Ken, I spoke with GW today. Dragon's Keep is a partner ship store for Utah. He clearly stated that they are sold out of Space Hulk and there are no current plans for another print or edition. As for what that means for its price or value I have no comment. There are many businesses that way over bought on this game only to inflate the price and sell over time on Ebay etc. So I doubt that the game will inflate significantly. It is my experience that while the game may possible increase in value it will not become something of significant value. There is little inherent value and it is just not rare enough. But who knows I could be wrong. My two cents.
Levi Jensen On Sep 8, 5:56 pm, Kenneth Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, agree with you on the lame part, as 10 years ago, GW is still pretty > awesome, but since then, they have grown into somewhat of a miniature game > giant, or they have the mentality of such an entity (being high up and do > things their own way etc), but without the behavior of such (supporting the > gamers that made them into what they are today...) > > Anyway, that is why I am confused about (rumors of the Space Hulk copies > being printed), Players on BGG is hyping about how great it is, and how it > is worth it (consider the price they pay etc), also, on that it is already > out-of-print, and will be their college fund for kids etc... But all this is > without facts. > > Currently, I can see BGR online copies being sold out (being priced at $80, > who can resist). And England GW online store being sold out (as GW > advertise), but you can still order a copy in GW US. So there is no facts on > the number of copies being sold etc, and how many is in the stores etc. > > So, my question remains open: How long will it take for Space Hulk to sell > out, and then is there more copies coming? > > I guess, GW want you to think that copies are extremely limited, so it will > sell out faster, and the fan boys will always say it is already Out of > Print, so all the copies they grab will have some value in the near future. > But is that real? Is it such an easy gold mine? Just get a couple of copies > and sitting on it will make you rich beyond all imagination? > > I don't know... Let see how long it will take GW US to sell out? > > BTW, just some interesting tidbits, plastic molding (which is used by all > the plastic miniatures in current edition of SH) is totally different than > white metal molding (used to produce all the metal miniatures), while in > metal molding, the mold that make the miniatures have quite a limited use, > thus after certain castings (I think in 10 of thousands), the mold will be > useless. But in plastic molding, the mold used to produce the plastic > miniatures is virtually indestructible, I mean it can last a long time > (explains all those plastic model kits for model building, are still in > production after like 20 to 30 years). But then set up cost of such a > plastic mold is in the 10 of thousands dollars. While the production cost > (producing each spruces) is virtually very little. > > Thus the question is why produce 10 thousand copies, when the production > cost of 100 thousand copies is just like 2 to 3 times more? > > Anyway, just to stir up the rumor pot :) > > Maybe we can set up a bet on when SH will be sold out? > > --- Ken --- > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Mark Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, I agree that Games Workshop is pretty lame. They remind me of > > Microsoft in many ways, and obviously consider games primarily as > > marketing channels through which miniatures can be sold. I wish some > > of their better games were still around, like Man O' War, as it looks > > great. There have also been rumors that they have printed 20,000 > > copies of this and that subsequent waves will arrive once the first > > batch runs out. > > > On Sep 8, 11:26 am, Kenneth Li <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, Ignoring my advice is a good move, as I say before, I may be wrong > > and > > > judging from the frenzy on Space Hulk, $80 for a copy at BGR is quite a > > good > > > investment. > > > > Warhammer Fantasy and 40K have quite a following, and although it is not > > my > > > life style, or it is my view of Games Workshop as a money grabbing > > machine, > > > just like Magic TG, Space Hulk will still sell and the game is still > > going > > > to worth something if you want to trade or sell it away. > > > > As I say before, don't let my issue with GW steer you away. If you have > > the > > > cash and money to spend, feel free to buy the game and try it out. You > > can > > > still sell it if you don't like it (the current frenzy), even if you like > > it > > > and don't think Space Hulk is worth the price, you can still buy it and > > sell > > > it later trying to make a profit. It is all your call and it is your > > money > > > too :) > > > > I am just trying to vent on GW, after investing some money (quite an > > amount) > > > in it on 40K and Fantasy stuff and the recent online policy, their > > general > > > policy and their un support of good games like Warmaster, Battle of the > > Five > > > Armies, Man O War, Warhammer Quest, Blood Bowl etc. And continue of > > support > > > of 40K and Fantasy, because they are not good games, but the miniatures > > that > > > they need gain them money etc. GW's policy suck, and GW's recent issue > > and > > > policy suck big time also... > > > > --- Ken --- > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Mark Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Even though ignoring Ken's advice was incredibly painful, I ended up > > > > buying a copy of the special edition on Monday. I suppose if my kids > > > > don't like it I can always sell the figures separately on Ebay to > > > > brainwashed Warhammer players and make a tidy profit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
