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I did the preorder for Soul Shackle. Now several days later I get told that they may be delayed 3 weeks, or may not be able to be fulfilled at all. GW really gotta get their stuff together. Nothing like paying out for a preorder and not knowing if you will even get it. The poor retailers, i dunno how they deal with GW's extreme unpredictability on some of these releases.
I ordered a preorder copy each from two different suppliers. One was cancelled/refunded yesterday with no explanation, presumably because their allotment wasn't fulfilled . The other I haven't heard from yet, so fingers crossed.
If it doesn't come through, I guess that's it for my attempt to dabble in Kill Team... Even if the individual components become available separately in time, there is a psychological barrier to paying full price when a discount was originally available.
I have been told to call the local GW Friday to see if the boxes have turned up, then get there first thing Saturday. I hope they restrict purchases to one each, if some scalper buys them all before me I will not be best pleased.
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Patriarch wrote: If it doesn't come through, I guess that's it for my attempt to dabble in Kill Team... Even if the individual components become available separately in time, there is a psychological barrier to paying full price when a discount was originally available.
I have a set of the terrain already, but do want the extra terrain sprue, rules and Arbites.
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Managed to grab a copy of soulshackle at a shop in a neighboring town. They were among the lucky whose allotted order was filled. Great box, and worth noting the Arbites are smaller than the Necromunda Enforcers. Not by a huge margin, but comparable to the difference between new Kasrkin and new Cadian shock troops.
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"The larger point though, is that as players, we have more control over what the game looks and feels like than most of us are willing to use in order to solve our own problems"
Ah, no. The previous three times that I've ordered stuff (Ash Wastes, Eldrich Omens, etc.) there have been Saturday shipping notifications.
Maybe everyone decided to take the weekend off this time...
Did you order it for delivery to store or a non-store address?
As mentioned? Delivery to store is a different beast to non-store delivery.
It is worth mentioning in any regards that the "Saturday shipping notifications" for preorders are delayed if you're doing in-store pickup under this stupid new system they're using. I got emails yesterday at 1:21AM about my Kasrkin "being on their way!" when they had been at the store since Wednesday.
By comparison, you'll get a shipping notification usually on Monday or Tuesday if doing an order to home.
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Kid_Kyoto wrote: Shipping to a US address which then forwards to Cairo, so i wont get anything for a month or so anyway.
But just to be sure, ordering from GW not only means full price but, as an added bonus, you get stuff after the stores?
Yeah, the days of "We'll ship it to you so that you get it at street date" are long gone. But not shipping on street date is new...
Personally, I pre-ordered this Kill Team box from GW (shipped to a residential address) because I don't have a friendly local game store and the online game store I normally use sells out of their GW pre-orders fast.
I frequently get the shipment notification from GW the day of the delivery, sometimes even after having received the “we have a parcel for you” note from the actual shipping company days before.
"Three months? I'm going to go crazy …and I'm taking you with me!"
— Vala Mal Doran
Is GW having issues fulfilling initial preorders for this box?
Due to FLGS stocking issues we got stuck ordering from GW direct and it hasn't even shipped yet. Oddly enough, we already received our Bloodhunt box (same street date) from a third party.
GrosseSax wrote: Is GW having issues fulfilling initial preorders for this box?
Due to FLGS stocking issues we got stuck ordering from GW direct and it hasn't even shipped yet. Oddly enough, we already received our Bloodhunt box (same street date) from a third party.
Long story short it seems to be a combination of multiple factors:
- Worldwide logistics still suffer significant delays due to the backlog caused by Covid - this seems to impact incoming orders for GW products as well as outgoing product for Asia, Oceania and sometimes the Americas
- GW has ongoing problems with their ERP software suite - this has been going on for years now, and they repeatedly brought in external experts to fix it, but ERP software is notorious for being extremely bitchy to work with, and especially to switch software systems, so problems that go on for years are not unheard of
- Brexit still impacts a lot of import/exports to and from the UK, which can cause delays mainly in Europe
- On top of that, due to the cost-of-living situation in the UK, there have been massive strikes in the transport sector and related sectors in the UK, causing further delays
- Several other countries and companies are also hit by strikes, most notorious probably Deutsche Post / DHL which does a lot of shipping not only in Germany but also the rest of Europe, this also causes delays in pretty much all of the european postal/shipping systems because both shipments carried by DP/DHL and unrelated shipments caught in the backlog are affected
A lot of the blame can be put on GW, but the situation in Europe is pretty messed up in general.
