I've been talking with my local game workshop store and he says that he only sells game workshop items nothing forge world.
Isn't forge world part of games workshop isn't it sold in stores in both the US and UK?
>>43625843
no.
>>43625843
Nope, direct order only.
>>43625843
They are sold in some stores in the US, its been like that for a few years ago.
However, its only a few stores as for the UK its only the main store in the UK.
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Forge World, at least according to my limited understanding, is a separate corporate entity which was established by Games Workshop, but isn't part of the same structure. They produce specialty and expansion material exclusively for Games Workshop's game lines, true. But they license the Warhammer IPs rather than holding the rights to them, and their products aren't marketed alongside first-party GW items. And with GW making increasing moves over the past few years to produce first-party plastics for models which in the past would have been Forge World exclusives, the situation seems increasingly unlikely to change.
>>43625843
I have to say it would be better if they would forge world has some nice things.
>>43626076
FW is part of GW, they're a separate studio pretty much under the same roof with their own designers, developers, workshops, etc. And thus their own store. Just like BL has its own store, and that's still under GW just as much.
>>43625843
A GW store manager will most likely try to talk you out of FW because he wants you to buy from him instead. I'd steer clear of GW brick and mortars.
>>43626815
Stop being paranoid. Support you LGS
>>43626978
>Stop being paranoid. Support you LGS
It's better than falling to chaos because you got tricked by tzeentch
>>43626978
Support your LGS, by all means, unless that LGS is a Games Workshop.
>>43625843
You have to get the items ordered in (I forget if you can still do this) or just buy them online and get them shipped to you. I think the reasoning is the demand for FW products isn't the same as normal GW stuff, so there's no reason for them to take up shelf/storage space and for FW to have to meet the production speeds/amount to have every kit in every GW store.
>>43625843
FW does not sell to LGS their products at a discount like GW does which means that a LGS won't see any profit selling FW except at higher than normal retail prices which no one would buy.
Some stores will organize buying a single large shipment from FW from among their customers because if you spend over $250~ you get free shipping.
Other stores that I know of will take advantage of sales that FW will sometimes have to purchase a large amount of inventory where they will make a small profit (5-15%) which isn't much but it can be nice to show off.
>>43626978
Games Workshop is not an LGS, anon
>>43625843
FW is a special order, luxury class of GW.
Just like a Lexus or Acura car. You can't get them at Toyota or Honda dealers.
>>43625843
I don't know what the situation is these days but you used to be able to order through Battle Bunkers or somesuch here in the US
>>43631288
I don't know about that its not luxuray its just hand sculpted while GW stuff is designed on a computer. its more that one is Resin an one is Plastic.. Technically thou your GW manager is not allowed to kick you out for using FW stuff and if he does call your countrys Games Workshop contact number on the GW site and complain.
FW and GW are not separate companys they have offices in the same fucking building. and literally are rooms apart. any one who tries to argue otherwise is just trying to get you to buy overpriced plastic. fact is plastic is too expensive for the quality you get all over the world but in some places like Australia the price of a plastic mini is the same as a FW equivalent one. like for Imperial Guard for instance. in this situation the Shop managers are very angry about FW because it takes sales away from their shop but technically they cant kick you out. I think the reason that rumour about specialist games and FW switching to LOTR came out in Australia first because a Australia higher management heard about it and assumed overexcitedly that that ment the FW would no longer do 40k or 30k products and switch to LOTR.. this would mean sales in Australia in GW shops would go up massively because people would stop buying FW stuff instead of GW.. but idknow the guy that made that rumour is prob in a lot of trouble right now because the rumour outed the fact that horus heresy is going to end from FW at least in 2 years.......... hopefully the AUstralian management guy who started the rumour with the staff member was wrong I think he was probably over excited I think Imperial Armour will continue after Horus Heresy is over and FW will continue to make great 40k stuff.. but basically if you pay attention to that rumour it was hinting that FW would no longer do 40k./30k... and that's why the Australia shop manager got excited and spread it.. its not actualy about the specialist games that's not the important part its the LOTR/HobbitonlyFW
>>43636135
the Australia managers what FW to stop working on 40k or 40k like units such as Horus Heresy that can be used as Counts as in 40k games.. and I think they got over excited at the news that in 2 years time FW will have to swap HH for LOTR. but I think FW is obviously still going to get to keep doing 40k even if they get told to stop doing 30k. so ultimately that Australian manger was wrong.
Rumour now is in 6months we get bloodblow and then in another 6months we get another specialist game then another then another and then in 2 years time FW release their Last Horus Heresy book and stop making new 30k stuff but keep producing the old stuff (until it slowly gets converted to plastic) and start sculpting LOTR/Hobbit instead or focus back on IMperial Armour.. honestly if any thing the Australian Rep was so wrong because once FW stop HH they will have more time to focus on more 40k stuff and that will mean MORE models can be used from FW in place of GW plastics so its actually prob bad for GW future I Australia not good. the fact they released a leak like that just shows how desperate the market is there thou.. I honestly think they will shut down the shops soon and just sell GW stuff in toyshops in Australia its the only way they can lower the price here.
