Battle for Macragge - Made To Order + Christmas Day Reveal

[SkimaskMohawk]

Ya back in the day it was like £40, with one of the main draws being the rulebook. You didn't get a lot of models and they were super low quality, so it didn't cost a lot.

 

But the prices have skyrocketed and they have some really wonky ideas of value proposition these days. Tacs are £35 now, 10 termagants are £27.5, and 10 stealers  are £32.5; £125 for all that plus terrain, spore mines and a cool pilot, of course £90 is a deal! Or...something like that. 

[Allart01]

I was theoretically interested in this set - although having it with its proper box and booklet to play as a boardgame of sorts would have made the deal more palatable to me.

Without those bits, and at that price, I find they're beyond crazy.

Edited December 25, 2023 by Allart01

[irlLordy]

Don't forget, if you actually wanted to play with the minis in current games, you'd need to fork out a few quid more for the correct sized bases.

Edited December 25, 2023 by irlLordy

[Karhedron]

9 minutes ago, irlLordy said:

Don't forget, if you actually wanted to play with the minis in current games, you'd need to fork out a few quid more for the correct sized bases.

 

I thought the rule was that it was always legal to field a model on its original base, even if subsequent iterations of the same unit had different bases. 

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

120 Euros are too expensive for such an old starter. Pass.

[RWJP]

2 hours ago, Karhedron said:

I thought the rule was that it was always legal to field a model on its original base, even if subsequent iterations of the same unit had different bases. 

Technically there's never been an actual rule in the core rules of 40k regarding base sizes. 

However, in tournament packs GW puts out for it's events they used to say "Use the base the model came with" but have now moved to saying "Use the base the current kit comes with" For example, here's the tournament pack for a 40k Grand Tournament being run at Warhammer World in Feb: https://warhammerworld.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2023/10/Blj7zdKE13tgbcum.pdf Page 6 confirms:
 

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A Note on Basing: Many models are no longer produced on the bases they originally came with. Wherever possible, base your models according to their current boxed kit.

 

[Brother Navaer Solaq]

CAD website has been updated to show 180.

 

I used inflation calculator and it would be approx 120 cad using $80 msrp  in 2004.

 

The set is above my price point. 

 

 

 

 

[Astartes Consul]

As everyone else has said, would only be buying this for the terrain and pilot. So, this makes slightly more sense than the completely random MTO set they did of some old Marines and Dark Eldar as a throwback to the 3rd edition starter set... Slightly.

[Dark Shepherd]

These reprints just come in a plain/generic box too dont they?

[beefeb]

£90!!!!!    AHAHAHAHA, proof that GW are losing their minds.  It doesnt even include the original pretty boxset.  Not a chance in hell GW!  Money grubbing lot they are.

[irlLordy]

9 hours ago, Dark Shepherd said:

These reprints just come in a plain/generic box too dont they?

 

Yes, they'll be in the standard direct only box.

[Cyrox]

26 minutes ago, irlLordy said:

 

Yes, they'll be in the standard direct only box.

Which makes the price point even worse, although I get why they can’t just reprint the old box.

[mel_danes]

I really should paint this terrain, I've owned it since it's original release. It sits, in this box on a shelf.

The pilot has been an objective market for over a decade.

The little force field things are pretty cool too.

[lhg033]

£90 = Hard nope from me

Given it is just the models, not books etc, £50 might have been a palatable cost, £60 at a push. £90 is silly money for this.

 

Not sure I would have got it then anyway as I'm planning on a frugal year this year for GW stuff (DA stuff previewed is already making that harder for me - I got the Lion for Christmas so may have to get him friends eventually)

[Gorgoff]

5 hours ago, beefeb said:

£90!!!!!    AHAHAHAHA, proof that GW are losing their minds.  It doesnt even include the original pretty boxset.  Not a chance in hell GW!  Money grubbing lot they are.

This.

Sad, I really liked the terrain.

[WrathOfTheLion]

Kind of a shame it's $150. I don't think it's really worth it at that, so I'll pass here.

[Zoatibix]

Are GW looking at e.g. completed sales on EBay and thinking those are reasonable prices?

 

 

[Brother Navaer Solaq]

1 hour ago, Zoatibix said:

Are GW looking at e.g. completed sales on EBay and thinking those are reasonable prices?

 

 

I think also as well, but only GW can understand GW mind.

[Halandaar]

For some reason I thought that last year's 3rd edition offering was a similar price, but even that was "only" £60. But then I distinctly recall people saying they'd pay extra for the ruins and plastic trees that came with the original 3rd Ed starter set; I guess they took those comments and ran with it this time!

 

It's a crazy price for the product they're offering, for sure. But then I suppose it also has to be worth it for them to produce this instead of more Angrons or whatever, right? 

 

 

[No Foes Remain]

I was seriously tempted by this as I wanted to paint up my old one for 30k and would have liked a second for 40k but the price has put me off completely. If it had come with the modern tactical squad and the new nids then I'd probably get it, but £90 for a crashed lander and some old tacticals (which I'd use at most for paint testers) and some old nids which I wouldn't use I can't really justify. Especially with the Steam Sales already gotten me this month.

[Nephaston]

Mine arrived. Surprisingly light on the flash and the important details held up great. The Wreckage sprue is CHUNKY, probably enough to seriously bludgeon someone. 

 

Now to find an appropriately sized pillar to turn the infantry into a memorial statue thingie.