Well, it’s been about five years since the last Warhammer 40K starter set. A bunch of us
from the Atomic Warlords site sat around this weekend with some rum, the new
Dark Imperium set, and a few of the index books. We had many thoughts. Most of
them positive.
Marcus was going to talk about the revised game mechanics
over at Atomic Warlords. Very short version—they’ve moved 40K a lot toward Age
of Sigmar. Not all that way, but if
you’re somebody who really loathes those game mechanics, you’re not going to be happy with
the grim dark future...
I wanted to talk about the value, though. I know a ton of people have already broken it
down in different ways. I juat wanted to do a nice, simple "how much does this save us" sort of view...
We’ve got two HQ units (the Primaris Captain and the Lord of
Contagion). Going off the average
clamshell prices for single figs, it wouldn’t be outrageous to say these would
be $30 to $35 each. GW’s been getting
slightly better about pricing, though, and there’s some online retailers who
offer nice discounts, so let’s say they’re only going to cost $25 each-- $50
for the two of them.
There’s two more character figs for the Plague Marines, so
there’s another $50. There are
three more Primaris characters, too, but Marcus pointed out it wouldn’t be
surprising to see them as some kind of command squad. Let’s conservatively call them $40
altogether.There’s also that Foetid Bloat-Drone. It’s dreadnaught sized, so I don’t have trouble believing it could be a $35 or $40 set once we get one with options. We’ll call it $35.
At this point, we’re already over the box set’s price tag of $160. We haven’t even added in the three
five-man Primaris squads, or the jump troops, or the Plague Marine squad, or
that twenty-man PoxWalker squad (probably another $40,easy). Heck there’s a full-sized, hardcover rulebook,
which sells for $60 on its own.
Also, something we realized late Sunday night. This is a very complete, balanced set. It’s two actual, viable armies that are pretty fairly matched, not a couple random things that look good individually but don’t really match up (y’know, like a bunch of cultists vs Dark Angels terminators...).
This set is a freakin’ amazing value, even using my very conservative prices. Half price on everything, if not more. Split the box with someone, Chaos and Primaris, and get an army for $80. Heck, let them keep the rulebook, haggle a bit, and get your half for $60 (heck, GW’s giving the basic rules away for free). That’s maybe a third what you’d pay for either set. Literally 66% off!
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