>>43636135
Stop getting hung up on the word luxury. It doesn't always mean gold and jewels.
FW literally raised their prices for no reason other than GW raised their prices and "FW must always be more expensive than basic GW". That's why the prices skyrocketed for their 5 man Ultramarine Suzerains and RG Mor Deythan. FW is the luxury arm of GW.
>>43636135
>99% of /tg/ can't afford FW
>people actually make bootleg of FW
>people who can't afford FW want it bad enough to pirate it
>they have titans that cost thousands of dollars
>its not luxury
Okay.
>>43636187
Your formatting and spelling is so atrocious I'm going to say it's safe to assume people will insult you regardless of what store you're in, because you're that much of a drooling downie.
>>43631288
Can I buy BL novels from a brick and mortar GW store?
>>43625843
I know that at one point you could order Forge World from GW stores (and save a mint on shipping, by having it sent to the store in the restock shipment). But I'm not entirely sure if they still do that.
FW is basically a pure online store otherwise.
>>43636234
Yeah but that doesn't compete with standard GW models. Heck, they don't even compete with codexes.
>>43636393
>Yeah
Ergo the analog was shit. Lexus and Honda are different companies. BL and FW are both GW, just different departments.
>>43636417
It wasn't Lexus vs. Honda you dipshit it's Lexus and Toyota and Honda and Acura. Lexus is a part of Toyota and Acura is a part of Honda.
>>43636417
>Lexus and Honda are different companies
>Just like a Lexus or Acura car. You can't get them at Toyota or Honda dealers.
>TOYOTA
Are you really this stupid?
>Lexus (レクサス Rekusasu?) is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota.
>Acura (アキュラ Akyura?) is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda.[1]
Forge World is the luxury miniature division of British miniatures company Games Workshop.
Not that hard to grasp you dumbasses. How do you still not know what FW is when it's been a thing for nearly two decades.
Even Lexicanum (because you dumbass faggots seem to think 40k wiki doesn't count as a valid source despite the fact that they copy paste from official texts and provide the title and page number for you at the bottom of the page) says
>Forge World is a subcompany of Games Workshop Inc. that creates models outside of the normal auspices of Games Worshop. It is a company similar to Black Enterprises and Warp Artefacts, dedicated to creating high quality, exotic miniatures for passionate gamers.
>OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL AUSPICES
>HIGH QUALITY, EXOTIC MINIATURES
Doesn't matter if you think FW is garbage. Lexus cars aren't exactly exotic either. But they are the luxury, higher class version of their parent company. It's a fucking basic fact of life, you can't argue against it. It just is. That's what it's fucking classified as.
>>43636460
>You can't get them at Toyota or Honda dealers.
>OR HONDA
Yes, because I don't read minds.
>>43636483
>because you dumbass faggots seem to think 40k wiki doesn't count as a valid source despite the fact that they copy paste from official texts and provide the title and page number for you at the bottom of the page
How many times did we catch Warhammer wiki sliding in fanfiction and citing erroneous sources? Too many times, you faggot.
That wiki cannot be trusted. Period.
>>43636497
You just have shit reading comprehension.
Luxury brand A and luxury brand B cannot be found at non-luxury parent brand A and non-luxury parent brand B.
They were even put in the exact same corresponding order for you, so how the fuck did you put Lexus with Honda? Do you even know anything about cars you faggot?
>>43636505
The same faggots who suck Lexicanum's dick are the same ones who actually unironically suggest 1d4chan. Don't believe me? Archive search it, faggot.
That alone is the only thing that even needs to be said.
>>43636523
>You just have shit reading comprehension.
No, you're just shit at typing.
Maybe if you had said that luxury brand A cannot be found at non-luxury parent brand A, and luxury brand B cannot be found at non-luxury brand B, it would have been clearer. Because now it reads like luxury brand A cannot be found at non-luxury parent brand A nor B, and luxury brand B cannot be found at non-luxury parent brand A nor B.
But related to it, are you sure there's no way for me to walk into a Toyota dealership and ask if they could get me a Lexus? Plenty of people from what I can find can service their Lexus cars in Toyota dealerships, so the two brands aren't that apart.
>>43636543
that is actually just basic english desu
>>43636561
>Just like a OP or Anon. You can't get them to suck dick or take it up the ass.
So OP won't suck dick and Anon won't take it up the ass, but OP will take it up the ass and Anon will suck dick?
Ok, I think I'm getting the hang of this. Desu.
>>43636536
Dude, I don't go by anon wiki. I usually hunt the sources myself and present it. Lexicanum is objectively better because their mostly citation are on point.
Warhammerwiki is EVERYTHING GOES where anons can just throw into copypasted paragraphs and mix it in with fanfiction and their opinions. More content at the expense of reliability.
1d4chan is for meme spouting morons and anyone who goes there seriously for the fluff should have his head examined.
>>43636483
>has to quote lexi or wiki, because he can't find evidence to support his claims from the company websites themselves
