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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Got some pre-orders next week.

Dark Mechanicum, Thanatar and….



Some tempting raised plazas.

An arena for two Knights to fight it out while the other Knights and Titans stand around watching and cheering!

I'll be getting a set of those tiles. Interesting to see they are adding to the LI terrain range, I'll need to plan my terrain build plans and purchases a bit more carefully going forward.. Perhaps not a good idea to splurge a lot on any single item, if maximum terrain variety is the end game (as it always is in my case)

Couple of those tiles (so one set) should add some handy variety and height, so for me they’re welcome additions.

Looks like the perfect terrain for a display board.

Also useful to help make a bunch of smaller buildings look like they’re part of a larger complex.

Prices for this week:
To no surprise the tiles are webstore exclusives so no prices yet, the rest is the standard price point

Relieved to see stalkers are same price as regular LI kits. I had a feeling that the Serperos ones would on par with box of four Acheron/Castigator knights.

A welcome surprise indeed.

No word on how their AT rules are?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
A welcome surprise indeed.

No word on how their AT rules are?

That's what I'm waiting for!

If I'm being honest, I'll probably buy a box regardless. Thematically they fit nicely with my Audax and their Sarum connection.

If WarCom don't preview them first during the week then we should see AT rules on Saturday when the usual folks get review copies.

I'm now hoping someone makes printable spider legs for the titans, for visual coherency

As for this week...

Later in the week we’ve got coverage of the next supplement for Kill Team, plus an ironclad banger of a Heresy Thursday.

...and I doubt it will have anything to do with AT. They've only coughed the game's name over the last year and I don't see that changing now.

Looking on the bright side, I think the Stalker Constructs box would be enough for a Terror formation's compulsory detachments? 290 + whatever it maybe for a Hound or a Knight? And then the walkers are usable in AT...not bad if there's something in the box for both games.

Also, bit of a hack would be to have just two Harpax models on a base, stretching them to 12 bases for a compulsory Swarm formation. With one model less one each base could include a little scenery detail.

SamusDrake wrote:
As for this week...

Later in the week we’ve got coverage of the next supplement for Kill Team, plus an ironclad banger of a Heresy Thursday.

...and I doubt it will have anything to do with AT. They've only coughed the game's name over the last year and I don't see that changing now.

Looking on the bright side, I think the Stalker Constructs box would be enough for a Terror formation's compulsory detachments? 290 + whatever it maybe for a Hound or a Knight? And then the walkers are usable in AT...not bad if there's something in the box for both games.

Also, bit of a hack would be to have just two Harpax models on a base, stretching them to 12 bases for a compulsory Swarm formation. With one model less one each base could include a little scenery detail.

Actually, I got a marketing email from them last week promoting AT and the AT starter set. I think they could do a slightly better job of reminding folks about it. But I appreciate that they're people of their word and not killing off the game.

I don't know what to think about LI though. It may be different in the UK and EU, but in my region in the US it doesn't seem to have caught on much. Was in my hometown for Thanksgiving, and here's what the local FLGS's 40% discount table looked like:



I grabbed a couple Reavers from their pile. After those, the only Titans left were Warhounds, which can be found on eBay for about 40% off retail anyway. They had a couple Warmasters on their regular shelf, still at full price.

Would have picked up a few sets myself for 40% discount!

Good to hear about the email. I take it you run an indie shop?

So uhh... do they still have any of that available at 40% off?

Uhhh.... Did you buy enough for the whole class?

I don't htink the game is helped that on the new GW webstore you have to go through two menus to get the link for the range to appear.

So anyone casually browsing who doesn't know of the game might well miss it even existing unless its a release week.

One of my local game stores also had lots of LI for 30% off, but it was just stuff he over ordered. Lots of transports like drop pods, Argus lighters, and such. I did get two boxes of basalisks however. And a set of dire wolves.

SamusDrake wrote:
Would have picked up a few sets myself for 40% discount!

Good to hear about the email. I take it you run an indie shop?

No I don't own a store...it was just a regular consumer email. "Stomp Into Tactical Epic-scale Battles". It featured the starter set, legio books, and campaign compendium. It's good to see they're still doing some promotion.


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chaos0xomega wrote:
So uhh... do they still have any of that available at 40% off?

Maybe? The store isn't local to my current home...I stopped in (and then stopped back) when I was visiting family. The LI pile didn't seem to have changed much when I stopped back. If I lived closer, I probably would have stopped back again to check in case a Warmaster found its way to the discount table.

If I had been to that store, it would have been 6-8 boxes smaller at 40% off. Building bitty tanks is a ton of fun.

 gorgon wrote:

No I don't own a store...it was just a regular consumer email. "Stomp Into Tactical Epic-scale Battles". It featured the starter set, legio books, and campaign compendium. It's good to see they're still doing some promotion.

