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I got allocated the 5 boxes for my store I asked for. But Im a small store so 5 probably isn't much compared to some stores ordering 100+

 Snrub wrote:
I'm sorry, what? How did they slip these guys past us?

It was on last weeks preorder preview but they got the wrong image on the carousel (they doubled the chaos space marine squad) by accident.

Crispy78 wrote:
I genuinely don't know if GW are victims of their own success, or if they're having manufacturing issues, or if it's a deliberate change in strategy - but it's a little frustrating that it feels like they just make one batch of a model now and then that's it done. How long ago did Emperor's Children come out? And you still can't get a Lord Kakophonist - still showing as out of stock...

It's a bit of both of the first two for sure, and I think a little bit the third being their response. They only just recently got permission to start up another factory, which has been a huge bottleneck since they make all the minis in Nottingham. It makes it tough to restock product, since you gotta swap a whole bunch of stuff out. God forbid someone drop a mould in the process.

While they've been dealing with this bottleneck, my guess is they've put out a bunch of stuff with no intention of restocking once it's out. Just make the money and move on to the next thing without having to worry about storing and replacing moulds. If it's been really profitable, they'll probably keep doing it even when the bottleneck is fixed. If it hasn't, they won't.

 cole1114 wrote:

Crispy78 wrote:
I genuinely don't know if GW are victims of their own success, or if they're having manufacturing issues, or if it's a deliberate change in strategy - but it's a little frustrating that it feels like they just make one batch of a model now and then that's it done. How long ago did Emperor's Children come out? And you still can't get a Lord Kakophonist - still showing as out of stock...

It's a bit of both of the first two for sure, and I think a little bit the third being their response. They only just recently got permission to start up another factory, which has been a huge bottleneck since they make all the minis in Nottingham. It makes it tough to restock product, since you gotta swap a whole bunch of stuff out. God forbid someone drop a mould in the process.

While they've been dealing with this bottleneck, my guess is they've put out a bunch of stuff with no intention of restocking once it's out. Just make the money and move on to the next thing without having to worry about storing and replacing moulds. If it's been really profitable, they'll probably keep doing it even when the bottleneck is fixed. If it hasn't, they won't.

There's also the next 40K edition on the horizon that will be dominating warehousing space for the next few months.

Wait.. 11th edition is on the horizon already? I thought GW had decided to stop this vicious 3 year cycle?

Speculatively, with Heresy and Old World alongside 40K and AoS, there’s the potential it’s now a four year cycle.

But, it’s hard to say when that clock runs from. Presumably, HH 3rd Ed, which would make 40K 11th Ed the last 40K of the three year cycle.

Only time will tell.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Speculatively, with Heresy and Old World alongside 40K and AoS, there’s the potential it’s now a four year cycle.

But, it’s hard to say when that clock runs from. Presumably, HH 3rd Ed, which would make 40K 11th Ed the last 40K of the three year cycle.

Only time will tell.

I would say it's very likely 40k is due next year in case anyone else had doubt. All books are out and there's little reason for leaving the breadwinner to stew.

Delaying an extra year would allow a new edition to coincide with the 40th anniversary of 40k, but I suspect they'll just use that as an excuse to do two years in a row with a big FOMO 40k box instead.

Mod edit - this thread is for 40k news and rumours, not conventions in general.

Am I wrong or warlord titan isn't available and even listed on GW site?

 BrookM wrote:
Wait.. 11th edition is on the horizon already? I thought GW had decided to stop this vicious 3 year cycle?

Perhaps they decided to wait for an edition with less-gak rules?

 vipoid wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Wait.. 11th edition is on the horizon already? I thought GW had decided to stop this vicious 3 year cycle?

Perhaps they decided to wait for an edition with less-gak rules?

I'm hoping we can go back to 7th edition Formations! I miss those.

To be totally honest, the fact that they pushed out all the codexes finally makes me concerned that there will be a big change in the not to distant future.

 BorderCountess wrote:
Took a shot on GW's site. Got it into my cart, then it sold out while I was paying. Hell, the order even went through with PayPal (it's currently showing as 'pending').

Seriously, that's really fething stupid.

Naw that's how fast some things that are popular sell out.

I had it worse during I think Leviathan launch where the site (not GW but a major 3rd party store) processed the payment, but the site was glitching so hard that whilst the payment had processed the actual order hadn't.
At the time I just made a second order and then waited a few days for the frenzy to settle down and contacted the store to fix the issue, which they were more than happy to do and it was all resolved.

But yeah any time sales go super fast you can end up with all kinds of little glitches arising during the payment process.

Surprised the UM combat patrol is listed as “available while stocks last”. Has there been a FOMO CP before? Normally they just go into normal inventory. At least until they get replaced.

 BrookM wrote:
Wait.. 11th edition is on the horizon already? I thought GW had decided to stop this vicious 3 year cycle?

Without GW saying so, or 1st seeing any proof of it in action, why would you think that?

 Nevelon wrote:
Surprised the UM combat patrol is listed as “available while stocks last”. Has there been a FOMO CP before? Normally they just go into normal inventory. At least until they get replaced.

All the new marine ones have been.

It would be very 40K if Marines had like ten Combat Patrols on permanent sale though

I wonder if the Chapter specific decal sheets are the limiting factor- one run of those and done