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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/02/09/important-pricing-news/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social&utm_content=pricingnews090222&fbclid=IwAR1uU_ysX4t-dpAr0IMsvl5zX-QSWDshMTQAd_4LKqW3U2RxlSMFjn_EyRQ

Bunch of stuff going up 5%. Bunch of stuff not going up at all. Doesn’t apply to following currencies.

Australia dollar
New Zealand dollar
Japan yen
China RMB

Scenery +10% lolwtff

*Braces for the rage of nerds and salt*

I have to say metal going up by 20% really highlights how GW needs to perhaps put "design led" aside and put "just get stuff updated to plastic darn it" as their mantra for a bit.


Honestly I'm not shocked, I've seen firms raising prices and shipping prices have gone insane, esp for international post of any kind.

Plus I'd wager that what's hitting GW right now is the doubling (and more) of electric prices which has got to hit their factory hard in terms of operating costs. Though that's one cost that's hoped to go down in the future, its very uncertain if or when that might possibly happen.


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JWBS wrote:
Scenery +10% lolwtff

Probably because its made overseas and has to be double shipped - once to the GW factory and then the second time out to customers (or out to the global market).

Is their legal duty to keep shareholder's profits on the rise.

Nothing to see here.

Explains the £170 price tag that should have been £150 on the new Necromunda terrain bundle.

 Overread wrote:
I have to say metal going up by 20% really highlights how GW needs to perhaps put "design led" aside and put "just get stuff updated to plastic darn it" as their mantra for a bit.

If it wasn't likely a systematic problem that runs rampant at every level at GW HQ, yes, a product manager that puts a foot down and makes the designers do their fething job would be a good idea.

JWBS wrote:
Explains the £170 price tag that should have been £150 on the new Necromunda terrain bundle.

It certainly makes the discount seem better, if for all the wrong reasons.

That makes it 1 year in the past 4 that hasn't had a price hike. For those who haven't been counting, 2019 had a huge pricehike across the board, 2020 had another one that ranged from tiny (Cadians went up 1$, but had gone up 6$ the previous year...) to large (Ogres went from 40$ to 48$). I suppose at least this time around we know what the increases are, and that it is across the board flat.

Funny talking about costs, inflation, etc, when wasn't there just a thread showing how GW was raking in cash hand over fist and could easily absorb any increased costs while barely batting an eye.

 kurhanik wrote:
That makes it 1 year in the past 4 that hasn't had a price hike. For those who haven't been counting, 2019 had a huge pricehike across the board, 2020 had another one that ranged from tiny (Cadians went up 1$, but had gone up 6$ the previous year...) to large (Ogres went from 40$ to 48$). I suppose at least this time around we know what the increases are, and that it is across the board flat.

Funny talking about costs, inflation, etc, when wasn't there just a thread showing how GW was raking in cash hand over fist and could easily absorb any increased costs while barely batting an eye.

Yep.

I remember back in 2018 when they said: We are gonna put newer kits at higher prices to avoid doing general price increases.

Now we have both, higher newer kits and all the old stuff or even not that old stuff going up in price.

 Galas wrote:

 kurhanik wrote:
That makes it 1 year in the past 4 that hasn't had a price hike. For those who haven't been counting, 2019 had a huge pricehike across the board, 2020 had another one that ranged from tiny (Cadians went up 1$, but had gone up 6$ the previous year...) to large (Ogres went from 40$ to 48$). I suppose at least this time around we know what the increases are, and that it is across the board flat.

Funny talking about costs, inflation, etc, when wasn't there just a thread showing how GW was raking in cash hand over fist and could easily absorb any increased costs while barely batting an eye.

Yep.

I remember back in 2018 when they said: We are gonna put newer kits at higher prices to avoid doing general price increases.

Now we have both, higher newer kits and all the old stuff or even not that old stuff going up in price.

Shareholders can't live on good will alone. Think of the poor shareholders.

It’s…it’s almost as if there are economic forces well beyond their control.

Global inflation is running at 5.9% so it’s not surprising that they want to up prices on existing kits by at least 5% and as mentioned stuff made in China costs even more due to shipping and raw material costs. I wonder how new or old the kits getting price rises will be as they have been building price rises into new releases for awhile now.

