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Meanwhile, look at that sprue:



Also the rest of the unboxing* article is here.

*The term 'unboxing' as interpreted by GW, in that it contains little in the way of actual unboxing.

 Tiberius501 wrote:
Ah man, I’d be keen for this box, but if it’s true that Aus is getting smacked with 1 per store I’m very likely not going to get one :(

Especially given that certain parts of our country can't go to stores right now. Sucks for those that want it.

I'd love to know the justification for a 4+ save.... And I'm hoping it is just because of the Squighog. T5 4+ save boyz would be a nuisance if they can be taken in serious numbers, especially with KFF, or ways to move them far and fast.

Weren't Thump Guns just called Kannons back in the Gorkamorka days, or am I thinking or something else?

Another small UK stock update. Dark Sphere have been allocated 10 copies but they are pushing for more.

Good to see some options in there. I'll probably magnetize the slugga / big choppa arm.
Thump gun looks okay though I'm not sure if it's that useful in an otherwize CC squad. I found a use for my Kromlech Ork-Shotguns I guess .

 endlesswaltz123 wrote:


I'd love to know the justification for a 4+ save.... And I'm hoping it is just because of the Squighog. T5 4+ save boyz would be a nuisance if they can be taken in serious numbers, especially with KFF, or ways to move them far and fast.

Bikers get a 4+ save, so it's just in line with that I imagine.

shabadoit wrote:

 endlesswaltz123 wrote:


I'd love to know the justification for a 4+ save.... And I'm hoping it is just because of the Squighog. T5 4+ save boyz would be a nuisance if they can be taken in serious numbers, especially with KFF, or ways to move them far and fast.

Bikers get a 4+ save, so it's just in line with that I imagine.

Too dumb to feel the pain I guess. Any Orc willing to run out into a herd of these things to try and break one for riding has probably been kicked in the head a few times.

Riders tend to get enhanced saves, probably to represent that a lot of the shots are going to hit the vehicle/fungus pig. So the 4+ is probably more representing the fungus pig and it’s dead ‘ard skin/armour plates.

Did they mention the Nob coming with his own bomb/attack squig? There's a normal sized squig face on that sprue, and there's at least one more small sprue to be seen, as the big squig's metal head plate is missing (in addition to the rest of the wee squig).

I wonder if there are any other options they've decided not to show us? PK would be nice, but another build would be really interesting. A mounted wurrboy or dok, wouldn't go amiss.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Meanwhile, look at that sprue:

Doesn't look too hideously terrible.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The PA and Vigilus books become invalid for Chaos players next Saturday. I think the Dark Eldar lost the use of their PA stuff when their new book came out (and it's DLC). Machine War and AdMech probably, right? These aren't old books.

So your argument for not buying the box is that 10th might be released in the next half year...

Sometimes you need to leave goalposts where they are.

I may actually pick it up at some point. Unless it is actually a unit champion for Squighogs (very unlikely).

 Trimarius wrote:
Did they mention the Nob coming with his own bomb/attack squig? There's a normal sized squig face on that sprue, and there's at least one more small sprue to be seen, as the big squig's metal head plate is missing (in addition to the rest of the wee squig).

I wonder if there are any other options they've decided not to show us? PK would be nice, but another build would be really interesting. A mounted wurrboy or dok, wouldn't go amiss.

It's actually not a Squig but an alternative nob head as you can see on WarCom, where they show two ways to build the Nob.

Sgt. Cortez wrote:

 Trimarius wrote:
Did they mention the Nob coming with his own bomb/attack squig? There's a normal sized squig face on that sprue, and there's at least one more small sprue to be seen, as the big squig's metal head plate is missing (in addition to the rest of the wee squig).

I wonder if there are any other options they've decided not to show us? PK would be nice, but another build would be really interesting. A mounted wurrboy or dok, wouldn't go amiss.

It's actually not a Squig but an alternative nob head as you can see on WarCom, where they show two ways to build the Nob.

Idk dude it looks like a Squig to me.

