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teutonicavenger wrote:

Well this is quite sad (Cue the sad music)
At Warhammer world during the throne of skulls tournament GW/ FW announced the last ever Thunder hawk was available at the forgeworld shop and it was not getting re-stocked EVER AGAIN. Now I won't get into speculations (though I know what the first thing people will think) of what this may mean but if you ever wanted a thunder hawk from FW then you are out of luck

From Battle Bunnies
http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.nz/2017/03/the-last-resin-thunderhawk-official.html?m=1

***UPDATE***
Hastings confirms it!

Warhams-77 wrote:
Where is my old rumor thread from February with Drake Seta's hints at the new kit...? anyway, some more info from Hastings (posted yesterday)

Hastings - Disqus

Yes it's coming, as everyone can clearly now see the final resin TH has been sold, the plastic one has quite a few options as I understand it, and should come in around 25-30% of the cost of the resin one... or at least that's the last I heard. I recall a figure of either £125 or £135...

https://disqus.com/home/discussion/warofsigmar/war_of_sigmar_rumors_and_rules_for_age_of_sigmar_9005/#comment-3224673992

This could be what its going to look like:

Picture is from Inferno.

the insiide the studio vid also hinted at plastic t hawk

What's the over/under on the number of threads we'll see on this in the next day? We're already up to three.

Lol that's my post from B&C

Well GW/ FW actually announced there will be no more resin thunder hawks though whether or not they actually release a plastic kit or let The old bird retire remains to be seen.

How much do we all think the plastic one will cost?

£150?

More?

If it's under £200 I'll buy two.

If it's £150 I'm going for one.

I find it amusing that rumors sites are making the jump from "no more FW thunderhawks" to "that must mean they're coming in plastic!", when nothing of the sort has been said (the WH TV video hinted at it, but they did not even remotely say it's actually a thing).

Edit: Welp, if Hastings is saying it's coming, good sign it's probably coming.

I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.


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Besides spaced armor, or was that not popular?

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.


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Besides spaced armor, or was that not popular?

Spaced armor?

 troa wrote:
I find it amusing that rumors sites are making the jump from "no more FW thunderhawks" to "that must mean they're coming in plastic!", when nothing of the sort has been said (the WH TV video hinted at it, but they did not even remotely say it's actually a thing).

There are some, slightly fuzzy, pictures of a Thunderhawk doing the rounds... saw them in a /tg/ thread earlier. Nothing that you can get much detail from, as it's in the back of a larger set-up, half-behind a building. The only certainties are that it isn't the Forgeworld one, due to some slightly different trimmings.

 troa wrote:
I find it amusing that rumors sites are making the jump from "no more FW thunderhawks" to "that must mean they're coming in plastic!", when nothing of the sort has been said (the WH TV video hinted at it, but they did not even remotely say it's actually a thing).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning

Snebze wrote:

 troa wrote:
I find it amusing that rumors sites are making the jump from "no more FW thunderhawks" to "that must mean they're coming in plastic!", when nothing of the sort has been said (the WH TV video hinted at it, but they did not even remotely say it's actually a thing).

There are some, slightly fuzzy, pictures of a Thunderhawk doing the rounds... saw them in a /tg/ thread earlier. Nothing that you can get much detail from, as it's in the back of a larger set-up, half-behind a building. The only certainties are that it isn't the Forgeworld one, due to some slightly different trimmings.

DO YOU HAVE THESE?

Sorry for the yelling. Really excited.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.

Considering that there are plenty of "standard issue" Imperial Guard vehicles that have been dropped, and there are no plastic variants yet, leads me to believe that this isn't entirely true.

 NivlacSupreme wrote:

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.


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Besides spaced armor, or was that not popular?

Spaced armor?

Extra armor came in two types, reinforced or spaced, like on the old upgrade kit for the rhino.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.


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Besides spaced armor, or was that not popular?

So what you're saying is that we're getting a plastic Repressor?

I'm guessing this they are replacing the model with a updated look based on the storm bird. Call it a thunder hawk mk 3 or what ever they are onto now and give it new weapon options.

This may simply be due to the molds being too far gone. If memory serves the Thunderhawk is one of Forge World's oldest models still in production. I can't imagine many of the old molds or even masters still holding up to this day, especially since Resin Casting is more brutal on the molds than plastic casting.

 Asmodai wrote:

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.


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Besides spaced armor, or was that not popular?

So what you're saying is that we're getting a plastic Repressor?

I said popular

I have hopes that a plastic repressor kit comes with SOB.



