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That. But I’d say just the three Orc factions.
Other two are nice and old kits now. Sorted.

Stormcast could have an equally old kit set in there. Fyreslayers or something

Thinking about the name Stormbringer. Perhaps it will be linked to the Warhammer Underworlds which is spun off of AOS. I don’t know how many warbands there have been since season 1, but they sold them as just the sprues without the cards for about $25. They could do a new warband in each issue, or across a couple issues if the sprues arethe half sized ones, it’s been a while since I bought any. Have the rules fr AOS and Underworlds (Rebrand the game name to Stormbringer). Set of dice in one issue, they had terrain (hexes), paint and brushes. While people probably would not buy multiple issues, except the one with the crab mini , it’s a good way to get them to start a few in all the factions. They could also do revised card packs in issues for the older warbands to bring them up to current.

I think I would be sorely tempted for a subscription as it could be nice way to get all the warbands. A great assortment of special characters for every army. They already have the molds, so not much in the way of development. They were different colored plastics per faction, so great beginner touch for new players, but room to grow as you hit every army of AOS.

I reckon the Dominion sprues will be guaranteed. No idea beyond that. Pushing into Big Waaagh is possible. For Stormcast, Cities would be a logical way to go. I can't see the old kits in Cities being included though. Time will tell I suppose - only 8 days to wait.

I kind if hope its not dominion based, it'd be hard to get excited about ghat as it ended up so cheap anyone interested could gave had 5 copies of each for next to nothing already

 The Phazer wrote:
It'll definitely be Stormcast. I'd have thought it would be Kruleboyz too, but I guess the Gloomspire Gitz probably have enough easy to assemble models that they'd kind of work too.

GG has pretty much zero ETB

 Theophony wrote:
Thinking about the name Stormbringer. Perhaps it will be linked to the Warhammer Underworlds which is spun off of AOS. I don’t know how many warbands there have been since season 1, but they sold them as just the sprues without the cards for about $25. They could do a new warband in each issue, or across a couple issues if the sprues arethe half sized ones, it’s been a while since I bought any. Have the rules fr AOS and Underworlds (Rebrand the game name to Stormbringer). Set of dice in one issue, they had terrain (hexes), paint and brushes. While people probably would not buy multiple issues, except the one with the crab mini , it’s a good way to get them to start a few in all the factions. They could also do revised card packs in issues for the older warbands to bring them up to current.

I think I would be sorely tempted for a subscription as it could be nice way to get all the warbands. A great assortment of special characters for every army. They already have the molds, so not much in the way of development. They were different colored plastics per faction, so great beginner touch for new players, but room to grow as you hit every army of AOS.

I had similar thoughts when the last partwork came out. A warband splits well over four issues: two sprues, some paints, and the cards/tokens. I don't play WarCry but wonder if that would work also.

They'd only be able to do that if they were dropping Warcry,

as the kits are basically the whole game so sell them off cheap and there's nothing left to buy for it

If they do it it's going to be Stormcast vs somebody from main run AoS (it wouldn't surprise me it if's kruleboys, but it could be anything)

BigOscar wrote:
I kind if hope its not dominion based, it'd be hard to get excited about ghat as it ended up so cheap anyone interested could gave had 5 copies of each for next to nothing already

I imagine their target audience isn't gamers though, who would happily do as you describe. I think what they're after is kids going to newsagents with their parents and adults who are curious but haven't taken the plunge yet. Either probably wouldn't even know what Dominion was. Get them hooked and subscribed on the first 4 issues and they'll be more willing to fork over the cash 'cause it's not one lump sum.

tneva82 wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:
It'll definitely be Stormcast. I'd have thought it would be Kruleboyz too, but I guess the Gloomspire Gitz probably have enough easy to assemble models that they'd kind of work too.

GG has pretty much zero ETB

They're not formal ETBs but lots of them are very easy to assemble, literally just "glue the arms on".

I'd argue that's a lot more newbie friendly than the Dominion Stormcast tbh, which while they do have the pushfit pegs, are pretty complex.

https://warhammerstormbringer.com/ exists and was registered in November last year with the same registrar as warhammer40000imperium.com
It is currently pointing at a standard holding page on the same IP address as the imperium splash page.
warhammer40000imperium.com was registered in September 2020 so about 10(?) months before the magazine got its official release.

arcanum wrote:
https://warhammerstormbringer.com/ exists and was registered in November last year with the same registrar as warhammer40000imperium.com
It is currently pointing at a standard holding page on the same IP address as the imperium splash page.
warhammer40000imperium.com was registered in September 2020 so about 10(?) months before the magazine got its official release.

