When will GW produce models again?

[nidnewbie]

Roughly 2/3 of our models are unavailable, does anyone have an EDUCATED guess on when we can buy the rest of our bugs? I hate to burden my friends with 3D printers to make me so many models...

[mattblowers]

It has been a long dry spell with no end in sight. I'm sure if they could have fixed their supply chain issues they would have. Having the majority of models unavailable when a new codex releases is a sub-optimal business model. It's the worst I can remember in my time playing 40K.

[gman25639]

I caved and paid $150 for a Haruspex/Exocrine kit on eBay. Really wanted the claws to finish my Old One Eye kitbash and Exo is a good shooting unit.

But yeah, for a while I thought GW was pulling a Nintendo and engaging in artifical scarcity as a marketing tactic, think about it, "this overpriced piece of plastic is in very short supply so you better buy it now or WHO KNOWS when you'll get another chance to get one?!", Nintendo pulls the same stunt with every new console they release, they never make enough to meet the initial demand and people get hyped over the scarce product and rush to buy one whenever they get a new shipment. But now that most of the Tyranid range has been out of stock since July and we're nearing the end of October, I think something may just be wrong. Perhaps the less than stable state of the UK has led to staffing issues? Who knows. Maybe it IS artificial scarcity and they've taken it too far, or maybe things are just going sideways. The Haruspex like I mentioned is one of our best monsters this edition and is in high demand so it's very bizarre they still haven't restocked it, which is just pushing more people to 3D printing or the secondhand market.

[Jbizzy]

Oct 23, 2023 15:31:44 GMT gman25639 said:

I caved and paid $150 for a Haruspex/Exocrine kit on eBay. Really wanted the claws to finish my Old One Eye kitbash and Exo is a good shooting unit.

But yeah, for a while I thought GW was pulling a Nintendo and engaging in artifical scarcity as a marketing tactic, think about it, "this overpriced piece of plastic is in very short supply so you better buy it now or WHO KNOWS when you'll get another chance to get one?!", Nintendo pulls the same stunt with every new console they release, they never make enough to meet the initial demand and people get hyped over the scarce product and rush to buy one whenever they get a new shipment. But now that most of the Tyranid range has been out of stock since July and we're nearing the end of October, I think something may just be wrong. Perhaps the less than stable state of the UK has led to staffing issues? Who knows. Maybe it IS artificial scarcity and they've taken it too far, or maybe things are just going sideways. The Haruspex like I mentioned is one of our best monsters this edition and is in high demand so it's very bizarre they still haven't restocked it, which is just pushing more people to 3D printing or the secondhand market.

They have no idea which models to prioritize, they would have to spy on the discord and forums to see what the players want.

[gman25639]

Oct 23, 2023 15:37:30 GMT Jbizzy said:

They have no idea which models to prioritize, they would have to spy on the discord and forums to see what the players want.

They should have zero trouble looking at the forums and at which models are selling fast, and which are performing well at the tournaments and would therefore be desirable. Their website even has an "email me" button for people that want to know when a specific kit is back in stock, so they absolutely have data on which out of stock models are in high demand.

[gauntlet]

Do you think that the same team that produced this half baked 10th Edition, has a sophisticated view of supply and demand, so they can run a nuanced monthly manipulation of what's on sale?
GW is in a very good market situation, such that nobody will suffer from lack of plastic dolls, and all customers will get what they want if they wait, through the small peak of demand, at time of rules release.

Three weeks ago, I saw gargoyles in my favourite store, but they were not in my list at that point and did not buy. This week they were gone, store manager offered to order them, but I declined. I put in a bit of effort traveling afew miles to another store that had them. That store offered to order a second box but I declined. I didn't even need to go to a GW store yet.

A month ago when I realised that Neurotryants were not being sold separately, I bought one for cheap on ebay. It's expensive plastic toys, calm your inner child and wait for another child to get tired and sell it on, or wait for the ship from China.

[piersonsmuppet]

GW has always produced in waves, the recent uptick in player base has exacerbated the problems associated with this type of production model. GW would be attempting to massively increase production to meet demand… if they weren’t already making desired profit goals (I think they are). What desire do they have to over-produce to meet current demand? After a few months they start losing money. Compare that to the current, they are selling most/all they produce with a long line of people ready to buy up future production sprints… an ideal situation to be in for long-term sales.

GW does not think the game side of 40k well, they do however know the sales side very well imo.

To answer the OP, usually restocks take 3-6 months. Gargoyles were just recently restocked on the web store and sold out within a few hours… so the window is very small.

[gauntlet]

I just bought 22 neuroguants online.
I was looking to congratualate myself on saving money, but I had not realised Neurogaunts are not on sale from GW?

[Jbizzy]

Nov 3, 2023 14:14:59 GMT gauntlet said:

I just bought 22 neuroguants online.
I was looking to congratualate myself on saving money, but I had not realised Neurogaunts are not on sale from GW?

They are only available in the leviathan boxes that are non longer for sale from GW.

But you will probably save money as they will be probably be sold in their own box for near termagant squat prices, or worse, in a big box with neurotyrant and screamer killer.

[mattblowers]

Nov 3, 2023 14:14:59 GMT gauntlet said:

I just bought 22 neuroguants online.
I was looking to congratualate myself on saving money, but I had not realised Neurogaunts are not on sale from GW?

If the barbgaunts are any indication, you did, indeed, save yourself some money.

[nidnewbie]

I got an email from GW telling me carnifex were available for purchase again but after waiting in the que to get onto the site they were gone again....

[dkng]

They are available at my region (Poland).

The X-mas box is already sold out. Sheeesh…

[icetyrant]

I'm confused.
COMBAT PATROL:TYRANIDS - 1140,00 SEK
1 Winged Prime, 1 Psychophage, 20 Termagants, 3 Leapers, 5 Barbgaunts

Starter Set - 780 SEK
1 Winged Prime, 1 Psychophage, 20 Termagants, 3 Leapers

5 Barbgaunts - 340 SEK

Combat patrol vs Starter Set+Barbs = same number of nids.
Price is 1140 SEK vs 1120 SEK (780+340).
Which means the starter set combo is 20 SEK (~2€/$) cheaper.
And you get 11x Space Marines, gaming mat, rulers, dice, starter set handbook... For less money...

[gigasnail]

That's normal. The edition turnover-starter box is generally pretty cheap.

[nidnewbie]

Nov 11, 2023 12:26:41 GMT dkng said:

They are available at my region (Poland).

The X-mas box is already sold out. Sheeesh…

How much would you charge to ship a box to the U.S.? lol