The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[OSHIROmodels]

I'm not getting into a lengthy debate about it as this isn't the thread, or indeed the forum for it. Suffice to say the canon has been removed as a reference and to my mind this is their biggest mistake.

Good for them if it succeeds 

cheers

James

[Too Bo Coo]

I'm not getting into a lengthy debate about it as this isn't the thread, or indeed the forum for it. Suffice to say the canon has been removed as a reference and to my mind this is their biggest mistake.

Good for them if it succeeds 

cheers

James

I have to agree with Jim here, they seem to have decoupled from the thing that was their main attraction.

That said, GW does seem to be in poor shape overall.  Perhaps they're suffering the effects of 'peak oil' and now are on a long but slow decline.  They certainly have enough capital to stay going for a long time, but I guess not in the same direction they are headed.  What do they say about Pride and falls?

[Vermis]

Ha! I just saw the new wolf-driven electro chariot space wolf lord character heman.

I just saw pics of it.

GW are doomed.

[Modhail]

I used to have a small Space Wolves army. I sold it, and for years I've regretted the decision. Then I saw the new releases and.... I no longer regret selling my Space Wolves. 
Once they used to be Viking/Northern Barbarian-themed Space Marines, now they're Space Marine themed Vikings/Northern Barbarians.
As the saying goes: "There are no Wolves on Fenris", the chapter was eradicated by the Squats, who then had bone-lengthening surgery and took their place.

[Momotaro]

I just saw pics of it.

GW are doomed.

I have a hankering to buy one and paint the character red.  Then add another box of thunderwolves... and paint one with a red nose...

[Gibby]

It would make one heck of a mantlepiece decoration at Christmas time!

[Vermis]

 

Once they used to be Viking/Northern Barbarian-themed Space Marines, now they're Space Marine themed Vikings/Northern Barbarians.

I once joked that GW was going overboard with their space marine themes, and that Space Wolves would soon have powered armour made out of wolf bones, shooting little wolf-bullets out of their wolf-guns, and travelling the spaceways in their giant wolf-shaped ships. I'm a little disconcerted to find out it's starting to come true.

[matthais-mouse]

Maybe they should just start making Christmas decorations......


And FIVE versions of codex space wolves?? Why???

[nic-e]

I really honestly thought the new wolf anti grav chariot was a photoshop job.
Also, where is all this grav tech coming from?  it used to be that land speeders were hard as balls for tech priests to build and the only jetbike outside of terra belonged to the dark angels. Now I'm meant to accept that the space wolves had some ancient relic anti grav wolf drawn toboggan kicking around for ten thousand years?

[FramFramson]

So here's something (hopefully) interesting for you. One question that looms large is what role shareholders might take in any sort of desperate effort to turn GW around. Well, in looking to find out WHO GW's shareholders are, I found some interesting stuff.

First, let's look at an article from a while ago, in 2011:

http://theback40k.blogspot.ca/2011/05/who-owns-games-workshop.html

This was more or less what the shareholders list had looked like for the decade or so running up to 2011. There's a lot of interesting information about those various shareholders, including the fact that the largest shareholder for what had at that point been many many years was a very shady looking operation [jarring dramatic chord].

Next up, something a little more recent, from fall 2013, documenting some interesting moves throughout the first half of 2013:

http://natfka.blogspot.ca/2013/04/ownership-changes-at-games-workshop.html

There's loads of interesting investigation here too. Notice that Nomad's stake has been gradually declining (even between 2011 and 2013) and that the shares are being spun out to a wider number of firms with small chunks here and there. If you read these two links, you'll note that GW paid out rich but irregular cash dividends and it seems that a number of smaller investment firms (perhaps ones without the wherewithal to do a really full due diligence) had been waiting for an opportunity to get a piece of the action for some time.

Now look at the current investor page:

http://investor.games-workshop.com/shareholder-statistics/

There's nothing there but names and percentages, but there's still a big story in there. First off, you'll notice that Nomad - the largest shareholder as recently as 2013 - has entirely dropped GW. Second, you'll note that almost nobody owns very much and that the second-largest shareholder is now Tom Kirby! (who's 6.7% share has not changed in any way - it's everyone else's holdings which have fragmented).

To me this looks more and more like small-time suckers not doing their research, rather than an imminent buyout or activist investor. There's no one at the wheel, folks!

[OSHIROmodels]

Let's all club together and get the biggest share percentage then 

We'll save the company and all become millionaires 

cheers

James

[Andym]

It's a crying shame if that chariot is real and not a joke of some kind!  I wouldn't like to see the space wolf's brought down like that, they used to be my army if choice!!

 I can't seem to find it on the GW site, does anyone have a link?

[OSHIROmodels]

Google image search is how I found it and I think the image was from Bell of Lost Whatsits 

cheers

James

[Andym]

Cheers Jim!

All I can say is woof! That's bad! There's something 'off' about the Login Grimnar sculpt too!!

[zemjw]

@Andym

- I think this is the chariot you seek. It looks more like a WW2 LCV to me, but still crap. A snip at £49.00 - and a squadron of two is also available for only £98.00, saving you the princely sum of £0.00

Presumably its use is explained in the limited edition codex, yours for a mere £150.00