The exclusive 40k Catachan Colonel is going for stupid money on eBay already, amid rumors of allocations and shortages for local game stores.
The new Catachan colonel was announced by GW to serve as a helping hand to independent retailers in these difficult times. However, there are a lot of rumors unfolding already around the model.
Colonel Is Being Sent to Retailers As Financial Help in Crisis
We’ll be sending our independent stockists a supply of a very special edition Catachan Colonel free of charge, so they can keep every penny they make!
Before we jump into the latest, we should note that GW came out of the gate saying that he was on the way to help store’s financial margins. Now with that in the back of your mind, here’s the latest on everything that’s happening.
The Colonel is Going For Stupid Money on eBay
He’s up on eBay currently from all kinds of different sellers. Right now, everything is on a bidding system, but as you can see, he’s already selling WAY above what GW would normally list him as in a retail store and people are still bidding!
Rumors Are Emerging From EU Stores
Via industry insiders, rumor has it that retail stores have been told they’re only getting 2-3 minis per location. We don’t have to spell it out to know that this could only cause problems in the community from severely low stock as well as the fact that GW sent these minis to give them a boost of income in their time of need. Retailers are also supposedly able to order the mini starting on May 9th.
It looks like that, in an attempt to please the majority while also getting as much financial help as possible from the mini, stores are putting them on eBay and having them go to the people that truly want them the most.
What We HOPE Games Workshop Will Do…
If all of these rumors and reports are true, it’s safe to say that a majority of the people that want one of these minis will not be getting one.
If GW sent these minis in such low numbers to retailer stores because they themselves were allocated, then they should, in our opinion, honor additional orders from stores for this model. It could then be supplied to LGS later on as GW themselves have done for their own last two MTO releases during the crisis.
That way, Game Stores who have helped build Games Workshop’s empire in good times and bad, get to keep 100% of the proceeds in a manner that is meaningful.
While the details surrounding this model sounded great at first, if the rumors are true this may be more of a hassle than a help in our opinion. We hope GW does the right thing and allows stores to make as much from this release as possible, so all ships continue to rise with the hobby tide.
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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.
