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Why not just make pre-painted minis? They will ALL BE THE SAME NOW.
Useless "Bitz Packs" don't even come close.
Angered in Akron.
All the other backpacks, jump packs and should pads came out a short while ago, so they are at least recent.
Did the tank bits go away for a while in the last month or something? I know they were all available at that time, but I hadn't really looked since then.
But maybe they do add/remove their bits-packs randomly to avoid boredom. I've just realized, that the Tyranid bits are missing. Last time I've checked they where still available (big arm sprue and biomorph sprue).
If they would just put the marine legs on a separate sprue, I would be happy. I have tons of torsos, not enough legs.
And I have to agree with AiA on the removal of the bits service. Especially since I can't get the one Escher ganger I need for a conversion for an Acolyte.
Now the only multi-part model i can buy is a frigen Termi-lord.
Or make a lacluster one out of spare CSM parts.
Everyone needs to EMAIL GW! Every country! Every email! Let them know we are angry.
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GW must seriously employ only the strongest tongued window lickers around.
15 years ago when I started into this hobby, I would look at my shiny catalogue, and then go to the store - NOT AVAILABLE. How about... NOT AVAILABLE.
Forget bitz. Forget availability. Forget actually having a cool army like White Dwarf - for you kidz out there, White Dwarf was a magazine with real articles, cool stuff, and real people. Not a monthly catalogue and no personalities.
Ah yes, the days of Adrian Wood, Paul Muller, Paul Sawyer, Tuomas Pirienen (I'm sure I spelled that wrong...).
Back then Alessio was just some clown who was winning tournaments in Italy.
Back then Specialist Games - for you kids out there, Specialist Games was this awesome side of Games Workshop that emphasized fun over winning - was IN White Dwarf, and more importantly, was IN THE BLOODY STORES!
Fast forward fifteen years.
Games Workshop is run by a former Shampoo Salesman named Mark Wells. He has singlehanded turned a games company into a SHAREHOLDING. Something you own like Wal-Mart, or Pfizer , or McDonalds, it's no different.
The life has been bled out of Games Workshop to make more profit, more shareholder return.
RUBBISH! RUBBISH! RUBBISH!
Games Workshop thinks it's tightening the ropes, battening down the hatches, and making good decisions.
They forgot about the wave starting right here in Akron Ohio!
STAND UP! HOOK UP! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
The Bitz have been on for at least 3 months
As for Specialist games I could not agree more. Hell last year I heard BFG sold more the LOTR. They screwed up on LOTR and they are paying for it.
BFG is a Great game and fits the 40K universe the same way Mordhiem fits the Fantasy environment. Pushing these games would make more financial sense then pushing LOTR. Which I suspect they will stop making LOTR rules now that War of the Ring is out or at least they should
The sales were
40K
LOTR
All Specialist Games COMBINED
Fantasy
The turd in the lineup is Fantasy.
Any person who thinks LOTR was a mistake is a moron.
Fantasy and 40K are always been Number 2 except when the LOTR movies were out.
Is your sales data form 2004 or 2008
Yes in 2004 Fantasy was number 2 and LOTR was number ONE Specailist has always been f4 or 3 in sales.
LOTR is a DOG
When GW sent an email out to Independent retailers in the US last week for pushing War of the Ring Point was was this word for word
"VERY Very Few People Play Lord of the Rings so there are no Veteran games"- even the retail sales staff acknowledged was the public has know LOTR is a game NO ONE PLAYS
Thats was a GW Quote in an email so how with that and 2008 sales do you say LOTR is number 2 sales? Maybe in New Zealand (no offense to New Zealand) but not in US or Europe.
I have never heard that LOTR was behing specialist games, even combined. I find it even harder to believe considering that at my store nearly everyone has a LOTR army.
The Moose's figures are accurate. Global sales for the years 2002-2008, since LOTR was produced, have 40k-LOTR- and then a struggle between SG(all) and Fantasy for the last spot.
Any Specialist Games game on its own isn't even worth including in the data, the numbers are so low. But combined, that's ALL the SG games, they have an impact.
LOTR has never been a dog. Never will be. It's just the "hatorz" who have always wished it ill. Those in the know (such as myself) feel bad for people like that.
Now, Fantasy on the other hand, is hurting in a bad way. A really bad way. Even the big 7th edition "hysteria" barely put an upward blip on Fantasy. It's a hurting game.
5th edition 40k even hurt Fantasy more, and frankly, War of the Ring, will practically kill it. It's that good, and Fantasy is that much of a dying system.
Sad, but true.
1.) US is as big if not bigger than UK and bigger than Asia and Europe combined need to check the investor reports.
2.) US sales were up and Asia and Europe were down.
3.) Even GW retail sales admits no one Plays LOTR and that to be a Stockist THEY FORCE LOTR on you and make you carry the starter stuff and that slights the numbers.
I say to you Good Day.
I SAID GOOD DAY!
Continuing operations
Six months to
30 November
2008 Restated
Six months to
2 December
2007
Continental Europe €27.3m €28.6m
United Kingdom £21.1m £18.5m
The Americas US$24.8m US$23.3m - YOU LOSE!
Asia Pacific Aus$10.0m Aus$9.2m
All for an increase of odd bits, now, make Greater Daemon bits available so everyone can afford to make a Fateweaver or Skarbrand. Please, that is.
I'm buying a couple pack of it to make some slick Renegade Apothcaries and such. Heck, maybe I'll look into twisting a Chosen Chaos Space Marine squad into an all Apothecary squad. Heheh... A "Cult of Mutilation" or somethin nifty like that. :D