Awesome stuff.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
They'd only be able to do that if they were dropping Warcry,

as the kits are basically the whole game so sell them off cheap and there's nothing left to buy for it

We're assuming they'd actually be cheap though. I'm not sure how the Warcry sprues work but there may be a desire to see how well a partwork like this works without a massive discount. The discounts have gotten slowly smaller as things have gone on. Parcelling out Underworlds in the way people have suggested wouldn't actually represent much of a saving at all (if any) and the GW partworks are an anomaly in that you save money in the long run. With most Hachette model partworks you're paying a premium of 50%+

I just received my first three issues (in USA, NH), in one of those PVC envelopes. I never got the tracking number. I wished they packaged these a little better. I picked up an issue #1 from B&N a few weeks ago and it had a nice plastic tray for the dice and plastics, and a cardboard back to protect the magazine from bending. The issue #1 in the subscription just has everything thrown in loose and no cardboard, and same for #2 and #3. All three issues look a little worse for wear, with significant creases. I think I can probably flatten them out with a couple of heavy books, but jeez.. I pay enough for these to expect them to arrive pristine, like every other magazine I have ever subscribed to.

I do love the content of issue #1 (I haven't read #2 and #3 yet). It's going to be really fun to get and read these every month, and I am definitely planning on getting the binders.

The overall monthly expense was a bit high. If they did Soulblight Gravelords then maybe. But even then it would be a hard sell. I think a year subscription is around $700ish. My minicrate one is only $120. Maybe if they did something more like that.

RobertDD wrote:
I wished they packaged these a little better. I picked up an issue #1 from B&N a few weeks ago and it had a nice plastic tray for the dice and plastics, and a cardboard back to protect the magazine from bending. The issue #1 in the subscription just has everything thrown in loose and no cardboard, and same for #2 and #3.

The issues sold at GW stores - at least the shop I went to - also didn't have the protective tray. I was hoping that was just for the copies sent to GW stores, but I guess not. Seems like it was a one-off thing then, since I just picked up issue 2 from Barnes & Noble and it didn't have the tray either.

Subscribed for both of them.

Received the initial two from the "test" run. Quality was fine. Packaging was decent.

Received the first three from the "real" run. Abysmal shape. None of the magazines holdup. They're all a bunch of separate pages. I think they're supposed to be together? Lots of damage to the magazines themselves. Open pot of paint in number 2 that spilt around.

If the miniatures weren't my goal I would most likely raise a stink.

For conqeust and mortal realms, the magazines were designed to be split apart and put in different sections within a binder. Build/paint, Lore, playing, etc. So that aspect of the magazines is intentional at least.

I imagine it'll be the same for Imperium.

 Snrub wrote:
For conqeust and mortal realms, the magazines were designed to be split apart and put in different sections within a binder. Build/paint, Lore, playing, etc. So that aspect of the magazines is intentional at least.

I imagine it'll be the same for Imperium.

It is.

Sections are colour coded.

Black is for unit details and record cards so you can monitor/ record the model or unit's progress.

Red for background, fluff, lore or however an individual terms it. Further broken down for Imperium, Marines, Mechanicus and so on. One issue may contain a Marine page, two Necron pages and a story, hence the separable feature. Necrons page 04 may be received before Necrons 02 as a very simplified example.

Blue for building.

Yellow for painting.

Green for rules, playthroughs and scenarios.

Not massive change but was just on Hatchette looking to whinge about an order and noticed you could select Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Stormbringer or Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Stormbringer Premi (word's cut off - I assume premium) as the reason for contact. Searched the site and couldn't find anything more than that for now.

medikant wrote:
Subscribed for both of them.

Received the initial two from the "test" run. Quality was fine. Packaging was decent.

Received the first three from the "real" run. Abysmal shape. None of the magazines holdup. They're all a bunch of separate pages. I think they're supposed to be together? Lots of damage to the magazines themselves. Open pot of paint in number 2 that spilt around.

If the miniatures weren't my goal I would most likely raise a stink.

Oh, that's rough, that open pot of paint. I would reach out to them.

My issues were coming apart too (not a problem, I want them apart anyways). The cover of issue 3 has a cut from the plastics, but fortunately it did not penetrate the rest of the issue. I am leaving the frumpy pages under some heavy books for a while and see if they straighten out a bit. I may reach out to customer service and make them aware of the sub-par quality due to improper protection. I bet if enough people leave a note they may consider adding some minimal protection.

The funny thing is that if you go to their website where they explain how the subscription works, you will see drawings of a box, not an envelope.

Content is great though!


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I decided to write customer service a note:

Hi, I am writing you to let you know that I think you should beef up packaging of our Warhammer Imperium subscription a bit.

My magazines arrived all crumpled up and raggedy looking, with folds, and a small cut in the cover of issue 3. Pages for all three issues fell apart in the packaging (which is not a problem, as I want to separate the pages anyways, but is evidence of the rough ride). The issues are currently sitting underneath some heavy books to hopefully undo the creasing.

I happened to pick up an issue #1 at Barnes an Noble and it looked pristine due to a cardboard backing board and a plastic tray for the plastics (the cardboard backing board looked rough, but it did the job of protecting the magazine)

A discussion thread on a message board showed that my experience was not unique.

Please consider adding some protection to the next shipments. A cardboard backing board and a sticker "Do not bend" may do a world of good. I do not need any replacements for the materials I received already.

