Robbienw

Not feeling those. Current resin Aquilons look way nicer.

This is welcome, such a cool character. Loved his bit in Lost and the Damned where he destroys Skraivok in hand to hand and knocks him off the wall "Never heard of you" "Now get off my wall"

Extra tiny legs

Not so much in the Great Crusade era. The technological base and production capability was way more advanced than in 40k. These are also weapons for veterans and special units, not for line astartes units.

You are not alone, i really like them. Compact and advanced looking.

I really like them. They look advanced, compact and similar in size to a legionary bolter, which is how i think combi-weapons should be. 40k combi's look too bulky. Not a fan of the shotguns.

Yeah definitely, loads of cool captains from that era. The webstore exclusive Captains were ace. Few realise this, but the 2nd webstore Captain (the one with the plasma pistol) is upscaled compared to normal marines of the era. He is taller than a tactical marine, same/similar height to 2016 Deathwatch and series 1 Space Marine heroes. I wonder if he was one of their first experiments in upscaling marines.

The enemies of the Emperor will be headbutted by the imperial eagle.

There isn't really any scope for more Ultramarine kits beyond single characters. They don't have any distinct units or vehicles like BA/DA/Templars because they are codex adherent. Victrix Guard is just their version of an Honour Guard for the high command, which all chapters have in some format. They've only got so many characters because of famous posterboy chapter status. If anyone should be getting more kits, its Blood Angels for their missing Death Company set!!!

That’s a lot of decorative items on this chap. He’s done up like a Christmas tree

I’m disputing the argument that they are the be all and end all of GW’s last several years of growth.

Where did I do that? I’m questioning the claim that Primaris models alone are responsible for GWs success. As for stocks rising when Space Marine models come out, it’s unlikely stocks would rise solely because of that. The market isn’t looking at every singular release, the that’s not how it works. Financial reporting and dividends will have an effect on the stock direction. As will the general direction of the stock market and the global economy. Possibly a highly publicised event as well, such as a computer game or an Amazon series announcement. The release of Gravis silly name unit #5 or the Space Wolf battle force will not

Appeals to triviality are also a logical fallacy GW produces a huge range of things that aren’t 40k marines, and in the time since 2017 they also had a new CEO with a new strategy, vastly increased social media presence and hype, and benefitted from people drawn in over the covid era. If you want to claim the sole reason for their recent growth is one singular model line, and nothing else matters, you need strong evidence to back that up. Let me know how you get on sourcing that evidence

Unless you have exact sales figures from GW, broken down by faction and by kits (which you obviously don’t ) then this is argument by assertion fallacy.

The upgrade bikes were great, just enough decorative bits to be distinctive without overdoing it for line Ravenwing. The trio of bikes that came in the Dark Venegance set were great as well. Also just remebered the white scar biker from Kill Team Cassius as well, he was brilliant! He would have been the last firstborn style biker model made.