The Rumour Thread

[Dragon-knight77]

4 hours ago, Grunbag said:

Do you guys think that city dwarf will be resculpt or removed?

Depend on what the Ironweld going to be like

We git the Cgofort rumor and in this edition mention twice that it a dwarf driven vehicle. Don't know if that'll translate into other "Disspossed" models

Honestly if city dwarfs are to be coming i expect little in a similar way T'au auxiliary was prior to the kroot wave where we gettlike 3 kit at most 4 if we're counting a new Grombrindal since he had a consistant design in novels as we discussed previously

[The Lost Sigmarite]

23 minutes ago, Dragon-knight77 said:

Honestly if city dwarfs are to be coming i expect little in a similar way T'au auxiliary was prior to the kroot wave where we gettlike 3 kit at most 4

Tbf 3-4 kits could be all they need if they're balanced enough with no overlap.

[Clan's Cynic]

Warhammer Heroes for AoS gets an official announcement.

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They’ll be available to buy from selected retailers in Europe and the US from tomorrow and will come to Australia and New Zealand, China, and Japan later in the year.

Each miniature is push-fit and comes with rules for use in Warcry, as part of a Heroes of the Gladitorium warband. All seven are mighty heroes whose names are known throughout the ranks of the Stormcast Eternals.

Every display unit will have eight blind boxes, but unlike previous Warhammer Heroes series’, there is no guarantee you will get all seven miniatures if you buy a full unit of eight.

[Ejecutor]

11 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said:

Warhammer Heroes for AoS gets an official announcement.

Weren't they available for sale for more than a month or am I dreaming it?

[Matrindur]

Come on GW...

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Every display unit will have eight blind boxes, but unlike previous Warhammer Heroes series’, there is no guarantee you will get all seven miniatures if you buy a full unit of eight.

 

[Chikout]

2 minutes ago, Matrindur said:

Come on GW...

 

Yeah this sucks, especially as some of them will probably be rarer than others. They're cool minis but I'll wait for the inevitable future product that lets me buy a set with all of them. 

 

[Clan's Cynic]

11 minutes ago, Ejecutor said:

Weren't they available for sale for more than a month or am I dreaming it?

The Heroes boxes are weird. I think them being Blind Boxes mostly meant for the East Asian market (at least they were originally) might have something to do with them appearing all over the place.

The Strike Force Justaren ones you could buy from some UK retailers a few months before GW started selling them directly, but I get the impression they were buying them from abroad, because only a few places had them before GW said they'd stock them in the UK, which were then one-and-done things.

[Dindi]

26 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said:

Warhammer Heroes for AoS gets an official announcement.

Those seem pretty uninspired. The spear pose looks exactly the same as a current mini right?

[Marcvs]

7 minutes ago, Dindi said:

Those seem pretty uninspired. The spear pose looks exactly the same as a current mini right?

tbf, they all look like very minor variations of already existing miniatures

[Dindi]

1 minute ago, Marcvs said:

tbf, they all look like very minor variations of already existing miniatures

Yeah mainly different heads from what I can tell. Seems like a step down from the plague marine ones which had a lot of character.

[Ejecutor]

13 minutes ago, Dindi said:

Those seem pretty uninspired. The spear pose looks exactly the same as a current mini right?

And the liberator is also pretty similar to two current liberators:

[The Brotherhood of Necros]

I’m a bit confused; are they releasing new boxes of new random heroes for certain factions? 

[Dragon-knight77]

40 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said:

Warhammer Heroes for AoS gets an official announcement.

So why pick up this over a Spearhead box?

Like the minature are waaaay too same compare to their counter part (and the case of the arcanum is imo worse than the stormcoven and single arcanum)

Your not garantee get all seven miniatures if you buy a full unit of eight

So why?

[Ejecutor]

3 minutes ago, The Brotherhood of Necros said:

I’m a bit confused; are they releasing new boxes of new random heroes for certain factions? 

This is the first AoS version of the 40k gatcha heroes. An example of them is the two KTs that come in the starter set that will be for sale tomorrow. I think there's already 4 or 5 of them for 40k.

[Dindi]

The article says they'll be a warcry team.

 

This is the 5th set of heroes i believe.

[Gaz Taylor]

9 minutes ago, Dragon-knight77 said:

So why pick up this over a Spearhead box?

Like the minature are waaaay too same compare to their counter part (and the case of the arcanum is imo worse than the stormcoven and single arcanum)

Your not garantee get all seven miniatures if you buy a full unit of eight

So why?

It's the GW version of Gacha, which is those random collectable toys you get from vending machines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashapon). It's never been something I've been interested in and I don't get it but I think it's really popular.

[erickhayden]

"there is no guarantee you will get all seven miniatures if you buy a full unit of eight."

That doesn't seem right to me. You should be able to get the full warband if you buy the box. Hopefully LGS will let you open them to see which figure is which.

[Ejecutor]

17 minutes ago, Dindi said:

The article says they'll be a warcry team.

 

This is the 5th set of heroes i believe.

But the first one for AoS, right?

[Dindi]

Just now, Ejecutor said:

But the first one for AoS, right?

Yeah.

Season 1 - old marines

Season 2 - blood angels

Season 3- plague marines

Season 4 - primaris 

Season 5 - stormcast

[Aeryenn]

And the prize for the worst release of the year goes to...

[Mortal Wound]

Big 'Is this an out-of-season April Fools joke' energy.

[Snarff]

1 hour ago, Clan's Cynic said:

Every display unit will have eight blind boxes, but unlike previous Warhammer Heroes series’, there is no guarantee you will get all seven miniatures if you buy a full unit of eight.

This is incredibly dumb. They're cool models, being able to pick up a single model for cheaper than a hero is something I like, the fact that they are their own Warcry band is awesome, but not making them available in any guaranteed way immediately crushes all that excitement.

[Mortal Wound]

Not just dumb, also potentially illegal. They are obligated by law in some territories, notably Asian ones where this is presumably targeted at, to publish detailed percentage pull rates for each miniature rarity. Just saying the Knight Arcanum is 'the rare miniature' ain't cutting it.

Edited Friday at 01:22 PM by Mortal Wound

[Mortal Wound]

27 minutes ago, erickhayden said:

Hopefully LGS will let you open them to see which figure is which.

They won't, that's a surefire way to sell out of the Knight Arcanum instantly and be left sitting on several dozen of every other model, losing massive amounts of money on the product.

Edited Friday at 01:32 PM by Mortal Wound

[Freypal]

2 hours ago, Dragon-knight77 said:

Depend on what the Ironweld going to be like

We git the Cgofort rumor and in this edition mention twice that it a dwarf driven vehicle. Don't know if that'll translate into other "Disspossed" models

Honestly if city dwarfs are to be coming i expect little in a similar way T'au auxiliary was prior to the kroot wave where we gettlike 3 kit at most 4 if we're counting a new Grombrindal since he had a consistant design in novels as we discussed previously

 

I really hope they aren't reduced to just Ironweld units. Classic Dwarfs are and should be so much more than war machine crews supporting a human force  There is all the AoS lore around them having their own homes outside the cities. Even the recent Grombrindal book talked about them reclaiming former Karaks.