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They’ve never waited on the others to worry about diluting.

But has it been delayed?
We are just still waiting on it’s first issue date to come, I’m not seeing why this is a “delay”?

NM

Valrak has said that a HH magazine may be on the way. If it’s being seriously considered then they may be wanting to run that before Stormbringer to get more people onboard the new version.

Danny76 wrote:
They’ve never waited on the others to worry about diluting

If this is coming out at the end of the month as suggested then the overlap with Imperium is significant. You are looking at Imperium being on about issue 54 of 80, that's 26 issues of overlap. You end up asking people to spend £80 a month for 5 months which, in the current climate of cutting luxury spending by most people, may just not be sustainable. If I remember rightly the other mags only had an overlap of a month or so which is much more palatable. Plus they may simply be seeing burnout which makes dilution a bigger issue then with previous mags.

It's all rumour on rumour so it could all end up to be rubbish, I can just see how this might be an issue if it ends up coming true.

Another trial run? Maybe they weren't convinced by the first one.

Imperium had a trial run too. It's just the way Hachette do things.

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Imperium had a trial run too. It's just the way Hachette do things.

Stormbringer has already had a trial run. This is a second one listed as “retest”.

 lare2 wrote:
Another trial run? Maybe they weren't convinced by the first one.

A lot of early Stormbringer stuff is just the Dominion contents right? Them already being very cheap to find due to the abundance of the boxset and would-be scalpers having bought too much means the sales might've flagged compared to the last one. Plus Kruelboys don't seem nearly as popular as Nighthaunt were.

Looks like they're testing whether a smaller A4 format is going to sell better or worse than their normal launch format on a bit of card you could roof a house with (and that shops hate as they don't have space to put it out)

They did have the A4 format at launch in supermarkets for Imperium (I picked up a few of those issue 1s along with my larger Smiths copy), not sure about the next two as I didn’t pick up additional copies of those.

Tallonian4th wrote:

Danny76 wrote:
They’ve never waited on the others to worry about diluting

If this is coming out at the end of the month as suggested then the overlap with Imperium is significant. You are looking at Imperium being on about issue 54 of 80, that's 26 issues of overlap. You end up asking people to spend £80 a month for 5 months which, in the current climate of cutting luxury spending by most people, may just not be sustainable. If I remember rightly the other mags only had an overlap of a month or so which is much more palatable. Plus they may simply be seeing burnout which makes dilution a bigger issue then with previous mags.

It's all rumour on rumour so it could all end up to be rubbish, I can just see how this might be an issue if it ends up coming true.

I didn’t know who had quoted end of August as a date.

But how many issues were the overlap from Conquest to Mortal Realms, and Mortal Realms to Imperium?

Was quite a bit for sure.



What is Valrak basing this Horus Heresy Magazine “rumour” on? His usual plucked from thing air magic or has anything been posted anywhere that we can all see?

It’s like me saying there will possibly be an Old World magainze.
I mean sure, there could be. But, just an idea.


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 lare2 wrote:
Another trial run? Maybe they weren't convinced by the first one.

This saying retest is the real curious thing here.
That’s the break from the norm.

 Arbitrator wrote:

 lare2 wrote:
Another trial run? Maybe they weren't convinced by the first one.

A lot of early Stormbringer stuff is just the Dominion contents right? Them already being very cheap to find due to the abundance of the boxset and would-be scalpers having bought too much means the sales might've flagged compared to the last one. Plus Kruelboys don't seem nearly as popular as Nighthaunt were.

Until GW does something to improve the Kruelboys on the table, the aftermarket will remain oversaturated with Dominion models that nobody wants. It doesn't really make sense for anybody to pay a monthly subscription when they can get the entire Dominion box for like $90?

They need to stay away from the Dominion sprues if they want this to be successful.

Yep, pretty much all but confirmed that this will be another test - FFS. I might be pessimistic but I'm thinking we'll never see a full release.

So this isn't actually releasing tommorow after all? Only in certain areas?

who knows, i'm on the hachette email list so should have heard something if it is meant to appear tomorrow,

but i wouldn't trust that so i'll try and pop into WH Smiths and ask

I do wonder if Kruleboyz might be part of the issue. They don't seem to have made the splash the Nighthaunt did and I don't think can be easily offloaded. One of the issues with this format is to get the value you have to want everything or be able to offload what you don't want. The saving may not be there for many (particularly with belts being tightened) if they just want the Stormcasts and some of the terrain and can't afford to be left with files of unneeded sprues.

GW has hired some new people for 'Part-Works' so they are likely keen to keep the ball rolling, hence the retest to assure a unconvinced Hachette?

There has been some discussion on the Facebook group that the contents has changed but so far no definitive list as to what.

The website's up and running again.

https://www.warhammerstormbringer.com/

Content looks the same.


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There's a survey on it now as well. Just completed it.


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Confirmation of also what you get going premium. They're alright. Don't compare to previous iterations but still canny.

Ohh Xandria's there as a free gift this time. Neat, i wanted another one of her.

The problem with premium (for existing players, it's still neat for the actual target audience) is the first two deliveries are £66 for two of the big sprues from Dominion when it's been possible to pick up a Dominion box for that much, a quick search and you can still get it for £80 now.

At least they've resisted going up to £9.99 an issue.

Trial area is Blackpool if you're in the NW UK.

Is this definitely just a trial in certain areas only? The site says it actually releases today but i'm not sure if that's wrong, phoned 3 WHSmiths near me and they don't have it.

The indication is it's very much a trial. Don't know for certain yet but it's definitely looking that way


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Spotted in Morecambe as well. Trial's definitely in the NW.

West Midlands WH Smiths are denying all knowledge of it's existence so it looks like it's a trial again, not the real launch


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West Midlands WH Smiths are denying all knowledge of it's existence so it looks like it's a trial again, not the real launch

Had an email today titled "Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Stormbringer - register your interest"

As a subscriber to the Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Stormbringer test in February 2022, we thought you'd like to know that the new and improved collection is here!

Thank you for your feedback on the February test - we have taken this on board and have made a variety of changes to the collection based on your feedback.

Still want to get the full collection?

If you're still interested in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Stormbringer collection, be sure to resubscribe! Your previous subscription to the February test will not be carried over so you will need to subscribe again for your collection to continue.

deano2099 wrote:
The problem with premium (for existing players, it's still neat for the actual target audience) is the first two deliveries are £66 for two of the big sprues from Dominion when it's been possible to pick up a Dominion box for that much, a quick search and you can still get it for £80 now.

At least they've resisted going up to £9.99 an issue.

Yup the went straight to £10.99

 Kitastrophe wrote:

deano2099 wrote:
The problem with premium (for existing players, it's still neat for the actual target audience) is the first two deliveries are £66 for two of the big sprues from Dominion when it's been possible to pick up a Dominion box for that much, a quick search and you can still get it for £80 now.

At least they've resisted going up to £9.99 an issue.

Yup the went straight to £10.99

It’s still listed as £8.99 an issue.

Doh - premium was auto selected when i tried to subscribe - feel I am conditioned to assume the worst now - lol

Ok now this is interesting, it contains almost everything I like about AoS.
Sadly Hachette canada is run like a recycle scam for the unsold EU stuff (and also they sell stuff 4 years later, onces all the paper is basically outdated.

I'm still subbed to Conquest and may get that one after that.

Conquest? Damn..
So is Mortal Realms running about 20-30 issues behind it?

So you’ll have Imperium still before this too..

I've subbed. Under £3 for some models and the modelling stuff is pretty decent. If nothing else I can either use the parts for conversions or give the models to my son when he's old enough. Probably cancel after the first or second payment.