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Reply To: Why isn't GW making New Astra Militarum

October 19, 2020 at 1:53 am #1575688

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Probably no way to compete with the market and their high prices. Think about it, the Wargames Atlantic Grognards are pretty much Vostroyans right out the box and infinitely more affordable. I’d be willing to bet that Guard tanks sell well and the other kits are a bit ‘meh’. They gave up on a wide range because it was cheaper to build a smaller focused range and dropping the others didn’t affect their profits too harshly. I swear the Catachan were only kept because enough people found the ‘Nam vibe either enticing or hilarious. The other complication is that they will have to do a full release from the ground up for them now to bring them in line with modern scales and such, rather than work to the old style, and the Guard just don’t have enough of the market for that. They’d have to make them incredibly powerful to get the tournament players to go for them. Much of their new stuff does have a certain amount of catering to that demographic; just look at the community page when a new army comes out… Unless people want it enough to want to spend $60CAD (I don’t off the top of my head remember what that would be in real money (GBP or Euros) on a 10 man box then they won’t put in the effort.