GW’s Battleforce boxes for 2018 are looking to have some big values, but are they better than last years? Let’s compare 2017’s boxes with the new lineup!
Keep in mind, for the past two years, the boxes have been sitting right at $170. However, they’ve all also sat around the same savings value. The 2018 Battleforces are showing even more value almost across the entire board.
So could GW be throwing never before seen value at the shelves? Or will these boxes break the pattern of the $170 price? Note that none of the Battleforce boxes faction configurations from 2017 returned in 2018.
Pricing-wise we have some clues as to what the 2018 costs will be:
As seen above in this years holiday gift guide, ¥23,000 is the Japanese currency called Yen.
From the looks of it here on the Japanese GW site, last years $170 battleforces appear to also cost ¥23,000. So chances are, the price of $170 for Battleforces will stay the same for 2018!
2017 40k Battleforce Box Sets
Genestealer Cults Insurrection $170
1x Goliath $60
1x Broodcoven $60
1x Neophyte Hybrid box $40
1x Neophyte Hybrid Squad (10 Cadians, 1 Cadian Heavy Weapons Team, 1 Genestealer Cult Upgrade Frame) $45
1x Acolyte Hybrid Box $40
Total Cost: $245
Total Savings: $75
Orks Kult of Speed $170
1x Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun $37
1x box of Bikers $41.25
1x Battlewagon $66
1x Trukk $37.25
1x Ork Boyz box $29
1x Ork Lootas box $25
Total Cost: $235.50
Total Savings: $65.50
Astra Militarum Battlegroup $170
1x Leman Russ Battle Tank $49.50
1x Sentinel $30
1x Chimera $37.25
1x Cadian Command Squad $25
2x Cadian Shock Troops boxes $29
1x Ogryn box $47
Total Cost: $217.75
Total Savings: $47.75
T’au Empire Rapid Insertion Cadre $170
1x Commander in Crisis Suit $50
1x Ghostkeel $75
1x Crisis Suit Team $75
2x Stealth Suit Teams $54
Total Cost: $254
Total Savings: $84
2017 Age of Sigmar Battleforces
Stormcast Eternals Vanguard Brotherhood $170
2x boxes of Vanguard Raptors(6 models per box; the birds count) $35
1x Lord-Aquilor $40
1x Vanguard Hunters box $60
1x Vanguard Palladors box $60
2x Gryph-Hounds box $25
Total Cost: $245
Total Savings: $75
Blade of the Blood Queen $170
1x Mortarch $80
1 box of Morghast $60
2x boxes of Skeletons $24.75
1x Wight King $14.75
1x box of Grave Guard $41.2
Total Cost: $244.75
Total Savings: $74.75
Tzeentch Arcanites Changecult $170
2x Skyfire boxes $35
1x box of Kairic Acolytes $50
2x boxes of Tzaangor $40
1x Shaman $35
Total Cost: $235
Total Savings: $65
Kharadron Overlords Sky Fleet $170
1x Frigate $80
1x Gunhauler $50
1x Admiral $25
1x box of Arkanaut Company $45
1x box of Endrinriggers $40
Total Cost: $240
Total Savings: $70
- Most of the Battleforces average out to be about $70-$80 in savings. All of the 2017 Battleforces were $170 and hung generally around the same savings range. So let’s use that and take a look at the 2018 Battleforces that are on the way.
Comparing the Old to the New-2018 Battleforces
Now that we’ve taken a look at the 2017 Battleforces (that were $170) value, let’s compare this year’s Battleforces. There are a few boxes that have astronomical value for what’s coming inside. Maybe GW will raise the price on those boxes and keep everything else around $170?
Who knows, there is, however value to be had when the pricing is revealed
Seraphon: Starclaw Strikehost
Bastiladon $60
Carnosaur $85
Terradon $60
Skinks $35
Ripperdactyl x2 Kits $60 (120 total)
Skink Priest $20
Total Cost: $380
Total Savings: $210
- This is one of the boxes that has a mindblowing amount of value. Either GW really wants Seraphon to be played or this box will be more expensive than the rest.
Slaves to Darkness: Godsworn Warband
Warshrine $58
Chariot $40
Lord on Manticore $54
Chaos Warriors $40
Chaos Knights $60
Total Cost: $252
Total Savings: $82
Daughters of Khaine: Devoted of Morathi
Cauldron of Blood $75
Witch Aelves $60
Melusai Blood Sisters $50
Khinerai x2 kits $45 (90 total)
Slaughter Queen $0 (can’t be bought alone)
Total Cost: $275
Total Savings: $105
Idoneth Deepkin: Deepsurge Raiding Party
Akhelian Allopex x2 Kits $45 (90 total)
Akhelian Morrsarr Guard $50
Namarti Thralls $50
Namarti Reavers $50
Isharann Tidecaster $25
Total Cost: $265
Total Savings: $95
Space Marines: Primaris Interdiction Force
Primaris Captain $35
Intercessors $60
Reivers $60
Interceptors $50
Repulsor $80
Total Cost: $285
Total Savings: $115
- This is another box that has a pretty high savings spike compared to most of the other boxes. Could this Battleforce go for a little bit more on the shelves as well?
Imperial Fists: Supremacy Force
Primaris Captain $35
Intercessors $60
Helblasters $35
Aggressors $50
Redemptor Dreadnought $65
Total Cost: $245
Total Savings: $75
Ad Mech: Fist of the Ommnissiah
Tech-priest $30
Datasmith & Kastellan Robots $69
Dunecrawler $66
Ruststalkers $46
Vanguard $39
Total Cost: $250
Total Savings: $80
Death Guard: Infection Cluster
Foetid Bloat Drone $50
Plagueburst Crawler $65
Plague Marines $50
Bloghtlord Terminators $60
Nauseous Rotbone, the Plague Surgeon $25
Total Cost: $250
Total Savings: $80
Craftworlds: Asuryani Bladehost
Wraithknight $115
Vyper $30
Windriders $41
Dire Avengers $35
Guardian Squad $36.25
Farseer $20
Total Cost: 277.25
Total Savings: $107.25
Necrons: Dominion Spearhead
Doomsday Ark $49.50
Tomb Blades $41.25
Tomb Spider $33
Warriors $36.25
Deathmasks $33
Immortals $33
Overlord $28
Total Cost: $254
Total Savings: $84
Assuming that the 2018 Battleforces sit at the same $170 price, which one will you be picking up? The Seraphon and Ultramarines Box Sets are showing the most value out of everything we’ve ever seen.
Do you think GW really wants to push those factions or will they cost somewhere in the range of $200 to balance out the savings between the other boxes?
Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
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