GW has hit stores with crippling allocations for the new Tau Farsight and Orks Snikrot 40k miniatures inside their Boarding Patrols box sets.
It looks like allocations (or “caps” as Games Workshop calls them) are back again for new Warhammer 40k releases, and these numbers are so low we’re wondering why GW even bothered at all.
Either way, all the stores and distributors we polled reported that their orders were once again slashed numbers-wise (for some boxes) for all of the new boarding patrol releases this week.
For now, though, let’s check out what goes on pre-order this week that’s affected and look at how many of each will be available.
New Farsight & Snikrot: Tau Orks Boarding Patrols Allocations
- Orks & Tau Boarding Patrols: 2 per store!
- Boarding Patrol Necrons: 1 per store
- Boarding Patrol Grey Knights: 1 per store
- Eldar & Dark Eldar Boarding Patrols: 2 per store
Well, this time, the allocations are just wild. We’re not sure how Games Workshop goes to all the lengths to promote the new Snikrot and Farsight models with allocations of only two per store, but we suggest waiting until their separate release.
But if you have to have either of the new models, perhaps it’s better to try to order with a local store or secondary seller, and not reward Games Workshop with the full profit on the sale by ordering direct from them.
So overall, it just looks like GW made an insane decision this week and didn’t make much of anything for retail.
Overall, this is a very interesting look into how Games Workshop values certain boxes and how they spend their marketing dollars just to have no inventory available to buy.
It makes us wonder how the rollout of 10th Edition 40k will go after the Indomitus box set disaster of 2020.
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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 Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 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 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
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.
