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Full RRP = £280
20% discount on RRP = £224
Box price = £185
So the box is a £39 (17.4%) discount on simply buying everything at the usual discount.
A good deal if you want absolutely everything in the set, not a good deal if you don't (as any single unneeded item wipes out most or all of the saving).
This also assumes you're getting the ruins sets at retail. Each £100 starter box contains £48 worth of terrain, which is frequently sold for less on eBay.
I picked up one set, I'd hoped that it would have been available at my local with the extra 10-20% off then I would have instantly brought 2 (or possibly even three).
I really don't need the ruins, as ruins are easy to make and will appear in almost every starter set/bundle deal/2nd hand bundle anyway.
I've been able to pick a couple of random Gondor buildings up over the last year but they've been very difficult to get hold off, so nabbing a single big set means between that and the handful of sets I have already means I will have enough to at least build a decent sized Arnor ruins table. When it comes to building an actual Osgiliath/Minas Tirith table I'll go for something more affordable to go bigger (much, much bigger than these kits can manage)
Shame, as I have enough Dol Guldor kits to build a full size display piece/table as my FLGS had them on massive discount, and the old bundle deals for lake town houses was always good so I'll have to lake town one day too. The Rohan sets were much better value for getting a good table set up, even if the Gondor sets are just as nice.
I always miss the opportunities when they Release Gamling Mounted and on Foot with Standard. I really should just bite the bullet and get these things separately so I can stop worrying about it lol.
Ah about bloody time. I was starting to fear this would happen after June and the price rise.
One captain, one Eomer and one goddamn defenders of Rohan thank you kindly.
Inquisitor Gideon wrote: Finally the defenders of rohan. What a pig of a set that's been to hunt down.
I gave up trying. On the few occasions I came across complete sets they were always ludicrously expensive. GW doing a MTO was the only real chance I had of gettng it.
Of course they do this when I really can't afford to splurge on minis. Absolutely awful timing for me.
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~500
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 37 | Current main painting project: Kruleboyz Spearhead
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New captain looks good. Nice to see both foot and mounted versions. I'm keen to see what else they get for their re-release. I hope they get some sort of siege weapon like a ballista or something.
I do enjoy some of these new minis, but I'm too stuck in my old ways to buy things in resin. Rank and file in plastic, heroes in metal, elites can go either. Thankfully I did a big old track down back in 2012 with they were phasing out metal so I've got pretty much all I need, with some additional stuff provided by the wealth of historicals (and the old fantasy) that now exists out there outside GW.
They redo the Last Alliance plastics though and I'm all in.
My bet on an Angmar creature.
Yeah, now character is great and I am loving it. I have no Arnor miniatures at all: planning to buy everything new on launch. And can't wait.
The mounted characters have consistently been $40 for as far back as I can remember ordering from MtOs., they've jumped up to $55 this time around. Still, I'm fortunate I only need Eomer. Defenders and Heroes are cheaper then I expected at $120 and $135 respectively, yet more then I'd have liked. 2 Years ago, the full Easterling Warband was only $110 and that was 12 warriors + captain and bannerman. Still the sculpts from Defenders are rare enough that they still work out at good value over hunting them down 2nd hand in both dollar value and time spent.
$55 for the captain and bannerman is a bit steep, but again, rarity makes it slightly more palatable. Looking back over previous orders most 3 model sets were about $40. So another big jump.
Stupid question as I only really have the funds to pick up one. Which one is 'better' - not gameplay wise, but long term value wise? I'm slowly building my heroes of the LOTR collection, but each one offers a slightly different grouping.
blockade23 wrote: Stupid question as I only really have the funds to pick up one. Which one is 'better' - not gameplay wise, but long term value wise? I'm slowly building my heroes of the LOTR collection, but each one offers a slightly different grouping.
Between Defenders of Rohan and Heroes of Helm's Deep?
The former is significantly rarer. The latter has appeared on MtO multiple times, and I'd wager will continue to appear in future runs, but even before then Defenders of Rohan was still harder to find and went for higher prices when it was
blockade23 wrote: Stupid question as I only really have the funds to pick up one. Which one is 'better' - not gameplay wise, but long term value wise? I'm slowly building my heroes of the LOTR collection, but each one offers a slightly different grouping.
Hero's is by far some of the most common sculpts you can find. The aragorn and theoden you can pick up for a couple of pounds each and the the rest aren't much more expensive.
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4000+
~16000 Astra Militarum: 
~1200 | Imperial Knights: 
~2300 | Leagues of Votann: 
~1300 | Tyranids: 
~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: 
~5000 | Kruleboyz: 
~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: 
~500
