Roland
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xnoelx
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Nov 12, 2015 - 09:09 |
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...but conveniently, it came from Australian GW stores. i.e. the ones that are closed the longest from when the rumour appeared, delaying the inevitable debunk for as long as possible? |
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Roland
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harvestmouse
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Nov 12, 2015 - 09:21 |
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Dunno what that means tbh. My immediate reaction was that it was probably very very old. However clearly it isn't.
I can't see GW relaunching BB unless it can get the 3rd party figure problem under control. That I guess would mean making the NAF only support GW figures, which it wouldn't do.
Maybe they'll invent a few new star players and release the figures quick to make a fast buck....maybe. If they try going head to head with the 3rd parties...that'll be a disaster. |
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the_Sage
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Nov 12, 2015 - 09:24 |
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This is great! We might just see a completely-un-thoughout rules change that will break more than it tries to fix! |
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mister__joshua
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I'd love this to be true. Best Christmas ever! Might tempt me to break out the old Necromunda!
| harvestmouse wrote: | Dunno what that means tbh. My immediate reaction was that it was probably very very old. However clearly it isn't.
I can't see GW relaunching BB unless it can get the 3rd party figure problem under control. That I guess would mean making the NAF only support GW figures, which it wouldn't do.
Maybe they'll invent a few new star players and release the figures quick to make a fast buck....maybe. If they try going head to head with the 3rd parties...that'll be a disaster. |
IMO for a long time GW has had their business model totally wrong. Maybe they think the BB IP is popular enough to boost sales of the main game? Maybe they can release a new boxed set with an 'official' rulebook? I don't think GWs future is in figure making. Maybe they'll return to the old citadel/marauder model of supporting 3rd party manufacturers? Maybe, going the opposite direction, they're releasing the main game to boost the value of the IP for future computer games sales?
How long does Cyanide/Focus have the BB contract for? |
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Burnalot
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Nov 12, 2015 - 09:37 |
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Did they really spell Epic Armageddon wrong? |
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harvestmouse
Joined: May 13, 2007
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| Burnalot wrote: | | Did they really spell Epic Armageddon wrong? |
Ahhhh yeah, suggests it is actually fake. |
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mister__joshua
Joined: Jun 20, 2007
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Maybe. But the source did only say it was an in-store poster made by a staff member so spelling mistakes wouldn't be unreasonable.
I'm not optimistic, but for the sake of excitement for today I'm going to choose to believe until proven otherwise  |
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harvestmouse
Joined: May 13, 2007
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| mister__joshua wrote: | I'd love this to be true. Best Christmas ever! Might tempt me to break out the old Necromunda!
| harvestmouse wrote: | Dunno what that means tbh. My immediate reaction was that it was probably very very old. However clearly it isn't.
I can't see GW relaunching BB unless it can get the 3rd party figure problem under control. That I guess would mean making the NAF only support GW figures, which it wouldn't do.
Maybe they'll invent a few new star players and release the figures quick to make a fast buck....maybe. If they try going head to head with the 3rd parties...that'll be a disaster. |
IMO for a long time GW has had their business model totally wrong. Maybe they think the BB IP is popular enough to boost sales of the main game? Maybe they can release a new boxed set with an 'official' rulebook? I don't think GWs future is in figure making. Maybe they'll return to the old citadel/marauder model of supporting 3rd party manufacturers? Maybe, going the opposite direction, they're releasing the main game to boost the value of the IP for future computer games sales?
How long does Cyanide/Focus have the BB contract for? |
Marauder and Citadel were never 3rd party. Nor the other ranges like Iron Claw. Citadel was founded by the GW CEO (not at the time he founded it though Bryan Ansell). He then left GW and sold Citadel to GW, starting up Wargames Foundry. Marauder were kind of portrayed as a 3rd party figure range for a bit, but they weren't. The sculptors for Marauder were based at Foundry, due to a conflict in personalities, however it was all GW. When that was sorted and more room made they were moved back to GW. |
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mister__joshua
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| harvestmouse wrote: | | Marauder and Citadel were never 3rd party. Nor the other ranges like Iron Claw. Citadel was founded by the GW CEO (not at the time he founded it though Bryan Ansell). He then left GW and sold Citadel to GW, starting up Wargames Foundry. Marauder were kind of portrayed as a 3rd party figure range for a bit, but they weren't. The sculptors for Marauder were based at Foundry, due to a conflict in personalities, however it was all GW. When that was sorted and more room made they were moved back to GW. |
Haha. I'll take your word for it. I'm too young and beautiful to know the GW politics of that era. I just remember the White Dwarfs with Yellow pages for Citadel and Blue for Marauder  |
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harvestmouse
Joined: May 13, 2007
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Nov 12, 2015 - 10:09 |
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Yup, that was when they portrayed Marauder as kind of 3rd party. I'm a Marauder fanboy!
I remember a phone call ordering figures on my Mum's credit card went something like
".......and the rest of my order is Marauder so I'll phone them"
"You might as well give me the order as it'll be me putting it together"
"Oh do you do the Marauder figures now?"
"We've always done them."
On topic the more I look at it the more I think it's fake or not officially supported. |
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Endzone
Joined: Apr 01, 2008
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Nov 12, 2015 - 10:14 |
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Reads like a pack of lies. |
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bghandras
Joined: Feb 06, 2011
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Nov 12, 2015 - 10:25 |
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It is too early for April 1st. |
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