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Question - has the Wood/High Elf MTO happened yet?

Turns out the Cathay battalion is not a FOMO box:

* CORRECTION: A previous version of this article stated that the Grand Cathay Battalion would only be available while stocks last. This is incorrect – it is actually an ongoing product. The editors responsible have submitted themselves for appropriate servitorisation.

 Dysartes wrote:
Question - has the Wood/High Elf MTO happened yet?

Yup. It run from May 31st to June 9th.

Sathrut wrote:
Turns out the Cathay battalion is not a FOMO box:

* CORRECTION: A previous version of this article stated that the Grand Cathay Battalion would only be available while stocks last. This is incorrect – it is actually an ongoing product. The editors responsible have submitted themselves for appropriate servitorisation.

Praise be!

I'll definitely pick up those metal Beastlords. I regretted selling mine years ago, lovely models.

Edit. Woops, wrong thread.

Cathay is cool but I wait for some more.

jullevi wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Question - has the Wood/High Elf MTO happened yet?

Yup. It run from May 31st to June 9th.

Ah, OK - I blame UK Games Expo brain fog for missing it, then

jullevi wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Question - has the Wood/High Elf MTO happened yet?

Yup. It run from May 31st to June 9th.

It came & went already?! Damn, I missed out on the Warhammer Quest Elf

Man I really thought Cathay would release later in the year. Especially with Horus Heresy releasing this summer.

Considering how much they previewed and with HH being in the middle I'm not surprised. GW are doing a big Old World push right now to get it all out before Horus Heresy steals the middle of the year.

OW does feel FAST compared to other lines, but at the same time it kind of needs it when there's so much legacy material about and when a lot of the lines are returning kits not totally new kits. Esp when some were sold under AoS until not all that long ago (High Elves and more recently Beastmen even a good many of the Wood Elf plastics too).

Sathrut wrote:
Turns out the Cathay battalion is not a FOMO box:

* CORRECTION: A previous version of this article stated that the Grand Cathay Battalion would only be available while stocks last. This is incorrect – it is actually an ongoing product. The editors responsible have submitted themselves for appropriate servitorisation.

Oh thank God, now there's no hurry. I don't need to grab it on release. My wallet just breathed a sigh of relief.

 BorderCountess wrote:

 warboss wrote:
This was previewed before but the preview reminded me that I really like the ogre cannon loader and will have to pick one up on the secondary market. Looking forward to it! I know I have a(n ogre) problem...

Spoiler:

Thank you for reminding me that Cathay is giving me serious cannon envy...

You have a keen eye for quality then... They do look cool and put the (calibre of) Empire cannons to shame.

Those giant statue chaps look rather fetching. If they're reasonable with discount I would like one of those...

Yeah the statue guys are the standout kit for me too. Pretty much since the TWW3 trailer actually.
But I really mostly want the book. I have been after the Deep Lore of Cathay since 4th edition. I really hope they have some cool tidbits about Ind and Nippon too.

Design article on Cathay appearance. They openly admit that they want to attract a Chinese audience, but the article is very interesting in their thoughts on what things they changed, added or avoided.

ALSO good news!

"Please note that the recent Sunday Preview article erroneously claimed that the Grand Cathay Battalion would only be available while stocks last. This is incorrect, and it will actually be available on an ongoing basis."

The comment about skulls is interesting, yes skulls are seen as scary and upsetting in Chinese art, I remember them trying to get skeletons cut from World of Warcraft.

But it's worth noting skulls were transgressive in Anglo-American culture too, which is why metal albums put it on their covers and why a scrappy lil'British company made so much use of them in their art as they tried to snatch market share from TSR.