Wednesday, 11 December 2013

This.Must.Stop

Today i was alerted to yet another GW price hike, this time in the hobbit range. (Image courtesy of Scotts wargaming blog)



80 dollars for ten bits of plastic, 80 dollars. This is beyond laughable, beyond ridiculous, its pure greed. And it must stop. GW only gets away with this because people pay for it. So i ask EVERYONE who reads this blog, or this post, to boycott GW, stop paying stupid amounts of your hard earned cash for bits of plastic made in China.
Now i understand people who enjoy GW game systems and want to continue with them, i am one of them. So i implore you to buy from alternate sites, give companies like Avatars of war , Reaper , Gamezone, Scibor and Mantic your time. These companies respect you as customers by not charging stupid over the top prices for what are, at the end of the day, small bits of moulded plastic.

I know that for myself, i will never buy another GW figure until they lower their prices. I will buy their rules books (i really have no choice there), but i will not pay their stupid, greedy prices until they change. Until next time.

 Rex 
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 Jayden Here

 Now i just wanted to add to this post. What Rex and I are doing is actually a very common trend among people here in NZ. In my group of regulars at the club none of us are buying from GW. We have the models we have left but all we will keep buying their books as its necessary. For example another common trend is to increase the price and halve the models in a box. Dire Avengers are a recent example. 

So its not just an online trend of people just saying it, it is happening especially amongst the older gamers but it is spreading. Hopefully soon we will see an end to things like this eventually from GW.

 Cheers guys and our next post will be a little project we have been working on which will be fun, until then...
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12 comments:

  1. Unknown11 December 2013 at 13:04

    At least you get free shipping at that price :P

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  2. Scottswargaming11 December 2013 at 15:15

    Well said guys... when do we start manning the picket line, placards waving outside GW stores?

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    1. Runicmadhamster11 December 2013 at 15:17

      What? You mean we have to do work? If i knew it was going to be that tough................

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    2. Unknown11 December 2013 at 15:21

      With all the emails im getting about recasters due to how ridiculous GW/FW is i dont think we will have to riot, With all the money that goes into GW we might end up with a response like the ending of this...


      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zSxQnZ3TM8

      Wouldnt surprise me if the legal team packed that kind of force :P

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    3. Minitrol11 December 2013 at 19:24

      Technically it's 33 bits of plastic (counting the bases)....

      I'll get my coat...

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    4. Runicmadhamster12 December 2013 at 08:21

      Those small details, getting in the way of a good rant

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  3. Minitrol11 December 2013 at 19:23

    Just Sadface...

    But as I just posted at Scotts Place

    Okay one more thing

    10 Mirkwood Ranagers – polystyrene hard plastic semi multipart (not multipose) $80.00
    http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat970005a&prodId=prod2330081a

    10 Cygnar Stormguard – non-polystyrene plastic multipart (not multipose) $61.90
    http://www.slavetopainting.co.nz/products/wargames-miniatures/warmachine/cygnar/stormguard.aspx

    Wargames Factory Eisenkern Stormtrooper Rifle Squad (10- Figure Rifleman Kit polystyrene hard plastic multipart $33.00
    http://wargamesfactory.com/webstore/dreamforge-games/eisenkern-stormtrooper-rifle-squad-10-man

    Warlord Games Commandos – 25 polystyrene hard plastic multipart $45.00
    http://store.warlordgames.com/collections/british-commandos/products/commandos

    You can see examples of four lines here and three have their own dedicated gaming system. Seriously I don’t p[lay WW2 but at that price it’s tempting $1.80 a figure?!

    Food for thought guys...

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    1. Unknown11 December 2013 at 19:27

      Agreed, i used/am about to use warlord games, wargames factory and victoria miniatures of my 40k and fantasy needs. I feel like im getting so much more for my money and am even tempted to try black powder as wargame. There is so much more out there that puts GW to shame really.

      Nice to see your input, cheers :)

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    2. Minitrol11 December 2013 at 19:34

      I've gotten all my Eldar off Trade Me lovely second edition metals - not that I play 40K anymore though. Warlord games is proving to be quite attractive... I need a bigger gaming group :(

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    3. Unknown11 December 2013 at 19:38

      Hmmmm, well i collect praetorians which are basically the zulu soldiers warlord games has. Might have to start up a warlord games army as well. Have you had any experience with the rules?

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    4. Minitrol11 December 2013 at 19:54

      True they would work very well mix in some Vic minis las rifles and you're laughing...

      Very little game time sadly though I have read them all and I love the Black Powder rules it is my dream to one day (fifteen year life plan) to game the Crimean War.,

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    5. Unknown11 December 2013 at 19:56

      Ill have to put it on my under 1 year plan to get. First off i have to convince others to play too. All in all i look forward to it :P

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