Plastic Apocalypse Biker Gang and More Coming From Warlord Games

[eilif]

I think I saw the retail price for the bikers was like $35 or $40 US for eight models. 

If that's just one of the 8 figs and 3 bikes sprue then I'll probably pass.

Also notable is that the zombie survivor figure sets (I'm not sure about the bikers having not seen a review yet) are just not amazing figs.  They are serviceable and have alot of great options, but they're just average/middling quality miniatures for which their flexibility and price were the selling points.  What are the selling points now that they're almost 3 times the price?

[horridperson]

I have been following these models since I saw the biker sprues on WGF's forums and find myself in agreement with much of the sentiment expressed regarding pricing.  These were very good economy models but not of sufficient quality to justify a substantial price hike.  I find it strange because I don't find Warlord prices particularly high in any of their other ranges.  If it were them, not Mantic who licensed the Walking Dead IP I'd be more likely to accept it as a cost of doing business but I'm not impressed.  In all likeliehood I`m probably foolish enough to give it a go at least to make my TNT Takers a biker gang.   

[Jerekin]

@eMills: I go 100% with you there, Eric.


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No idea what you are talking about with 8 and such.

"This expansion set contains enough parts to make 6 highly detailed plastic gangers including 2 bikes plus this stunning Gang Leader model with pillion rider. It also provides game cards unique to this expansion, so do not miss out of this epic addition."

Speak one and a half sprue.
http://static.gameware.at/mirror/DerivedProductCovers/Zoomed/ZUB-PROZMG.1.jpg
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http://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gang-leader-600x462.jpg


Originial WGF box was three sprues for 2/3 of the current price aka old WGF box price.
http://wargameterrain.blogspot.de/2015/04/wargames-factory-exclusive-plastic.html

That's a whopping 300% Price increase. Almost same goes for Special Forces. Old plan was 4 Sprues with 4 Torsi. Now One sprue with 8 Torsi. <3


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They all have their weaknesses. In the End they are all sculpted by the WGF guys. Only the Boss is really new.

The thing is in the big conformist forums they are spoken of as being the real big-time. Most people there don't even seem to know WGF and are used to much higher prices anyway. Guess that's the (new) target group Warlord heads for.

Hype is everything today.

What really pisses me of is the bogus they tell you: "Retooling" (only the bases with the Warlord stamp are actually changed, very important), gaming cards, blahblah" is responsible for that price increase.

And in the same breath they release a three-up of the Boss for 40 quids cast via jnjection mold limited to thirty models.  
If a fanboy tells me one more time something about high costs for plastics...

You can't tell me they fabricate a form for 10000 with a total revenue of 1200 (30*40), cost of the small boss not even substracted.


And the worst I#s f*cking collectible now.

Sorry for the rant.

[Dr Mathias]

Only the Boss is really new.

I've had the biker leader sprue in my hands for several months, he was tooled at the same time as the Bikers, Modern Soldiers, Artillery, and Hessians.

[eilif]

Interesting to know about the leader biker sprue. Anyone have a shot of it?

I guess that ups the value a bit, but I'm not seeing it.  A $25 or $30 box with 6-7 bikers was something special.  $35-40 (guessing on the price here...) for 3 bikes is just ok, and not something I'll probably be doing Looks like it's time to find some more old Ork and catachan bits and get back to kitbashing.

http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2012/06/post-apocalyptic-cars-and-motorcycles.html

[commissarmoody]

Dig your Bikers Eilif

[horridperson]

Yeah, those hot wheels bikes are perfect.  Thanks for sharing eilif.

[Dr Mathias]

Interesting to know about the leader biker sprue. Anyone have a shot of it?

[The_Baron]

The plot thickens....
North Star has the bikers for 15 GBP
http://northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=8290

Not sure where War and Peace are getting their pricing from then, their price is more than double even accounting for exchange rates

[commissarmoody]

Boxes are going for about 28.99 over here

[Redmao]

I knew I should have loaded up on those Survivors sets.

[Maspalio]

Cheaper bikers...

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=192_73_135&product_id=614

[Wachaza]

Cheaper bikers...

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=192_73_135&product_id=614

They are pretty good. Be nice if they did foot versions of them.

The plastic Warlord ones are definitel meant to be £25 retail.

[Blofeld]

I've had the original WGF survivors for years and I have to admit was never a huge fan of them, really useful for parts alone but the ultra-realistic proportions left them scaling pretty badly against a fair amount of other minis I had and the construction options, for a multi part plastic set, were fairly limited. A lot less incentive to buy anymore with the new price tag, although they were highly detailed and if the style suits you then they're very decent minis
Thanks
Blofeld

[eilif]

Thanks folks. The bikes are great, the trick is finding riders for them.  Maybe it'd be worthwhile to buy the west winde guys since all their bikes look alike.

For folks looking for foot versions of the west wind guys there's probably alot of possibilities in the EM4 and Copplestone lines.

Thanks Doc.
Looks nice. Makes me even more disappointed for the new pricing.