Gods!,
You are kidding me!!!...I know they are definately a limited editio=
n
and they only built 100 kits, but they were made available through Mail O=
rder UK
at the price of £400 pounds (or 40,000 pennies). The advert also =
stated that if
ordered from GWUK...they could be shipped to the US/Canada =
for £30 pounds
by post or £60 pounds by courier.
If this advert is for=
real...then I am absolutely stunned. Are you sure that it wasn't
a typo an=
d it should say $650 which would seem about right after currency conversio=
n?
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain [SMTP:ae=
brain_at_...]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 1998 8:24 AM
To: space-=
marine_at_...
Subject: Re: [Epic] GW Outdoes itself
Rather than rantin=
g on in a boring fashion about GW's outrageous prices,
I'll just pass on th=
is little gem from their March newsletter, purely
for entertainment value.
=
>THUNDERHAWKS ARE GO IN AMERICA!
>Starting March 1st, GW-USA Mail Order wi=
ll be selling the 40K scale
>Thunderhawk kits (previously on sale only thro=
ugh GW-UK Mail
>Order). These are the same expert modelling kits as advert=
ised in
>Citadel Journal & seen at Games Day: hand-packed in a felt-lined,
=
>embossed, individually numbered & lacquered pine case, as befits this
>spe=
cial item.
> - Thunderhawk kits will be $6500 + $15 S&H.
US $6515 or Aus=
$10,000. Even I didn't think they'd have the Chutzpah to
charge this amoun=
t for anything before at least the year 2002.
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