Read this whole post. Games Workshop looks to be eyeing re-opening as they asked for restock orders from retailers in the USA and Canada!
Keep in mind, the GW warehouses are still closed indefinitely and have no set date on when they’ll open. This notification from GW also only applies to independent retailers (not the average consumer), and looks to be a possible effort to keep things moving smoothly on the warehouse side of things for a possible re-opening in the near future.
With that said, to keep you in the loop, here is what GW just announced to their retailers here in North America:
Games Workshop Asks For Orders Ahead Possible Re-Opening
Short, sweet, and to the point. GW mentions that they still don’t know when their warehouses would be up and running again (to which we know will be at least a two-week delay once the crises we face is over). But to help businesses prepare and get a jumpstart on their inventory and sales, GW is starting accepting orders that’ll ship when things are operational once again.
For game stores that have been fortunate enough to keep accepting orders from the community, they’re now able to actually put in for a restock order to GW queue. As far as retailers go right now, they’re having to essentially sit on any kind of GW stock they had before they shut down.
While there’s no date on when life will go back to normal, the silver lining is that your LGS could open its doors for you to find all of the latest releases (like the Prophecy of the Wolf) that we had to sit and wait on while we were social distancing.
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After this announcement, will you be calling your LGS to put in an order? What’s the first new kit you’ll be putting together when we can stop social distancing?
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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Bio: Virginia restless, miniature painter & cat dad. He blames LEGOs for all this, as there was something about those little-colored blocks that started it all. Spikey Bits sprung from Rob staying motivated to hobby on his backlog of projects, while sharing his knowledge with others during the early blogging era.
LEGO maniac and scale model hobbyist in the 80s turned miniature wargamer and trading card player ever since. He’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition), but 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 minatures made of pewter and resin.
