The new GW coin promotion is something fun, but the old Skulz Program let you redeem for the miniatures that you wanted- check it out!
Way back in the late 1990s and early 2000’s Games Workshop had a customer rewards program for Mail Order Customers that some of you may remember!
They called it the ‘Skulz’ program and it rocked. Rob actually managed to save up enough points to score the Adeptus Mechanicus squad which he still has to this day, but the Baneblade kit escaped him.
Look, who really thought they could have saved up 300 Skulz? If you did, congrats, you were a serious collector!
GW Flashback: The Skulz Program was Pretty Awesome!
When you put orders in, they would give you Skulz stickers, which you could then redeem to get prizes. It wasn’t the craziest thing ever, but you could get some cool stuff.
If you like grabbing stuff through the new coin promotion, you still had the option back then to get little mementos like key chains and such.
But you could redeem them for so much other stuff, and with prizes going all the way up to a free (well not free because you had to spend money first, but still…) Forge World Baneblade! Now though, the new promotion does actually get you a totally free mini, but that’s about it.
Grabbing an entire unreleased set of Admech models was really sweet! On top of that, you also received a resin coin, so you still got a coin, but also received an entire unit! The mega paint set was also an awesome prize because it basically gave you every paint you could need.
The Inquisitor prints were also a really fun prize, nothing wrong with getting some cool artwork to go along with your minis. We can’t be the only ones who spent a little more back then to grab more prizes, can we?
There were just so many fun prizes, and these aren’t even close to everything you could get!
Did you get any of the prizes? What was your favorite offer from the whole promotion?
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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 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.
