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You get 10 gargoyles in the Nids one... And the Seraphon saves you £33.80.

 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.

Yeah, I'm still not even sure what their own logic was for dividing the release into 2 different books. Especially when each book only gets 4 kits to play with. But as I've said before, I'll say again, if that's the price to play Ad Mech, it's still worth it.

Curse you awesome Tau bundle! I always need more Crisis Suits, and I don't have an Ethereal yet. The FW are just free bonus lol.

If I get this I can't get the Ta'unar for another month and this is something I've put off for awhile now.

Bit annoyed about the Tau one as I bought the campaign box to get the Ethereal, as well as the Fire Warriors and Crisis Suits when they came out - I'd have waited for this had I known!

Where did he get 8 Gargoyles from? It's a physical impossibility given the sprue layout.

I would get two of the Tau one, but I have a strange aversion to having multiples of unique models (so having 2 of that Ethereal would annoy me).

 Quarterdime wrote:
Yeah, I'm still not even sure what their own logic was for dividing the release into 2 different books. Especially when each book only gets 4 kits to play with. But as I've said before, I'll say again, if that's the price to play Ad Mech, it's still worth it.

You might argue that AdMech was a risk so they decided to make a half-measure rather than going all in with something that might not have worked... but minis are designed a year+ in advance, so that doesn't hold up.

Re: codexes and the dominus/skitarii pairing the store listings all say they include a formation datasheet.to allow you to "start playing straight away". My money is on the stats being included, like the reference sheets you get in starter boxes.

I'm a bit tempted by the Mechanicus one (I could use the Dominus and Skitarii in 30k, not sure about the Dunewalker though) and the Tyranid one (with the Swarm box I got agessss ago that still needs mostly building I might have an alright army core there).

 ImAGeek wrote:
You get 10 gargoyles in the Nids one... And the Seraphon saves you £33.80.

My bleary eyes missed those two gargoyles hiding near the Tyrant

As for the lizardmen, I doubt £8 will be a dealbreaker for most people. Still a good bargain.

After all the work I put in, typical of people to nit-pick at the small print!


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 Gamgee wrote:
Curse you awesome Tau bundle! I always need more Crisis Suits, and I don't have an Ethereal yet. The FW are just free bonus lol.

If I get this I can't get the Ta'unar for another month and this is something I've put off for awhile now.

The Tau bundle makes me think that Kirby is being held hostage at GW HQ

What over explanation can there be for this surprising generosity?

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:


The Tau bundle makes me think that Kirby is being held hostage at GW HQ

What over explanation can there be for this surprising generosity?

Maybe sales numbers that are continuing to be in significant decline, cost-cutting efforts that are no longer able to prop up the bottom line, and a panicky realization that HMS GAMESWORKSHOP has been heading for its own personal iceberg for some time now?

Valete,

JohnS

I think it comes down to the new ceo actually having power. I know people claimed he was another Kirby drone but nothing that's happened fairly recently or that they've announced I the future feels like kirby's workshop.

As it is I think I'm going to grab a lizardmen one for my kings of war army. I'm tempted by the chaos warrior one for the same thing but thankfully they didn't do a dwarf or elf of any kind box and the undead one is meh.

Maybe he had a vision from three ghosts over Christmas.

This is a welcome move by GW back in the direction of the old Battleforces. It's the same £50 sticker sweet spot, and a decent discount in most cases.

It would seem another nice step on their part, following on from the announcement of the revitalisation of specialist games. I'm starting to think Mr Rountree has actually clocked what used to make the company popular, as most of these things seem to date from his premiership.

 cygnnus wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:


The Tau bundle makes me think that Kirby is being held hostage at GW HQ

What over explanation can there be for this surprising generosity?

Maybe sales numbers that are continuing to be in significant decline, cost-cutting efforts that are no longer able to prop up the bottom line, and a panicky realization that HMS GAMESWORKSHOP has been heading for its own personal iceberg for some time now?

Valete,

JohnS

I think it's about realizing they needed to offer up a significant discount for people buying into a new army.

I'm really pleased to see it.

I hope they start reducing prices across the board. I can always hope even if it isn't likely.

 Gamgee wrote:
I hope they start reducing prices across the board. I can always hope even if it isn't likely.

I doubt we'd see that, but the new CEO did mention more 'bang for your buck', which I'd assume is about more stuff in the boxed sets like these, so bulk buying pays off.

I'm personally crossing fingers and toes we see a return of the Apocalypse bundles... I want that leman russ tank division...

I really think that the 'performance' of that Tyranid Hive Swarm box released a while ago on GW's own self confessed 'best selling' minis list could be a catalyst for this sort of product development.

