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So latest (completely unsubstantiated) rumour is saying Nov 18th for Legions release. From one of the Epic Discord groups.

Time to take another step on the road to you-know-where.

I'll refrain from getting my hopes up until there's a semi-reliable source. Though I'm still expecting it before the end of the year, and GW is rapidly running out of time.

 Pacific wrote:
So latest (completely unsubstantiated) rumour is saying Nov 18th for Legions release. From one of the Epic Discord groups.

It makes total sense. It will be released this year, way before Christmas.

Preoder 4th Nov.
2 Weeks Preorder
Release 18th Nov.

Makes sense, in some kind...

Apparently announcement will be made on 30th and pre-orders on the 4th (for release on 18th)

Using the word apparently a lot here, but apparently source was correct for Votann and Leviathan, so has a good track record - but I have no way of verifying that

That's basically the last slot it could be, right? Once you get into American Thanksgiving and December they don't usually release new big launches.

 Prometheum5 wrote:
That's basically the last slot it could be, right? Once you get into American Thanksgiving and December they don't usually release new big launches.

"Black Friday" - aka the single biggest sales day of the year - is the day after American Thanksgiving. So it wouldn't be out of the question to wait one more week.

Eumerin wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
That's basically the last slot it could be, right? Once you get into American Thanksgiving and December they don't usually release new big launches.

"Black Friday" - aka the single biggest sales day of the year - is the day after American Thanksgiving. So it wouldn't be out of the question to wait one more week.

With them being announced 2-3 weeks earlier than usual, I'm wondering if this year's battleforces will be taking that slot instead.

We could well see something like:
Sat Nov 4th: LI preorder
Sat Nov 11th: Battleforces preorder
Sat Nov 18th: LI in stores
Fri Nov 24th: Battleforces in stores for Black Friday

GW could also plausibly throw in a couple of releases in early December too; likely smaller stuff such as another limited edition xmas model.

Eumerin wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
That's basically the last slot it could be, right? Once you get into American Thanksgiving and December they don't usually release new big launches.

"Black Friday" - aka the single biggest sales day of the year - is the day after American Thanksgiving. So it wouldn't be out of the question to wait one more week.

But if they wait until after black Friday they risk everyone having blown through their disposable income. Surely they need to at least announce it before hand so people can set aside cash.

 Flinty wrote:

Eumerin wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
That's basically the last slot it could be, right? Once you get into American Thanksgiving and December they don't usually release new big launches.

"Black Friday" - aka the single biggest sales day of the year - is the day after American Thanksgiving. So it wouldn't be out of the question to wait one more week.

But if they wait until after black Friday they risk everyone having blown through their disposable income. Surely they need to at least announce it before hand so people can set aside cash.

If people know that it's coming and want it, they'll set aside some disposable income. Additionally, while sales are best specifically on Friday, they continue to stay high throughout. The following Monday is now a big day for online sales promotions due to the volume of sales.

Well... still not knowing much about actual prices makes it hard deciding if you actually want it or not.

 Pacific wrote:
Apparently announcement will be made on 30th and pre-orders on the 4th (for release on 18th)

Using the word apparently a lot here, but apparently source was correct for Votann and Leviathan, so has a good track record - but I have no way of verifying that

30 makes no sense as sunday is day preorders are announced. Why wokld gw delay by day?

 Albertorius wrote:
Well... still not knowing much about actual prices makes it hard deciding if you actually want it or not.

You clearly WANT it.....;]

VAYASEN wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:
Well... still not knowing much about actual prices makes it hard deciding if you actually want it or not.

You clearly WANT it.....;]

Only if the price is right . Otherwise I have all the STL files I really need

Yeah GW has put things in December a few times before, but they don't do it often and it's usually not big.

With Cities of Sigmar finally getting the rest of their stuff, and the Battleforces shown off in all their glory, we're basically down to a handful of things that have already been revealed but not yet released. The main part of that is going to be Kill Team: Salvation, and Winter releases for Necron and Adeptus Mechanicus.

I'll believe that LI is out in November, that's been a prevailing rumor for a while now. Timing makes sense. Follow that up with Kill Team in late november, early december, Adeptus Mechanicus in December, then Necron in January, and that's a pretty stuffed release schedule for the winter already.

There's still one book left for AoS in Winter roadmap of 2023...and let's be honest, they're totally teasing flesh eater courts for a while, and we know there are new miniatures coming with them -not just a single character.

We still have a preview coming for this month as well.

It will be very hard to put everything until the end of the year.

Sarouan wrote:
There's still one book left for AoS in Winter roadmap of 2023...and let's be honest, they're totally teasing flesh eater courts for a while, and we know there are new miniatures coming with them -not just a single character.

We still have a preview coming for this month as well.

It will be very hard to put everything until the end of the year.

I think the AOS roadmap said the Winter would be Dawnbringers book 4 plus an Order battletome. Still, "Winter" on these roadmaps covers Dec 2023 and Jan / Feb 2024, so there's plenty of time for those. FEC might well be Spring if it's going to be a large release.

Kill Team is the only thing left from the roadmaps that's expected before the end of 2023 since it's listed as Autumn.

With the two-week preorder in place there are realistically five release slots left for 2023, and three of them will be KT, Epic, and Battleforces in whichever order.

Cities was for autumn. That's just a placeholder cover.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/10/26/traverse-battlefields-in-complete-safety-with-legions-imperialis-land-raiders/

The tracks on the Landraider crush the heretic, crush the heretic, crush the heretic.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The tracks on the Landraider crush the heretic, crush the heretic, crush the heretic.

Oy. I think you need to get your eyesight checked.
Clearly these crush the loyalist.

Bit surprised its not a dual kit of 3 Explorators and 3 Carriers. As they name the Carrier version in the article I would expect it to come too but I don't expect two different boxes for Proteus Land Raiders. Maybe those will be a resin upgrade set?

 xttz wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/10/26/traverse-battlefields-in-complete-safety-with-legions-imperialis-land-raiders/

Nice! A little too uniform for the way paint IWs though

Dont miss this at the very bottom of the article-

Join us again next week for more Heresy Thursday reveals – our scanners tell us there might be more on the horizon for Legions Imperialis.


Does it just mean more info on more stuff as per usual next thursday or hinting at something like release info etc

 Albertorius wrote:

Nice! A little too uniform for the way paint IWs though

Pretty sure it's the same miniature pasted 6 times with the cupolas swapped.

Very cute, but building Explorators only is quite bizarre

VAYASEN wrote:
Dont miss this at the very bottom of the article-

Join us again next week for more Heresy Thursday reveals – our scanners tell us there might be more on the horizon for Legions Imperialis.


Does it just mean more info on more stuff as per usual next thursday or hinting at something like release info etc

Since it says Heresy Thursday reveal it should just be another model reveal (or maybe that expansion book).
But if the rumours are true that the preorder is on the 4th we should be getting confirmation of that this Sunday

Just Explorators? Hmm, too much to hope for the carrier set to have an Achilles option?

 Prometheum5 wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

Nice! A little too uniform for the way paint IWs though

Pretty sure it's the same miniature pasted 6 times with the cupolas swapped.

Oh I know xD