There has been a lot of talk about the large number of kits that are now gone from Forgeworld. Just ask a Tau player if you have not seen any yet. I dont have a full list, nor would I be able to do one, but its not just a couple kits here and there.
Now I know that this is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is sad to see some kits gone forever with hobbyists out there that still eventually wanted to get them. The reason why is valid, and Forgeworld has responded to this. Here is there response.
via Forgeworld in discussion about the Empire Landship
The Empire Landship was removed from sale as some extensive repair work was needed for the master model. When this was undertaken it soon became apparent that this was not something that would be achievable in a reasonable amount of time and would require one or more of our sculptors to be taken off of other more pressing projects (the original sculptor also no longer works for us). As such the model in its original form will not be returning although we may produce another model to replace it at some point. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
With regards to other items being removed from our website it is sometimes for the same reason as above but in other cases it because we periodically review our ranges to see what the sales levels are like for them. When we add new items to our range we have to find space for them to be stored in our warehouse. Regrettably the available space is finite and so some kits that do not sell as well as others have to be removed from sale, sometimes on a temporary basis.
There is a possibility that some further examples of our Empire range may be removed but at this point we do not this for sure, we also reserve the right to add or remove items for our ranges where we need to. We don't advertise when an item is about to be removed as this can cause a rush of orders for the products which cause complications with our stock records resulting in some orders not being fulfilled.
We will be producing more Warhammer models in the future so please rest assured that we are not abandoning this range of our products.