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 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:
I was looking forward to snagging a box of Black Orcs as 20 was exactly what I needed, but at that price I think I can wait to do an ebay rehab.

I'm sure there will be a bunch for cheap once the issue with them from Stormbringer hits.

Issue with them from Stormbringer? I'm lost. What does this mean?

Stormbringer is a magazine produced by Hachette, each magazine comes with GW models or paints.

The issue featuring Black Orcs has not been released yet

...but it's an AOS magazine, so why would it be coming with TOW models? is this something they've announced? i looked through the contents of stormbringer and the only orcs stuff are kruelboyz and ironjawz, but the ardboyz that they released for it is just the one kit of 5, which is far from the 20 black orcs they're selling

If you notice, they're the older WHFB Black Orc 'Ardboyz. Hunt eBay or online for 4 copies, boom 20 Black orcs. Should be cheaper than the GW box, too.

sure, but are those four copies going to be a better deal than what GW is currently selling?

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
sure, but are those four copies going to be a better deal than what GW is currently selling?

Yes. The Black Orc box will probably be $80 USD. A single issue of Stormbringer is $13-15 USD or so. That's a savings of ~$20 USD if you get them at retail, which you can from Hatchette's UK site when they go up.

they mentioned ebay, which is what i was thinking of, so i hadn't considered that just buying the issues lol

 Platuan4th wrote:

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
sure, but are those four copies going to be a better deal than what GW is currently selling?

Yes. The Black Orc box will probably be $80 USD. A single issue of Stormbringer is $13-15 USD or so. That's a savings of ~$20 USD if you get them at retail, which you can from Hatchette's UK site when they go up.

Black Orc boxes are retail items though, so you can find them for 15% off anyway. It's going to be a lot of hassle for like two dollars.

Also the image in the last issue of Stormbringer looked like they might have swapped them out for the new AOS models.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:
I was looking forward to snagging a box of Black Orcs as 20 was exactly what I needed, but at that price I think I can wait to do an ebay rehab.

I'm sure there will be a bunch for cheap once the issue with them from Stormbringer hits.

Issue with them from Stormbringer? I'm lost. What does this mean?

Stormbringer is a magazine produced by Hachette, each magazine comes with GW models or paints.

The issue featuring Black Orcs has not been released yet

...but it's an AOS magazine, so why would it be coming with TOW models? is this something they've announced? i looked through the contents of stormbringer and the only orcs stuff are kruelboyz and ironjawz, but the ardboyz that they released for it is just the one kit of 5, which is far from the 20 black orcs they're selling

If you notice, they're the older WHFB Black Orc 'Ardboyz. Hunt eBay or online for 4 copies, boom 20 Black orcs. Should be cheaper than the GW box, too.

Which issue is it gonna be that has the plastic black orcs in it?

Issue 70

 Platuan4th wrote:
Issue 70

It's 73 (70 is Ironskull’s Boyz), and a quick heads-up that there's a rumour they've been swapped out for the newer Orruk Ardboys.

 Stormonu wrote:


WHFB is pretty generic fantasy, there's a lot of other creators making better minis for less than GW.

Yep, always have been.
You bought GW for the really exclusive GW stuff that other companies didnt offer (steam tanks, gyrocopters, most things skaven, named characters etc) & filled in the ranks with stuff from everyone else.

Though now, with 3d printing, there's plenty of others making not-GW versions of almost anything.

General FYI for anyone who still wants them; the generic reference cards are back in stock on the GW website.

Using a bit of extrapolation the Marauder Giant is $165 NZ dollars, am I right in thinking that will place it around the £50 price bracket in the UK? And the trolls are $115 NZ, I make that £35 ish. Not terrible for 3 metal trolls.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
Using a bit of extrapolation the Marauder Giant is $165 NZ dollars, am I right in thinking that will place it around the £50 price bracket in the UK? And the trolls are $115 NZ, I make that £35 ish. Not terrible for 3 metal trolls.

Yep

Marauder Giant £50 €65
Orc Shaman on Wyvern £50 €65
All Trolls £35 €45
Black Orc Big Boss £9 €12

Those prices aren't anywhere near as bad as I was expecting, I totally thought the Trolls would be priced like Ushabti

Yeah, that's a fiver cheaper per troll than they were back in the day. Kinda unbelievable! Great though, I guess both sets are on the cards.

I had budgeted up to £75 for the Giant, so to be able to add the River Trolls to my order for £10 over my original budget was an added bonus. Perhaps a lesson for GW about pricing?

Santtu wrote:
They were €20 per troll 14 years ago, I doubt they'll be that cheap now. I'm happy if they're even Ushabti price.

I've never been this happy about being wrong.

I wanted everything they had and managed to get it for about £50 less than I expected to pay. Still expensive but those models are great and well worth the price to me.

Took the River Trolls. Expected 60€ and was happy with 45€. In fact, if GW had went higher than 60 I'd have skipped them because I got them just for fun.

Stone trolls surprised me, as the plastic kit bears such a strong resemblance on top of better detail & customization.

Both the Giant and the Trolls are priced...decent? I wasn't expecting that. Now I really have no excuse not to get them.

After 30 years of dithering, I decided to finally buy a Marauder Giant. It's always been the definitive Warhammer giant to me.

Man I wish the Ushabti were priced the same (doubly so as they are a regular items and not the Trolls). Not that it matters much because they haven't been in stock since the launch here (like everything not plastic).

Gonna take a Giant for sure at that price for sure.

Well, I've ordered my 2 sets of Stone Trolls to go with these old things I painted about 24 years ago.

My worry is that the MTO will be so popular the models at the end of the run will be blobs of smooth metal.

 Pariah Press wrote:
After 30 years of dithering, I decided to finally buy a Marauder Giant. It's always been the definitive Warhammer giant to me.

Same. Been THE giant back when I started fantasy decades ago. Wasn't too hard to get it.

Wyvern i'm more on fence. Its not that special and wyvern on wizard(who can't take illusion) seems bad.

Have 18 stone trolls from git army so no need for those but river trolls do tempt.

Im really tempted by the darkoath box, but dont really have any need for it. So the deal with myself is I go to my flgs tomorrow and see if they still have the box. If so, its a sign from the dice god to buy it.

The same method have forced me to get the indomitus box and the plastic sisters of battle launch box before. No, wait, that was FOMO

Belthanos wrote:
Wyvern i'm more on fence. Its not that special and wyvern on wizard(who can't take illusion) seems bad.

Standing on one leg, that Wyvern used to fall over ALL THE TIME. Why couldn't they re-issue it with the grounded leg from Azhag's wyvern?

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
Well, I've ordered my 2 sets of Stone Trolls to go with these old things I painted about 24 years ago.

Spoiler:

Those are great, can't even tell they come from a time before good acrylics were even invented.

Holy smokes, I just got a dispatch notice for my MTO Orcs & Goblins. I wasn't expecting to receive anything till the end of the year.

 Bonegrinder wrote:
Holy smokes, I just got a dispatch notice for my MTO Orcs & Goblins. I wasn't expecting to receive anything till the end of the year.

GW normally estimates something around 3 months for MTO - end of year would be shockingly bad.

 Bonegrinder wrote:
Holy smokes, I just got a dispatch notice for my MTO Orcs & Goblins. I wasn't expecting to receive anything till the end of the year.

They make a set amount before they start the mto. If they sell through that stock, then it goes onto the made to order basis.