.

*looks at location flag*

Lucy, I think you got some 'splainin' to do...

I saw that the full 6 pack and singles were showing as "In Stock" at Element Games yesterday at 10 am odd, not long after they were listed as unavailable. Personally I ordered mine from Firestorm Games...I just hope they can fulfill my order of a case if 6, fingers crossed.

I've been informed that the Death Guard blind buys are a one and done type deal. Don't think they'll be restocking them.

Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

when can i buy a chronomancer..... ooooomg

 Dysartes wrote:

Doohicky wrote:
I got mine, just happened to be going into store anyway yesterday morning, so preordered the full 6 whilst there.

*looks at location flag*

Lucy, I think you got some 'splainin' to do...

Uk =/= England.

Stores are open in Northern Ireland.


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ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
I saw that the full 6 pack and singles were showing as "In Stock" at Element Games yesterday at 10 am odd, not long after they were listed as unavailable. Personally I ordered mine from Firestorm Games...I just hope they can fulfill my order of a case if 6, fingers crossed.

Elemental games did same thing with indomitus. My friend ordered his copy from there. He still hasn't received it as they massively oversold.

 Sasori wrote:
Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

Probably will get Assault Intercessors, Bladeguard Veterans, and Gladiator with the Blood Angels release. We will have to wait for Heavy Intercessors, Eradicators, and Storm Speeder to come out with Dark Angels.

Semper wrote:
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?

I've given up on GW.
I don't buy a lot from them anymore, but everything I see in an email from them I want is sold out by the time I get to the webstore. Not only sold out, but usually never to be made available again. Kinda pointless getting involved in playing a set of game rules where most of the components you want are limited edition.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

Probably will get Assault Intercessors, Bladeguard Veterans, and Gladiator with the Blood Angels release. We will have to wait for Heavy Intercessors, Eradicators, and Storm Speeder to come out with Dark Angels.

That's what I'm thinking too. Probably the first week of December.

eosgreen wrote:
when can i buy a chronomancer..... ooooomg

I'm resigning myself to next year at this point. The kill team release will have the flayed ones and crypteks alongside.

If I'm wrong, it'll be a pleasant surprise, but it beats being disappointed every Sunday.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

Probably will get Assault Intercessors, Bladeguard Veterans, and Gladiator with the Blood Angels release. We will have to wait for Heavy Intercessors, Eradicators, and Storm Speeder to come out with Dark Angels.

That's a joke. GW released a supplement in which a whole core unit (Indomitor Kill team) depends on Heavy Intercessors, and we are supposed to not play them until January?
I'm closer and closer to buying "third party" models. And I'm pretty sure many people will do the same as they lose their patience.

DanielFM wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

Probably will get Assault Intercessors, Bladeguard Veterans, and Gladiator with the Blood Angels release. We will have to wait for Heavy Intercessors, Eradicators, and Storm Speeder to come out with Dark Angels.

That's a joke. GW released a supplement in which a whole core unit (Indomitor Kill team) depends on Heavy Intercessors, and we are supposed to not play them until January?
I'm closer and closer to buying "third party" models. And I'm pretty sure many people will do the same as they lose their patience.

nothing new this week *sighs*

Was considering getting some Nurgle guys for Christmas but I guess GW made that decision for me. Sold out in 24 h means me saving money.

Don't care about chasing a hobby company for some plastic models to be honest. Screw that.

DanielFM wrote:

That's a joke. GW released a supplement in which a whole core unit (Indomitor Kill team) depends on Heavy Intercessors, and we are supposed to not play them until January?
I'm closer and closer to buying "third party" models. And I'm pretty sure many people will do the same as they lose their patience.

Gee, ask Raven Guard players how they felt having to wait for the Imperial Fist supplement to drop to get Incursors(which have now gotten a huge kick in the nards thanks to the Haywire Mine no longer being a deployable and instead being a once per game attack) and Impulsors.

It sucks but it happens. You'll survive.

