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40K Rumors: About Those Q1 Tyranids…

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Oct 22 2015
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The Hivefleets are drifting silently towards your tabletop.  Here’s the latest word we’ve been told on the Tyranids:

Here’s what the grapevine has told BoLS:

 

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Tyranid Release Window:

These are next up after Horus Heresy

Look for these to appear in early Q1 2016 after the new year

Several new kits including:

– Broodlord (plastic – clampack)

– Genestealer Kit (plastic completely redone)

– XX-vores combo kit (plastic and includes build options for, Biovore, Pyrovore, a new “psychicvore”)

– Termagants Kit (plastic completely redone with “new” weapon options)

– New codex, including:

All Shield of Baal bugs included, and the new ones.

There is scattered chatter of a …

 

wait for it…

 

– plastic Gargantuan Creature (no further details)

The Tyranid rumorfront has been deader than a doornail for over a year.  If you recall the closest we got to the Hivefleets this year was a rumor about Genestealer Cult returning as a small Harlequin sized release back in FEBRUARY by 79Hastings69, who has been right about pretty much everything.  Sometimes he’s called things over a year out… so who knows – 2016 may be VERY GOOD for you bug fanatics.  With the return of Harlequins and the launch of Adeptus Mechanisus this year – I don’t put anything past GW at this point.

Genestealer Cult Rumor Roundup

 

~So what gargantuan creature do you most want to see, and do you think the Tyranid codex needs a “Tau-reprint” or a complete teardown-rebuild?

 

DominatrixDon’t forget about me – I’ve been around since the 90s!

 

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Author: Larry Vela
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