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Post subject: Chaos hell talon  Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:41 am |
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I got my stuff yesterday.
Upon opening the parcel I found the following;
In the defence line set I had been given two defence line bunkers, and no normal one.
3 of the Ork guntrukks had had their exhaust broken in transit.
The ruined Librarium had been sanded very poorly. It resulted in it standing like the leaning tower of Piza.
I called Forgeworld, and as usual they were happy to help, here's the results;
They are sending the correct bunker, I get to keep the other! 
They were willing to replace the guntrukks, but I had already fixed them and didn't mind keeping them. I was just making them aware how fragile they were.
They gave me a freepost address to send the ruined Librarium back to, and will send out a replacement.
So it's worked out okay. I had a bit of a job repairing the trukks, as the exhausts are so small. However, I do get an extra bunker out of it. Though I do have to wait a bit longer for my Librarium.
Luckily, I dont mind having to wait, as I'm having a new central heating system fitted to my house. So I wont get any painting etc in at all over the next few days.
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:03 pm |
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:31 pm |
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Yep, thats the part. I had both exhausts snap off of 3 guntrukks. Luckily they were still in the bag, so I could stick them back on.
It looks like he lost a bit of the ram too. The one on the right (the green one) is missing the middle spike. I had this happen to one of mine too, when removing that large cunk of resin that is attatched there. It was the very last trukk too out of 6. 
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 1:51 pm |
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...FW stuff is _very_ delicate- my Epic Night Spinners I got at GamesDay all had some of the prong thingys on the end of the guns broken off- I found most of them in the bag, but had to make a couple, which wasn't easy..
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:07 pm |
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I was lucky and only one Falcon gun was broken and I repaired it with marginal ease. And that is good odds, considering I ordered one pack of each of the new F/W models ! But that is one thing you can say about the G/W metal models, although being generally thicker, they are more durable.
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:37 pm |
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Yes, I dont think I'll bother buying the FW Eldar vehicles. I dont have any real problem with the Epic40K ones I already have.
I have plenty falcons, Wave Serpents, Night Spinners and Fire Prisms without needing to order any from them. Besides, having two designs would only look out of place. That's something you can get away with in an Ork army. 
Next on my list from forgeworld will be a pack of guntrukks with lobba, a pack with a kannon and maybe some warhounds. Not for a while yet though.
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:47 pm |
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FW stuff is always delicate, but adds a bit more variety to anyone's army. All I have from FW however is a set of Lightning fighters, which too ages to glue up!
I saw a guy in my GW the other day, who had gone to gamesday and bought a couple of Warhounds, he said they took him 3 days to just assemble due to all the flash!
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:15 pm |
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| Quote (Shadow Hunter @ 06 2003 Nov.,01:37) | | Besides, having two designs would only look out of place. ?That's something you can get away with in an Ork army. ? |
Actually, I think this adds a lot of character to an army. There is no reason that different units cant be allocated a new upgrade or whatever. Even have those units from a different Craftworld.
When you look at how long it takes for new models and upgrades to filter though modern armies (a squillionth of the size of these 40k armies we are talking about) you start to see that 'uniformity of equipment' issues is usually anything but!
I use different versions fo arty and Russ in my IG force, allocated to seperate batteries and companies so within subunits there is uniformity, but more variety on table.
But thats just IMHO of course 
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:02 am |
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Hi!
I know what you mean Markconz. I was real excited when the first FW models. After I got some and saw how fragile they where, I'm less enthusiastic. So I tend to my far less of them than I would metal ones.
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:49 am |
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Yeah, picking up a lightweight resin Titan just feels wrong somehow...
The resin travels rather poorly accross the world too, and being on the wrong end of a bad exchange rate where we are Markconz kinda makes them rather less value for money as well....
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:30 pm |
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Yes, I have all my F/W models in separate units. ?For example, some of my IG Tank Cos. have two Plts. of G/W and one of F/W. ?But never mixed. ?The whole F/W "experiment" still is a conundrum to me ? ? Why would the same business produce the same thing in two different forms ? ?More detail vs. less durability, etc., etc. ? ? Quite illogical ... ? ? ?
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:48 pm |
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Hi!
It's just poor coordination. I think FW would be more valuable if it did units and models that were not in the standard epic line. Sorta like special models not available elsewhere.
The redundancy in their line has made it unattractive to me to buy recently. I'm waiting for metal models to come out and buy those.
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:30 am |
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Agreed ... G/W is doing one thing, F/W another, and Fanatic is just ... well who knows !? This isn't decentralized control, it's out of control ... 
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Post subject: Chaos hell talon Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:13 pm |
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Hi!
I find it wierd that such a relatively large game company cannot marshal its resources more effectively.
If GW had been more organized they would have taken over the hobby "for real" years ago.
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