I believe that is the head for Bomb Squig ridden by the grot. The sprue is connected to another sprue or two because the piece numbers do not add up. The connection point is barely visible because the picture has been cropped.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

Sgt. Cortez wrote:

 Trimarius wrote:
Did they mention the Nob coming with his own bomb/attack squig? There's a normal sized squig face on that sprue, and there's at least one more small sprue to be seen, as the big squig's metal head plate is missing (in addition to the rest of the wee squig).

I wonder if there are any other options they've decided not to show us? PK would be nice, but another build would be really interesting. A mounted wurrboy or dok, wouldn't go amiss.

It's actually not a Squig but an alternative nob head as you can see on WarCom, where they show two ways to build the Nob.

Idk dude it looks like a Squig to me.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/H7FKSITCzNjMRrQE.jpg
Look at the dude on the right. I get where you're coming from but I'm pretty sure it's the face of that head.

Sgt. Cortez wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

Sgt. Cortez wrote:

 Trimarius wrote:
Did they mention the Nob coming with his own bomb/attack squig? There's a normal sized squig face on that sprue, and there's at least one more small sprue to be seen, as the big squig's metal head plate is missing (in addition to the rest of the wee squig).

I wonder if there are any other options they've decided not to show us? PK would be nice, but another build would be really interesting. A mounted wurrboy or dok, wouldn't go amiss.

It's actually not a Squig but an alternative nob head as you can see on WarCom, where they show two ways to build the Nob.

Idk dude it looks like a Squig to me.

Look at the dude on the right. I get where you're coming from but I'm pretty sure it's the face of that head.

bro are you high

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

Sgt. Cortez wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

Sgt. Cortez wrote:

 Trimarius wrote:
Did they mention the Nob coming with his own bomb/attack squig? There's a normal sized squig face on that sprue, and there's at least one more small sprue to be seen, as the big squig's metal head plate is missing (in addition to the rest of the wee squig).

I wonder if there are any other options they've decided not to show us? PK would be nice, but another build would be really interesting. A mounted wurrboy or dok, wouldn't go amiss.

It's actually not a Squig but an alternative nob head as you can see on WarCom, where they show two ways to build the Nob.

Idk dude it looks like a Squig to me.

Look at the dude on the right. I get where you're coming from but I'm pretty sure it's the face of that head.

bro are you high

Hmm, okay, you've won

 Theophony wrote:

shabadoit wrote:

 endlesswaltz123 wrote:


I'd love to know the justification for a 4+ save.... And I'm hoping it is just because of the Squighog. T5 4+ save boyz would be a nuisance if they can be taken in serious numbers, especially with KFF, or ways to move them far and fast.

Bikers get a 4+ save, so it's just in line with that I imagine.

Too dumb to feel the pain I guess. Any Orc willing to run out into a herd of these things to try and break one for riding has probably been kicked in the head a few times.

Or got a Iron Bar into the Head, like that Dude on the Preview...

I'd love to know the justification for a 4+ save.... And I'm hoping it is just because of the Squighog. T5 4+ save boyz would be a nuisance if they can be taken in serious numbers, especially with KFF, or ways to move them far and fast.

As someone else said, the 4+ is probably due to the fungus pig. And I can guarantee you as an ork player that a KFF is not as great as it sounds on paper - it's much harder to cover entire big mobs of boyz than you might think. Even then, you're going to fail 2/3rds of your saves anyways.

Full props to GW on this one. Alternate head and weapon for the nob. And the squig can have a robot leg.

Why couldn't they do that with the Squigosaurus? There's nothing special about the white squig compared to the vanilla one, save for the color. Both are the same size, and since they have identical builds, they'll both have robo legs...

 GaroRobe wrote:

Full props to GW on this one. Alternate head and weapon for the nob. And the squig can have a robot leg.

Why couldn't they do that with the Squigosaurus? There's nothing special about the white squig compared to the vanilla one, save for the color. Both are the same size, and since they have identical builds, they'll both have robo legs...

Am I dumb? I can't find the other leg on the sprue pic for the Squiggo. My biggest disappointment about the Boss/White Squig rider was the robo leg used for both builds so I'd love if that's not the case for the Nob Squig but I only see two legs in the sprue pic (which both seem to be the same side leg).

 Prometheum5 wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:

Full props to GW on this one. Alternate head and weapon for the nob. And the squig can have a robot leg.

