I can't believe I didn't think to ask this here first...

But can anyone remember, even roughly, how long it took for all the copies of the CE to sell out during pre-order?

I'm looking at getting the Deathwatch CE, and the duties for crossing the US-Canadian border are making the prospect of ordering rather unpleasant. Sure, the occasional copy made it on to the shelves of someone's FLGS, but not on mine, and the owner is out of town so I can't get them to put the order in for me until Tuesday.

And I'm worried that Tuesday might be too late, so I was wondering if folks could help me out and give me a basis for comparison?

Dark Heresy sold out in less than six minutes, breaking Black Industries' server in the process. They wound up signing a bunch of regular editions as compensation for all the people who were just a few seconds late. Rogue Trader took about a day, I think. Don't expect them to last longer than 24 hours at absolute best.

Numbers were different, though. There were (I believe) only 200 Dark Heresy Collector's Editions, and I seem to recall (though I'm not quite certain) that there were 1,000 Rogue Trader CEs.

I was actually in court for the whole afternoon when the DH CE was released, and missed the boat, and it did indeed sell out incredibly quickly. RT was a little slower because of the numbers, but certainly sold out within a couple of days. I nabbed one of them - just.

There are stated to be 2,000 DW CEs, so you may have thought you'd have a couple of days, but then bear in mind Marines may well be more popular than the more nuanced and involved Rogue Traders, so may shift off the shelves faster.

I'd say you've probably got 24-48 hours from the announcement, but don't blame me if I'm wrong! I wouldn't like to guarantee there'd be any left by Tuesday....

I thank you both for your feedback.

While I suspected thar because it's a game where you play the Marines, it would be more popular than Rogue Trader, I also hoped that the higher price would help slow things down, making it last relatively the same time.

In the end though, thanks to your feedback, and a quick call to Border Services who informed me there was no duty fees on books, I put my order in.

A shiny new copy of Deathwatch CE is on its way to me... yaaayyy! If I had to choose one CE to have anyway, I think I would have chosen this one anyway (with the DH book a close second)... though I'd still love to have a copy of the DH and RT collector's editions.

Do we really need a DW CE thread on the RT boards? Its bad enough the DW CE has seven threads on the DW board as it is.

If you'll note my first post, the question pertains directly to the Rogue Trader CE.

While I could have asked in the DW section of the forums (it's not like most people don't have an interest in all three gamelines), it seemed I'd be more likely to get an accurate answer over here.

Errant said:

I believe Rogue Trader took a few days to sell out.

On the topic of the Rogue Trader Collector's Edition, if anyone's still after one of these, I saw a copy in the Forbidden Planet store in Central London the other week, priced at £99.99.... It'll probably be the generic "Calliagos Winterscale" one, though.

God ****... if I had the money... but I already broke the bank ordering the Deathwatch CE, and 1 out of 3 isn't bad...

I wll have to remember that though, for the future when I again have more money than brains.