I'm liking it though, not only for myself (Skitarii box, whoo!) as there are already two (non tabletop) gaming mates showing a bit of an interest where there was none before.

As mentioned elsewhere, I'm down for a box of Ad-Mech myself, I just need to find a way to make the Spider-Donkey fit in with my 30K stuff.

 BrookM wrote:
As mentioned elsewhere, I'm down for a box of Ad-Mech myself, I just need to find a way to make the Spider-Donkey fit in with my 30K stuff.

That's my exact 'issue' with it, I can use the Dominus and Skitarii easily enough in 30k but not sure what to do with the Onager.

Is anyone else sitting at their computer thinking "Great, GW found a way to reel me back in."? I don't have any real need for the stuff in the SM box, but I want it! I am probably going to wait until I see what that formation is though. At least they didn't try to trick me into buying more BA stuff. No errata to fix the fact they are the worst SM dex, no purchase from me.

Since no one has seen one yet that I am aware of, it's hard to say whether there will be any actual rules on the 40K versions of these Start Collecting boxes, or just the formation details. This is most interesting in the case of the Adeptus Mechanicus box, with its units from two different codexes. However, even if there are no rules in the box, you can get by with just the Skitarii codex - Just buy a digital or second hand copy of White Dwarf 69. The full rules for the Tech Priest Dominus were in that issue. If you haven't seen the mini, besides weapon options, there were two heads. One for a standard cloak/cowl look, and a tall priest like hat.

It's not as big a problem for the Sigmar Start Collecting boxes, as all one needs is the battalion 'formation' details. Any of the warscrolls needed can be had free online. I guess it will be interesting to see what happens in the 40K ones.

Do these bundles stand to be around for a while?

I might go for two of the Tau one to start an army/collection, and give 40k one last go, but would love to be able to do this in say March.

Any indication that these are limited time only?

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Do these bundles stand to be around for a while?

I might go for two of the Tau one to start an army/collection, and give 40k one last go, but would love to be able to do this in say March.

Any indication that these are limited time only?

There was no indication online or in White Dwarf 101 that these were going to be limited in any way, other than usual in/out of stock. I've heard secondhand some of the starters have gone from 'pre order' to 'email me when available' on some of the different world GW websites. That's better than 'no longer available' anyway. It seems they are going to be at least around for a while.

 Ketara wrote:
This is a welcome move by GW back in the direction of the old Battleforces. It's the same £50 sticker sweet spot, and a decent discount in most cases.

It would seem another nice step on their part, following on from the announcement of the revitalisation of specialist games. I'm starting to think Mr Rountree has actually clocked what used to make the company popular, as most of these things seem to date from his premiership.

I'm going make a very strange analogy here, so bear with me

Kirby is Stalin and Roundtree is Zhukov. Stalin, after his 1941 blunders, realises he needs his generals to win the war for him.

Stalin is prepared to let Zhukov have control until the war (sales go up again) is won and when the war is over Zhukov will be shipped off to Siberia

So... what you're saying is that Kirby once had someone assassinated via ice pick?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
So... what you're saying is that Kirby once had someone assassinated via ice pick?

Seems about right.

 infinite_array wrote:
What's a good discounter for the US? I might want to get the Tau set for One Page 40k.

Discount Games Store - see their Facebook
Mini Stomp - by email order
Others depending on where you live.


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Wondering which ones sell the best. Ad Mech & Nurgle, probably Tau. Just curious, and based only on forum & Twitter responses

I have had great luck with Discount Games Store through eBay. I am going to jump on the Space Marine bundle through them. Fast shipping and great prices.

I am going to need to try really hard not to get started on Tau because of their bundle. 2.5 armies is enough!

Black Cultist, for anyone in Oz wishing to get a good discount on these.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Is anyone else sitting at their computer thinking "Great, GW found a way to reel me back in."? I don't have any real need for the stuff in the SM box, but I want it! I am probably going to wait until I see what that formation is though..

Yarp. With the disounts from Element Games or Dark Sphere, you're looking at £40 (or even £37.50). Got some Skitarii already, but those discounts get me a cheap Onager and Dominus, and a box of figures I can trade, sell or... the Skitarii are THE most amazing bitz box. Always wanted to do a Nurgle force but the price put me off - until now, I can get all that stuff for the price of the Blight Drones (or not far off).

Don't even PLAY 40k or AoS... but I can find a use for these. Bringing the price of a GW starter force close to stuff like the Warlord starters makes them a real contender for me.

Are there even any discounters left in Canada?