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Post by lthedgehog on Dec 22, 2009 12:57:36 GMT -5
I've heard somewhere that there might be a new Chimera model coming out during summer 2010.
Anyone else heard of this?
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Post by alex4ajm3 on Dec 22, 2009 17:59:39 GMT -5
this rumour came out in the Battle Missions email where supposedly a new chimera hull was shown on the basilisk
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 3, 2010 13:26:07 GMT -5
Basically I think they're squeezing the bassie and the chimera into one box.
The upshot of that is that chimeras will cost you £25 - £30, rather than £20 (what they are now). That's a 50% price hike in the worst case scenario. It's actually daylight robbery. Although you can make an earthshaker platform with the spare bitz and plasticard and bucketloads of inventiveness. I'm buying another chimera on thursday, needless to say.
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Post by Makarova (M.I.A) on Jan 3, 2010 13:29:36 GMT -5
Lucky I already got mine.
Personally I think they'd rather make a Basilisk/Manticore/Griffon kit than a Chimera/Basilisk one though. They did promise to start making all available tanks in plastic, and a remake for the Chimera really isn't necessary (unless they consider scamming mechanised players more important than keeping to their promises).
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 3, 2010 14:03:15 GMT -5
Mechanised is the way to go, so there will definately be a price hike. I hope it's not £30.
A manticore would be great. I'd buy that anyday, rather than the resin FW one.
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Post by control on Jan 4, 2010 13:31:12 GMT -5
Yea I really hope there's more than just the bassi/chimera coming out.
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Post by commissargaunt on Jan 5, 2010 7:05:02 GMT -5
I suspect that the bassie will come with one other artillery variant if we're lucky. And will most probably not be boxed with the chimera. If you look at the two seperate kits they're actually very different.
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Post by nicholasakira on Jan 6, 2010 19:09:44 GMT -5
I think the only reason they'd change the chimera would be to merge its kit with the bassie one.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jan 6, 2010 19:18:06 GMT -5
I think the only reason they'd change the chimera would be to merge its kit with the bassie one. Or add in a Hydra/Griffon. Reds
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Post by mongoose on Jan 27, 2010 7:53:48 GMT -5
I see Maelstrom has taken the Chimera off their sales list. But its only Jan...
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Post by mongoose on Jan 27, 2010 10:16:26 GMT -5
I just received an email from Maelstrom Games saying that the old Chimera is now only available through GW direct.... Is this proof that a new kit is on the way?
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 27, 2010 11:59:46 GMT -5
I KNEW IT! Boy am I lucky I bought that chimera last week... PHEW! I smelled a rat when my local store didn't re-stock it (I bought 3 chimeras from them), so I had to trek to Plaza Oxford Street store, and they had one.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jan 27, 2010 12:08:50 GMT -5
The price listings for upcoming releases in the summer show two IG releases. One will be the Bassie, one will be the Chimera.
The question is, what will the kit itself actually be? I've got my fingers crossed for a Chimera/Hydra kit.
Reds
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Post by control on Jan 27, 2010 13:27:58 GMT -5
I kinda think the hydra will be boxed with the maticore, coz they're so similar. I was thinking maybe it'd be boxed with the griffin. And the basilisk be boxed with the other two arty types.
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Post by seed on Jan 27, 2010 14:08:12 GMT -5
SO how much more will this box cost now?
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Jan 27, 2010 14:28:10 GMT -5
It's looking like one will cost as much as the current Hellhound kit and the other stays the same.
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Post by mongoose on Jan 28, 2010 5:30:05 GMT -5
Why can't GW make a Chimera kit and then just sell the extra's separately? e.g. you pay R240 for a chimera and then R100 for the bits to make a bassie, or bits to make a hydra etc...
(Yes I know I didn't use pounds or dollars), but it could be worse, I could have used Zimbabwean Dollars
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Jan 28, 2010 11:36:03 GMT -5
Hey, another South African on the board. That's three of us!
(Well, I'm an expatriate Englishman who lived in SA, but still).
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Post by John_Galt (M.I.A) on Jan 28, 2010 12:10:54 GMT -5
Chimera/Basilisk
Did anyone else cover their face with their palm?
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Post by Julian Sharps on Jan 28, 2010 14:24:25 GMT -5
Well, I thought it would have been more logical to break the Chimera hull kits down into something like this: Chimera (contains all the bits needed to make a Chimera), Basilisk (contains all the bits needed to make a Basilisk or a Medusa), Griffon (contains all the bits needed to make a Griffon or a Colossus), Hydra (contains all the bits needed to make a Hydra or a Manticore) and Deathstrike Missile Kit (conversion set for Chimera).
Either that, or just make the Chimera its own set and then put out conversion sets for all the artillery pieces. Regardless, I think that Chimera/Basilisk is an extremely stupid move.
@ Mongoose: You mean like Z 199,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 for the Cadian special weapons blister?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 14:12:49 GMT -5
Do anyone know when the new chimera will be released? I just happen to need 4 more, and I don't want to wait until summer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2010 20:32:49 GMT -5
maybe with the chimera box they will be introducing heavy bolter and flamer turret options.
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Jan 30, 2010 20:41:30 GMT -5
The long and short of it is: they want to charge more for something that should cost less, if not the same.
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Jan 30, 2010 23:19:06 GMT -5
Do anyone know when the new chimera will be released? I just happen to need 4 more, and I don't want to wait until summer. It's looking to be sometime in March. Probably alongside the new Battle Missions.
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Jan 31, 2010 8:05:58 GMT -5
Here's to buying two more chimeras as soon as possible.
Then again, I need a Earthshaker for my Leman Russ Dragon conversion.
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