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 giantearlessgnome wrote:
Also it looks like the space marine one includes the terminator captain originally from the Strike Force Ultra box (released in Spring 2014 if i recall).

He was going for about £50-120 on ebay at the time.

Cannot remember if he was limited edition or not.

I don't believe it was ever marketed as limited edition. The blurb at the time was along the lines of "currently only available in this box".

I wonder if the formations will be any good, or just "make these models usable outside of unbound" formations for starters.

 r_squared wrote:
That ork starter set is just terrible. 1 Mek, 5 Flashgitz and a codex for £70?
Why bother?

This clearly demonstrates the focus that GW has, those £50 starter sets look great value, obviously they're trying to turn people off Orks, BA, DE and Harlies.
No Craftworld Eldar starter though, which is puzzling.

old sets for orcs etc, not the new starter bundles.

My thought as to why some do and don't have bundles is what they want to package and what a formation might do:
Harlies- No HQ, maybe a release sometime this year with a high avatar? He would need a formation so a box with included formation makes sense so he can be used since this was one of the strangest decisions of the dex to not have an hq.
Orks, Tzeentch- maybe in line for some new model releases later this year? this is the year of Tzeentch sounds like so why put a bundle with the old models out when they are probably out of production?
Slaanesh- maybe a model release early 2017? or a phase out like sisters? either way slaanash is being given a low profile.
Dark Eldar- another codex with issues, perhaps a mid year release of an archon on jet bike or something, rules right now don't support it and it has really screwed with people and seems like a logical piece to add to a neglected army. kinda worries me too many models on web exclusive.
Eldar- Kinda surprised here, but rumors of replacing finecast aspects with plastic are around so it would make sense if the line is being phased out. what would a starter formation box look like? Autarch + two or three aspects? again, a lot of web exclusives but a popular army.
Chaos- again, kinda surprised since it doesn't sound like the chaos:sm line will see any real changes in 16 so no real reason NOT to do one unless it will be tied in with 30k releases.
sisters- heavily web exclusive and GW never promotes sisters.

Why does the skitarii one come with a dominus? He isn't even legal to field with the skitarii without two units of breachers or destroyers!

 Orock wrote:
Why does the skitarii one come with a dominus? He isn't even legal to field with the skitarii without two units of breachers or destroyers!

They explain on the website below the image

.... and an exclusive Skitarii rules sheet - the Dominus Maniple - allowing you to collect, assemble and play with your new miniatures right away!

Requizen wrote:
I wonder if the formations will be any good, or just "make these models usable outside of unbound" formations for starters.

The Necron set is not good enough since the Stalker is only useful in the formation. Here the battle box has a much greater value.
I'm tempted to consider the Khorne set since the models can be used in a Daemonkin army.

 Bottle wrote:

 agnosto wrote:
Was tempted to get the admech until I realized that I'd have to buy two army books to use it since the Dominus isn't Skitarii?

Silly bundle when I considered that, otherwise a tempting deal. I have zero desire to have to reference two different army books during a game.

The set comes with all the rules for the models plus a unique formation, so you wouldn't have to buy CM Codex if you didn't want to.

I am soooooooo tempted! I was meant to be buying Fyre Slayers this January... What should I do ㅜㅜ

Really? Well then, sold! thanks for the info. I hadn't bothered to check the GW site because I was going to buy from a retailer and they didn't have that info.

I'm at a loss for words

THat seraphon bundle, the tau bundle, the skitari bundle.

 giantearlessgnome wrote:
Also it looks like the space marine one includes the terminator captain originally from the Strike Force Ultra box (released in Spring 2014 if i recall).

He was going for about £50-120 on ebay at the time.

Cannot remember if he was limited edition or not.

He was suppose to be. But then again Captain Karleen was suppose to be limited edition too. I wouldn't be surprised if the next wave of these had a SW one with Krom in it.

No, they were never supposed to be LE, they were available there before anywhere else, but there was never any pretence they were either LE or Exclusive to the original box.

If they do an empire one with a captain steam tank and some dudes then I am in!

