# \[Archive\] GW - Started doing empire upgrade sprues

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**Created:** [28 November 2010 10:35 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-gw-started-doing-empire-upgrade-sprues/14006 "2010-11-28T10:35:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [28 November 2010 10:35 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-gw-started-doing-empire-upgrade-sprues/14006/1 "2010-11-28T10:35:35Z")

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**nitroglysarine** :

[http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440005a&prodId=prod900126a](http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440005a&prodId=prod900126a)  
  
[http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440005a&prodId=prod900127a](http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440005a&prodId=prod900127a)  
  
Enough there to upgrade 10, but at £16 for just the upgrades, and £20 for the knights plus more to get 10 models, its not for me!  
  
There is a feel of the Forgeworld unit upgrades here. Odd they weren’t held back for Warhammer Forge really.  
  
But at least it does hint of the possibility (perhaps) of a new set of empire knights - which the range does really need.

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**Post date:** [28 November 2010 01:05 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-gw-started-doing-empire-upgrade-sprues/14006/2 "2010-11-28T01:05:02Z")

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**Baggronor** :

> Enough there to upgrade 10, but at £16 for just the upgrades, and £20 for the knights plus more to get 10 models, its not for me!...Odd they weren't held back for Warhammer Forge really.

To be fair, they know they're not going to sell that many of them, so a high price is understandable to an extent. Doing them in metal and releasing via GW might be more likely to get a good return.

> But at least it does hint of the possibility (perhaps) of a new set of empire knights - which the range does really need.

Does it? I would have thought it signals the opposite myself, otherwise why bother making these? Surely any new plastic set would have alternate Order parts as standard. The current knights are a very dated set though, its true. New ones would look awesome, judging by the likes of the Kurt Helborg model and the recent plastics.

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**Post date:** [28 November 2010 02:02 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-gw-started-doing-empire-upgrade-sprues/14006/3 "2010-11-28T02:02:45Z")

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**nitroglysarine** :

> > Enough there to upgrade 10, but at £16 for just the upgrades, and £20 for the knights plus more to get 10 models, its not for me!...Odd they weren't held back for Warhammer Forge really.
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> To be fair, they know they're not going to sell that many of them, so a high price is understandable to an extent. Doing them in metal and releasing via GW might be more likely to get a good return.  
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> **Baggronor**

True I guess.

> > But at least it does hint of the possibility (perhaps) of a new set of empire knights - which the range does really need.
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> Does it? I would have thought it signals the opposite myself, otherwise why bother making these? Surely any new plastic set would have alternate Order parts as standard. The current knights are a very dated set though, its true. New ones would look awesome, judging by the likes of the Kurt Helborg model and the recent plastics.  
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> **Baggronor**

Yeah, sorry that's what I meant, I was typing while being tugged out of the doorway. I did mean to say 'oh god no' are they delaying them again?

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**Post date:** [28 November 2010 03:47 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-gw-started-doing-empire-upgrade-sprues/14006/4 "2010-11-28T03:47:24Z")

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**Novogord Vivendi** :

> > But at least it does hint of the possibility (perhaps) of a new set of empire knights - which the range does really need.
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> Does it? I would have thought it signals the opposite myself, otherwise why bother making these? Surely any new plastic set would have alternate Order parts as standard. The current knights are a very dated set though, its true. New ones would look awesome, judging by the likes of the Kurt Helborg model and the recent plastics.  
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> **Baggronor**

Yeah, sorry that's what I meant, I was typing while being tugged out of the doorway. I did mean to say 'oh god no' are they delaying them again?