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Warriors From a Bygone Age Return for Christmas Day Pre-orders

The year was 1998, and the grim, dark future of the 41st Millennium looked very different. The third edition of the game was launched with a starter set of Black Templars and Dark Eldar. This Christmas you’ll be able to pick up these fighting forces for a limited time once more.

The Old Enemies bundle includes 10 classic Space Marines with boltguns, one Land Speeder, and 20 Dark Eldar Warriors with splinter rifles and splinter cannons. The classic Dark Eldar armour design is a perfect fit for your Archon’s Kabalite Trueborn bodyguard.

The Space Marines wear parts from multiple different armour marks, ideal for representing Company Veterans and other elite units. All of the models come in plastic.

...seriously? Wow

Wat

That’s random. Completely odd choice. Of all the plastic MTOs, they choose this?

 Albertorius wrote:
...seriously? Wow

Yeah, it is a bit random. I wonder if they just found the moulds during the factory move...

If it actually included the 3rd edition rulebook they'd have a worthwhile product

I love that it suggests using the Dark Eldar as Trueborn.

I’ve had my army for ages so most of my warriors are the old ones, they’re much slighter than the current ones who I use for Sybarites and special weapon holders.

If I were to use one type for trueborn it wouldn’t be the old ones!

Is this a joke?
Is this memes?

Why would anyone want to buy these old crappy.models?

That's sort of cool depending on the price. That's the set I first started 40k with.

 streetsamurai wrote:
Why would anyone want to buy these old crappy.models?

Innit. Starstriders, 30k Ahriman, poxwalkers or even the ancient mk1 Land Raider or original Ork Battlewagon would sell like hotcakes. Instead, this…?

What on earth

I would buy the full starter again, but probably not just the old models.

Merry Christmas y'all.

Random!

 Da Boss wrote:
I would buy the full starter again, but probably not just the old models.

You can. There are still mint copies doing the rounds from time to time on eBay and similar sites.

There are thousands of those warriors out there available for cheap - even at release I managed to pick up lots real cheap from folk that didn't want them. The price is going to have to be very low for anyone to buy.

April Fools isn't in December

That is wild.

I prefer Battle for McDonald's Gaunts, because they don't have two-piece heads, but this is still a fun throwback.

Just think of all the things which aren't this which GW could have released instead of this.

The GW MTO program just completely baffles me.

Like it's a good idea in theory, but the selection of what to pick for it is awful, and incoherent, and bizarre.

Who wanted these? They're easy to get on Ebay, the DE actively look terrible and there is no demand.

Why? Why??? If you wanted to reissue a starter box at least people might have wanted the Chosen from 7th edition. They could just do Slaanesh again and it would sell better than this. Or Vect. Or the Blackstone Fortress expansion sprues.

Of all the things. Completely baffling.

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Just think of all the things which aren't this which GW could have released instead of this.

I've had people from two different sites tell me that, come The Old World, GW won't be able to re-release old plastic Fantasy kits.

This kind of proves otherwise to me...

I wonder if this is just a case of needing to have to release something? Also I wonder if this what they might do for warhammer the old world? no big release just lots for made to order of popular units, they have been doing this for blood bowl with classic teams for a while.

But it does seam a bit random

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
April Fools isn't in December

December 28th is the "Día de los Santos Inocentes", actually, which is the non-anglo Fool's Day.

So, yes, it very much is.

What a weird choice. Did they find some boxes down the back of the sofa? I wouldn't pay £10 for these, but I'm sure there will be someone out there who prefers this style of Dark Eldar.

 Albertorius wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
April Fools isn't in December

December 28th is the "Día de los Santos Inocentes", actually, which is the non-anglo Fool's Day.

So, yes, it very much is.

GW is Anglos though smh

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
April Fools isn't in December

December 28th is the "Día de los Santos Inocentes", actually, which is the non-anglo Fool's Day.

So, yes, it very much is.

GW is Anglos though smh

GW is literally an international corporation.

Also, this doesn't seem to be a joke, as weird as it is.

Cool idea, but yeah, I dunno who would want these models. They aren't old enough to have the old school nostalgia, and they aren't new enough to want to put alongside newer models.

I can only assume one of the Mail Order Trolls was lost in the archives during Lockdown, and stumbled across a forgotten container?

 streetsamurai wrote:
Why would anyone want to buy these old crappy.models?

The SM are much better looking than anything primaris/gravis .

 Blackie wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
Why would anyone want to buy these old crappy.models?

The SM are much better looking than anything primaris/gravis .

They're also inferior to the currently available Tactical Squad box.