Drukhari and Webstore Weirdness?

[ThePenitentOne]

On the Canadian Webstore, Wracks are now listed as "Sold Out" rather than temporarily out of stock, though this is not the case on the UK site.

 

The Drukhari combat patrol is listed as "Sold Out" on the UK site, but not the Candian site.

 

The Tantalus is listed as "Sold Out" on both.

 

I've long suspected that if any Drukhari core units (Kabalites, Wyches and Wracks) were getting updated this edition, it would be Wracks. And because Drukhari also need Grotesques, I thought they might be released as a KT split box- similar to how Ogryns can be included in a Ratling Kill team, I'm wondering if the split box may take the form of a KT box including both Wracks and Grotesques... five or six Wracks with one or two Grotesques?

 

Early to speculate, of course. But this store weirdness might be a sign of things to come. 

[Alby the Slayer]

I hope so!

 

The fact they didn't even speak about lady malys or the future codex in the summer preview make me think that we will not see anything for us this year.

 

We desperately need some miniatures refresh.

[The Yncarne]

Occam's Razor suggests it’s just poor stocking. 
 

edit: maybe these will become made to order

Edited 16 hours ago by The Yncarne

[Jukkiz]

25 minutes ago, The Yncarne said:

Occam's Razor suggests it’s just poor stocking. 
 

edit: maybe these will become made to order

Most of GW nowdays, sadly

[CL_Mission]

4 hours ago, ThePenitentOne said:

I've long suspected that if any Drukhari core units (Kabalites, Wyches and Wracks) were getting updated this edition, it would be Wracks. And because Drukhari also need Grotesques, I thought they might be released as a KT split box- similar to how Ogryns can be included in a Ratling Kill team, I'm wondering if the split box may take the form of a KT box including both Wracks and Grotesques... five or six Wracks with one or two Grotesques?

I've seen people bring up Wracks before when talking about core units getting refreshed but I've never really understood why, especially over something like Wyches. They're younger than Wyches and Kabalite Warriors and don't feel particularly old, is 11 years old in miniature terms? I know age isn't the only factor and more recent kits have been re-done but wracks don't look particularly bad, I can't think of anything about them that might need re-doing. Is there something I'm missing? 

[Ming the Merciless]

Of the 3 battleline units I think Wyches are the most likely to be updated, they're still on slotta bases. All 25mm base Drukhari could do with upsizing to 28.5mm but the sculpts are all still excellent.

[ThePenitentOne]

Wracks coming in boxes of five is one of the things that makes me suspect they may be up for renewal; also, if Grotesques are getting redone, doing Wracks at the same time would be good for consistency.

 

I hadn't thought about the slotta-wyches issue. One of the things that is great about the Kabalite and Wyches kits is their ability to swap parts between them. If either get redone, that's gone.

[Laurence]

Wracks also need to be given ears.  Their masks clearly have slots to fit around them, but the sides and back of their head are utterly smooth.

[Bouargh]

11 hours ago, Ming the Merciless said:

Of the 3 battleline units I think Wyches are the most likely to be updated, they're still on slotta bases. All 25mm base Drukhari could do with upsizing to 28.5mm but the sculpts are all still excellent.

 

I agree. BAsed on the slotta argument, Scourges might also benefit from moving away of slotta bases... Even if their sculpts are also still very decent.

 

Other candidates for derious revamp are all the resin models that have been affected by the range rotation even if, in the end, there are not that numerous: Bestmaster, Grotesques and Court (and that's it?).

In terms of aspect, Hellions start to pay their age. But I am biased as I was part of these people thinking that these models were a miss since the beginning...

 

In terms of webstore availability, I recently sourced a Venom. It has been difficult to find one as it has been for ages unavailable on GW webstore and in most resellers. I found it accidentaly while stepping in a GW physical store where they had a lot of these on shelves. It brought me to thinking about how curious it is that all stores stocks are not interconnected: I used to buy in some store organized as networks and working together and mutualize stock so that warehouse holes are filled by on shelves availabilities. But may be is it to costly to organize with internal movements in a huge organization whereas it is doable in a small network of 5 to 10 shops with no warehouse beside the small closet behind the staff locker room?

Edited 3 hours ago by Bouargh

[Xenith]

"Sold out online" is usually an indicator of a repackage or replacement unit - for HH over the last 3 years, the replacement has been announced 3 months or so after the model goes OOS online.