Brass Scorpion
11-13-2009, 09:48 AM
The new Red Warhammer and Green Warhammer 40,000 army cases from GW are now available. Contrary to earlier information, these cases contain 3 trays of standard slot foam for small figures and one large block of pick-and-pull foam for vehicles and other large models. These are identical in foam content to the Blue and Grey cases released previously, but this time the cases have game system logos on them rather than the standard GW logo. These are limited quantity items.
Frankly, I'd love to have one or both of these and given the sturdiness of the shell of these cases I wouldn't have a huge problem with the high price if the latches and hinges were of equal sturdiness. However, my son has a broken latch on each of two regular GW figure cases and a broken hinge on one of his Blue army cases. The latches and hinges are definite weak spots and likely fail points on what are otherwise extremely sturdy cases, but broken hinges and latches can render these expensive cases useless. Until the quality is improved in those two areas I likely will not be buying any more GW figure cases.
Green 40K Case: (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1310001&prodId=prod340012a)
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670141a_99239999049_40kArmyFigureCase1_445x319.jp g
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670146a_99239999049_40kArmyFigureCase2_445x319.jp g
Red WHFB Case: (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1430023&prodId=prod300008a)
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670120a_99239999048_WHArmyFigureCase1_445x319.jpg
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670125a_99239999048_WHArmyFigureCase2_445x319.jpg
Frankly, I'd love to have one or both of these and given the sturdiness of the shell of these cases I wouldn't have a huge problem with the high price if the latches and hinges were of equal sturdiness. However, my son has a broken latch on each of two regular GW figure cases and a broken hinge on one of his Blue army cases. The latches and hinges are definite weak spots and likely fail points on what are otherwise extremely sturdy cases, but broken hinges and latches can render these expensive cases useless. Until the quality is improved in those two areas I likely will not be buying any more GW figure cases.
Green 40K Case: (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1310001&prodId=prod340012a)
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670141a_99239999049_40kArmyFigureCase1_445x319.jp g
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670146a_99239999049_40kArmyFigureCase2_445x319.jp g
Red WHFB Case: (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1430023&prodId=prod300008a)
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670120a_99239999048_WHArmyFigureCase1_445x319.jpg
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m670125a_99239999048_WHArmyFigureCase2_445x319.jpg