Battle for Macragge - Made To Order + Christmas Day Reveal

[Lord Marshal]

AKA Crashed Lander and Pilot (ft. Space Marines and Tyranids).

 

 

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Wrap yourself in a cosy blanket of nostalgia with this special Christmas Day Made to Order release, which recreates the classic Battle for Macragge from the boxed set that launched the fourth edition of Warhammer 40,000 –  straight out of 2004. This set contains 35 plastic miniatures: the Imperial Pilot Lieutenant Varras, 10 Space Marines, six Genestalers, eight Spore Mines, and 10 Termagants. There are also 17 pieces of terrain – six objective markers, the wreckage of a crashed Imperial Lander, and six infestation nodes.

 

This set will be available to order from 10am local time on Monday the 25th of December until 8am GMT on Tuesday the 2nd of January 2024. As a Made To Order product, this may take up to 180 days to ship.

 

 

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Tune in tomorrow for a huge reveal, followed by something special on Boxing Day. Throughout the week, there will be teases for what’s coming in 2024, as well as the result of this year’s Miniature of the Year vote.

 

Edited December 24, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[CL_Mission]

Can't say I'm particularly tempted for this besides the terrain. The crashed Aquilla is an excellent set but not really worth paying for everything else it comes with. I've luckily already got a couple of the pilots knocking about, they're a cool and unique model. Much more excited for the preview tomorrow.

[ArielRSA]

I’ll get this if it goes for the 2004 price

[No Foes Remain]

Dare we hope it's the plastic Solar Auxilia that's been obviously coming?

[Corswain]

If the price is right then I will gtab this for the lander and the nostalgia.

[Doghouse]

Shame it's just the models and not the full game, if they do this for the 5th edition models though I would buy them.

[WrathOfTheLion]

The terrain is very nice. Not sure yet whether I'll pass on it or decide to go for it, I guess it'll depend on the price. I could be tempted to make a scouring/siege of terra squad out of them.

 

I started back in 7E, so I never picked up some of these sets.

Edited December 24, 2023 by WrathOfTheLion

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

I still need a sixth Tac squad for my collection. Maybe I grab this one.

[Ultra kblock]

This was the first set that got me started in 40K. Still use the Aquila Lander for terrain in some games. It is not an exact copy as my original has a larger spawning pool in addition to the infestation nodes.  At todays prices it may or may not be worth it to buy. 

[Vassakov]

1 hour ago, No Foes Remain said:

Dare we hope it's the plastic Solar Auxilia that's been obviously coming?

 

I'd be surprised - that feels more like the main focus of a preview stream. But they are running out of time to get it in Winter. 

 

That having been said, I'm going to speculate on some new character for the next AoS Dawnbringers book.

[Nephaston]

Definitely gonna get the box for the terrain, the rest will either be turned into bits, statues, base decorations, or something else I can't think of yet.

[ZeroWolf]

I'm tempted but it comes down to the price. I should have gotten this when it first came out but everything was different then.

[No Foes Remain]

1 hour ago, Vassakov said:

 

I'd be surprised - that feels more like the main focus of a preview stream. But they are running out of time to get it in Winter. 

 

That having been said, I'm going to speculate on some new character for the next AoS Dawnbringers book.

 

When was the old HH weekender? Feburary? That's still in winter UK wise, (December, January and Feburary are 'Winter' for us) if they decided to do something then.

[Gnasher]

For me it's the same as a lot of people it will be down to price, I only really want the terrain, have small use for the marines & really couldn't give a toss about the nids.

[Burni]

I have some nostalgia for this box (I returned to 40K during its release period and remember being walked through a rules refresher with this box at the WHW store) and the lander definitely brings back memories but there’s no chance on earth this will be at a price that I’d consider buying it. 

[ApulianAbaddon]

What time is the preview?

[grailkeeper]

Nostalgia?

 

 

Didn't this boxed set just come out? 

 

 

[crimsondave]

33 minutes ago, grailkeeper said:

Nostalgia?

 

 

Didn't this boxed set just come out? 

 

 

We’re old.

[Vassakov]

2 hours ago, No Foes Remain said:

 

When was the old HH weekender? Feburary? That's still in winter UK wise, (December, January and Feburary are 'Winter' for us) if they decided to do something then.

 

I am assuming it would be released in Winter, not just announced. It could be SA for Heresy tomorros but it doesn't fit GWs normal release/preview approach.

[Lord Marshal]

My guess is tomorrow's reveal will be Dark Angels, because... Christmas Day... green... angel-topper, so on. 

 

Then whatever the teases are during the week will be revealed at LVO (19th).

[Matrindur]

15 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said:

My guess is tomorrow's reveal will be Dark Angels, because... Christmas Day... green... angel-topper, so on. 

 

Then whatever the teases are during the week will be revealed at LVO (19th).

 

There are two hidden yt videos for the old world, two for AoS, one for 40k and one for HH. The HH and 40k single videos and one of the AoS videos could be the "looking forward into 2024" videos so the "huge" thing tomorrow is likely either the second AoS video or TOW. (with the Tomb Kings boxset already leaked I would expect it to be the two Old World boxsets)

Edited December 25, 2023 by Matrindur

[Brother Navaer Solaq]

I am surprised this came out. It appears to be like the 3rd edition MTO starter box. No rules in it at all. I would be interested in this, but it depends on pricee like others have said.

 

I already have all the firstborn marines i could want. :)

Edited December 25, 2023 by Brother Navaer Solaq

[phandaal]

This is cool nostalgia bait for sure, but that one week order window with almost no advance notice is strange. A lot of people are going to miss this one simply by not being as dialed in during the holidays.

[WrathOfTheLion]

1 hour ago, Matrindur said:

 

There are two hidden yt videos for the old world, two for AoS, one for 40k and one for HH. The HH and 40k single videos and one of the AoS videos could be the "looking forward into 2024" videos so the "huge" thing tomorrow is likely either the second AoS video or TOW. (with the Tomb Kings boxset already leaked I would expect it to be the two Old World boxsets)

TOW they said would get something interesting on the 26th, so I think that system won't be tomorrow.

 

24 minutes ago, phandaal said:

This is cool nostalgia bait for sure, but that one week order window with almost no advance notice is strange. A lot of people are going to miss this one simply by not being as dialed in during the holidays.

They've done this for a starter set every two years now since 2019, so it shouldn't be too surprising. But yeah, if they're not paying attention, they won't see it.

Edited December 25, 2023 by WrathOfTheLion

[OttoVonAwesome]

The minis from this set were not great... They should just take the aquila lander out and sell that cuase I'm sure it's only reason people will buy it they go for up to 300 dollars on ebay. I just recently painted mine I bought when it was new lol.