Poll: What are the odds of GW re-releasing the Tomb Kings?

Nice additions!

 

I don't know when they'll be released - all I know is that they feature on GW's PDF on rules for Blood Bowl teams who aren't in Death Zone, alongside Amazons and Halflings! Yes, Halflings! Feast your mince pies on this...
https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/blood_bowl//teams_of_legend_en.pdf

 

Indeed I do.

I think the hardest thing to get will be a Sphinx. Especially as I'd like to get it new in box or at the very least including all the extra bits (to make a heirotitan). At least the snake surfers (and the tomb guard) were a good catch.

All in good time.

 

It is hard to find a sphinx for a good price, because I was looking for one to use as a Necron Tomb Stalker conversion as a Necrosphinx with Gauss Flayers but they were priced around £200.00 or something ridiculous, considering they were around only £30.00 when they were on sale in GW.

 

Yea... they are sadly the toughest TK unit/model to get for a good price. The worst offender by far. I would absolutely love if GW would release them through their Made to Order program. People would buy them up in a heartbeat!

 

Indeed - but I don't know if GW ever would do that because they're not allowing TK in AoS anymore, which is a great shame because I thought they looked so much better than Vampire Counts. Also I disagree with rulesets putting them as part of the Death alignment - the Tomb Kings hated Nagash's guts, so why would they side with him? I would have made it up that they made a deal with Sigmar to help the forces of Order to defeat Nagash and then be rewarded with either death (like the spirits from Lord of the Rings) or transformation back into their living selves. That would have been so much more interesting and would have removed the need for GW to create the ugly Sylvaneth. Probably.

GW should have got rid of Empire and VC and kept Bretonnia and TK.

 

But the TK warscrolls are still playable in AoS aren't they?

 

Good deal.

Patience is the key. I was able to get my new in box Tomb Guard for $56CAD and my Necropolis Knights for $71CAD (combined shipping for the two items was $15CAD).

I got my Khalida + Tomb King for $28CAD including shipping.

 

What did you get?

 

I'd say the chance of an ice cube staying cold in nehekhara.

As to cheap tomb Kings, if you are ok with good quality recasts I have a guy

 

At the moment I'm leaning towards trying to assemble a "legit" army. But should my resolve break and desperation set in, I'll send you a message! Cheers,

 

no worries. I completely understand the legit philosophy. but when there are perfectly good miniatures available and the company making them cans production, i turn to the market to solve my issue.

 

My preference towards a legit army definitely doesn't come from any loyalty (or ethical qualms) towards GW, they have killed any of those feelings long ago (can anyone guess how? ) . Instead, my leanings come as a result of the following factors:

• the original model will always be of better quality than the recast (no matter how great the recaster is)
• the original models are in plastic (for the most part), which I prefer over resin (which most recasts tend to be)
• the original model will hold or maintain it's value over the long haul (not that I plan on selling them)

That said, recasts have the advantage of cost and availability (in the case of TK). These factors grow stronger as time passes and potential frustration grows. At the moment though I am very happy with my acquisitions.

I definitely don't blame you. GW had their chance, but they focused their efforts elsewhere. If they refuse to make them available, then they are shit out of luck.

 

Hmm. I was in Vienna a few months back at one of the GW stores there and they has a lot of TK stuff on the last chance to buy shelf if I go back ill take a look and see if its still there

 

Buy it all and make a fortune on eBay!