Come see how much money you can save with the 2018 Necron start collecting box, and get some tips on how to save time assembling those killer robots!
Being released alongside the fresh Necron Codex is the equally fresh Start Collecting: Necrons box. Let’s take a look at what’s inside!
Whether you are wanting to start a Necron army or are a veteran Necron player looking to expand your list, the new Start Collecting: Necrons box from Games Workshop is a great option. Our very own Rob Baer has this kit on his paint bench to give you the full breakdown of what you will find inside and some assembly/conversion options to get those hobby juices flowing.
For our complete review, be sure to scroll down!
The Start Collecting: Necrons box comes with 23 miniatures and retails for $85. You will be saving $50 with this kit if you planning to buy the units individually. With the units included, you could field 2 patrol detachments or a single battalion detachment if you so desire. If you have a friend who has the new Forgebane box and is looking for someone to take the Necrons sections, combine that with this kit and you will have a decent Necron starter army with very little upfront cost.
The assembly instructions for the Necrons are very simple and do allow for great conversion possibilities.
When assembling your barge, you will have the option to make the Annihilation option or the Catacomb Command option. Well, why not have both? You can accomplish this by having the Lord and the twin-linked tesla destructor swappable.
Do not attach the bridge piece that would go in front of the Necron Lord and you will have a nice open space to easily fit in the tesla destructor or your Necron Lord. You can magnetize them if you do not want them to move around. Also, the pilots do not have to be included since they have no stats of their own. So, if you are looking to save time, leave them off.
Rob covers the contents of the kit and more conversion options in his full review video below!
Start Collecting! Necrons: $85
For sixty million years the Necrons have slumbered, their tomb worlds filled with dormant armies and inactive war machines. Now they are awakening as if from half-remembered nightmares, and the galaxy shudders at their return. From vast crypt-fortresses, burnished legions emerge into the dying light of the 41st Millennium, a steel sea rippling beneath the crackling energy discharge of esoteric battle engines. Swarming metal Scarabs, talon-limbed horrors and spectral assassins accompany them, their alien minds focused on a single purpose – to reclaim the stars.
This is a great-value box set that gives you an immediate collection of fantastic Necrons miniatures, which you can assemble and use right away in games of Warhammer 40,000! You’ll receive a Necron Overlord, an Annihilation Barge with Lord On Foot (which can be built as a Catacomb Command Barge), 12 Necron Warriors, 3 Scarab Swarms and 5 Immortals (which can be built as Deathmarks.)
The Start Collecting Necrons box is available now online and in local Games Workshop stores. Be sure to press play on our review video below for more.
For more on this Start Collecting box and all things Warhammer 40k, visit Games Workshop!
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