Why couldn't they do that with the Squigosaurus? There's nothing special about the white squig compared to the vanilla one, save for the color. Both are the same size, and since they have identical builds, they'll both have robo legs...

Am I dumb? I can't find the other leg on the sprue pic for the Squiggo. My biggest disappointment about the Boss/White Squig rider was the robo leg used for both builds so I'd love if that's not the case for the Nob Squig but I only see two legs in the sprue pic (which both seem to be the same side leg).

Based off the squig head, it's probably a shard sprue with the squig hogs and isn't show in that picture. But if you look on the war com site, you can see photos of both right legs, flesh and mechanical. It's a great move.

The arms they show at the bottom of the article look very similar to how current ork arms are (by that, I mean smooth at the end). Dare we hope that these are more or less compatible with the current range?

 GaroRobe wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:

Full props to GW on this one. Alternate head and weapon for the nob. And the squig can have a robot leg.

Why couldn't they do that with the Squigosaurus? There's nothing special about the white squig compared to the vanilla one, save for the color. Both are the same size, and since they have identical builds, they'll both have robo legs...

Am I dumb? I can't find the other leg on the sprue pic for the Squiggo. My biggest disappointment about the Boss/White Squig rider was the robo leg used for both builds so I'd love if that's not the case for the Nob Squig but I only see two legs in the sprue pic (which both seem to be the same side leg).

Based off the squig head, it's probably a shard sprue with the squig hogs and isn't show in that picture. But if you look on the war com site, you can see photos of both right legs, flesh and mechanical. It's a great move.

The arms they show at the bottom of the article look very similar to how current ork arms are (by that, I mean smooth at the end). Dare we hope that these are more or less compatible with the current range?

Ah, thanks I didn't realize there was another sprue involved. I'm curious if the Nob is part of the unit or a solo hero or both, but I guess we'll find out soon enough. I've never messed with Orks so I'm trying to wrap my head around the Nobs being add-ons to units over just being the Sgt like in a Marine squad.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Meanwhile, look at that sprue:



Also the rest of the unboxing* article is here.

*The term 'unboxing' as interpreted by GW, in that it contains little in the way of actual unboxing.

 Tiberius501 wrote:
Ah man, I’d be keen for this box, but if it’s true that Aus is getting smacked with 1 per store I’m very likely not going to get one :(

Especially given that certain parts of our country can't go to stores right now. Sucks for those that want it.

Funny thing, but I can't see the Squig's head plating and the left leg (two right ones, one mechanic one "original").

Unless I'm completely unable to spot such huge bits, it means that the Squig Nob comes on two sprues.

That would explain the lack of a body that comes with that lil' Squig face as well.

I mean, I can imagine GW would do the same thing they did with the normal Boyz and just shove him into the same box as the Squighog Boyz.

 Darnok wrote:

 Nerbil wrote:


£125 for the Beast Snaggas box, as expected.

So 160€ or $200 - same price as the AoS Dominion box essentially.

Apparently at least some independent stores are only getting one copy per store, it will be that limited.

My FLGS has listed the price on Facebook at $199. It's a small shop and he has four available.

Given that that sprue has part of the Wheely Squig, I think it's safe to say that:

1. He comes in the box with the other three Squighog Riders, and all their stuff is jumbled together.
2. He comes in a box by himself, and he's two sprues.

 Jidmah wrote:
So your argument for not buying the box is that 10th might be released in the next half year...

I don't recall saying that... *checks post* Nope. Nothing about 10th.

 Jidmah wrote:
Sometimes you need to leave goalposts where they are.

Stick to building men out of plastic rather than straw...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Jidmah wrote:
That word doesn't mean what you think it does. The only time I ever look up points in a book is when I play a game before BS has updated.

The point, Jid, which I thought would have been obvious by now, is that 40K printed material isn't worth a damn. They cycle through it too quickly, and erratas/new CA books can make them less and less useful. Add to that that buying limited edition ones is even more foolish, as now you're paying a premium for a limited use product.

It’s not just 40k, AoS is doing it too. As mentioned Luminoth didn’t last long. The last Broken Realms book had new Warscrolls for Sylvaneth Wyldwoods, and those have Already been replaced with a new one that lost the best buff they’d gotten.

$199 is the reported price according to BOLS.