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 Lockark wrote:
I'm guessing this they are replacing the model with a updated look based on the storm bird. Call it a thunder hawk mk 3 or what ever they are onto now and give it new weapon options.

In the past items became unavailable when molds were being redone. But they never said " last one for sale" even when they were making changes to the kit that I'm aware of.

Snebze wrote:

 troa wrote:
I find it amusing that rumors sites are making the jump from "no more FW thunderhawks" to "that must mean they're coming in plastic!", when nothing of the sort has been said (the WH TV video hinted at it, but they did not even remotely say it's actually a thing).

There are some, slightly fuzzy, pictures of a Thunderhawk doing the rounds... saw them in a /tg/ thread earlier. Nothing that you can get much detail from, as it's in the back of a larger set-up, half-behind a building. The only certainties are that it isn't the Forgeworld one, due to some slightly different trimmings.

So, get them posted here.

 oldravenman3025 wrote:

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.

Considering that there are plenty of "standard issue" Imperial Guard vehicles that have been dropped, and there are no plastic variants yet, leads me to believe that this isn't entirely true.

But did they sell?
Kits like the Salamander and Atlas were built around the old chimera and Leman Russ kits and required updating. When they discod them I was bummed, but not surprised.

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 Asmodai wrote:

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.


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Besides spaced armor, or was that not popular?

So what you're saying is that we're getting a plastic Repressor?

Thunderhawks are an iconic vehicle of the SPEEHS MUHRINES! They cannot let it go.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:


In the past items became unavailable when molds were being redone. But they never said " last one for sale" even when they were making changes to the kit that I'm aware of.

The only reason to do this is to build hype. If it was just going away, they would have just put it on last chance to buy then removed it.

Nobidy saw that post right? Good!

 Insurgency Walker wrote:

 oldravenman3025 wrote:

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I can't think of a popular kit FW discontinued that didn't get a plastic replacement. Given the cost I'm sure they don't want to get stuck with FW stock before the plastic release.

Considering that there are plenty of "standard issue" Imperial Guard vehicles that have been dropped, and there are no plastic variants yet, leads me to believe that this isn't entirely true.

But did they sell?
Kits like the Salamander and Atlas were built around the old chimera and Leman Russ kits and required updating. When they discod them I was bummed, but not surprised.

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Considering how many stock models I've seen over the years, both in person and online, I'm guessing they did sell. I agree that some models needed an update. But it's a shame they never did.

 troa wrote:
I find it amusing that rumors sites are making the jump from "no more FW thunderhawks" to "that must mean they're coming in plastic!", when nothing of the sort has been said (the WH TV video hinted at it, but they did not even remotely say it's actually a thing).

It's pretty obvious that's what's happening. It's an iconic kit (unlike most of the OOP stuff), and the only reason to announce "no more FW Thunderhawks" instead of just quietly removing it from the website once the last inventory is sold is to hint at an upcoming replacement. The only question remaining is exactly when the new plastic Thunderhawk will be released.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
Kits like the Salamander and Atlas were built around the old chimera and Leman Russ kits and required updating.

Actually they worked just fine. I have Salamanders that were shipped with the current Chimera kit and have no problems at all, and Destroyer/Mars Alpha LRBT kits (same design as the Atlas) that shipped with the current LRBT kit. It's more likely that they didn't sell all that well because of weak rules and, for the Salamander, easy conversion from a plastic Chimera.

I wonder if they just are going to do a rerelease of a limited run of the old metal thunderhawk...

stormboy wrote:
I wonder if they just are going to do a rerelease of a limited run of the old metal thunderhawk...

New and improved in Finecast!

a plastic thudnerhawk would make sense, there's been demand for them for awhile. and space Marines, lack a "vehicular Lord of war" option. (yes they can take a knight but I mean antive to codex Space marines) a thunderhawk would also be something that could be fairly widely avaliable, space marines, chaos space marines, blood angels, dark angels, space wolves, even sisters of battle (whom would presumably have some sort of transport, and it'd make sense to have thunderhawks given their widespread use of the rhino chassis)


I suppose the other answer that could pop up is GW moving more in a direction of having space marines using storm ravens. as a continuation in the practice of using smaller easier to manafacture hulls that began with them. or even a brand new replacement for the tHunderhawk (which WAS supposed to be more a temoporary stop gap measure that sort of "took over")

If a plastic T.Hawk is on the way I wonder how many new variants GW and FW will get out of the kit? IIRC the Baneblades the super heavy to beat in that department.