Start collecting! Scenery would also be good. If you are going to start collecting armies you need to start collecting the scenery to put on the table as well!

£80 of GW scenery for £50. Occulum, archway and a gate. Or 2 woods, garden morr and arcane ruins.

Wish these had been available when I started! Great bundles indeed.

Has anyone calculated the savings on each set?

Also, I guess Blood Angels, Orks, Dark Eldar and Harlequins don't sell well enough to get boxes, instead they are stuck with the terrible codex deals.

Im definitely getting skitarii, necron and maybe nids

Think I ll get some Tau... just to feed my airbrush with another painting scheme xD ... I hate GW, but I really love to paint their models xD

My guess is harlequins just don't have enough stuff to make a bundle sensible 1 troop, 2 vehicles and 2 characters

as you'd need at least the troop and one vehicle and a character for a bundle it would pretty much kill the solo sales of the whole range

I hope the lack of Orks means more stuff for them soon (and I guess maybe Blood Angels and Dark Eldar?)

(if it was just done on numbers we wouldn't have any of the AoS stuff...)

Found an online retailer selling the New Army boxes for 25% off. I figured that ~$63 for a standalone Skitarii formation seemed like a solid deal, and I can finally start them on a college budget.

Credit where credit is due, this is a fantastic move by GW. I hope they stay as permanent items.

Has anyone confirmed that these kits actually come with all the sprues though? Tyranids for example would be very easy to not include the winged hive tyrant sprue.

I might actually get the Admech one. Partly for the bits though - how much extra cool stuff (bits) do you get with those figures?


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And how long do we see these being around?

Nvs wrote:
Has anyone confirmed that these kits actually come with all the sprues though? Tyranids for example would be very easy to not include the winged hive tyrant sprue.

Why on earth would they spend that much money to make brand new snapfit/single option sprues of kits that already exist? Not only that, but kits that look EXACTLY like their multi option counterparts?

If you look on the GW site, you'll notice them mention things like "Skitarii rangers, which can also be built as vanguards" in the descriptions, so if these aren't the regular sprues I would be EXTREMELY surprised.

Is it just me or did they just go from $89 to $100 on the web page?


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That is really weird. I have now definately seen them listed at $85 and $100. Can't find the $100 link now, but it was 5 minutes ago. Could be an introductory vs later price.

I heard a rumor about these talking to a guy who worked at a local hobby shop. I'll admit I didn't think much of it at the time, but wow these are actually good. As a Guard player that kit looks especially good.

 kestral wrote:
Can't find the $100 link now, but it was 5 minutes ago.

Here you go!

OK, so which one is it? Also, why would anyone ever buy the tau infantry set if it is the same sprue? Don't they want $100 for just 10 basic infantry.

 kestral wrote:
Is it just me or did they just go from $89 to $100 on the web page?


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That is really weird. I have now definately seen them listed at $85 and $100. Can't find the $100 link now, but it was 5 minutes ago. Could be an introductory vs later price.

The Canadian webpage has them at $100. The US at $85.

Derp.


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Still, it seems TOO good.

 kestral wrote:
Don't they want $100 for just 10 basic infantry.

This? You went from the US to Canada and then to NZ. That's the wrong way to get excited.

Geez....wasn't planning on any wargaming purchases for a while, but that Cadian box is tempting me. Total $30.50 savings before any other discounts...that's not shabby at all.

I'm grabbing a Tau one now, to get the plastic Ethereal and some new crisis suits (which I skipped before) and then next paycheck the AdMech one. Assuming my FLGS's GW rep doesn't feth up again. I wanted that Skitarii Battle maniple!

If I hadn't just alternately sourced the plastic Captain Agemman, I would likely grab the Marine one for that model. And the IG one, well I have too many Russes as it is, especially since I just got another with my Tech Priest model, but my Orks could use a looted wagon, and I could use that plastic Commissar.

I would love to see more of these come out for other armies.
Orks, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, Eldar, DArk Eldar, I can imagine good starter sets for all of these.

Ok... so... two AdMech boxes. That's a good start for my AdMech army with the other boxes I got when GW did those Mechanicus combo boxes.