[40K] plastic Nid terrain?
Myrmidon
Well, with rumors of plastic Tyranid terrain coming on the radar
and GW's apparent love to 'sneak in' previews in their promo pics, I
give you...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4nzgPbHlNo4/SyCA1teEhOI/AAAAAAAAGhA/C4oD-
AKasPk/s1600-h/nid-attack.jpg
Note the various capillary towers on the left - I can't tell if they're
the FW resin ones or not.
Myr
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and I'm too knackered for riotous living..."
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Or...
Playa
Hey,
On Dec 11, 10:55 pm, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
>I can't tell if they're the FW resin ones or not
They are. Or maybe virtually exact duplicates in dense styrene.
But I don't think a responsible business would do that to a
subsidiary.
Oh wait, we're talking about GW, here . . .
Playa
Matt C
62e4ec...@g26g2000yqe.googlegroups.com:
Nah, you're right, a responsible one wouldn't.
Myrmidon
62e4ec...@g26g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, johnpau...@gmail.com
says...
>
> Hey,
>
> On Dec 11, 10:55 pm, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> >I can't tell if they're the FW resin ones or not
>
> They are. Or maybe virtually exact duplicates in dense styrene.
> But I don't think a responsible business would do that to a
> subsidiary.
I'm guess that they actually would for the simple economics reason
that most players I know look at the FW terrain and go "That sure is
nice, but there's no way I'm paying those prices for it." GW obviously
knows there's a market for certain types of terrain. Some items like
the Bastions and defense lines obviously sell more than others - but I'd
be willing to bet there are a moderate number of 40K players out there
with Nid armies that would buy items if they weren't 'Forgeworld'
priced.
Myr :?|
Insane Ranter
When they let the Inquisition branch of GW loose look out!
Playa
Hey,
On Dec 12, 9:13 am, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> most players I know look at the FW terrain and go "That sure is
> nice, but there's no way I'm paying those prices for it."
Actually, that rationale applies to everything FW sells.
"It's nice, but I expect anything this overpriced to be 'nice'."
Then again, this actually applies to everything GW sells, as
well . . .
> there are a moderate number of 40K players out there
> with Nid armies that would buy items if they weren't 'Forgeworld'
To me, the fact that there are *any* FW customers speaks volumes.
I've also read of people buying that GW $300 tabletop from the OLS!
These two factoids tell me an important thing about certain
"hobbyists":
It's not how much they value plastic toys; it's how little they value
money.
Evidently, this tiny percentage of the demographic gives GW false
hope.
"If it sells AT ALL, then we've obviously valued it appropriately!"
And, last I'd heard, it was Planetstrike stuff getting Niddified.
Playa
Insane Ranter
> Hey,
>
> On Dec 12, 9:13 am, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
>
> > most players I know look at the FW terrain and go "That sure is
> > nice, but there's no way I'm paying those prices for it."
>
> Actually, that rationale applies to everything FW sells.
> "It's nice, but I expect anything this overpriced to be 'nice'."
> Then again, this actually applies to everything GW sells, as
> well . . .
>
> > there are a moderate number of 40K players out there
> > with Nid armies that would buy items if they weren't 'Forgeworld'
>
> To me, the fact that there are *any* FW customers speaks volumes.
> I've also read of people buying that GW $300 tabletop from the OLS!
> These two factoids tell me an important thing about certain
> "hobbyists":
>
> It's not how much they value plastic toys; it's how little they value
> money.
Or maybe they are just lazy and don't want to put in the effort of
making their own or..... spoiled rich kids that have to have it and
mommy/daddy get it
Playa
Hey,
On Dec 12, 9:18 pm, Insane Ranter <log...@gmail.com> wrote:
> maybe they are just lazy and don't want to put in the effort of
> making their own or..... spoiled rich kids that have to have it and
> mommy/daddy get it
I get the impression that wealthy, lazy people - as a group - aren't
even vaguely interested in a hobby where every capillary tower you
collect has to be filed, scraped, glued, based, greenstuffed, sanded,
primed, flocked, basecoated, painted, detailed, sealed, cased and then
transported - by Wossname, the Bentley driver, of course - to a
commercial madhouse where unwashed, working-class hoi polloi use empty
Red Bull cans to the exact same effect.
In Detroit, anyway. Ymmv.
Playa
Insane Ranter
I thought Detroit was all ghettos, car people, and oil/gas monsters???
Playa
Hey,
On Dec 13, 9:50 pm, Insane Ranter <log...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought Detroit was all ghettos, car people, and oil/gas monsters
That, and the occassional hobby store.
GW's North American distribution center is in Tennessee, of all
places.
They now stockpile all of the Forge World merch made in China there.
So, they'll soon pass their huge savings along to customers . . .
Yep. Any second, now.
Playa
Insane Ranter
Hmmm...will this happen after or before GW goes bust