Everyone out there’s still talking about how good of a deal the new Horus Heresy Box set will be, but are we looking at it wrong?
Should we be looking at the value of the new Horus Heresy plastics based on their Forge World values or on the more familiar plastic starter set prices like Dark Vengeance, Black Reach, or even just as a plastic box set that you would find on the shelf?
For instance if you take the new starter set, and multiply it out based on current “shelf prices” you get:
- Dreadnought $46.25
- Terminator squad $50
- Special character $30 x2 =$60
- Tactical squad $40 x3 = $120
A total of $276.25 which of course is still a savings of over $100!
An then of course there is the values on these kits if you bought them from Forge World:
- Artificier Armor Centurion, Cataphractii Terminator Praetor £31.50 For the set of two
- Mk IV Maximus Marine Squad (x10) £46 plus £23 for the bolters
- Mk IV Maximus Marine Squad (x10) £46 plus £23 for the bolters
- Mk IV Maximus Marine Squad (x10)£46 plus £23 for the bolters
- Cataphractii Terminator Squad (x5) £34 ea
- Contemptor Dreadnought £32 ea (minus arms), plus £9.5 an arm x4
At those prices this box set comes out to a total of £348 which equals out to about
$522.00!!!
And that was the old prices before the recent “stealth” price adjustment from earlier in the week. As far as the actual individual content prices, I feel like that will get set by the secondary market (i.e. eBay) shortly after release.
I would be very surprised if it was a better value to buy the whole box at a discount instead of just one component (like the Contemptor) at that point though.
Either way though I can’t remember the last time we saved over $100 on anything from Games Workshop, so I feel like which ever way you look at it the new Horus Heresy Box Set may just be a holiday must have!
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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.
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