Guess how many items have gone up TWICE in less than a year? There are some shocking reveals from this complete list of GW price hikes for 2020.
GW just announced that another wave of price hikes is coming in June. Of course, no one wants to hear that things are getting more expensive, but how much more are the prices rising? We’ve compared data of June’s new price hike that was sent to retailers to the last price hike in 2019 for you to compare.
Shocking Reveals: Complete List of GW Price Hikes For 2020
You might remember reading that GW said most of the price increases were on items that haven’t been adjusted in years.
From the first of June, around 400 Warhammer products will change in price (there are well over 3,000 Warhammer items available right now). Most of the items that are changing haven’t moved in price for years.
While they did not misspeak, as you’re about to see, there are some items that have been adjusted TWICE since last year. In fact, 135 out of the 370 adjusted items just had their prices increased in July 2019- less than a year ago.
We’ve got two charts of confirmed prince adjustments that were sent to retailers yesterday: take a minute to check them out:
However please be aware that we did not have access to some retail prices from 2019 to completely compare the two sets of adjustments, so our conclusion for our overall averages could be a little off.
- Price increases for products in 2020.
- Price increases from 2019-2020 (This shows you how fast GW is raising prices).
Everything that’s been adjusted twice has gone up about 23% on average. The average adjusted price for this years price adjustments is about 9.87%. Remember, this is just according to the stuff we’ve been able to track.
Now here’s a more in-depth look at some popular items.
Price Increases Steadily Approaching 50% Since Last Year
To read the chart, you’ll want to look at the bold number in the bottom right first. That was the initial price before GW’s price hike in 2019. You can see that it’s gone from $82.5 to $90 in 2019 and from $90 to $106 in 2020. In the past year, it’s gone up almost 30% for the exact same kit.
Looking at the regular old Watch Master, he’s gone up $9 in the past year after getting two price “adjustments” now. That’s a 36% increase for no change in content.
For the Ogors Mawtribes, their Gluttons were $35 back before the first price hike in 2019. Now that they’ve been adjusted twice, they’ve gone up $13 for the same exact kit now sitting at $48.
These have been some of the bigger adjustments we’ve seen made to GW’s list but be sure to look at both lists as there is a lot of items covered. We’re closing in on 50% increases for some items now.
TL;DR Complete List of GW Price Hikes For 2020
135 of the 370 adjusted items have gone up twice in less than a year.
Everything that’s been adjusted twice has gone up about 23% on average. The average adjusted price for this years price adjustments is about 9.87%.
You can view the lists yourself below:
- Price increases for products in 2020.
- Price increases from 2019-2020 (This shows you how fast GW is raising prices).
Also, remember that Games Workshop’s list of 449 items getting price adjustments may include an additional 79 webstore exclusives that we have no insight on.
Where does it end? Will there come a point where GW prices the majority of people out of the hobby?
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About the Author: Rob Baer
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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.
