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Dark Eldar book in hand!

11/7/2010

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Now that the Dark Eldar codex is "officially" in hand, I can begin to review the stuff inside.  This should be done within a week or so.  Expect my "Kabal in the Making" series to be fully re-written within a few days as well.  Any errors in my lists will also be corrected

While my area boasts 15+ stores that carry significant Games Workshop merchandise, I was surprised to find out the DE's tally after only a day of being released.  The manager of the LGS I go to told me that he ordered 25 codices (not counting pre-ordered ones) for release and by the time I got there at 5:30pm, they had sold 23 of them.  I bought the 24th.  Twenty-four codices in one day?  That is crazy!  On top of that, there was not a single Dark Eldar model left to buy when I got there.  Well over $2000 worth of miniatures disappeared within hours of the store opening I was told.  And this was a common occurrence I found out after I called around to the other stores in the area.  The Twin Cities area is cleaned out of Dark Eldar.  I can imagine the same will be across the USA from the accounts I've been hearing online.

I knew and prophesied that there would be huge drove of DE players out there that would emerge from the wood-work when they were re-released.  But how large this group of people actually is, is awe-inspiring.  I can only hope that GW doesn't take its usual knee-jerk response to attribute excellent sales to a codex being overpowered (for non-marine codices).  A perfect example was the Tyranid codex.  Sold very well, then got nerfed in the FAQ.  I believe that the Dark Eldar will dwarf that number and they deserve to remain untouched by the nerf bat after being forced to endure a 12 year hiatus.

I look forward to beginning the process.  My first order?  One Archon, two Warrior squads, and two Raiders.  Exactly enough for basic first 500 points.  :)
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