SV: [Epic] GW Marketing (was Couple Questions)

From: Tommy Roju <tommy.roju_at_...>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:59:27 +0200

> >> Don't get me wrong, everybody is entitled to their favorite army. But
the
> >> WD articles sort of glossed over the Marines, didn't deal with IG
except in
> >> a cursory fashion, and now TWO issues (or is it three?) dealing
primarily
> >> with Orks.
> >> The only explanations I can come up with are:
> >> 1. Quality control problems/delays with the new minis for the other
> races, or
> >> 2. Sales are not quite what they wanted, so they are lingering over
one
> >> race and writing more articles to get people more interested.
> >
> > I don't know if they could change the content that quickly based
> >on sales. AFAIK most of the articles for WD are written about a month or
> >two before the issue is released. I suppose they could leave a part
ofthe
> >mag as dynamic sales related stuff, to be slipped in just before
printing,
> >and depending on sales trends and the like. So I'd probably go for 1.
> >
> >Thanks,
> > Tony.
>
> <snip Tony's tag line[sorry]>
>
> I guess it depends on how devious one thinks GW is. It is conceivable,
> though not _too_ likely, that GW has already written a backlog of
reference
> articles of approximately the same length ready to drop into WD at a
> moment's notice.
> They wouldn't even have to be that similar size-wise. As we all know, WD
> is unafraid to use ads as filler.
> A lot of the basic troop types have been released for the different
> armies, but none of the items that really set them on their feet. By this
I
> mean: Engines of Vaul; Eldar Titans in General; Bio-Titans; IG sprues;
> Support Weapons for most races; Chaos Artillery; Cultists; Beastmen;
Fliers
> of most races...
>
> Well, the list goes on. I'd say there are still more unreleased minis
than
> released ones. But what bugs me is the scarcity of the Old Models...
>
>
>
> Nickles

Somebody posted a list of the future E40K releases some months ago. I'm
reposting it here for you that missed it. This is the UK and Europe release
date, you american guys get this a month later or something...
TR

<repost follows>

        here is a copy of the future E40K releases for the rest of this year. This
is from the UK
        retailers list supplied with the first E40K releases:


July ORK

        Blister Packs
                        Battle Fortress
                        Flyers
                        Pulsa Rockets
                        Squigoths
                        Speedstas
                        Dreadnoughts
                        Flakwagons
                        Wierdboyz
                        Battlewagons


September TYRANID

        Blister Packs
                        Harridan
                        Zoanthropes
                        Biovores
                        Canifexes
                        Excocrines
                        Dactylis
                        Assault Spawn

November ELDAR

        Blister Packs
                        Avatar
                        War Walkers
                        Dreadnoughts
                        Vyper jet-bikes
                        Support Platforms
                        Cobra SHV
                        Scorpion SHV
                        Night Spinners
                        Fire Prisms
                        Night Wing Interceptors
                        Phoenix Bombers
                        Vampire Raiders

        Boxed Sets
                        Phantom Titan
                        Revenant Titan


No other items scheduled for release this year, we'll all have to wait for
the new Chaos and Imperial Guard ranges.
Received on Tue Sep 16 1997 - 19:59:27 UTC