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Luthor230 wrote:
So...is this box gonna be worth it ?

A question only you can answer for yourself.

Price vs what you're likely to do with it.

If it's going to be an unpainted, never fully built, never played with army then probably not.

If it's expensive but a player knows it will be built, fully painted and played with against all comers for years to come then likely yes.


I tend to look at items, not just GW models, past the pure raw material and production cost but what I'm going to do with it and the excitement and use I will derive from it.

There is a limit though, hence my not possessing Forgeworld Citadel walls, a Reaver Titan, A Warhound.........

If you just want minis and not the codex, probably not, as a full codex is likely to 'eat' a lot if not all of the discount a box set brings

if you want both probably yes, your going to get the codex anyway, and having these fixed pose sculpts will help bulk out your army cheaper than the (coming eventually) more posable separate units (and if your lucky they'll look slightly different too, like the deathguard did... but since they've not got mutations to play with that may not be the case)

The Codex is going to jack the price up astronomically.

So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

SC boxes are cheap because they are old kits that have basically earned themselves. It's not going to be even close to that ballmark for brand new box with 3 units, vehicle and couple characters plus codex. Wasnt' that codex even marketed as limited edition? Which would mark it up.

If it's around dark imperium I would say players got it lucky. GW loves to put up mark up on limited stuff. And they know this one will sell out anyway.

 BaronIveagh wrote:


Forgeworld has had some Made in China since at least 2009.

Fairly sure that stopped a number of years ago.

I’m expecting a price tag of around £150 for this. This won’t be cheap.

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

Did you see the cost of their latest box? This has the same amount of minis, and a Ltd. Ed Codex.

People are going to have to sell off excess children to buy this box.

Gotta echo the general consensus. Expecting the price to be anywhere other than between disgusting and feth you is unrealistic in the extreme.

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

If you believe this you'll be very disapointed, no way the box will be less then the starter box. Seeing how the sister box will have a much smaller print run then a starter box, so they need to sell them for more to get the inital investment back. Besides that it comes with a collector's edition codex, which when sold seperatly goes for twice the price of a normal codex. It has the datacards as well

The way I read it is that the codex in this box is exclusive to this box. It’s not “The” limited edition codex. Still going to cost loads though.

 insaniak wrote:

Fairly sure that stopped a number of years ago.

While I'm unsure how long my Drop Sentinels sat on a shelf before I bought them, my Escher weapon bits I would hope are fairly new.

Shadowspear was also only £95 for two forces, plus mini-codices, so I still think it's going to be significantly cheaper than that. Obviously not if you're in the south lands, but that's a ridiculousness that we know about.

terry wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

If you believe this you'll be very disapointed, no way the box will be less then the starter box. Seeing how the sister box will have a much smaller print run then a starter box, so they need to sell them for more to get the inital investment back. Besides that it comes with a collector's edition codex, which when sold seperatly goes for twice the price of a normal codex. It has the datacards as well

Have we established if this a "Collectors edition codex" or an "Exclusive" and what the difference is - I know its been asked on FB and ignored.

 Mr Morden wrote:

terry wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

If you believe this you'll be very disapointed, no way the box will be less then the starter box. Seeing how the sister box will have a much smaller print run then a starter box, so they need to sell them for more to get the inital investment back. Besides that it comes with a collector's edition codex, which when sold seperatly goes for twice the price of a normal codex. It has the datacards as well

Have we established if this a "Collectors edition codex" or an "Exclusive" and what the difference is - I know its been asked on FB and ignored.

look at the codex here, no text on the front is a clear indication that's a collector's edition

I can see it in the ballpark of 100 - 150.

Bearing in mind Blood of the Phoenix was £140, I can see this boxed game reaching those heights, HOWEVER, BotP is also two complete armies that are crucially multipart. Monopose historically seems to end up on the cheaper side of GWs pricing, so I can see the box sitting closer at 100 than 150 in GBP.

The box certainly seems enticing, but I don't think it's £150 worth of enticement for me.

 ghosty wrote:
I can see it in the ballpark of 100 - 150.

Bearing in mind Blood of the Phoenix was £140, I can see this boxed game reaching those heights, HOWEVER, BotP is also two complete armies that are crucially multipart. Monopose historically seems to end up on the cheaper side of GWs pricing, so I can see the box sitting closer at 100 than 150 in GBP.

