The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[has.been]

I looked in a WH Smiths. No sign on the shelves, so I asked.
A copy was quickly produced. 'We're not putting them out' said the lady,
'They get stolen, to be sold on eBay'.

O Tempora! O Mores!  (Oh the Times! Oh the Morals!) Cicero.

[Mammoth miniatures]

Yeah when I worked in Smith's we had to do that with the first one - imperium. It was kept under the counter and limited to one copy per person because people were either stealing it or trying to buy the whole stock to put on eBay. I will say that whilst I did pick up and issue and the minis are great, the value compared to the first issue of imperium and mortal realms is a bit lower as both of those came with whole units for both factions.

Still, I'm not going to sniff at £2.99 for two nice character figures.

[Onebigriver]

Sorry to hear people are having problems. Forbidden Planet may be a good alternative.

[mcfonz]

Yeah when I worked in Smith's we had to do that with the first one - imperium. It was kept under the counter and limited to one copy per person because people were either stealing it or trying to buy the whole stock to put on eBay. I will say that whilst I did pick up and issue and the minis are great, the value compared to the first issue of imperium and mortal realms is a bit lower as both of those came with whole units for both factions.

Still, I'm not going to sniff at £2.99 for two nice character figures.

The first issue of the last hatchett 40k serial like this came with a captain and a necron lord.

The first series of this type came with frames of three models - primaris.

So from what I can recall, none came with complete units.

[zemjw]

Just picked up issue 2 of Combat Patrol in WH Smith this morning. £6.99 for 3 Von Ryan's Leapers.

At least one copy had a security tag on it. The assistant said that someone had walked out with an entire box of issue 1s without being spotted. If they have tags on them then they're covered by insurance. We live in a strange world 

[dickiegranthum]

Just picked up issue 2 of Combat Patrol in WH Smith this morning. £6.99 for 3 Von Ryan's Leapers.

At least one copy had a security tag on it. The assistant said that someone had walked out with an entire box of issue 1s without being spotted. If they have tags on them then they're covered by insurance. We live in a strange world 

So bizarre. I guess people will steal anything if it’s not bolted down…

[has.been]

So bizarre. I guess people will steal anything if it’s not bolted down…

'If it's not bolted down, it's ours! If we can prise it loose, it weren't bolted down.'   

[Mammoth miniatures]

So bizarre. I guess people will steal anything if it’s not bolted down…

Warhammer has joined lego as a tradable untraceable currency for illicit activates. It doesn't lose value (and just like lego it will generally increase in value if you keep it stashed away for a bit) so it's now a high theft item. in 6 months time hundreds of issue 1 will be on ebay for £9.99.

[dickiegranthum]

Warhammer has joined lego as a tradable untraceable currency for illicit activates. It doesn't lose value (and just like lego it will generally increase in value if you keep it stashed away for a bit) so it's now a high theft item. in 6 months time hundreds of issue 1 will be on ebay for £9.99.

I guess there are harder ways of laundering money … again, bizarre.

EBay is definitely a floodway of money laundering, so whatever makes small amounts of money quickly works.

[Mammoth miniatures]

I guess there are harder ways of laundering money … again, bizarre.

EBay is definitely a floodway of money laundering, so whatever makes small amounts of money quickly works.

Absolutely. Steal £100 of Warhammer from your local toy shop, then flog it on eBay the same evening at half the retail price. It'll be sold by the next morning.

[Luigi]

Absolutely. Steal £100 of Warhammer from your local toy shop, then flog it on eBay the same evening at half the retail price. It'll be sold by the next morning.

I've always wondered how common of a problem this was for GW stores.
Both in terms of shoplifting and even workers reselling stuff.

[Lost Egg]

The new LoTR / Middle Earth box set has been revealed and looks interesting; you get a 3x3 mat, 56 plastic minis and a couple of houses. Never played LoTR but seems like a couple of decent sized forces.

[ErikB]

I've got to say, I am amazed that the LotR stuff is still in production and selling so long after those movies.  Pretty cool.

[Cubs]

There's a new (animated) film on the way this December, so new miniatures have been released for it. They look pretty good.

[Lost Egg]

The Rohan warriors on foot look like a solid update. I assume the riders of Rohan will get an update too.

Part of me thinks that WFB should look more like this than the massive blocks of infantry...I expect I'm in the minority though.