GW's supply drops are coming (mystery models inside)

[Noserenda]

Oooof pumping up the "value" with special characters, and not even the ones that are excellent conversion fodder thats pretty low, the SM bike kit is super dated and i could not sell the ones i got from Conquest until i gave them away, arco flagellants are also awful conversion fodder unless you go Inq28. 

The Wolves are nice, there is an increasingly sun bleached box in the window of a shop near my Mother in laws that i nearly buy like every time im down that way :D 

4 Special characters though... OUCH.

[Joe]

I've seen a few variations on the Underworlds box so far - a box that had Beastgrave, two extra warbands and some tokens / mats, a box with three of the more popular warbands and some supporting materials, etcetera.

 

It does seem to be a genuine mish-mash of items, though.

[Halandaar]

5 of those 7 kits I actively want, and the other 2 I could have found a use for. So actually that would have been £75 well spent for me.

 

That said, it's pretty stupid its so heavy on Marines when marketed as "Imperium".

[Firedrake Cordova]

Regarding the fenrisian wolves, weren't they sold out since a few months, though?

They got a re-pack, and rather than doing it silently, they retired one SKU and introduced a new one (and increased the price). :/

[Triszin]

I regret not being able to get that box.

 

Wow

[Balerion84]

From AenarIT:

 

 

The content of the 40K box has been revealed as well (box received in Italy):

 

- Sallies Adrax Agatone

- DA Master Lazarus

- BA Mephiston

- SoB Arco-flagellants

- WS Korsarro Khan

- SW Fenrisian Wolves

- SM Bikes

@Red_Shift I guess we know where Korsarro went :D

[Joe]

Another one at our local - a Baneblade, a Cadian Command Squad, a Commissar and a Cadian Heavy Weapon Squad.

 

Pretty certain this is being left to the picker's whims.

[MrSpoon]

Another one at our local - a Baneblade, a Cadian Command Squad, a Commissar and a Cadian Heavy Weapon Squad.

 

Pretty certain this is being left to the picker's whims.

I thought they said it would be dependent on locale? So assuming your U.K. based, it looks like I’m getting some Cadians. 

[Arbedark]

I've seen a few variations on the Underworlds box so far - a box that had Beastgrave, two extra warbands and some tokens / mats, a box with three of the more popular warbands and some supporting materials, etcetera.

 

It does seem to be a genuine mish-mash of items, though.

Are those all within the UK?

[Joe]

All of these are UK - which is odd, as the contents shouldn't really be varying. I suspect there's been a bit of a miscommunication somewhere.
 

The content of your Supply Drop is dependent on where you are in the world – so, if you get multiple sets, you’ll get the same stuff. Additionally, each Supply Drop will have a theme to give you some idea of what you’re getting. This time around, we’re bringing you the Imperium Supply Drop and the Warhammer Underworlds supply drop.

[rookie40K]

The contents will be Titans.

[Noserenda]

Ooooh that Cadian box sounds a lot better, that said its verrrrry focused!

[Bev'an]

Maybe they check your order history!

[Dark Shepherd]

...theyre giving away Baneblades??

 

Leaked one was Italy/EU but thats some variation

[Doghouse]

Another one at our local - a Baneblade, a Cadian Command Squad, a Commissar and a Cadian Heavy Weapon Squad.

 

Pretty certain this is being left to the picker's whims.

That one I quite like.

[Beaky Brigade]

...theyre giving away Baneblades??

 

Leaked one was Italy/EU but thats some variation

Is Creed stuffing those boxes by any chance?

[Magos Takatus]

That character-filled box would have been a real letdown for me. I suppose the Baneblade and friends would be pretty good to be on the receiving end of. That really is going from one extreme to the other.

[Elzender]

Yeah, that Cadian box sounds nice enough, maybe the baneblade is not the most army starter-friendly tank you could include in the pack, but as a 50% off Cadian bundle it is a really nice option overall. It seems the EU buyers got the short end of the stick with this, even if the kits in isolation could be considered better by virtue of being newer overall.

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Yeah, that Cadian box sounds nice enough, maybe the baneblade is not the most army starter-friendly tank you could include in the pack

 

Was anyone really planning on taking a chance on a box of unknown models at that price tag to start a new army? Even the seemingly narrow specification of the Imperium faction making up the contents actually leaves a huge amount of room for disappointment if you were wanting a specific sub-faction. 

[Halandaar]

The boxes were stated by GW to all be identical to each other (within regions), so these big variations in contents suggest either the reports are coming from different regions, GWs explanation of how it worked was wrong, or people are just plain lying about what they got to stir the pot (it's the internet, it happens).

[Elzender]

 

 

Yeah, that Cadian box sounds nice enough, maybe the baneblade is not the most army starter-friendly tank you could include in the pack

Was anyone really planning on taking a chance on a box of unknown models at that price tag to start a new army? Even the seemingly narrow specification of the Imperium faction making up the contents actually leaves a huge amount of room for disappointment if you were wanting a specific sub-faction.

Oh no, not at all, but as I said in a previous post, all kits being Imperium allowed the possibility of using them as the basis for an Imperial Soup/Crusade army. The primaris named character heavy supply box leaves you in a very awkward position, as they belong to specific subfactions and are all named characters. As it is, I don't see how you could use the box as the basis of any project bar a multi-chapter conclave of HQs (and even then, hard to justify as that would usually happen at the Chapter Master level, not assorted captains and a Chief Librarian meeting for tea and biscuits :D) . I just feel that the main appeal of taking the risk for this box was precisely that one, and even if one of them is a single faction bundle, it still allows you to create an army out of it.

[Dark Shepherd]

The boxes were stated by GW to all be identical to each other (within regions), so these big variations in contents suggest either the reports are coming from different regions, GWs explanation of how it worked was wrong, or people are just plain lying about what they got to stir the pot (it's the internet, it happens).

Could also be they dont want to straight up reveal what inventory theyre looking to dump

[Yosef Hausakluif]

Interested to see them come stateside! (Given what folks are saying about the contents so far) But again; highly dependent on the final price!

[MithrilForge]

I would have been severely disappointed with that character box, but slightly relieved with the cadian one... it really is Russian roulette with this .... glad I don’t have the funds to buy one !.

 

Mithril

[Noserenda]

Some uncredited boxes floating around Fb of another box containing the massed special characters, bikes and wolves from Italy, though as its uncredited it may be the same person who tipped off the mod here.