Monday, 10 May 2010

ANOTHER &%*$£^ GW Price Rise???!!!

Well, it looks like it's that time of the year again: the time when GW hike up their prices. Since I got back in the Hobby in 2007, there have already been two rises and this latest one will mean that, for example, Terminators will be 2 quid more, codexes £2.50 more and a Monolith will be £37.50!!! (All this in spite of a pretty large rise in profits). Couple this with GW's awful attitude to fans - i.e. no official forums, no incentive to buy online rather than in stores, hyperactive lawyers, generally ignoring veteran gamers etc. and it feels to me like a line has been crossed. I'm going to keep playing 40K, but will try as long as possible to resist GW by:

Not Buying New: I havent bought new at a GW store for probably a year anyway; buying instead either online via Maelstrom Games or if I need it NOW buying at the Wargamestore. I'm going to try (famous last words!) and not buy anything new from GW, buying either alternatives (see below), painting other types of minis (see below), or secondhand from ebay. This means, at the very least, that my plan of painting up some Tomb Kings has probably gone out of the window lol

Find Alternatives: Rather than just painting GW minis or using GW products, I'm going to also try and find alternatives. For example, I'm really liking the look of the Greatcoat Troopers by Wargames Factory, and I'm sure that there are enough different mini companies out there to keep me occupied. This will also mean that rather than feeling that I have to paint up 1k or 1.5k of minis, I can just paint individual minis that I like the look of. I'm also going to start replacing my GW paints and washes with Vallejo ones (which are cheaper and contain more paint) as they run out.

Diversify: I've found myself drawn more and more recently to playing Flames of War. So, as well as painting other types of minis, I'm going to diversify into that as well - collecting a small German Eastern Front army in tribute to Cross of Iron.

Let's see how long I can go cold turkey for...

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  1. Soundwave11 May 2010 at 09:27

    I feel your pain! Did an angry rant myself on my blog as soon as I read about it on BoLS. I'm not letting them get away with it anymore, so I've decided to buy from a local independent retailer until I complete my current army and then stop collecting. That way I can see where GW are gonna go with all this. In the mean time I shall collect systems from companies that actually like their fans - Flames of War and Warmachine/Hordes.

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  2. LW11 May 2010 at 10:43

    What are they spending all this money on? Are miniature sales the sole source of finance for the movie?

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  3. Derina12 May 2010 at 13:57

    Dont forget Waylandgames.

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  4. Precinct Omega13 May 2010 at 06:20

    I also recommend gifts-for-geeks.org.uk. Their prices are lower than Maelstrom, although they do charge for postage.

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