tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post3446184061366645397..comments2024-03-21T01:26:40.397+00:00Comments on John's Toy Soldiers: GW - What's Gone Wrong - A Personal Viewjohnlambsheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984916178605250835noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-11461447159739254082014-01-21T09:31:09.759+00:002014-01-21T09:31:09.759+00:00Try the free In the Emperor's Name rules off t...Try the free In the Emperor's Name rules off the internet for 40K skirmish: Ospey's In Her Majesty's Name is based on them and is very good.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-82123559271774597762014-01-20T23:37:11.424+00:002014-01-20T23:37:11.424+00:00Good post and many good comments.
Being a little ...Good post and many good comments.<br /><br />Being a little behind the times with GW anymore and across the pond I must profess some ignorance, on many things, but in this case regarding Rick Priestley. I know that Rick left GW several years ago and has since been working steadily on some cool rulesets. Stuff like Hail Caesar, Black Powder, etc. etc. <br /><br />I never did hear how or why he left GW. <br /><br />Anyone have any detail on that?<br /><br />I too have felt that when the old guard left that the soul of the GW I entered tabletop gaming with is gone. It seems like guys like Rick, Andy, Alessio Cavatore brought so much just plain fun as well as continuity to their designs. I don't know if Phil Kelly is there anymore (I assume not?), Andy Hoare, Pete Haines, or Graham McNeill. I really can't stand anything they've produced in terms of game rules since 4th edition 40k. I didn't mind the new Dark Eldar codex too much .. wasn't bad. Really everything else in the post Rick Priestly era (PRP) has been completely uninteresting to me.<br /><br />I really wish things would change. I am not one to wish for the old days. I'd be perfectly happy to see them take things in new directions. But for me that would need to be real skirmish level options, more reasonable pricing on their product lines and overall more support (here in the US it is terrible) for their product line.<br /><br />But I don't think any of that will happen. So I personally have moved off to stuff like Song of Blades and Heroes, and my gaming club is tinkering with the idea of Oldhammer, etc. etc. <br /><br />Sad days ... The Lord of Excesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844701226225155792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-70478836342148683182014-01-20T15:28:55.756+00:002014-01-20T15:28:55.756+00:00Indeed, I would be sorry to lose them.Indeed, I would be sorry to lose them.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-55551400247517592732014-01-20T12:47:04.605+00:002014-01-20T12:47:04.605+00:00Really sad and unfortunate for all of us that have...Really sad and unfortunate for all of us that have grown with them (and made them grow!), but plain true.<br />As mentioned, very worthy insight on the matter, congrats.<br />A.Axtklingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916632372862816585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-28776705561028473872014-01-19T09:07:49.743+00:002014-01-19T09:07:49.743+00:00Thanks, the article is just a personal opinion, of...Thanks, the article is just a personal opinion, of course.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-3493829145360028102014-01-19T09:07:04.362+00:002014-01-19T09:07:04.362+00:00The cost of GW models in Oz is truly extraordinary...The cost of GW models in Oz is truly extraordinary.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-31346844436001492782014-01-18T17:34:06.563+00:002014-01-18T17:34:06.563+00:00Heh, after fifty comments I don't have anythin...Heh, after fifty comments I don't have anything worthy to add! Well said on all counts John, thanks for the insight.MIKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349008639954236034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-13141080877261324182014-01-18T13:10:02.068+00:002014-01-18T13:10:02.068+00:00It's a shame they have ended up this way. I st...It's a shame they have ended up this way. I stopped buying GW stuff here in Downunder lands a few years ago. I was astonished when they opened a store here in Darwin recently. Especially when a shop here already sells the product.The Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829184068503627810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-29866620616729684822014-01-18T10:09:57.828+00:002014-01-18T10:09:57.828+00:00Yes, it's easy to forget what a whale among mi...Yes, it's easy to forget what a whale among minnows GW is and it is still in the black. But giants do fall, e.g. Blackberry. It's not good that profits are based on hollowing out the company. It must be mortgaging the future.