Robbienw

Obviously just website errors.

They aren’t going to stop sending promo copies out, it’s the way things work these days.

Mega Bolter Macro cannon (which is in fact a giant bolter)

GW has a lot of cool regiments, both the historical metal ranges and ones that are currently lore only. I think pretty much any guard regiment would sell well if made in plastic tbh.

Ironic considering the origin of the regiment

Yes, those knee rims, plates on armour plants, extra long boltguns, stacked platform heels, dreadnoughts and Gravis with the body proportions of Winnie the poo etc - really a massive improvement GW’s profits increases haven’t been driven solely by space marines, their product range is huge. It’s also been driven by better engagement on socials and by large numbers rediscovering the hobby during the covid era. Remember to bear in mind you wouldn’t have your beloved MKX chaps in their totally non toy like armour without the success and broad appeal of previous space marine designs Also remember to bear in mind there are now newer firstborn modes in the current scale; comparing a current marine with a 2013 tactical instead of something like a series 1 heroes space marine or a newer 30k marine is hiding behind a safety blanket and is a red herring. We can recognise newer designs have nicer proportions, whilst still preferring older design styles.

Do you have access to some different kind of Mk X models that the rest of us don’t?! ”it could be functioning real technology” - I lost it at that one, thanks for the laugh

No. The heart of the problem is the Mk X range is very ugly. Very few people obsess over mm size differences between model ranges.

I don’t think there actually was an argument that Primaris marines had less details or decorations, I think it morphed from a comment made by jes goodwin about Primaris having less relic stuff and people took that and make up complaints that were largely only in their imagination. The actual complaint directed against Primaris was that they were all very samey and bland with little armour part variation - many years later they are trying to fix this. And also tacticool features, excess armour plates and the ever present knee rims.

No. The issue with the captain is it looks a bit randomly stuck on on top of each other. Also having purity seals on the Iron Halo is silly.

The captain is a bit of a mess, looks like someone has covered a load of decorative bits in glue and thrown them at him.

Librarian is terrible.

The Land Speeder is cool, but the rest of the box is really poor. They’ve doubled down on the stupid knee rims, not a single model without them. Other than a few MK7 faces and the odd variant chest plate, the Intercessors look the same as the old kit. The Librarian model is terrible, easily the worst Librarian GW had produced in the last 20 years or so. Was intrigued by the hyping of MkX combined with older parts, but its not really been followed through properly. Big thumbs down.

They seem to be taking the opposite approach now and largely relegating the primaris appellation to the background, and moving branding back to just Space Marines.

No one has ever said GW is going to do a 180 and repeal the last 9 years of 40K models What people have said is GW will eventually do a classic version of 40k, or bring back 40k firstborn in a Scouring expansion for HH. Which rumours indicate is happening in the near future. GW habitually returns to classic designs, new and variant versions of old designs is what they do.