Games Workshop is on hand at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo selling out their IP for products again like Bandai, Funko POP! and more!
The Las Vegas Licensing Expo is held every year bringing companies from across the globe to flex their brand. This is where companies come under one roof and show off their Intellectual Property (IP). Other businesses can strike up deals with one another letting them use their IP for their own projects! But just how big is the Las Vegas Licensing Expo?
With 16,000 retailers and manufacturers paired with a total of 65 Countries under one roof, the Licensing Expo can be a major brand-promoting venture.
GW isn’t new to these events either. Check out our previous post on GW’s attendance from a few years ago. It’s safe to say that the company has only grown since then.
GW’s Booth Spotted At This Year’s Convention
Coming from our insider on the floor, we’ve got some exclusive pics of GWs booth.
Games Workshop has already made a name for themselves as being one of the sci-fi fantasy titans in the gaming world. From tabletop models to board games, video games, collectible figures and more, GW isn’t afraid to branch out and sell their IP.
The GW booth had different models and figures on display from past well-known IP user’s projects. Between the Freeblade Knight game and other Warhammer accessories like mugs and notebooks, GWs brand is hitting the far corners of the market.
Looking at some of the stuff we’ve seen in just over a year’s timespan, we’ve got:
- 40k Monopoly
- 40k Munchkin (AoS Munchkin has also already been announced).
- Funko POP! 40k Marines
- Bandai’s large-scale posable Primaris Marine
Las Vegas Licensing Expo
With some of the more popular and recent releases covered, it looks like GW doesn’t have any problem selling off their IP to other manufacturers/publishing companies. There are also a ton of products out there that we haven’t even considered yet..
With that said, however, check out some other booths that were spotted at the event as well:
Van Gogh Collaborates
Sesame Workshop
Miffy
With all this being covered, who do you think we’ll see GW partner up with in the year ahead? Would you like to see a well-made non-rushed 40k video game? How about more collectible Funko POP! Xenos figures? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
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Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
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While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
