| Tango01 | 06 Dec 2017 3:19 p.m. PST |
"In September 2017, Games Workshop released a series of 12 + 1 Space Marine Heroes, randomly packaged in sealed blind boxes, exclusive to the Japanese hobby market. All models feature unique dynamic poses, sculpted bases, and a bare-headed and helmeted head option. The series is already sold out in Japanese online stores, and is only available on ebay through third-party sellers for the rest of the world. Check out if the models are worth the hassle…"
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| The H Man | 06 Dec 2017 4:26 p.m. PST |
Very interesting. Will pre paints be next? I think this type of thing is more popular in Japan, but it will be interesting to see what happens if released elsewhere. I assume they may well be cheaper than buying a specific hero at the moment as the production allows them to sell the same amount of all the figures with rare ones as they desire. |
| Allen57 | 06 Dec 2017 8:51 p.m. PST |
Interesting but not my thing. While I have always defended Games Workshops figure modeling I am not the least interested in their space marines or the 40K universe in general. |
| alpha3six | 06 Dec 2017 11:23 p.m. PST |
It's interesting how the reviewer came to the same conclusion as I did – that these are probably the last non Primaris Space Marine models (not that I even acknowledge the existence of Primaris in my head-canon!). I'd buy them for that alone, even if I wasn't an Ultramarines player. |
| Tango01 | 07 Dec 2017 11:34 a.m. PST |
Glad you like them my friends!. (smile) Amicalement
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| KniazSuvorov | 14 Dec 2017 5:07 p.m. PST |
Yeah, the Japanese love their blind box collectables. Interestingly, they appear to be generic marines-- none of the chapter-specific details are cast on, and (the sergeant aside), none of them have "hero" equipment. At $7 USD a pop, that's an expensive way to collect a tactical squad! |
 Legion 4   | 15 Dec 2017 7:59 a.m. PST |
Hmmm … I've never seen a Samurai based SM Chapter ? There is Vikings, Mongols, etc. … but no Samurais ? |
| Eclipsing Binaries | 15 Dec 2017 10:58 a.m. PST |
Legion 4, There was a bit of samurai reference in the Horus Heresy novel The Outcast Dead, but there have also never been chapters based on many other historical cultures – they are all very "white European". I think Dark Angels were based on Native American culture, at least in the early edition of Space Hulk, but that got retconned as well. |
| Legion 4 | 17 Dec 2017 9:24 a.m. PST |
Yes, the Dark Angels have some fluff saying they are based on the Native Americans. I have the rules for Space Hulk where they wrote about that in a short story … Seemed like a good idea to me ? I have not read any HH novels so I didn't know about The Outcast Dead … they should play that up a bit more. However IIRC, the Salamanders have very dark skin. Literally almost black. So I don't know if that is more about mutation than race ? The do have female SM types somewhat with the Sisters of Battle/"Nuns with Guns" … I'm a bit surprised that the SMs are basically "all very "white European". Seems not to fit into current standards in the media, etc. … Of course GW talked about making up you own SM units. From time to time. So I'd imagine somewhere out there some gamers have made some other racial/ethic types of SMs. Samurai certainly play into the whole GW SM ethos, genre', etc., AFAIK … |
| KniazSuvorov | 18 Dec 2017 3:16 p.m. PST |
Aren't the Tau supposed to be space samurai (albeit mixed with a bunch of mecha)? |
| Legion 4 | 18 Dec 2017 4:44 p.m. PST |
Yeah … Kind'a, I guess … But they ain't Spaaace Marines !!!!  |
shows how his higher-level Synths turned out.