DanielFM wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

Probably will get Assault Intercessors, Bladeguard Veterans, and Gladiator with the Blood Angels release. We will have to wait for Heavy Intercessors, Eradicators, and Storm Speeder to come out with Dark Angels.

That's a joke. GW released a supplement in which a whole core unit (Indomitor Kill team) depends on Heavy Intercessors, and we are supposed to not play them until January?
I'm closer and closer to buying "third party" models. And I'm pretty sure many people will do the same as they lose their patience.

Yeah it's weird. Marines being treated like rest of factions.

I'm still waiting for Wolfguard Ranulf to be released. If he's not out in the next five or so years I'm definitely going third party.

tneva82 wrote:

DanielFM wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

Probably will get Assault Intercessors, Bladeguard Veterans, and Gladiator with the Blood Angels release. We will have to wait for Heavy Intercessors, Eradicators, and Storm Speeder to come out with Dark Angels.

That's a joke. GW released a supplement in which a whole core unit (Indomitor Kill team) depends on Heavy Intercessors, and we are supposed to not play them until January?
I'm closer and closer to buying "third party" models. And I'm pretty sure many people will do the same as they lose their patience.

Yeah it's weird. Marines being treated like rest of factions.

what factions have had to wait 6 months after their codex to get a model release?

There's a pandemic that's put a spanner in the works for a lot of things, I'm really shocked you haven't heard. Also, Codex Space Marines was released one month ago, not six.

JWBS wrote:
There's a pandemic that's put a spanner in the works for a lot of things...

And yet things keep coming out? They can release an entire new edition of Blood Bowl but not Heavy Intercessors? Not a Chronomancer?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

JWBS wrote:
There's a pandemic that's put a spanner in the works for a lot of things...

And yet things keep coming out? They can release an entire new edition of Blood Bowl but not Heavy Intercessors? Not a Chronomancer?

Why haven't they released Bladeguard and Assault Intercessors and Gravis Captain too? On their pre-pandemic schedule? Yet they do release some things But not everything How very curious.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

JWBS wrote:
There's a pandemic that's put a spanner in the works for a lot of things...

And yet things keep coming out? They can release an entire new edition of Blood Bowl but not Heavy Intercessors? Not a Chronomancer?

Remember that 4-6 month period when nothing new (or even old) got made? We know they have the moulds but even with the best will in the world, making 25k sprues, putting them all in the hands of the socially distanced interns to pack them up and shrink-wrap, then finally getting them into the distribution channels for simultaneous global release takes time. Plus BB has a third-party tie-in with Cyanide which may be forcing their hand WRT specific timing. Oh and of course they’re still making Indomitus boxes because demand was unbelievable. And we’ll just ignore Warcry v2, and all the other AoS shenanigans going on. Oh and the ramp-up to the Xmas boxes.

Actually, who knows, maybe the big crimbo company box will have both heavy and assault intercessors in all their multipart glory, with an individual release to follow?

JWBS wrote:
There's a pandemic that's put a spanner in the works for a lot of things, I'm really shocked you haven't heard. Also, Codex Space Marines was released one month ago, not six.

that excuse runs weak when you realize they did the same thing last time Marines got a enw codex and slowly trickled their releases out alongside the supplements.

 Kanluwen wrote:

DanielFM wrote:

That's a joke. GW released a supplement in which a whole core unit (Indomitor Kill team) depends on Heavy Intercessors, and we are supposed to not play them until January?
I'm closer and closer to buying "third party" models. And I'm pretty sure many people will do the same as they lose their patience.

Gee, ask Raven Guard players how they felt having to wait for the Imperial Fist supplement to drop to get Incursors(which have now gotten a huge kick in the nards thanks to the Haywire Mine no longer being a deployable and instead being a once per game attack) and Impulsors.

It sucks but it happens. You'll survive.

Two wrongs don't make one good. It even adds to the insult.

JWBS wrote:
Why haven't they released Bladeguard and Assault Intercessors and Gravis Captain too? On their pre-pandemic schedule? Yet they do release some things But not everything How very curious.

