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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question  Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:15 pm |
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Both the GW stores local to me had sold out of the rulebooks (allegedly the staff had bought them....) though they only had 2 or 3 copies ordered.
I actually see the lack of stock (as it has sold out) as a good thing, it shows that GW underestimated the "popularity" of the new game.
Each shop should have orderd 6-10 copies rather than 3 of the rulebook.
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:44 pm |
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:59 am |
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Hi!
Really? We'd never have guessed.....
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Well, on the happy side the Epic A book came today and its nice and colorful.
Plus I like the smell of the book...it smells...gamey...mmmmm 
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:49 am |
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Gee ? G/W US shutting down Epic, E:A books being sold out, outrageous prices, etc., etc., ! Who's running G/W ... the 3 Stooges !?! Or are these all signs of the Apocalypse ... or what ?!?!?!?!?  
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:41 pm |
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Maybe the Hight Lords of terra and the 3 stooges are one and the same thing. The fate of humanity truely hangs at a balance...
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:54 pm |
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All very interesting theories gentlemen... ?
However, Crimsom F, you work for the man, so that's all I'll say about that!  ?
And I'll take a lesson from my Allies, after serving two years in SE Asia... I'll wait and see... I'm not going anywhere... 
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:15 pm |
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well popped into GW today they had the following in stock...
Three Ork Gargants
One Reaver
Two Ork Warband
I would have missed them as they were on a bottom shelf way out of sight... my son found them (he's 18 months now and they were at that level).
No other sign of Epic.... no rule book... no blisters... no signs... no stuff in the Specialist Games display cabinet...
I know I can go mail order, however I was under the impression that there would be "some" stock in most GW stores... and I mean some not hardly any!
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:48 pm |
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| Quote (primarch @ 31 2004 Jan.,16:24) | | Hey Jimbo, 18 month olds are great to take mini shopping, they find all that stuff we're too lazy to crouch and find near floor level. |
Well as I was queuing to pay for my copy of Warmaster Magazine he was busy playing by "stealing" the cleaning rag from one of the staff who was painting and then running out of the shop to his mum and then taking it back...
He then grabbed a box of miniatures and ran out of the shop...
Luckily the staff saw the funny side...
And it was a box of 40K scale Space Marines. not much use anyhow...
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:23 pm |
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| Quote (primarch @ 31 2004 Jan.,16:24) | Hi!
That really sucks!
This goes along with my impressions that GW stores will stock the game according to the bias of their manager. |
My local store manager HATES epic. He's simply never "got" it but Along with some of the other staff, we pestered them enough that they're now stocking a decent amount (havent been in so dont know what, but I know the last order was twice what our next closet store got in ), have at least 1 army in the cabinet unless they're being used on the tables & are running a campaign in March.
Persistance can get epic coverage
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Post subject: A quick "counts as" question Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:57 pm |
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I went in my store yesterday, and they had the same box sets as Jimbo lists, along with a couple of Ork blisters, and the guy said they had some Space Marine Infantry boxed sets in the back. Nothing of interest to me...
At least my store is running playtest games though!
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