The box certainly seems enticing, but I don't think it's £150 worth of enticement for me.

just remember the sprues in the sister box seem to be made for the sister box and as such will raise the price

terry wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

terry wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

If you believe this you'll be very disapointed, no way the box will be less then the starter box. Seeing how the sister box will have a much smaller print run then a starter box, so they need to sell them for more to get the inital investment back. Besides that it comes with a collector's edition codex, which when sold seperatly goes for twice the price of a normal codex. It has the datacards as well

Have we established if this a "Collectors edition codex" or an "Exclusive" and what the difference is - I know its been asked on FB and ignored.

look at the codex here, no text on the front is a clear indication that's a collector's edition

And no, it’s not an abridged codex – it’s the fully updated new edition of Codex: Adepta Sororitas, with special cover art exclusive to this set!

This is all we know. It's exclusive to this set.

terry wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

terry wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

If you believe this you'll be very disapointed, no way the box will be less then the starter box. Seeing how the sister box will have a much smaller print run then a starter box, so they need to sell them for more to get the inital investment back. Besides that it comes with a collector's edition codex, which when sold seperatly goes for twice the price of a normal codex. It has the datacards as well

Have we established if this a "Collectors edition codex" or an "Exclusive" and what the difference is - I know its been asked on FB and ignored.

look at the codex here, no text on the front is a clear indication that's a collector's edition

It says on that link that it’s the full codex, with special cover art exclusive to this set. This isn’t the £50 Limited Edition codex. That will likely have different art against justify the price (in GW’s mind)

gw might release as second collector's edition, but this one seems to follow the same formula

 Jadenim wrote:
Shadowspear was also only £95 for two forces, plus mini-codices, so I still think it's going to be significantly cheaper than that. Obviously not if you're in the south lands, but that's a ridiculousness that we know about.

Looking at comparable units it's about that with just models assuming no typical price hike with new kits. Add to that limited codex and card and no way it's cheaper. 120 if gw is being generous.

 Jadenim wrote:
Shadowspear was also only £95 for two forces, plus mini-codices, so I still think it's going to be significantly cheaper than that. Obviously not if you're in the south lands, but that's a ridiculousness that we know about.

and they just released a >$200 eldar box didn't they?

Yep, and that had no codex, cards or dice in it.

 Grundz wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Shadowspear was also only £95 for two forces, plus mini-codices, so I still think it's going to be significantly cheaper than that. Obviously not if you're in the south lands, but that's a ridiculousness that we know about.

and they just released a >$200 eldar box didn't they?

Which was full kits rather than set sprues containing everything and the Canoness' general release frame.

 Jadenim wrote:
Shadowspear was also only £95 for two forces, plus mini-codices, so I still think it's going to be significantly cheaper than that. Obviously not if you're in the south lands, but that's a ridiculousness that we know about.

My guess is a ridiculous £250 (two hundred and fifty pounds), based on the terms and conditions of the big community survey this year.
Assume the worst and be positively surprised.

12) The prizes will be an army of new Adepta Sororitas plastic miniatures. The prizes would include a grand prize worth £250 and 10 prizes worth £35 (grand prize ca. AUD 468 and 10 prizes at AUD 65). The prize value of the 11 prizes are: GBP £600 (ca. AUD 1127) and they will be dispatched to the customer at the time of their worldwide release later this year. The currency and exact value of each prize will vary depending on the countries of residence of the winners.

 Jadenim wrote:
So I’m guessing £50-£60

Well that's the Codex, how much do you think the models will be?

 Aenar wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Shadowspear was also only £95 for two forces, plus mini-codices, so I still think it's going to be significantly cheaper than that. Obviously not if you're in the south lands, but that's a ridiculousness that we know about.

My guess is a ridiculous £250 (two hundred and fifty pounds), based on the terms and conditions of the big community survey this year.
Assume the worst and be positively surprised.

12) The prizes will be an army of new Adepta Sororitas plastic miniatures. The prizes would include a grand prize worth £250 and 10 prizes worth £35 (grand prize ca. AUD 468 and 10 prizes at AUD 65). The prize value of the 11 prizes are: GBP £600 (ca. AUD 1127) and they will be dispatched to the customer at the time of their worldwide release later this year. The currency and exact value of each prize will vary depending on the countries of residence of the winners.

Interesting theory, sounds plausible. The manager at my local GW said he’d heard figures of £150 and £250, although even he thought £250 was a bit much

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Well that's the Codex, how much do you think the models will be?

Buying them in metal would have cost £145.50, so lets see how close GW get to that target.

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

It's the same price as shadowspear. China already spoiled the pricing. Idk why people are still guesstimating when we've known literally everything about the box set for over a week.

ERJAK wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
So current Start Collecting sets are £55, Dark Imperium is £95 and about twice the size in terms of models and includes the rule book. So I’m guessing £50-£60 depending on how much they want to discount it to bring in new players.

It's the same price as shadowspear. China already spoiled the pricing. Idk why people are still guesstimating when we've known literally everything about the box set for over a week.

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