Hi all,
I sent an email to Jervis Johnson at fanatic about Epic and thought that
you would be interested in reading it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fanatic [mailto:Fanatic_at_...]
Sent: 19 February 2001 09:48
To: 'Tom Webb'
Subject: RE: Epic's Survival
Dear Tom,
Thanks for the email. I've answered your questions below:
> I maintain the NetEpic website and am a member of the NetEpic
> mailing list
> for epic fans. We have a desperate need for Epic minatures and
> although
> we have been stocking up in the recent sales and buying more on Ebay, we
> have had problems obtaining them, infantry are a particular problem. The
> infantry sprues from mail order tend to be very expensive.
>
We'll be keeping all of the Epic sprues made for the latest version of the
game available, at least from UK Mail Order. Presently we have all of them
in stock with the exception of the Ork Battlewagon sprue. I agree about the
price of the sprues, and they now retail for �1.50 if ordered from UK Mail
Order. In the longer term I hope to be able to make sure that other GW Mail
Order departments offer a similar service, but right now I'm concentrating
on the stuff I can sort out close at hand first!
> I was wondering if fanatic has any plans to re-release Epic
> minatures, the
> optimistic side of me hopes that the clearance of Epic minatures is to
> make
> way for a new release of epic minatures. Their are fears however that it
> could be the death of Epic. Are there plans to continue the sale of
> minatures, we have uploaded a list of simular models and where they can be
> obtained but they are no where near ideal.
>
All of the Epic range will remain available. The sale is a sale of excess
stock, it doesn't stop us making more in future, as long as we 'cast to
order'. We plan to make new models too; this will probably be limited to new
Imperial Titan's this year, but we hope to add a new army next year.
> I spoke to a Games Workshop UK mail order person, who informed me
> that the
> Epic Boxed game was having another print release and would be on sale
> soon.
> Is this true? And is their a release date as he could not confirm this.
>
We'll be releasing the 'Player's Edition' of Epic 40,000 in the UK at the
start of March. The player's edition consists of the rulebooks and counter
sheets, and will retail for �15.00.
>
Best regards,
Jervis Johnson
Head Fanatic
Visit the Fanatic web site at:
http://www.fanatic-games.com
Received on Mon Feb 19 2001 - 11:16:37 UTC