All their Warmaster range has gone too, it was mostly irrelevant but I'd fancied getting one of their stone bridges for an old looking bridge for epic.

Well I await one of you Limey Blokes making a call ... And letting the rest of us all know the deal ...   However, I think Glyn's post about the server upgrade is the most logical answer ... But we'll wait and see ...

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According to the reports coming in, FW is now getting out of the Epic game altogether... it's time to buy, because this is the last chance to do so.


This explains why the most popular items were withdrawn from sale... they were the first to sell out.

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Steve54 called and got this response

Just spoke to fw - official line is stuff that is out of stock (ie normally you would order it and they would cast a new load)has been taken off web while they decide if epic range is viable. Unofficially from person I spoke too- if you want anything order it quick. Asked specifically about warhounds, basilisks + gk termies and they are out of stock completely.

Indeed - they've stopped producing all non-Aeronautica Imperialis related epic models (planes and anti-air ground). Lots has run out, lots more stock low - get your orders in ASAP!

Allegedly they're going to 'discuss whether to re-new the master moulds' but he did confide towards the end of the call this was pretty unlikely    They could have at least b****y given us warning to stock up

Glyn and I have just gotten off of the phone.
We both spoke to a standard phone geezer and didn't ask to talk to someone higher up; both seemed to know what they were talking about.

The deal is this (and i quote verbatim):

-The whole epic range is currently under review.
-The reason for this is that it is not currently making enough money
-Moulds are being kept
-Anything that is out of stock is not currently being restocked; this is why they have removed them from the site.
-At the end of the revies (due at the end of the year) the decision will be made to either a) drop the entire range, b) bring back certain models. It is very likely that many won't make it back if option b is chosen.  If so some moulds may be retooled.
-Glyn's geezer let slip that he felt it unlikely that things would stay for long.
-Aeronautica and all of it's associated models will remain.

I asked about sending a letter from tactical command and any others that wish to undersign their name and if we should send it to anyone in particular.  I was told to send it to the usual adress and they would make sure it got passed on to the review team.  At the very least we can put together some sort of document stating out sadness and dissapointment that FW would do this to loyal customers (surely the epic range is more than propped up by the profits made by other FW orders?) and stating our support for continued epic models.

I'll leave anyone else to comment and add any phone call's they have made.
So; i guess it really is a case of ordering what you need now for the moment. Though will a mass panic buy merely increase the problem as stocks run out and things get taken off of the website.
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I just ordered a stockpile, and blame myself for not ordering Stormswords and Trojans last month.

/Fredmans

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I've spoken to them this morning as well. Can confirm everything said above and the woman I spoke to said quite a lot of the Epic stock is low. So get your orders in! I've just ordered a nice big load, but with payday a few weeks away I think I'll miss out on some models I've wanted  

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Is Battlefleet gothic going to be affected by this purge?

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BFG is still there.

Bt damn..i still need Baneblades, Stormswords, Shadowswords, Trojans and Executioners...but i need my money this month.

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Is BFG there to stay though? The man I spoke to didn't know (though I don't play BFG so I didn't get him to check)

I hope my overdraft is actually going to have enough minus money capacity to take paying off the now maxed-out credit card... My plans to try to 'save' money for the future were already looking laughable without spending several hundred on epic, but then there won't be another chance.

This is pretty sad.

Do you think that if several orders (1 from each continent) were placed in by the taccom group, that they would honor them as a 'last hurrah' for the range towards the end of the year and not right now?

This would assist with all these last minute orders going in, and assist the newer players (such as myself), to order the minis at a later time this year after we work out what we actually need from a Tau or Grey Knights force.

Thoughts?

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