Intercessor Squad gone from webstore

[Dosjetka]

1 hour ago, lansalt said:

I wonder who's buying the tacticals in 2026 so much they've still not become a web-only kit. 

Completely anecdotally: since the shop opened last year in March, we've had a grand total of one customer order one Tactical Squad in that time.

I'd like to think we will see a new "combined" kit with the next Codex and attached releases. Something along the lines of what @Blindhamster suggested on the previous page would make me happy, at the very least. :)

[phandaal]

1 hour ago, lansalt said:

I wonder who's buying the tacticals in 2026 so much they've still not become a web-only kit. 

Anyway, GW should finally reach the natural end of the Intercessor plan and release Tactical Intercessors. They've done it already with other units, so be done with it and good riddance. Let marines be marines again instead of Space Napoleonic riflemen without their options that are not missing in the basic troops of other factions (like CSM or IG) .

 

My guess is it is a PR thing. Someone far enough up the food chain at GW knows it would kick off a turbo firestorm if the kit goes away, because of what it would represent. So they are waiting until they have mixed and matched enough non-Mk X armor marks into the Intercessor kit, then they will make the move, however long that takes.

 

Another possibility is there is a refreshed Tactical Squad coming with a future Scouring or Badab expansion, but I think that is a longer shot.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by phandaal

[MoriyaSchism]

1 hour ago, lansalt said:

I wonder who's buying the tacticals in 2026 so much they've still not become a web-only kit. 

If I can't buy a partial sprue or make a batch bits order of helmets, bolters and power packs I buy a full box of Devastators or Tacticals sometimes. Before Armageddon came out I bought a box of Vanguard Veterans and I got lucky on Ebay by buying a cheap Devastator sprue that was only missing the torsos and legs. I assume mostly bits re-sellers buy Tacticals directly from GW these days.

[Jings]

1 hour ago, Dosjetka said:

Completely anecdotally: since the shop opened last year in March, we've had a grand total of one customer order one Tactical Squad in that time.

I'd like to think we will see a new "combined" kit with the next Codex and attached releases. Something along the lines of what @Blindhamster suggested on the previous page would make me happy, at the very least. :)

 

In fairness the Tac box has been on my list for a hot minute (and probably gonna get bumped up in priority now). It's an excellent source of bits. 

[Xenith]

Buy it before it goes!