The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Tactalvanic]

Yes probably, but thats the 'old' version.

This would be 'new', made from the  broken pieces of the old withdrawn ones, washed in the tears of the disappointed, with suitable price hike.

Grimmer, darker.








Skullier....

[FramFramson]

Sir, would you skully the good name of Games Workshop?

[Tactalvanic]

Why of course not good sir, they have sufficient paid employees contracted to do just that already.

I most certainly would not wish to detract from or take work from such hard working staff.

They must work hard, as they produce so many.

Such skulduggery would be beneath even me.

[joroas]

This is a mere £500, unpainted obviously.....

[Argonor]

"Daddy, can I have that for my spehs mehrins?"

[Dr. Zombie]

But what is £500 really!? I mean you can only buy 25 Perry plastic box sets for that same amount.

[beefcake]

Or feed your family for a good amount of time on expensive steak and grey poupon. 

[Major_Gilbear]

But what is £500 really!?

Pfft, loose change my friend! I mean, you can barely sculpt on a computer for that.

[Tactalvanic]

I will await the closing down sales..

If its still in production and the price reduction sufficient and most importantly, I am still alive.

I may buy one. Or two.

But - that would buy a lot of grey poupon.... mmm poupon,  on everything, games workshop.

Oh, it would be a difficult choice !

[Vermis]

I will await the closing down sales..

Rumour has it that unsold Dreadfleet sets were recalled and destroyed rather than be sold at a reduction. More solid rumour has it that GW doesn't have any kind of sales because it would 'devalue' their brand.

When GW gasps it's last? I'd guess they'd sooner issue an order 66, implanted in each book and miniature, to self destruct (and take the owning gamer with it, if possible) rather than leave evidence they existed, let alone admit failure with a closing-down sale.

[Momotaro]

Thanks Vermis, the thought of all my toy soldiers coming to life at night and climbing out of their boxes to KILL ME is going to give me the heebie jeebies for ages... 

[FramFramson]

To be honest, I expect them to live in denial until everything goes pear-shaped in a BIG hurry (best guess would be a really atrocious profits/losses report, or a really atrocious profits/losses report after two or three pretty bad ones). Fire sales won't even be an option because events will be moving too fast. If say, the stock craters over the space of a few days, then it's more likely that a big player will swoop in and snap the company up. Even if you gutted the place and shuttered the minis lines, IP is still worth loads in the right hands. There's a very good chance that it will all happen with surprising speed.

[Dr. Zombie]

But that is not very likely to happen for a long time.

The company is still making money even if it is not as much as they used to they are still far far away from being in the red.

[Modhail]

True, but it's not just making insufficient money that could scuttle GW. Shareholder behaviour/stock market can also do it. If they lose faith and start dumping shares, GW could be over in a matter of weeks.
And the shareholders have already encountered a profit warning last year and the "my shit smells like daisies"-rant in this years report...   

[fred]

It's also their ability to service their debt that is very important. Big companies tend to have big debts from raising money to pay for expansion. If the owners of that debt start to get nervous about the future ability to be paid, then things get sticky quickly.