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Look at DAs. They pay elite prices now. And they're not a dual kit.

GW charges what they think we'll pay. I'm sure the amount of sprues factor in, but I think the FoC and market research play a much larger part.

I don't like the concept of dual kits for dual kit's sake. But when it makes sense, I love it. FW with all 3 weapons options are ideal for a dual kit. Guardians/StormGuardians would make quite a bit of sense. Incubi and Kalabites would make no sense, and ruin at least one unit's look.

One problem with making Hawks all-female to dualkit them with Banshees is that Banshees have the visage of a female, not the body of a female. Compare them to female Guardians or female DAs. At least in my headcannon, that isn't the female form you're seeing.

hobojebus wrote:
I hate multi unit kits you end up with so much unusable junk and it costs you twice as much as a dedicated kit to make a full unit.

It shouldn't cost £50 to make a 10 man immortal troop unit, marines get 10 for £25.

I agree with you about having too much unusable junk (well, unsuable for most, I find ways to stretch those bits)
But consider this: Dire Avengers are $35 for 5 models. A dual kit of any other Aspect of 5 models will probably cost the same, or at worse, $40

On a tangent, other aspect warriors are understandable to be costed that much for 5 (and we canadians pay $60 for 5 sternguard btw). However Dire Avengers, being essentially the backbone of Aspect Host armies and Guardians +1 in other armies, really should cost much less.

Which is why I'm hoping that they do eventually reintroduce the 10-DA box under a reasonable price. It'd earn a lot of good will from players, doesn't actually cost development time, and can be touted as another "new" release without getting much backlash.