It's not like you know any more than anyone else does, so I don't know why you're acting like this.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

JWBS wrote:
Why haven't they released Bladeguard and Assault Intercessors and Gravis Captain too? On their pre-pandemic schedule? Yet they do release some things But not everything How very curious.

It's not like you know any more than anyone else does, so I don't know why you're acting like this.

I'm being facetious because the line of discussion is kinda inane and so it amuses me. True, I know no more than anyone else, but maybe we should try to eliminate some of the possibilities in a Sherlockian manner?

What's up with this weird release schedule? Possible options -

1) To annoy people here on Dakka
2) A fungus-polluted water supply at GW HQ causing mass hallucinations among the GW management, making them think that this is a pretty cool way to do it
3) Worldwide ball bearing shortage
4) Pandemic
5) They're using a magic 8 ball to plan the releases and every time they ask "Heavy Intercessors?" the 8 ball replies "Ask again later"

JWBS wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

JWBS wrote:
Why haven't they released Bladeguard and Assault Intercessors and Gravis Captain too? On their pre-pandemic schedule? Yet they do release some things But not everything How very curious.

It's not like you know any more than anyone else does, so I don't know why you're acting like this.

I'm being facetious because the line of discussion is kinda inane and so it amuses me. True, I know no more than anyone else, but maybe we should try to eliminate some of the possibilities in a Sherlockian manner?

What's up with this weird release schedule? Possible options -

1) To annoy people here on Dakka
2) A fungus-polluted water supply at GW HQ causing mass hallucinations among the GW management, making them think that this is a pretty cool way to do it
3) Worldwide ball bearing shortage
4) Pandemic
5) They're using a magic 8 ball to plan the releases and every time they ask "Heavy Intercessors?" the 8 ball replies "Ask again later"

or 6) they're relasing marines slowly over a period of 4 months or so so that there is a miniature release with each supplement, this isn't some new covid thing. GW has done this before and we hated it then

There's also good justification in terms of sales hype and volume. If they drop everything in one go on a major release it creates a huge storm of attention; but your hobby fans only have X amount that month to spend and only X amount of time/cost justification that month.

If you instead spread it out then that X value gets topped up each month. So if you drip feed each block of releases become a major release with lots of sales.

If you drop it all in one go the risk is that only still only sell X worth of value and then sales in the following months reduce because you've lost the marketing hype.





That likely explains ONE of the reasons GW spreads out releases when there isn't a pandemic.

As for right now, the Pandemic is playing a nightmare for GW in terms of capping their production capacity; which was already under strain before Corona. Add to that a second Indomitus wave print because of exceptional demand and then the run up toward Christmas where, even without Xmas bonus boxes (we expect them but have no confirmation), we'd expect higher sales.
Ontop of all that the Pandemic has also shut down a lot of people's other interests (like eating out and going out) so stay-at-home hobbies have seen a huge rise in sales.


Whilst its great for GW in terms of income, its a pain for them because they simply cannot produce to meet demand right now. I suspect they are teasing things out. Heck I suspect the first wave of codex would have happened right after Indomitus went on sale, perhaps a week or two later. Follow that up and things like last wave of necron/marine models might well have been set for near Christmas. Instead we got a huge drop in October which was likely two or three spread out releases squished together.

BrianDavion wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

DanielFM wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Bloodbowl and Titanticus this week.

Maybe Space Marine stuff will start coming in the middle of the month?

Probably will get Assault Intercessors, Bladeguard Veterans, and Gladiator with the Blood Angels release. We will have to wait for Heavy Intercessors, Eradicators, and Storm Speeder to come out with Dark Angels.

That's a joke. GW released a supplement in which a whole core unit (Indomitor Kill team) depends on Heavy Intercessors, and we are supposed to not play them until January?
I'm closer and closer to buying "third party" models. And I'm pretty sure many people will do the same as they lose their patience.

Yeah it's weird. Marines being treated like rest of factions.

what factions have had to wait 6 months after their codex to get a model release?

The roughly 1/2 of them that got no model update at all....generally for a couple codexes in a row?