Joe Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 WarCom Article. Quote Games Workshop will be closing its warehouses between the 27th of May and the 3rd of June 2024. Any orders received during this period will be dispatched once the warehouses re-open, at which point normal shipping will resume. Obviously the big prep period for AoS 4e. Brother Navaer Solaq, TrawlingCleaner, N1SB and 2 others 2 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trokair Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Did I miss April 1st? Nice to know that someone at GW HQ has figured out how to communicate. MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Shepherd Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 minute ago, Trokair said: Did I miss April 1st? Nice to know that someone at GW HQ has figured out how to communicate. its to purge the last remnants of Underworlds ;) Makes me think its not for AOS launch as they didnt say it was; if it was for AOS launch why not say so? LSM 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhorse0607 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I think that's the shortest article I've seen on WHC. Not saying it had to be longer, just interesting Xanthous 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouargh Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 But is the empty container contractual? Are they preparing summer release or are they looking where, in the Emperor´s name, they put the stuff listed on the product rooster but that remain impossible to encounter?... (Which might explain why a patrol box ordered 1 month ago and still marked as available has not arrived yet to my FLGS...) The illustration is quite OK. It is ar least something worth being mentionned ... Interrogator Stobz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Lord Duregar Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Feels like it is mostly closed to be honest... vadersson 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Somebody with some influence has finally noticed the shambolic state of their supply chain and wants to reset the warehouse. I suppose that's the logistics equivalent of turning it off and on again! Interrogator Stobz, stretch_135 and Wolf Lord Duregar 1 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Rumor has it they discovered Valraks source was a small gnome living in the Warehouse and have hired a team to hunt him down. Brother Navaer Solaq, Dalmyth, Cactus and 38 others 2 1 37 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triszin Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Joe's comment is likely correct. A few days of down time is not enough to fix the issues we are all aware of. my guess, the warehouses are going to be pre packing the starter sets for aos 4, all hands on deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Maybe they're re-training the trolls? (apologies to anyone who doesn't remember the reference) I suppose in modern parlance, it'd "servitor replacement"? Subtleknife, HolyPestilience, Gamiel and 8 others 11 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrion Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I don't play it, but does AoS edition launch really require a shutdown to organise? I thought the last edition launch sold relatively poorly. MithrilForge and LameBeard 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrion Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 minute ago, Firedrake Cordova said: Maybe they're re-training the trolls? (apologies to anyone who doesn't remember the reference) I suppose in modern parlance, it'd "servitor replacement"? That's a kick in the nostalgia sacks - limited edition direct only character models for £3. ZeroWolf, WAR and Firedrake Cordova 2 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTheLion Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 They could be on vacation. I remember in the US they had off after Christmas, and the warehouse was shut down then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 There aren't any vacations during that time period in the UK. The summer holidays haven't even started by that point. Subtleknife and WrathOfTheLion 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTheLion Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I work mostly with France in Europe, so I was thinking of it from that angle. They usually take off in May/early June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbienw Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Isnt the warehouse heavily automated now? Probably a spot of maintenance and refit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burni Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I agree with the thinking that it's related to the shambolic state of their logistics. Major systems renovation or replacement, that sort of thing. Fingers crossed they get it right this time. Judging how many of the last AoS launch box are still around, a new AoS edition isn't that big an event. They didn't shut down the warehouse last year for Leviathan after all. darkdark25 and Xanthous 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I placed and order Wednesday and it surprisingly shipped yesterday....Glad I placed it when I did. Triszin 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Ming Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Robbienw said: Isnt the warehouse heavily automated now? Probably a spot of maintenance and refit. Servitors made from amazon workers that voted to form a union Dark Shepherd, Interrogator Stobz, WAR and 5 others 7 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK0SIAN Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 It does seem odd they’d shut down for an AoS launch but they didn’t for a 40K one. Makes me think there’s more to it than just getting ready for AoS. I don’t mean that in a conspiratorial way, just that maybe their current warehousing system has gotten so bad, even since last year, that they don’t think it can cope with the AoS release without a shutdown. If they released leviathan now they may have gotten to the point where they’d need to shut down for that too. LameBeard 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xirix Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Last I heard (from a 3rd party seller) their warehouse overhaul was absolutely a travesty, so it wouldn't surprise me if it's gotten bad to the point of needing to shut it down and properly try to sort it out. Marshal Rohr and ZeroWolf 1 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noserenda Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 From my source inside the warehouse in prior years they probably already have the new AoS starter on pallets all over the place in the warehouses, so it wont be to do with that, well, other than getting things shipshape for the launch, the last edition sold record numbers for a fantasy starter, they just wildly over produced it based on the much (much) higher 40k launch box sales in 8th and 9th, which was a mistake they probably wont replicate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquid Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Sounds like they might be closed for stock-take. The organization I work for will close their warehouse for orders for a few days once a year or so for stock-take, and they don't allow any orders during that period. Rusted Boltgun, Interrogator Stobz, RolandTHTG and 1 other 1 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Lord Duregar Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 7 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said: Maybe they're re-training the trolls? (apologies to anyone who doesn't remember the reference) I suppose in modern parlance, it'd "servitor replacement"? Silly when they could not be called trolls anymore.. If anything that made them feel friendly and like buddies than serious buisnessmen. Made me buy more. Pork Chop Express, LameBeard and Firedrake Cordova 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noserenda Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 4 minutes ago, Wolf Lord Duregar said: Silly when they could not be called trolls anymore.. If anything that made them feel friendly and like buddies than serious buisnessmen. Made me buy more. I think it worked when it was a small team of fairly invested folks in a tiny company but now its the giant in the industry employing a mix of robots and folks largely disinterested in the hobby, none of whom are ever expected to talk to a customer let alone sell things. Its just a warehousing job, calling them trolls either feels like some godawful corporate culture thing or a veiled insult from management. They must do stocktakes fairly regularly too, it feels bigger than that to announce a relatively long shut down to do so? ThaneOfTas, Firedrake Cordova, TwinOcted and 5 others 4 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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