They can’t spell, nor do they seem to know the release date correctly, but: http://www.amazon.com/Axis-Allies-1914-World-Baord/dp/B00B0EMNB4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362579191&sr=8-1&keywords=axis+and+allies+1914
And it’s horribly expensive
The game is showing as £74 on Amazon UK (not including shipping) and that comes to about US $111.96! So I think it’s a lot cheaper in the States…
Details show that it’s being sold and shipped by Funagain Games.
I wonder what my FLGS will price it at.
There’s that damn “22 New Sculpts” line again. At what point is it considered false advertising?
http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=17973
Funagain games has Axis and Allies 1914 for $79.99 with free ground shipping on orders over $75. I’ve bought games from them before and they usually have fast shipping. They even throw in a free $5 off coupon upon your next purchase.
I think I will pre order from them
Yeah, I already ordered from Coolstuff- orders over $100 are free shipping, so I took the opportunity to buy 1942 2nd Edition (~$35) and 1914 (~$65). I tried to preorder at a local game store, but they wanted $99. Crazy, how do they stay in business?
I don’t know, physical stores charge so much more. I don’t see their reasoning. I would never pay $100 for this game lol. $80 I can live with.
It’s almost as if they have to pay rent on a physical space, stock it with product, advertise their existence, and have it staffed with people who can help customers who wander into the store. And how come they can’t get a quantity discount for pre-ordering a couple of copies from WOTC? :-D
By the way, I myself pre-ordered online from coolstuffinc. I used to work at a bookstore, so I have a soft spot for brick and mortar, even if I don’t always frequent them.
It’s almost as if they have to pay rent on a physical space, stock it with product, advertise their existence, and have it staffed with people who can help customers who wander into the store. And how come they can’t get a quantity discount for pre-ordering a couple of copies from WOTC?
Because that is what would make sense. WOTC would make more money if they offered pre-order.
I get why they have to charge more- or they wouldn’t be in business, but I would think they would need to find other ways to make money. Hold tournaments, sell beverages, something. I’m not sure I’ll ever buy from a brick & mortar place again (as long as I can find stuff online for cheap).
Speaking of pre-orders… why don’t they offer two versions of the same game… like a basic and ‘deluxe’ version? The ‘deluxe’ version they could charge, say, $20 more and include better quality components, sculpts, etc. I’d pay for that.
It’s almost as if they have to pay rent on a physical space, stock it with product, advertise their existence, and have it staffed with people who can help customers who wander into the store. And how come they can’t get a quantity discount for pre-ordering a couple of copies from WOTC? :-D
Well said, as the husband of someone who once ran a boutique. Online sellers are killing jobs at ma and pa shops like crazy.
Yrs.,
R.
Speaking of pre-orders… why don’t they offer two versions of the same game… like a basic and ‘deluxe’ version? The ‘deluxe’ version they could charge, say, $20 more and include better quality components, sculpts, etc. I’d pay for that.
In a way, you could say that WotC does indeed produce standard and deluxe versions of some of its A&A games. The problem is that it produces them sequentially rather than simulateously, and that it uses the phrase “second edition” rather than “deluxe version” to distingish them, and that they interpret “deluxe” to mean “more sculpt variety”. Europe 1940 and Pacific 1940 are good examples, especially as regards the ANZAC and Italian sculpt sets.
Well, it’s nice to know that Pet Shop Comics is a lot different than those other stores! ^_^
Amazon UK have cut the price already.
No wonder they sent out teh preorders so quickly…
Maddison Games are doing it even cheaper:
http://www.maddisongames.co.uk/games/AxisAllies1914WWIBoardGame.php?lpp=search&q=axis & allies&qc=0
Still waiting on CSI…
Worth buying a 2nd copy for extra pieces?
Personally, I think I’ll wait for the Second Edition.
Maddison Games are doing it even cheaper:
http://www.maddisongames.co.uk/games/AxisAllies1914WWIBoardGame.php?lpp=search&q=axis & allies&qc=0