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-24966864181267214362014-01-18T10:07:13.350+00:002014-01-18T10:07:13.350+00:00Maybe the new one will please.Maybe the new one will please.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-21658224491569722002014-01-18T10:05:36.478+00:002014-01-18T10:05:36.478+00:00It's kinda like woolworths closing. Part of on...It's kinda like woolworths closing. Part of one's youth has gone.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-1580168193256348542014-01-18T10:03:09.172+00:002014-01-18T10:03:09.172+00:00Thanks.Thanks.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-22816104782806221562014-01-18T10:02:52.451+00:002014-01-18T10:02:52.451+00:00Maybe customers like you are the future of a slimm...Maybe customers like you are the future of a slimmed down GW. Who knows.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-49355740930854124592014-01-18T10:02:01.237+00:002014-01-18T10:02:01.237+00:00Jim Baen always said (wrt to publishing and DRM) t...Jim Baen always said (wrt to publishing and DRM) that an industry at war with its customers cannot prosper.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-84415329978467985362014-01-18T10:00:00.023+00:002014-01-18T10:00:00.023+00:00I hadn't realised they were updating the digit...I hadn't realised they were updating the digital copies but not the dead tree ones. That will present issues.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-75908086846266430122014-01-18T09:58:01.445+00:002014-01-18T09:58:01.445+00:00I suspect you speak for many people.I suspect you speak for many people.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-17390439800700523162014-01-18T09:57:14.493+00:002014-01-18T09:57:14.493+00:00Yes, where's the excitement and buzz? GW has b...Yes, where's the excitement and buzz? GW has become a vacuum of empty corporate suits.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-26662251866926633382014-01-18T09:56:05.586+00:002014-01-18T09:56:05.586+00:00It was a great shame when the Hammersmith shop fel...It was a great shame when the Hammersmith shop fell down. Part of my youth went with it.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-65767079155008577032014-01-18T09:54:29.906+00:002014-01-18T09:54:29.906+00:00I don't understand dumping the kid market. The...I don't understand dumping the kid market. Their success was based on this.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-14139049186499182292014-01-18T09:53:12.283+00:002014-01-18T09:53:12.283+00:00Why thank you Ashley. I am just finishing the seco...Why thank you Ashley. I am just finishing the second novel in the Citizen series at the moment. After that....depends on my publisher.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-18391863956638089042014-01-18T09:52:08.525+00:002014-01-18T09:52:08.525+00:00The cost of the LOTR models is eyewatering. It has...The cost of the LOTR models is eyewatering. It has put me off playing the hobbit.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-74395159437776279502014-01-18T09:51:12.750+00:002014-01-18T09:51:12.750+00:00LOL, don't do that Z. You'll need that pen...LOL, don't do that Z. You'll need that pension to buy toy soldiers in your dotage.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-21220682478607990112014-01-18T09:50:19.587+00:002014-01-18T09:50:19.587+00:00I can't seem to paint Finecast models. They ne...I can't seem to paint Finecast models. They never look right for me.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-78156735345434941892014-01-18T09:49:22.671+00:002014-01-18T09:49:22.671+00:00I use GW paints. They and Valejo are the best.I use GW paints. They and Valejo are the best.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447293089931737000.post-64450287281332340672014-01-18T09:48:54.317+00:002014-01-18T09:48:54.317+00:00Half year results just out - sales down by a good ...Half year results just out - sales down by a good chunk, the shares have dropped about 25% and no interim dividend - which is disappointing. However... we are still talking about a business that has moved £60.5 million in the six months to Dec 1... that's a great deal of money. Even in Australian - a market where GW struggles especially hard with price and reputation - they shifted £4.6 million over he same six months. Most wargames companies struggle to turn over £1 million world wide. I don't know how is buying this stuff anymore - I'm not even sure why they're buying it - but plenty of people obviously are! Rick Priestleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237250362944231092noreply@blogger.com