Part drop pod, part monstrous creature the ‘Nids may have just gotten a BIG upgrade in the Tyrannocyte.
This is a serious kit, and depending on how you make it there should be a ton of parts left over for augmenting the rest of your swarm!
The pod itself can be made two different ways featuring either extended or retracted armor panels. Plus if you don’t make the Tryannocyte spore, you should have the majority of the bottom half (see lower left illustration above) left over at a minimum.
If you elect to make the Sporocyst model, not only will you have the lower spore half extra, but the sarlacc pit looking mandibles from the top of the pod as well.
This new kit also comes with six spore mines and one BIG new model in the Mucloid spore that towers over most of the other models in the Tyranid line-up.
Perhaps most surprising of all was that this kit comprises a rarely seen three spures, two of which are identical. Priced at $66, far less than other kits containing only two sprues, it makes it a little hard to figure out what it is your are actually paying for in a model these days.
Either way, at first look it seems to be a very innovate kit that may lead to bigger and better things from the Games Workshop Design Studio!
Take a full look new Tyrannocyte below in our latest video review. -MBG
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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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.
