Looks like the is something to these new army bundles that go on sale Saturday from Games Workshop. Come see the latest on the sets and the ensuing drama.
So first off it appears that the blogger site that published this first round of WD 101 pictures originally is now offline (with no additional reasons given).
We also know the Games Workshop has gone after GamesTrust.de back on December 2nd for posting full scans of the White Dwarf and rulebook releases, that allegedly violated Intellectual Property laws.
The owner of that site vowed to fight GW tooth and nail on the issue. However it looks like they haven’t covered any new media releases since then, and yesterday announced they are closing their company.
You can get the full story on the Games Trust saga from last week below where the owner of the company even commented on the article.
GW’s Next Legal Battle, The Million Dollar Blogger?
Back to the new army deals, well looks like we’ve already lost the very first site that posted pictures of the White Dwarf post GamesTrust, which may mean that Games Workshop is on the prowl again like a ravening Santa Claus checking his lists to see who’s been naughty or nice to their IP.
The good news is that it looks like that Space Marine Terminator captain that has been so hard to get in the past and sometimes fetched prices around $200 on eBay will now be easily available once again in the $85 army deal that’s coming out.
Via Miniwars.eu 12-29-2015
Here’s a recap breakdown of all the new army bundles that are coming to a games store near you on Saturday as well!
You can checkout the rest of the new White Dwarf below
White Dwarf 101 Roundup
Warhammer 40,000 Sets $85 MSRP
Start Collecting Space Marines
Terminator Captain, Tactical Squad, Venerable Dreadnought
Start Collecting Astra Militarum
Leman Russ, 10 Cadians, Cadian Heavy Weapon Team, Commissar
Start Collecting Skitarii
Onager Dunecrawler, 10 Rangers, Tech-Priest Dominus
Start Collecting Tau Empire
Ethereal on Hover Drone, 10 Fire Warriors w/DS8 Support Turret, 3 Crisis Suits
Start Collecting Necrons
Necron Overlord, 10 Warriors, 3 Scarab Swarms, Triarch Stalker
Start Collecting Tyranids
Hive Tyrant, 3 Warriors, 10 Gargoyles
Age of Sigmar Sets $85 MSRP
Start Collecting Seraphon
Oldblood on Carnosaur, 8 Saurus Knights, 12 Saurus Warriors
Start Collecting Slaves to Darkness
Chaos Sorceror, Chaos Chariot, 12 Chaos Warriors, 5 Chaos Knights
Start Collecting Greenskinz
Orrus Warboss on Warboar, Warboss with Great Waaagh Banner, 5 Boarboyz, 10 Boyz, Boar Chariot
Start Collecting Malignants
Mortis Engine, 3 Spirit Hosts, 5 Hexwraiths
Start Collecting Daemons of Khorne
Blood Throne, 10 Bloodletters, 3 Skullcrushers
Start Collecting Daemons of Nurgle
Herald of Nurgle, 3 Plague Drones, 3 Nurgling swarms, 10 Plaguebearers
Interesting times indeed. Games Workshop really seems to be cranking up the volume to 11 in 2016, will we be able to keep up?
You can also checkout the rest of the new White Dwarf below
White Dwarf 101 Roundup
Editors note: As of this articles go live date Miniwars is back online, however they were down for at least 3-4 hours that we can tell.
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