whats the most overpriced model made by GW or FW??

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**Vulkan_He'stan**

i think it Canis wolfborn

£25 for a single model

over priced or what

any other ideas

**Sidstyler**

Azhag the Slaughterer (of your wallet).

**Flashman**

Realm of Battle gameboard surely!

**Mattlov**

Flashman wrote:Realm of Battle gameboard surely!

Does that count as a model?

I think Azhag might win this pretty easily.

**Vulkan_He'stan**

well any thing made by games workshop or FW

how much i azagh??

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Kate Moss.

**Flashman**

Mattlov wrote:
Flashman wrote:Realm of Battle gameboard surely!

Does that count as a model?

I think Azhag might win this pretty easily.

Yes, it's scenery, so there

**JohnHwangDD**

Empire Greatswords?

**jamessearle0**

greatswords / thunder fire cannon / greater deamon models (as these things are ancient and the only one that looks nice is the lord of change)

**George Spiggott**

Given how many you need and how poorly set up the sprues are (no heavy weapons, no Sergeant upgrades, two missing special weapons) I'd say Imperial Guardsmen.

Goldswords will only sting you once.

**warboss spinetwizta**

realm of battle board

**Goliath**

Either Azhag, or the Metal Venerable Dreadnought.

**Kyley**

How about the forgeworld imperial guard cadian upgrades, more than the guardsmen you are upgrading by a fair margin, less stuff than the kit you're upgrading and you have to do it over and over, for every squad, when you have three platoons....the black templary upgrade fall into this category

**TheFirstBorn**

those vampire count horsemen which cost £50 for 5?

**Manchu**

Any of the warjacks . . . oh wait . . .

(Seriously, amidst all the complaints about GW's prices no one seems to mind the raping perpetuated by PP???)

**njpc**

How about anything that's been re-comissioned or re-issued in the last 9 months? Seriously.

Steam tank became plastic and the price when up.
Azhag the Slaughter, has anyone seen anyone buy it.
Realm of battle. Cool idea, but really high cost.
"Goldswords" excellent opportunity to practice unit fillers.
All these new F'd up prices?? Why is the magic number now $57.75 in the USA?
The freaking $700+ of scenary? WTF? USE RAILROAD BUILDINGS AND HIT THEM WITH A HAMMER TO MAKE THEM RUINS.

I've been re-thinking dwarves, because I have the metal troll slayers and ironbreakers and most of the warmachines... and somehow their infantry looks like a bargain... I love the hobby, but it will hit a point where people legitimately are interested but say "a playstation or xbox will save me $500"

**Platuan4th**

Manchu wrote:Any of the warjacks . . . oh wait . . .

(Seriously, amidst all the complaints about GW's prices no one seems to mind the raping perpetuated by PP???)

Because there isn't as much, really. Something the size of a metal Dreadnought costs about the same as GW's old metal dreadnoughts? How dare they!

**Belphegor**

All wrong

The Necron Pariahs and Immortals are clear the most over-priced miniatures in the GW line.

Really, over 120 dollars for a unit made of old sculpts. Really?

They're plastics are reasonably priced, though. (just look how much a WWII model kit costs)

**Manchu**

Platuan4th wrote:
Manchu wrote:Any of the warjacks . . . oh wait . . .

(Seriously, amidst all the complaints about GW's prices no one seems to mind the raping perpetuated by PP???)

Because there isn't as much, really. Something the size of a metal Dreadnought costs about the same as GW's old metal dreadnoughts? How dare they!

Being flippant can't save you from the facts . . .

10 models/$42.99

10 models/$30.00

Which Eldar can you more easily afford?

**Snord**

I think there is a lot of pointless moaning about prices, but I have to agree that the prices for the Greatswords and Steam Tank are quite astonishing. The Greatswords (10 very nicely detailed but relatively small models) cost nearly twice as much as the Ork Nobz (5 big models with loads of extras - and much more useful in an Ork list than Greatswords are in the Empire list). And the Steam Tank is dwarfed by the Land Raider Crusader, but costs the same. I know it's not comparing like with like, but you have to wonder what the rationale was. My theory is they decided to make the Empire an all-plastic army, like the Marines, to signpost how they intend to eventually do all the armies. But they knew that the Greatswords and Steam Tank wouldn't sell in huge numbers, so they bumped up their prices to cover the production costs.

**randomfrog**

Maybe their $700 fort set. I mean $700! Come on!

**TheFirstBorn**

its 700 due to all of that stuff you get..

**JohnHwangDD**

Manchu wrote:Any of the warjacks . . . oh wait . . .

(Seriously, amidst all the complaints about GW's prices no one seems to mind the raping perpetuated by PP???)

PP uses lube by telling you upfront that they're going to rape you, whereas GW doesn't...

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Belphegor wrote:The Necron Pariahs and Immortals are clear the most over-priced miniatures in the GW line.

You're buying the classic Immortals?

Ew.

**Quintinus**

@Manchu-

I don't play PP games, but don't those first elven dudes cost a lot more (in points) than the Dire Avengers? Just from what I know, WM/Hordes is more skirmish based than army based so those 10 guys can do a lot more.

Just wondering if I'm right about that.

**Andilus Greatsword**

A FW Titan - some of them will run you well over $1000.

I would also bid for the old 13th Company Wulfen - 5 models for $50 Canadian!!!

**The Devourer**

I would agree that the most expensive model would have to be one of the titans, but they're expensive because you get a lot of stuff in them. Not £700 worth of stuff but still a lot.

I would say the most overpriced items are the convertion kits as they cost a lot for very little items. If you look at the amount of the kits you would need for an army the cost would be huge.

**Jon Garrett**

Steam Tank - same price as a Land Raider, about one third the size and material.

**JohnHwangDD**

Vladsimpaler wrote:@Manchu-

I don't play PP games, but don't those first elven dudes cost a lot more (in points) than the Dire Avengers? Just from what I know, WM/Hordes is more skirmish based than army based so those 10 guys can do a lot more.

Under the latest WM2 rules, those Elves should be way less than DA - a Heavy Warjack is 6 to 10 pts under WM2, and a standard skirmish is 15 pts per side.

**Llamahead**

PP's models work out at $4.30 for a lead model while GW's Dire Avengers work out at $3 for a plastic model. Lead costs a lot more than plastic for production per unit. It therefore works out at slightly better value.....Although I do tend to look at other manufacturers before both these days!

**1-UP**

Not the most expensive, but I damn near choked when my buddy was trying to convince me to start Warhammer 40k and I saw a box of 5 terminators at the FLGS for $50.

Very nearly killed the idea of starting on the spot.

Thank god for E-Bay - the prices on used stuff you can get are pretty much on the mark for what I think this stuff should be selling for new.