At least the already over costed (on exchange rates) Australian and New Zealand prices aren’t going up.

It sucks. The system sucks and I'd like to enjoy a hobby where I can pretend the things around don't suck quite as much.

It's just as well I'm a slow painter really, means I don't go buying much.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s…it’s almost as if there are economic forces well beyond their control.

I'm too european lefty to eat those spaguetti.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/02/09/important-pricing-news/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social&utm_content=pricingnews090222&fbclid=IwAR1uU_ysX4t-dpAr0IMsvl5zX-QSWDshMTQAd_4LKqW3U2RxlSMFjn_EyRQ

Bunch of stuff going up 5%. Bunch of stuff not going up at all. Doesn’t apply to following currencies.

Australia dollar
New Zealand dollar
Japan yen
China RMB

What a surprise.

Not.

 DaveC wrote:


At least the already over costed (on exchange rates) Australian and New Zealand prices aren’t going up.

That is nice, but doesn't factor in that almost *every* one of their exchange rates are over costed.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s…it’s almost as if there are economic forces well beyond their control.

Yeah, because their margins are so tiny.

I must imagine there's no chance that Combat Patrols (& AoS equivalent) and boxed games will escape the 5% hike.

Of course production costs doubling from 2 cents a sprue to 4 cents a sprue warrants a 5€ price hike.

Nooo! Think of the shareholderinoes! Without this price hike, their profit margins could've fallen from 500% to 499% (instead of rising)! Oh the inhumanity!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Of course production costs doubling from 2 cents a sprue to 4 cents a sprue warrants a 5€ price hike.

It's as if cost of box included more than just plastic. Weird thought.

If I can see one positive out of this, it is the announcement itself.

Didn't we want them to be more upfront about stuff like this? I can't recall them ever giving us a heads-up announcement about price-increases.

 Segersgia wrote:
If I can see one positive out of this, it is the announcement itself.

Didn't we want them to be more upfront about stuff like this? I can't recall them ever giving us a heads-up announcement about price-increases.

And, just in case anyone thinks they're being in any way generous with this annoucement, they did say:

We’re writing now because we wanted to give you as much notice as we can so þat you can take advantage of þe current prices.

Which, in other words, means shut up and buy.

 Segersgia wrote:
If I can see one positive out of this, it is the announcement itself.

Didn't we want them to be more upfront about stuff like this? I can't recall them ever giving us a heads-up announcement about price-increases.

They have almost always given a heads up. Something like this, about half a month in advance, most of the time. Back when I was a redshirt the heads-up was a bit longer.


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tneva82 wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Of course production costs doubling from 2 cents a sprue to 4 cents a sprue warrants a 5€ price hike.

It's as if cost of box included more than just plastic. Weird thought.

Yes. Because production costs are so big a part on the end price.

EDIT: Wow, 20% extra on the Blood Bowl Teams and "some other stuff" (IIRC those have already gone up a couple times, right?). Guessing probably Necromunda gangs too.

Really living in those sunlit uplands now...

Meh, that's life. More concerned about energy bills doubling than a couple of quid on kits.

Books are going up 10% too, it looks like.

Blah, is what I say.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Meh, that's life. More concerned about energy bills doubling than a couple of quid on kits.

Difference is that a) everything we're talking here is non-subsistence stuff, so mixing things up is not really for the best, b) energy bills doubling make these changes more unbearable, not less and c)... the energy bill will eventually go down. GW prices, not so much.

 Albertorius wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Meh, that's life. More concerned about energy bills doubling than a couple of quid on kits.

Difference is that a) everything we're talking here is non-subsistence stuff, so mixing things up is not really for the best, b) energy bills doubling make these changes more unbearable, not less and c)... the energy bill will eventually go down. GW prices, not so much.

This!

I'm sure one the issues with power prices and the shipping and supply issues are resolved GW will naturally bring the prices back down to pre-pandemic levels. Right?

And, cmon guys, they have a Facebook page now. #NuGW!

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s…it’s almost as if there are economic forces well beyond their control.

Haven't GW been doing really well in the pandemic era?

 krijthebold wrote:
Books are going up 10% too, it looks like.

Like we needed another reason not to buy printed 40k material.

Costs are still escalating. U.K. power costs alone are up 54%.

Yaaaaaay Brexit.