Read this whole post. Games Workshop looks to be eyeing re-opening as they asked for restock orders from retailers in the USA and Canada!
Keep in mind, the GW warehouses are still closed indefinitely and have no set date on when they’ll open. This notification from GW also only applies to independent retailers (not the average consumer), and looks to be a possible effort to keep things moving smoothly on the warehouse side of things for a possible re-opening in the near future.
With that said, to keep you in the loop, here is what GW just announced to their retailers here in North America:
Games Workshop Asks For Orders Ahead Possible Re-Opening
Short, sweet, and to the point. GW mentions that they still don’t know when their warehouses would be up and running again (to which we know will be at least a two-week delay once the crises we face is over). But to help businesses prepare and get a jumpstart on their inventory and sales, GW is starting accepting orders that’ll ship when things are operational once again.
For game stores that have been fortunate enough to keep accepting orders from the community, they’re now able to actually put in for a restock order to GW queue. As far as retailers go right now, they’re having to essentially sit on any kind of GW stock they had before they shut down.
While there’s no date on when life will go back to normal, the silver lining is that your LGS could open its doors for you to find all of the latest releases (like the Prophecy of the Wolf) that we had to sit and wait on while we were social distancing.
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After this announcement, will you be calling your LGS to put in an order? What’s the first new kit you’ll be putting together when we can stop social distancing?
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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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.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of players from around the world.
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 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
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.
