Hi guys,
The little birds have been tweeting.
Valkyrie
For months we've been hearing of the much rumored plastic Valkyrie. There has been much talk over the months as to whether it was tied to the Planetstrike supplement that has been pushed back. We now hear that it is coming with the approaching Codex: IG that is rumored to be arriving roughly in Q1 09. It is said to be a transport option for certain units in the codex, with highest probaility going to the rumored plastic IG Stormtroopers.
Stompa
There has also been fairly constant chatter since the baneblade first hit the shelves along with Apocalypse of a Stompa kit. We have heard various things over the months about the fate of this kit. Some said it was made as an experiment then abandoned, others said it was shelved for a later date, and still others have indicated it was reworked into a much improved version and is now slated for release either with next year's Ork 2nd wave releases, or as part of an "Apocalypse release window" to be shoehorned into the squedule sometime in 2009. In any case, we have heard that the green light has been given and it is coming.
Baneblade Variants
We have also now heard of the first sightings of plastic kits for the Shadowsword, Stormsword and the much talked about Stormlord superheavy transport (perhaps similar to the Forgeworld versions shown above). No talk of release dates for these.
~Take these with the standard caveat emptors, but there is also the never ending chatter regarding the much rumored plastic Thunderhawk. Time will tell, but my question to you is how interested would you be in these kits and do you regularly play in Apocalypse games? Does your group use some superheavies or forgeworld stuff in non-Apoc games? I'm just trying to get a feel for the interest in such kits.
