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Is officially on the US GW site now;

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1310001&prodId=prod50018a

$1,066.75



"The Spear of Sicarius

When leading a planetary invasion, the Captain of the Ultramarines 2nd Company often employs a battle formation known as the Spear of Sicarius. The Spear draws elements from several companies to form a hard-hitting elite around a core of Sicarius' own men.

This set contains 142 models; including: one metal Captain Sicarius, one multi-part plastic Command Squad, six multi-part plastic Tactical Squads, nine multi-part plastic Drop Pods, four multi-part plastic Terminators Squads, two multi-part plastic Dreadnoughts, eight multi-part plastic Assault Squads and one metal Vanguard Veterans squad."

Neat!

Is there any kind of price break there?

So kind of them to bundle it all up and offer no savings whatsoever.

I mean I'm not the cynical type and yes this hobby is expensive so I never sweat the prices but when trying to move this much product you think they would at least offer 10% off as some kind of incentive.

WANT

The Power Cosmic wrote:Is there any kind of price break there?

Not only are there no savings , customers can save way more if they buy some AOBR boxes
for the Tac / Termie / Dred .

on second thought, no tanks. F that.

spartanghost wrote:on second thought, no tanks. F that.

But wait! here is a better way to get more: Sub in 6 AOBR boxes for the tac termies and dred , $1024.25

You get addition:
4 more dred
4 more termie squad
6 more captain
6 more ork boss
120 more ork boys
30 more Nobs
18 more deff kopta

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Actually you dont save anything buying AoBR box sets. It actually costs you more.

6 AoBR boxes(for tac, temis and dreads)
1 command box
1 Sicarius
9 drop pods
8 assault boxes
1 vanguard box

1,111.31

thats with tax though.. and just about anywhere you guy you will need to pay tax for it.


Yes you would get 4 xtra dreads, 2 xtra temi squads and a ton of orks, that you could trade or ebay to make up some of that cash, but you are still initally putting down a big hunk of dough.



edit cause of a weird post

problem is you lose ALOT of options if you buy all that black reach stuff. on the other hand, theoretically you could trade the orks for BR marines and save $225

also, are assault marines really only 26$?! I bought a box at a gaming store for 35!

edit: wait thats american prices

Nicorex wrote:


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Actually you dont save anything buying AoBR box sets. It actually costs you more.

6 AoBR boxes(for tac, temis and dreads)
1 command box
1 Sicarius
9 drop pods
8 assault boxes
1 vanguard box

1,111.31

Yes you would get 4 xtra dreads, 2 xtra temi squads and a ton of orks, that you could trade or ebay to make up some of that cash, but you are still initally putting down a big hunk of dough.



edit cause of a weird post

You are looking at the wrong one , we are looking at the MRSP line for the $1,066.75 ( before tax )
in other words its $1024.25 ( yours is with additional tax )

You would have $42.50 saved to buy bits you want to customize with , ontop of the 4 more dred
4 more termie squad 6 more captain 6 more ork boss 120 more ork boys 30 more Nobs 18 more deff kopta

*Just saying its a nice alternative ( please dont take it as a flame or troll or anything )

I saw that. I edited to show that tax was included

Lol it's like straight up price with a couple cents off..
$1066.75

That deal is just stupid. Yes its great if you want to play (exclusively) Apocolypse, and maybe Planet Strike....but to play standard games (which you'd play most of the time) you lack so many gaming options, that the deal just looks like a waste.

For that kind of money, I could by a really REALLY well stacked army, with a lot of different options, ideal for dealing with different enemies.

Still, I guess this is typical of GW direction.

It looks neat and is shown in action in the PS book. Not that I can afford it or have the good terms to start another expensive army. But hey, it's only €890 for me!

So NO discount and direct from GW?

OR, from a decent online retailer at, at least, 20% off?

Weird...

Anyone who buys that is a slow and has to much money.

Hollismason wrote:Anyone who buys that is a slow and has to much money.

Well ... im going to give GW A for effort for lining them up neatly like that for a tempting display photo :3

Tempting until the price registers!

Only a complete mug would buy that deal... well... buy it from GW that is. Ordering the everything in that bundle from Maelstrom gets you everything there for US$859.25.

That's a saving of US$207.05.

Better yet, consider what the shipping costs would be, even domestic shipping, on such a large amount of boxes? According to the GWUS site, it's a further $90. Unlike with this direct only GW bundle, ordering this from Maelstrom yields free shipping.

Don't be a moron. Do not order this from GW.

I don't think GW thought this through.. or maybe they have some secret deal worked out with Maelstrom and other retailers. Maybe they get extra proffit for pushing traffic over to them?

I'm sure some newb will buy this......my guess is that GW is counting on that as well.

Oh Lord, Alpharius wasn't lying there is a pretty picture!

Like I mentioned in the other thread;

I don't quite know what to think, it seems cool, yet its Vanilla Marines and as every one has said its got no price savings.

I do wonder whats next though, a Regiment in a box?

The Power Cosmic wrote:Is there any kind of price break there?

Yes there is a potential price break. Its possibly all deboxed in one container so it saves them on retail packaging.

What a bargain!!!

H.B.M.C. wrote:....yields free shipping.

Don't be a moron. Do not order this at all.

Fixed.

Really as there is no saving why collect THAT army? The only advantage in a big boxset is in the costing. Don't need more termies? Still Black Reach is potentially a bargain on cost, and that is assuming you dont collect orks either. The only reason to EVER buy this boxset is if you somehow accidentally needed the exact same miniatures anyway, if one unit changes from your ideal purchase list, just one unit, and it instantly becomes a bad buy. Even in optimal conditions, i.e. 'wow this is axactly what I wanted to get' its still no real benefit to you. After all you lose the option to buy your army by installments.

This is regardless of whether you buy from Maelstrom or not.

I think GWUS has free shipping through July now. so the shipping is not an issue. Also, this deal doesn't save GW anything on packaging if they just throw a bunch of shrinkwrapped boxes together. Did anybody get the mega deathwing set? Was it packaged separately?

whitedragon wrote:Also, this deal doesn't save GW anything on packaging if they just throw a bunch of shrinkwrapped boxes together.

Hence use of such terms as potential and possible. We wont know for sure until we see the boxset. That requires a sucker. Any takers?

Direct-Only deals such as these come in a big cardboard box with no box art, just look at most of the Apocalypse Direct-Only deals they had then. Only a few got an official box.

You all are a bunch of cynics. Sure it doesn't save you any money but it spares you the time and frustration of having to navigate GW's website to purchase everything individually.

Think about it to buy everything separately you would have to go to 8 different product pages, figure out how many of each you need to order and then put in the right amount to order for each product. That's far too complicated and involved, especially for a hobby as easy and not time consuming as this one.

LOOK AT THE DROP PODS!!! LOOK HOW MANY DROP PODS YOU GET!!! AWESEOME AWESOEME COOLEST THING EVERY ARRRARAWRWRAR

Delephont wrote:I'm sure some newb will buy this......my guess is that GW is counting on that as well.

Either that or they expect Mommy and Daddy will buy it for Little Timmy for his Birthday.