GW Selling Single Minis

Darkson · Post by **Darkson** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:36 pm

orkydave wrote:And to say that re-introducing minis as randoms is as bad as not selling them at all is just silly.

I said ALMOST, which imo it is. If I want a certain CW, why should I have to go to external retailer (though I'd go to BBFigs regardless). Being able to buy a specific piece is what the manufactuer should be providing, not a third-party.

And it's not just BB - for example, it's also the same deal on metal Space Marines.

Extremely poor.

orkydave wrote:Can GW win? really???

Of course they can - drop the stupid "random" deal, and let people order specific models. I'd much rather have to wait a day or two more to get the model I want, than risk ordering x number of models until I get the figure I want.

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:00 am

Okay trying to develop my new strategy for BBFigs.com (not easy by a long shot and I do financial modeling and programming for a living).

Was going through the SG Catalogue on the website and comparing it the the US site ... some interesting notes in 3 categories:

Missing from from the webstore but shown in the catalogue:
Borak the Despoiler
The Mighty Zug
Zara the Slayer
Ramtut III
Necromantic Cheerleader

What up with the price? (almost all single figures are $8 USD each)
random Human Blitzer $6
random Nurgle Rotter $6
random Orc Blitzer $6
random Orc Lineman $6
Orc Cheerleader $6
Halfling set of 3 #2 is $10 vs Halfling set of 3 #1 for $8
3 random Goblins for $10 vs 3 random Skinks for $8

Errors (and kudos) between catalogue and website

1) Amazon team in catalogue says it comes with 4 Blitzers and 5 Linewomen but the website says 2 Blitzers and 7 Linewomen. The picture on both matches what the website says (Galak believes the website)

2) Elf team in catalague says 2 Throwers and 6 Linemen and the Booster has 2 Catchers and 2 Lineman. The website says the team has 1 Thrower and 7 Linemen and Booster has 1 Blitzer, 1 Lineman, and 2 Catchers. The pictures on both catalogue and website match the catalogue description. (Galak believes .... ??? ... not sure. The old booster before the change was 1 Thrower, 2 Catchers, 1 Lineman but the picture of the 12 man team matches the 2 Throwers and 6 Lineman on both sources. The booster contents being changed for both new sources from the old booster makes me completely uncertain what is in here. Especially since I know Lycos (NAF Prez) was pushing to bring back the out of print Elf Thrower #2 as it was no longer available as the old team deal only had one Thrower #1 in it. So too many variable to call what is actually going to be sold here.)

3) Halfling team in catalogue says it has 10 Halflings and on the website it says it has 11. (Galak believes ... well it has 11 Halflings before the change but the Troll and Treeman are the same price and the Goblin team is $50 with 11 Goblins. Halfling team is still at $45 so they might be trimming a Halfling from the previous team mix to keep it priced right at $45. So unsure which is right)

4) The High Elf team is composed of 2 Dragon Warriors and 2 Lion Warriors (same for individual figures) instead of their LRB 5.0 names of Blitzers and Catchers in both the catalogue and website. (what no love for the Phoenix Warrior???? ... if you are going to do something wrong at least be consistently wrong ... geesch)

5) Khemri team. Per the website ... 2 Mummies and 10 Skeletons. Per the catalogue: 2 Mummies and 10 models comprising of Thro-Ros, Blitz-Ras, and Skeletons. Points to the catalogue for almost having it right. And major points to GW for stopping calling this the Tomb Kings team which has never been the name of the team even since it was experimental.

6) random Norse Lineman on the US site has no price ... so you cannot buy it.

7) Okay this one is not an error ... but instead a major kudos to GW. Hats off to them for FINALLY fixing the Nurgle boxed set to match the team.

8 ) Undead team booster. Catalogue says 1 Mummy, 1 Zombie, 2 Ghouls and pic shows this mix as well. Website says 2 Ghouls and 2 Skeletons but shows 2 Ghouls, 1 Skeleton, and 1 Zombie. (Galak believes ... go with the website picture ... that's what the old booster had in it).

