pretre Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 via Games Workshop Salisbury 10-5-2016 “Missed out on any old models when they went onto last chance? You may want to keep your eyes on our Facebook page on 15th October” This sounds like a miniatures analogue to the Black Library “print on demand” program. So far GW has only mentioned items from the “Last Chance” inventory being made available again in some way. We will have to wait till next Weekend to see what the scope of the Made to Order program is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andozane Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Got my 20 Zoats ready to order! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Here's hoping for you know, the entire RT cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andozane Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Here's hoping for you know, the entire RT cat. As amazing as that would be, I don't see that happening. And as for my Zoats...pretty sure that will be the codex dropped right after Squats next year :) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Hoping this means I can pick up some Cawdor / Bretonnia on the "cheap" (or not as expensive, rather), but I'll wait until I see prices / availability before I start dancing in the street. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skkipper Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 They have to make something out of all that finecrap resin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 1 million Tuetegon Guard please 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophecy Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Kislev/DoW ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 I was kind of wondering if they were going to do something like this. Especially for the plastics, since the major investment there is in the molds, and those take forever and a day to wear out. It may not be worth their money to keep ordering packaging and taking up shelf space for those kits, but it's probably pretty doable to keep the molds around and run off a few now and then and ship them off in generic packaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 They have to make something out of all that finecrap resin!!!/rolleyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Tomb Scorpion please..so I can throw this bones pos in the trash.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgosaurusrex Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 I'd love to see a reissue of the Valhallan range. I know the infantry squads are still available but the heavy weapons and characters aren't! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwulf Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 If it's all Failcast or Finecrap, I'll pass. If it's plastic then awesome. Nice to see GW becoming more and more customer friendly again. I shudder to think how much this service will cost. And the amount of time an order will take to process and then actually be made. GW charges a lot for shipping. I can totally see GW rotating what they offer, as in limiting what they will make for say, a couple weeks. I doubt they have the facilities or the manpower to pull the molds out of storage, and then cast 100 Sisters of Battle (someone will do it...) along with a single Empire Rifleman #2. Just one. And then someone else will request 23 old Ork Nobs, and a single Imperial Preacher with P-fist. Yeah... initial demand will be fairly large, and this whole process could be very labor intensive. It would seem GW wants to reduce it's standing inventory- product on the shelves is not making the company money, and takes up space. Not to mention when it comes to tax time, that excess inventory... whew. The old Bitz Wagon was awesome, as was the time when you could buy bitz from GW. Returning to this service seems like a no-brainer, as long as you can get the bitz you want. I'd rather have a Bitz Service then have them make a model on demand for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 I can't imagine they will return to Bitz Service. That was a loser for them. That being said, I imagine this is one of two things: - Print on Demand for plastic minis / books / cards that are out of print - Some crazy new-fangled 3D print service with scanned old models. The first is what I would bank on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Nice to see GW becoming more and more customer friendly again.. More than likely, this is GW's method of retaining copyright and denying people's ability to 3d print their own stuff. I strongly doubt this has anything to do with improving customer relations, and has everything to do with making money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 More than likely, this is GW's method of retaining copyright and denying people's ability to 3d print their own stuff. I strongly doubt this has anything to do with improving customer relations, and has everything to do with making money.They are a business. If they weren't trying to make money, their shareholders could hold them accountable. That line of thinking is kind of a non-sequitor though. GW has been more customer friendly since they got their new CEO and this is another step in that direction. It's like they figured out that not being a dick is good for business. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 It's like they figured out that not being a dick is good for business. Tell that to the President-Elect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Considering his business history, he might be making the case for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Oh, I meant Hillary. Regardless, I'm interested to see how this rolls out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skkipper Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 When I see a beautiful marine, I just kiss him!! I grab the cod piece and nobody says anything because I'm the emperor!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frowbakk Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 That, and the fact that Space Marines are all castrated, lobotomized, brainwashed slave-soldiers of said Emperor doesn't even enter in to it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Any chance the rulebooks will also be made to order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Any chance the rulebooks will also be made to order? That's actually pretty likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Amazon already does POD for a bunch of places for DVDs, Books, CDs. That'd be a good route for GW, to be sure. A lot less overhead. And Amazon is setup to print single books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 GW does pod on BL stuff already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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