The reply came surprisingly fast, within the hour:

Hi Robert, we will do our best but this packaging has been used all over the world in the other releases so we can only do so much and the parts are very well protected. As you say, the magazine is meant to be pulled apart and filed in the binder soon! We appreciate the feedback.

Thank you,
Warhammer Customer Service Team

I'm not going to engage, of course. I reported the issue and I think I've done my part. But "the parts are very well protected"??? They are literally not protected in any way.

My issue just showed up today.

So they skipped the shipping notice, lol

Had mine delivered to a work address for a coworker who was on the fence..

2 broken sprues and a spilled pot in a black garbage bag.

Cancelled.

I feel for those who have had broken parts but as a UK subbed, I've never had damage issues for the whole of Conquest, Imperium so far and many individuals issues from the website.

Packaging tends to be all four issues in their plastic wrapping inside a plastic envelope, not a box.

Maybe others in other countries could post their experiences?

Mine came the other day in an incredibly cheap basic mailing bag. Not even a bubble mailer as should be bare minimum expected for something with fragile parts inside. I was rather concerned when I saw that some of the dice in the first issue where pressed into and through the sprues, but miraculously no plastic was actually damaged as far as I can tell.

The magazines themselves are in a bit of rough shape with all sorts of impressions and scratch marks over the covers from the sprues being ground in during unprotected shipping. Certainly not something I expect when paying $15 per issue, but not my biggest concern. It actually seems pretty standard for GW to treat any paper products as little more than extra packaging for the plastic if my experiences with their box set are anything to go by. At least I didn't get any holes this time, or I would have demanded a replacement issue. If they want to skimp on packaging, they'll just have to replace damaged product.

Amusingly, the thing that suffered the worst was the piece of paper tossed in explaining the subscription, their service, etc. Got all crumpled without anything to protect it.

I'm in Ireland, so my subscription was via the UK. IIRC most bundles of four came in a plastic envelope and kinda padded each other - never had any issues with broken parts etc - but some that were particularly large or came with binders etc came in a box.

It sounds like they're being packed as they were for the UK non binder stuff, but they're having to cover bigger distances and more bumps and knocks. That should have been a forseeable problem imho.

Still waiting on my first issue preorder to do anything really, getting the feeling that it's going to fall through any day now at this point.

 SergentSilver wrote:
It actually seems pretty standard for GW to treat any paper products as little more than extra packaging for the plastic if my experiences with their box set are anything to go by. At least I didn't get any holes this time, or I would have demanded a replacement issue. If they want to skimp on packaging, they'll just have to replace damaged product.

In this case it's Hachette not GW that are sending these out.

I do like the box art card divider in the major GW box releases over the last few years. I think it's there to try and avoid damage to the rulebooks from spiky bits on the sprues. It's a bonus if the divider doesn't have any damage. They may all end up framed one day if I ever earn the fabled 'Mancave'.

Got my first pack today - everything was in good order, but I can see how some subscribers are getting bad shipments. Just throwing the issues in a black plastic bag for shipping is a recipie for disaster.

EDIT: And I never got a shipping notice/tracking # either.

Finally got a copy at my local Barnes and Noble. Issue #3, and according to their records, it is the first one they've gotten. The bookseller called it up on the computer in front of me, so I saw the exact same thing she saw. She then explained a few things, so I now know as much as they do about when to expect the next issue. Which is nothing. All it said was "monthly", but no date for next issue. Pull date is 22 Feb 2022. So I guess I'll drop in again after the 22nd.

Not a useful issue for me, as the Assault Intercessors are ETB (as expected) and had molded Ultramarine Icons. Anyway, while I have no objection to marines, I play Deathwatch and do not own a Dremel, so removing the icons is too much of a bother. However, this will at least let me satisfy my curiosity about the 'zine. Issue #4 is Skorpekh Destroyers, and I do have a Necron army, and the Skorpekh Destroyers are new this edition. Though what I really need are the Flayed Ones.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Finally got a copy at my local Barnes and Noble. Issue #3, and according to their records, it is the first one they've gotten. The bookseller called it up on the computer in front of me, so I saw the exact same thing she saw. She then explained a few things, so I now know as much as they do about when to expect the next issue. Which is nothing. All it said was "monthly", but no date for next issue. Pull date is 22 Feb 2022. So I guess I'll drop in again after the 22nd.

Not a useful issue for me, as the Assault Intercessors are ETB (as expected) and had molded Ultramarine Icons. Anyway, while I have no objection to marines, I play Deathwatch and do not own a Dremel, so removing the icons is too much of a bother. However, this will at least let me satisfy my curiosity about the 'zine. Issue #4 is Skorpekh Destroyers, and I do have a Necron army, and the Skorpekh Destroyers are new this edition. Though what I really need are the Flayed Ones.

Im sure they will be coming, I hope to snag issue #4 as well.. is issue 2 the Necron warrior 3 some?