Oh, I see. I've not noticed one for here in the UK, so maybe its a localized promotion. I suppose products will have varying levels of success depending on where it's sold.

So yeah...you guys are letting the team down! Must purchase faster!

3rd party stores are under pressure and sometimes they have to sell stock for way less and make very little to no profit just to get the money they spent buying it back to then spend on something faster selling.

We had the same thing when GW overstocked Dominions on some 3rd parties last edition for AoS. Some stores were selling stock wholesale to clear them not because they wouldn't sell but because they weren't selling fast enough.


A lot of stores these days cannot afford to just sit on stock for too long, esp when that stock takes up storage/shelfspace and many outlets are on the smalle side. Space is a premium and if a bunch of models is going to take 6 months to sell vs the latest MTG set that will sell out in a week - they are going to start pushing to get that space for something faster.

Heck you get the same thing with sales like Black Friday - sometimes the biggest discounts are on stuff that's just not sold in ages and the store just wants it gone.

Yeah...at 40% off I would have bought about 12 of those boxes....

 Overread wrote:
3rd party stores are under pressure and sometimes they have to sell stock for way less and make very little to no profit just to get the money they spent buying it back to then spend on something faster selling.

We had the same thing when GW overstocked Dominions on some 3rd parties last edition for AoS. Some stores were selling stock wholesale to clear them not because they wouldn't sell but because they weren't selling fast enough.


A lot of stores these days cannot afford to just sit on stock for too long, esp when that stock takes up storage/shelfspace and many outlets are on the smalle side. Space is a premium and if a bunch of models is going to take 6 months to sell vs the latest MTG set that will sell out in a week - they are going to start pushing to get that space for something faster.

Heck you get the same thing with sales like Black Friday - sometimes the biggest discounts are on stuff that's just not sold in ages and the store just wants it gone.

I got a copy of Dominion from Miniature Market a few weeks back for $100. Once those boxes finally dry up, the value on those minis is going to really climb.

The store in question is pretty large. Probably huge by UK standards. Shelf space is a thing for everyone, but I got the impression that LI just didn't have a following there.



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 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Uhhh.... Did you buy enough for the whole class?

Nah, just some Titans. LI kits are mostly base decoration for an AT guy like me, and I'm good for now. Looking forward to those Heavy Stalkers though.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
If I had been to that store, it would have been 6-8 shelves smaller at 40% off. Building bitty tanks is a ton of fun.

There, I fixed that statement right up- I have zero self control when it comes to epic!

 gorgon wrote:

 Overread wrote:
3rd party stores are under pressure and sometimes they have to sell stock for way less and make very little to no profit just to get the money they spent buying it back to then spend on something faster selling.

We had the same thing when GW overstocked Dominions on some 3rd parties last edition for AoS. Some stores were selling stock wholesale to clear them not because they wouldn't sell but because they weren't selling fast enough.


A lot of stores these days cannot afford to just sit on stock for too long, esp when that stock takes up storage/shelfspace and many outlets are on the smalle side. Space is a premium and if a bunch of models is going to take 6 months to sell vs the latest MTG set that will sell out in a week - they are going to start pushing to get that space for something faster.

Heck you get the same thing with sales like Black Friday - sometimes the biggest discounts are on stuff that's just not sold in ages and the store just wants it gone.

I got a copy of Dominion from Miniature Market a few weeks back for $100. Once those boxes finally dry up, the value on those minis is going to really climb.

for ages, my LGS had two copies of dominion on their shelf for $100. i got one of them last year, and then a few weeks ago picked up the other for $80

$80 is insane. Could probably sell off one side and keep the other for basically free.

 gorgon wrote:


Nah, just some Titans. LI kits are mostly base decoration for an AT guy like me, and I'm good for now.

Not to push this into a different direction, but do you have any pictures of how you use them, because that sounds like a great idea.

 gorgon wrote:
$80 is insane. Could probably sell off one side and keep the other for basically free.

i wanted the orcs to use in TOW/WHFB, and my girlfriend had been talking about using the other half for blood angel conversions, so i'm using all of it

SamusDrake wrote:

 gorgon wrote:

No I don't own a store...it was just a regular consumer email. "Stomp Into Tactical Epic-scale Battles". It featured the starter set, legio books, and campaign compendium. It's good to see they're still doing some promotion.

Oh, I see. I've not noticed one for here in the UK, so maybe its a localized promotion. I suppose products will have varying levels of success depending on where it's sold.

I'm in the UK and got the AT advertising e-mail.

Those scenery tiles are nice, and conveniently a set of two, plus the three boxes of road tiles I bought back at release, give the 20 tiles needed for the recommended 5x4 board size, so think I will be picking up a set.