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Already got my answer. I think we can let this one drop.

I'd happily drop $100AU on it but that's more what I'd spend.

It's rare, 50-100$ is not bad price for this, it is still cheap, people who play epic should snap it up!

You will get a better idea of the value of the item on its closing price.

£14.50 is very little for what is clearly an almost unused complete box set. Most of the pieces are still on their sprues.

If you are interested in the Epic system, this gives you a load of official models and counters, and so on.

Its absolutly worthless and has no value.

Send it to me and I will dispose of that ... worthless garbage for you.



LOLz, seriously though-


That set's honestly worth around a hundred or so, based on the game itself. That thing is untouched, so its really in great shape for what your asking there.

Start that at $50.00 or so. If you can get the other stuff as well, that can add it up there.

You should play it, though. Epic is pretty good.

Looks to be worth about £30 to me.

 sing your life wrote:
Looks to be worth about £30 to me.

Why?

Because I looks to have the same content as similar box sets by leading manufacturers.

 sing your life wrote:
Because I looks to have the same content as similar box sets by leading manufacturers.

So the fact that it's been OOP for likely longer than you've been alive has no bearing on your valuation?

Besides it doesn't seem to be too useful.

 sing your life wrote:
Besides it doesn't seem to be too useful.

There aren't a lot of applications for paintings by men who've been dead for hundreds of years either, doesn't stop them selling for tens of millions.

Additionally, this is completely self contained, so it has no need to be "useful" in the context of another system or range, and is one of GW's finest games systems at that, so certainly has an element of desirability to those who would understand what it is.

I'm now curious what, in a wargaming context, you deem useful?

 azreal13 wrote:

 sing your life wrote:
Besides it doesn't seem to be too useful.

I'm now curious what, in a wargaming context, you deem useful?

I was trying to say that the box set has limited value in either painting or gaming [no-one plays Epic anymore, at least not in my area], which is why I have decided on this price.

Do you have anything else to complain about?

 sing your life wrote:

 azreal13 wrote:

 sing your life wrote:
Besides it doesn't seem to be too useful.

I'm now curious what, in a wargaming context, you deem useful?

I was trying to say that the box set has limited value in either painting or gaming [no-one plays Epic anymore, at least not in my area], which is why I have decided on this price.

Do you have anything else to complain about?

Kindly show me my complaint?

I asked a question, why did you value it at £30? That isn't a complaint.

The fact is, it has limited usefulness to you, that's fair enough, but do you see how something along the lines of..

"As I don't know anyone who plays Epic, and it doesn't really offer anything to me from a painting and modelling perspective, I personally wouldn't pay more than about £30 for it"

Would have been a much fuller and relevant thing to have said, eliminating the need for this whole exchange?

OP, I'd say around £50 to me. Entirely subjective though.


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 azreal13 wrote:

 sing your life wrote:

 azreal13 wrote:

 sing your life wrote:
Besides it doesn't seem to be too useful.

I'm now curious what, in a wargaming context, you deem useful?

I was trying to say that the box set has limited value in either painting or gaming [no-one plays Epic anymore, at least not in my area], which is why I have decided on this price.

Do you have anything else to complain about?

Kindly show me my complaint?

I asked a question, why did you value it at £30? That isn't a complaint.

The fact is, it has limited usefulness to you, that's fair enough, but do you see how something along the lines of..

"As I don't know anyone who plays Epic, and it doesn't really offer anything to me from a painting and modelling perspective, I personally wouldn't pay more than about £30 for it"

Would have been a much fuller and relevant thing to have said, eliminating the need for this whole exchange?

LOL Dude - you didn't provide a valuation yourself, simply questioning someone else's entirely subjective valuation, then you pretty much demand an answer and suggest he is responsible for the 'exchange'. Get a hobby :p. At the end of the day you're correct items such as this can often rise to a much higher selling value then those quoted here due to their rare nature - but this isn't a Picasso we're discussing, it's a toy box-set. What would you value it at yourself man?

My (but not solely mine) issue lies with that particular poster and his habit of dropping some random statement into any old thread and never really getting involved in a discussion.

I was trying to encourage him to become more engaged in discussions, there's more to my intent than just jumping all over some random dude.

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As for a valuation? Well, I might still own this from back in the day, albeit I'd have no idea where to even start looking for it, so if that's the case, it isn't worth anything to me! I'm certainly not looking for a copy, but I wouldn't be appalled if I saw one offered in the £50-75 bracket. As mentioned, it is entirely usable in its own right, and is a great rules system, as well as containing my personal favourite iteration of the
Warlord, so if I had a hankering for a box, I wouldn't mind paying something in that ball park.

The only way to know the value of something is when an actual buyer is trying to give you his money.

Anything else is pure subjective BS. I could absolutely tell you its "worth" $1000. By if you asked me for the money I wouldn't buy it.

eBay is a great resource for finding out roughly how much a given item is worth at that moment. The following week it might be much higher, or lower, depending on a host of factors. As an aside, I used to ebay things and quickly found that I would get a significantly higher price for items ending on Saturday afternoon vs ones ending mid week... And more during November through January than April through June.

So, look at several similar items sold within the past couple of weeks. This will give you a rough idea of what people are actually paying for it. Of course, you usually end up keeping more of the money if you are able to sell it through your local hobby group than through eBay -- fees take a lot out of what you end up with.

 azreal13 wrote:

 sing your life wrote:
Besides it doesn't seem to be too useful.

There aren't a lot of applications for paintings by men who've been dead for hundreds of years either, doesn't stop them selling for tens of millions.

Additionally, this is completely self contained, so it has no need to be "useful" in the context of another system or range, and is one of GW's finest games systems at that, so certainly has an element of desirability to those who would understand what it is.

I'm now curious what, in a wargaming context, you deem useful?

There is a massive difference between one of a kind, or even lithographed, artwork and mass produced plastic. Especially when at the price range you are talking about people that did something that changed the art world.

Not saying it isn't worth more then 30 pounds, but your comparison is entirely flawed.

It maybe out of date rules but I would bet the terrain and minitures would be worth more then 30 pounds alone since those would be usable in later editions.

My comparison was about the utility, not the ubiquity.

Unless there's some other use for paintings other than hanging them on the wall and looking at them I've missed?

Fancy kindling?

I know I'd let myself get in a stupid bidding war for SM:2nd Ed. if I had the money.

Hmm, as a person that has absolutely no knowledge of Epic, or the amount of people in your area that play Epic... I'd wager it's worth about $75...

This is based upon the fact that it's practically brand new and seems to be an all inclusive box set that lets you play almost right away. I have heard many great things about Epic but was never given an opportunity to either see or play it. Good luck to you, I'd wager its a good buy if you're into it.

I bought that boxset sans marine and the titan models for £10 last summer.

Add in a tenner for the Titan and twenty for the marines. I'd then add a further tenner for it being unmade/on sprue. So that's £50 all in.

Thanks everyone. $80-100 seems to be a reasonable baseline for me to make my deductions from. Thanks for all the help!

I failed to give away most of the contents (cards, books, order counters) of that on Dakka last year, and ended up binning it :(

I sold all three of my sets on ebay over the past couple of years and they went from between £40 to £80 in good condition, complete with nothing painted.

I bought a brand spanking new copy of Epic: Space Marine about a year ago for $200US. So, maybe $80 - $100.

Seeing how no one plays epic around these parts of the woods, and the fact that I find the minis themselves less then pleasent to the eyes I would not offer more then a maxium of 35 GBP for it