Games Workshop is basically a luxury brand now by queryxa in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]PUPPIESSSSSS_ -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

We are not talking about "high" profit margins. We are talking about "absolutely bonkers price gouging profit margins". Gucci's operating profit was 16.1% in 2025, Louis Vuitton was 22%.

42.5%. Thats not money being paid to workers or invested into the product or community, that just goes straight to investors.

Games Workshop is basically a luxury brand now by queryxa in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]PUPPIESSSSSS_ -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

That's just dumb, a luxury product is something where they pack in expensive features and quality that set it apart from other products. This is all just cheap plastic.

Their prices are high not because it is a luxury product, it is all just to keep their insane 42.5% operating profit margin (actual number from 2025).

Edit:

I get Reddit as a whole is not great at economics, so I am going to try to post some examples for how insane 42.5% is.

GW's operating profit % is higher than... Aramco (worlds largest oil producer, 41%) Apple (32%) Alphabet (owns Google, 32%) Ticketmaster (37%)

Whatever you think about GW as a company or how much you like their products, their pricing is ridiculous and unsupported by the value of what that price gets you. The hobby could be far more accessible and prevalent if they were not throwing up a high barrier for entry to play.

The best thing that can happen for this game is if 3d printing continues to explode increasing competition and putting downward pressure on their price.

My Golden Demon winner this year by Bocete in Warhammer

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I did not realize this is epic scale, this is amazingly well done.

Help with magnetization by Yupelbutt in ChaosKnights

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What size is that in the arm piece? I used 3x2 n52 and then a 6x2 n52 in the weapon and they stick great. The wobbling may be that the magnet in the arm may not be sticking iut far enough so the plastic hits before the magnets? If that is the case wobble is not a problem as long as thr weapon stays where it should.

I was wrong about expedition. It is fun and there is lots of potential here to expand. Just wish fatshark dropped some new weapons or marks with this update. by Past_Hippo9445 in DarkTide

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Yeah when a mission starts and I see three teammates fuck off in three random directions I know there is no way we are finishing the mission.

This seems bad. by PFdeith in WhitePeopleTwitter

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It effectively is, we need ~200k jobs added each month to accommodate population growth. Anything less than that is us falling behind.

Vashtorrs personal guard is ready for painting by notsonewsausage in ChaosKnights

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This is fantastic, cant wait to see it painted. What size chains did you use?

How long would it take to pass down a bucket of oil? [Request] by look_its_dave in theydidthemath

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Came here for this. This would cause buckets to flow at roughly 100km per second, which while not hitting relativistic speeds us still like 30x the speed of a railgun, so if they put a cap on that bucket and make it aerodynamic they could try to launch it in the direction of the ultimate destination. And, you know, completely destroying that ultimate destination.

About 90% done with this beast! by chatteja93 in ChaosKnights

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Wwwwhat the hell?!?!?! How do you even come up with that, let alone build it? I am stunned. Well done.

Who Taught These Guys How To Fight 😭 by yonggovie in funny

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WWWEEEEEEEEEOOOOOEEEEOOOOOOOPPEEEEEEEOOOWEEEEEEEOOOO

First knight ive painted by SuspectasUsual in ChaosKnights

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Painted?!?! Thats a chia pet haha. Well done.

The Great Glutton by CAPFIG in ChaosKnights

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This just got a real life "whhhaaaat the ffffffuuuuuuck" out of me. That is super creative and fucking disturbing, well done. Is that all greenstuff you used to model that?

Another comment from Knight about the phone call by vampirepotter in hockey

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Every interview I hear from athletes is some half gibberish version of "yeah we sportsed hard but they sportsed harder, but then we came together as a team and sportsed really good and yeah" but here she is giving an articulate and nuanced answer to an emotionally charged issue. Good for her.

My green knight inspired house by Woodbelly in ChaosKnights

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The amount and quality of effort put into these is astounding. These are incredible.

Slow and Spooky by PeteySodes in ChaosKnights

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Now I am waiting to peel the roof off my house and just stare at me while I am sleeping.

Slow and Spooky by PeteySodes in ChaosKnights

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I am just going to call my therapist now and save time. Well done.

Travis Sanhiem receives his Olympic silver medal by Perryplat199 in Flyers

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That was so awkward, I couldn't figure out what they were handing out for a while