GW’s Last Chance to Buy just claimed twelve Firstborn Space Marine kits, but the Rhino showing up on that list doesn’t add up.
Eleven of these twelve kits make perfect sense on the Last Chance to Buy page, based on the latest Legends news, but then there’s the Rhino. Games Workshop has put nearly every remaining Firstborn plastic vehicle on Warhammer’s countdown shelf, which usually means you’re looking at the end of the road for each of those kits.
None of this should be especially shocking if you saw the 17 units GW shipped to Legends alongside the new Space Marine Codex. Still, seeing a unit move to Legends and seeing the actual kit land on Last Chance to Buy don’t hit quite the same. Sadly, GW has done this with Marines plenty of times, and while it’s not fun, it is becoming a very common pattern.
Does that mean there is a new “Primaris scale” Rhino on the way from Games Workshop? There have been many rumors about a new Rhino model, and at this point, anything is possible, but they are doing that exact thing with the Outrider bikes.
ARTICLE SUMMARY
- RIP Rhino too: The Rhino landing on Last Chance to Buy looks a lot more like GW making room for another kit than getting rid of the vehicle altogether.
- What happened to the model: GW just changed the Codex so the Rhino can finally carry Primaris Marines, which would be a strange move if the plan was to kill it outright.
- What changes if we’re right: The October Codex window suddenly becomes a lot more interesting if there’s a replacement chassis waiting behind it.
Here’s Every Space Marine Kit Sitting on Last Chance to Buy Right Now
Updated on September 3rd, 2026 by Rob Baer with the latest Space Marines on last chance to buy.
Twelve kits are on the list, and most of them have been hanging around Marine collections for decades:
- Rhino
- Razorback
- Predator Annihilator
- Predator Destructor
- Vindicator
- Whirlwind
- Stormraven Gunship
- Stormtalon Gunship
- Stormhawk Interceptor
- Centurion Assault Squad
- Centurion Devastator Squad
- Outriders (becasue new multi-part kit coming)
Everything on the list other than the Rhino is headed to Legends (or getting replaced in the case of the new multi-part Outriders), so this is mostly the webstore catching up with the Codex cuts. Even though these aren’t getting active support anymore, there was a hope some would stay available for collectors. Plenty of Legend plastic has stayed available for years, and GW’s previous Marine liquidation left some of the models on the store.
Last Chance to Buy pretty much kills that idea, but if you want any of these boxes directly from GW at full price, there’s officially a clock on them now.
The Rhino is the One Entry That Breaks the Pattern
Curiously, the Rhino wasn’t the kit we expected to see here. It wasn’t explicitly named in the Legends list, and the assumption was that the chassis survived because GW still gets a lot of mileage out of it. Chaos Space Marines, Sisters of Battle, and Imperial Agents all use Rhinos. Horus Heresy armies can run piles of them although they are the new Deimo version.
Either way, that’s a whole lot of armies still using the same basic box.
Then there’s what GW just did with its rules. The new Codex is making the Rhino a Primaris transport. For years, it was one of the most obvious leftovers from the Firstborn versus Primaris divide. Old Marines could ride in one while the newer crowd got sent toward Repulsors and Impulsors. GW finally removed that restriction and opened the Rhino back up to modern power-armored units.
But now, after GW made it more versatile, the kit lands on Last Chance to Buy.
Let’s be honest, GW makes strange calls all the time, but broadening the number of units that can use a transport right before you stop selling the transport would be a particularly odd one. The “is the Rhino done” question was already floating around the hobby, and this just gives everybody another reason to keep asking it.
GW Has Walked a Vehicle Off the Store and Walked a New One Back On
GW replacing an old Marine vehicle instead of simply leaving a hole wouldn’t exactly be new. Land Speeders disappeared (but came back years later) and Storm Speeders came in with three build options and a modern sculpt. Land Raider variants were folded into fewer boxes. Firstborn infantry spent the better part of eight years getting replaced squad by squad instead of GW clearing the whole shelf in one go, which is the same slow turnover GW does for every army. ..
The Rhino gives GW even more reason to go that route because it isn’t really one vehicle. It’s the starting point for a bunch of them. Build a new hull, and you’ve got somewhere to go with a Predator, Vindicator, Whirlwind, Razorback, and whatever else GW feels like sticking on top.
Now that the old kit is actually leaving the store, a replacement doesn’t feel nearly as theoretical.
Nothing About Your Next Game Changed Today Though
If you’ve got a Predator sitting half-painted on the shelf, you don’t need to chuck it in a drawer. Legends units are still usable in casual games, narrative play, and Crusade, while independent events can allow them, depending on the organizer. GW-run competitive events are where you’re much more likely to hit the wall.
So the tanks you already own didn’t suddenly stop being Warhammer models because somebody changed a label on the webstore. You’re just running out of chances to buy another one directly from GW.
You can also see why GW would want to clean this range up. There are fewer overlapping datasheets to deal with, fewer old boxes to keep in production, and less weirdness for somebody walking into Space Marines for the first time. A newer player gets a Codex and detachments built around the version of Space Marines GW actually plans to keep selling instead of having to figure out why there are two generations of half the army sitting next to each other.
The October Codex Window Is Where This Gets Answered
The obvious thing to watch now is what shows up around the Codex release. GW could drop a new Rhino alongside it, hold the replacement for a later wave, or start rebuilding more of the old vehicle family around one new chassis. There’s also every chance the old box disappears, and nothing immediately takes its place, because GW has left gaps like that before.
A delayed wave still feels like the most likely bet to us. GW doesn’t need to jam every big Marine kit into the same weekend, especially if one new chassis can eventually support several releases.
Final Thoughts on the Space Marine Last Chance to Buy List
At this point, we’re a lot more interested in what appears after the Rhino disappears than watching its stock counter tick down. If GW has another chassis coming, it could solve more than one problem at once. Predator, Vindicator, Whirlwind, and Razorback all grew out of the same vehicle family, so a replacement Rhino could be the start of something much bigger than one refreshed transport kit.
If the Codex comes and goes without one, keep watching the releases after it. GW just opened the Rhino up to modern Marines at the same time the current plastic kit is leaving the store, and eventually those two decisions have to meet somewhere.
Either another box is coming, or GW has created a very weird hole in the Space Marine range.
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What do you think: is a Primaris Rhino inevitable, or did GW just retire one of 40k’s most iconic vehicles without a sendoff?
