The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Momotaro]

Yeah, they apparently did the same with copies of Dreadfleet that they failed to sell.

A waste maybe, but (1) not that uncommon actually, and (2) shows how much profit was made if they can afford to do that. I suspect that it's also to eke out what they can money-wise before killing off any remaining competition to AoS - again, not a big surprise really. <shrug>

Also not a new tactic.  

Black Library announced they were getting out of RPGs the day after they released the Dark Heresy game.  There's a rumour that once they shipped pre-orders and early purchases, a big chunk of the print run was loaded onto a truck and taken to landfill.

Grain of salt etc  

[Duncan McDane]

I bit the bullet, bought the book and played - and enjoyed - a game of AoS, Elves vs. Ogres ( or Aelves vs Urruks I believe they are called now ). My elves sure did know how to die quickly, but never mind, it was fun although we noticed a few shortcomings, notably the lack of points on the battle scrolls. But hey, we were sure it would get better after the WFB units would be fased out and the new AoS units with scrolls would enter the fray.
But to be quite honest, I feel a bit "you-know-what" after the rumours of getting a new big book about one month later with some rules changes and errata ( and new warscrolls ). It's going too quick and getting too expensive, and due to lack of communication from GW I don't know whether this book will fix the shortcomings of the first release with the original rules or that it will be more scenario's, about how to get Nurgle into AoS and some repackaged Chaos units, only to repeat the same exercise the next month.
I was willing to give AoS a few more chances, but with the new not-medieval fantasy look of the models and the release policy I probably will get out of it, resell the book and call it ( and GW, since I don't do plastic models or 40K )  a day, unfortunately

[Too Bo Coo]

Nothing I read motivates me in any way to give GW another shot...  Sad.

[Tactalvanic]

umm ok

this, actually almost tempting - excepting I am not actually that impressed with most of them but £20

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Pestilens-Plague-Monks

and for GW that's almost a believable price little small being skaven (I assume at the moment) but maybe they have upscaled them - but twenty in the box...

But this:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Pestilens-Plague-Censer-Bearers

£20

a tenner each? granted I am not that impressed with most of them sculpt-wise but ?

Its two random miniatures, not even a multi-part kit

Now I have an image of the fifth element movie with the scene were a certain actress keeps going on about multi-pass only shes waving GW boxes about saying multi-part, multi-part.

I think its past my bed time....

Nothing I read motivates me in any way to give GW another shot...  Sad.

I agree. But sometimes they are good for a laugh.

[Vermis]

Sounds about par for the course for Skaven. Cheap plastic grunts and expensive metal/resin thingummies. (There's a reason I don't own any poisoned wind globadiers...) Though, were plague monks at these clanrat prices before the AoS repackage? If they brought the stormvermin down to about the same price I'd sit up and take notice.

[Timbor]

I do not think the price of plague monks have changed, but the plague censors have sure jumped in price.  Must be in resin now rather than metal so that means they are worth double.

[Major_Gilbear]

Sad to see those old plastics getting repackaged again. Same models, same price, new box. Man, I really hate those "dog" squeeks. 

The Plague Censer Bearers are basically two non-plastic models, so prices have been raised to suit that. Again, surprised they're not being made into a plastic kit, what with Skaven set to play a bigger part in this version of Warhammer, and with Nurgle being #2 Chaos god as well as being linked to the Clan Pestelens. Then again, perhaps these are the redsidue of still-metal models in GW's warehouse...?

I am not that impressed with most of them sculpt-wise but ?

They are old sculpts. They're fine, but like the plastic Plague Monks, they don't really fit the current styling.

[Dolmot]

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Pestilens-Plague-Censer-Bearers

£20

a tenner each? granted I am not that impressed with most of them sculpt-wise but ?

Its two random miniatures, not even a multi-part kit

"This set contains 5 Plague Censer Bearers, with 5 Citadel 32mm Round bases."

[Tactalvanic]

Thats good news then as when I initially looked it stated 2

5 is much better

Happy to be corrected

Still, I will stick with  the metal ones I have. Somewhere..

[Major_Gilbear]

Thats good news then as when I initially looked it stated 2

Same here - and I read it carefully too, looking for a hint on what material they are as well.

The new update means that £4 each is much more reasonable.

[Timbor]

That is funny.  It definitely said there were 2 in the package yesterday.

Maybe it was deliberate to see if there was a big outcry or not.  I mean, if folks would pay it... 

[zemjw]

I read it first thing this morning when I saw this thread - definitely said a random 2 from 5 variations.

Maybe they read LAF and were shamed into changing it

[Tactalvanic]

Maybe they read LAF and were shamed into changing it

Shamed? I don't think thats possible in this plane of reality. 

[nic-e]

On the age of sigmar Facebook page there's alot of talk of people getting in touch with gw and actually getting full replies telling them that they are making a new effort to take feedback and fix long standing problems with things like pricing and communication. They've even been sending out free merchandise....  0_o

[Major_Gilbear]

[...] they are making a new effort to take feedback and fix long standing problems with things like pricing and communication. They've even been sending out free merchandise....  0_o

*Faints*