9) Vampire team booster. Catalogue says 1 Vampire and 2 Thralls which matches the picture they show. Website says 2 Vampires and 2 Thralls which matches the picture they show. (Galak believes ... website is correct)

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That's all to just give you the complete picture of what happened so far this week.

Galak

howlinggriffon · Post by **howlinggriffon** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:11 am

just to add one last comment on here, the US pricing for the two halfing blisters are different. For the UK, they're the same price of £5.85.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:12 am

we all know norse is priceless

purdindas · Post by **purdindas** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:55 am

BB Figs is cheaper and you know which miniature your getting for your money.

One thing though. When is BBfigs going to get the rest of the teams?

Darkson Designs · Post by **Darkson Designs** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:40 am

Is that a new sculpt of Jordell Freshbreeze on page 58 of the catalog?

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:58 am

Darkson Designs wrote:Is that a new sculpt of Jordell Freshbreeze on page 58 of the catalog?

Yes and No.

It was new 4 years ago ... came out the same time as the god awful Hubris.

Galak

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:59 am

purdindas wrote:One thing though. When is BBfigs going to get the rest of the teams?

We take all the profits and immediately buy the next team when we can.

Right now .. my spreadsheet is saying BBFigs.com should stock everything by the end of August. If sales are good ... that will speed up much faster.

Galak

falconeyed · Post by **falconeyed** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:15 am

GalakStarscraper wrote:
Darkson Designs wrote:Is that a new sculpt of Jordell Freshbreeze on page 58 of the catalog?
Yes and No.

It was new 4 years ago ... came out the same time as the god awful Hubris.

Galak

X

I rather like that Hubris sculpt.

purdindas · Post by **purdindas** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:34 pm

@ Galak

Cool Cheers. Great job by the way

August is miles away

Yeah Hubris is good. Does anyone else see the similarity between him and one of the impact night elves? But yeah, Jordell is terrible.

Marlow · Post by **Marlow** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:06 pm

GalakStarscraper wrote:Missing from from the webstore but shown in the catalogue:
Zara the Slayer

I hope she does turn up. Last GW figure I want!

GalakStarscraper wrote: 8 ) Undead team booster. Catalogue says 1 Mummy, 1 Zombie, 2 Ghouls and pic shows this mix as well. Website says 2 Ghouls and 2 Skeletons but shows 2 Ghouls, 1 Skeleton, and 1 Zombie. (Galak believes ... go with the website picture ... that's what the old booster had in it).

Friend got one of these last month and it was 2xGhouls, 1 Skeleton & 1 Zombie. Doubt they have changed it.

Rab · Post by **Rab** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:02 pm

GalakStarscraper wrote:Missing from from the webstore but shown in the catalogue:
...
The Mighty Zug
...

He's on the UK GW site - consistent as ever

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:13 pm

Rab wrote:He's on the UK GW site - consistent as ever

That's a new add then ... he was not there a few days ago.

So the missing figures shown in the catalogue appear that they will slowly get into the store ... good.

Galak

zakspeed · Post by **zakspeed** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:45 pm

GalakStarscraper wrote:
Rab wrote:He's on the UK GW site - consistent as ever
That's a new add then ... he was not there a few days ago.

So the missing figures shown in the catalogue appear that they will slowly get into the store ... good.

Galak

Actually he was on the UK site from the 2nd Dec, but none of the others from the catalogue were (Ramtut / Zara etc) or still are....

AK_Dave · Post by **AK_Dave** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:55 pm

Just off the phone with GW. Amongst the other models I wanted to get, I tried to slip in a Zara the Slayer. She is featured on pg56 of the current (2009) Specialist catalog. I have a part number for her: 99060999085. But alas, she is not available.

The pic in the catalog shows the old model, so I presume she is just being repacked and will be out later this year. Too bad for me.