Has anyone noticed that the Gallowdark flooring has been seen in a lot of promo picts by now, and AFAIK even shown with alternate paintjobs, hinting at the possibility of plastic floortiles (say, when Season 2 wraps up?)
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"The larger point though, is that as players, we have more control over what the game looks and feels like than most of us are willing to use in order to solve our own problems"
tauist wrote: Has anyone noticed that the Gallowdark flooring has been seen in a lot of promo picts by now, and AFAIK even shown with alternate paintjobs, hinting at the possibility of plastic floortiles (say, when Season 2 wraps up?)
A poster on B&C mentioned that it's a board used for the WH+ Battle Reports (don't have WH+ myself, so can't check).
No indication that this will become a retail product, but I sure hope so. The only "real" link is the fact that the loose grille
elements from the Void War Bases have the same look..
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tauist wrote: Has anyone noticed that the Gallowdark flooring has been seen in a lot of promo picts by now, and AFAIK even shown with alternate paintjobs, hinting at the possibility of plastic floortiles (say, when Season 2 wraps up?)
A poster on B&C mentioned that it's a board used for the WH+ Battle Reports (don't have WH+ myself, so can't check).
No indication that this will become a retail product, but I sure hope so. The only "real" link is the fact that the loose grille
elements from the Void War Bases have the same look..
It's the same board that was photographed for the cardboard boards in the Gallowdark boxes. I assume it's a one off built for the box boards using some parts from the base designs to help tie it all together. I don't think it will be made into a retail product but it would be nice.
tauist wrote: Has anyone noticed that the Gallowdark flooring has been seen in a lot of promo picts by now, and AFAIK even shown with alternate paintjobs, hinting at the possibility of plastic floortiles (say, when Season 2 wraps up?)
A poster on B&C mentioned that it's a board used for the WH+ Battle Reports (don't have WH+ myself, so can't check).
No indication that this will become a retail product, but I sure hope so. The only "real" link is the fact that the loose grille
elements from the Void War Bases have the same look..
It's the same board that was photographed for the cardboard boards in the Gallowdark boxes. I assume it's a one off built for the box boards using some parts from the base designs to help tie it all together. I don't think it will be made into a retail product but it would be nice.
Maybe they'll do it - the Zone Mortalis base plate is a thing, so i can be done in an economically feasible way, but with GW you never know.
Are the Necromunda floor plates marked as made in China? That being the case and logistics problems is the only reason I can think of for why we wouldn't already have them in plastic if they're going to be released.
The Phazer wrote: Are the Necromunda floor plates marked as made in China? That being the case and logistics problems is the only reason I can think of for why we wouldn't already have them in plastic if they're going to be released.
Several reviews say yes, so you're probably right on the mao-ney.
Good news for everyone who missed out on the Shadowvaults extra terrain, it's back on the main GW site. Already sold out but this time it's showing as "temporarily unavailable, email me for restorck" so at least it's not completely OOP.
I preordered mine initially but the product still hasn't shipped?! ..signs point to some logistical SNAFU for sure
"The larger point though, is that as players, we have more control over what the game looks and feels like than most of us are willing to use in order to solve our own problems"
tauist wrote: Good news for everyone who missed out on the Shadowvaults extra terrain, it's back on the main GW site. Already sold out but this time it's showing as "temporarily unavailable, email me for restorck" so at least it's not completely OOP.
I preordered mine initially but the product still hasn't shipped?! ..signs point to some logistical SNAFU for sure
I already got my set. Came in an actual cardboard box with images, not a white one.
Hope they decide to release the other upgrade sprues on their own. At this point I have plenty of the basic walls, but would go for an extra set of both the punch walls plus consoles and the into the dark extra bits.
I was kind of expecting to see Gallowfall hit preorders next week, but seems I was wrong. So season 3 will already be revealed before Gallowfall arrives.. Guessing GW is not expecting the new season reveals to cannibalize on any Gallowfall sales? I mean, most of the playerbase are probably stocked on the Gallowdark terrain already.. The new gubbins look tasty tho!
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"The larger point though, is that as players, we have more control over what the game looks and feels like than most of us are willing to use in order to solve our own problems"
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