New 40k Space Marines Battleforces: What’s the Value?

These battleforces usually have good value for armies that aren’t getting big box releases on their own, but will they be worth buying? Well, that’s what we’re going to find out today!

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New 40k Space Marines Battleforces: Pricing & Value Breakdown Review

This time, these Battleforces are all for the first founding chapters, as Warhammer Community unveiled the new box sets and what you can score in each!

A new year of Warhammer means Armies on Parade is on its way, and we’re kicking things off with New Year, New Army. And as luck would have it, many awesome battleforces have been released over the Christmas holiday – an excellent starting point on your next Warhammer project. But while the Imperial Fists and Raven Guard got their due, several other First Founding chapters were nowhere to be seen. 

That changes now.

Four brand-new boxes stuffed with Space Marines are coming to a Warhammer store near you very soon, featuring the Iron Hands, Salamanders, White Scars, and Ultramarines. Let’s have a look at what’s inside. 

We also don’t know the price of these yet, but they seem slightly lower in value than the Christmas Battleforces, so we’ll have to look at the prices for overall value for now, as the retail price has not been announced yet.

Iron Hands: March of Iron Strike Force Battleforce

Dreadnoughts are some of the most powerful weapons in the Space Marines’ arsenal, and the March of Iron Strike Force is all about getting them into the thick of the fight. Two hulking Redemptor Dreadnoughts are backed up by the engineering prowess of a Primaris Techmarine and Iron Father Feirros himself, while 10 Intercessors follow in their wake to secure the ground.

• 2 Redpemtor Dreadnoughts $140
• Primaris Techmarine $38
• Feirros $42
• 10 Intercessors $60
• Iron Hands Upgrades and Transfers $27 (assuming one set- actual contents not confirmed)

Total Box MSRP: $307

If the price is $210, this would be a little under a hundred dollars in value, and if you already have both characters, it takes away basically all the value. Still, it can be a good way to go if you’re just starting the army!

Salamanders: Warforged Strike Force

Plunge into the fires of battle with Adrax Agatone and a solid wall of 20 resilient Intercessors. Then hammer the anvil of war with the gravis-armoured might of three Eradicators and three Aggressors. The Warforged Strike Force is as Salamanders as they come, and provides you with all the sturdy CORE Infantry you need to make good use of the chapter’s new secondary objective.

• 20 Intercessors $120
• 3 Eradicators $55
• 3 Aggressors $55
• Adrax Agatone $42
• Salamanders Upgrades and Transfers $27 (assuming one set- actual contents not confirmed)

Total MSRP: $299

Again, if the price is the same as before, this will have less value than any of the Christmas Battleforces; however, this has a lot of useful models inside, so it should be worth a pickup to salamanders players!

White Scars: Storm of Chogoris

If your ideal defence is a blisteringly fast offence, the Storm of Chogoris is the battleforce for you. Built around a dependable core of six Primaris Outriders and two Invader ATVs led by a Primaris Chaplain on Bike, this express delivery of pain discards weak and feeble legs for the mechanical purity of the wheel.

• Six Primaris Outriders $120
• Two Invader ATVs $90
• Primaris Chaplain on Bike $50
• Kor’sarro Khan $42
• White Scars Upgrades and Transfers $27 (assuming one set- actual contents not confirmed)

Total MSRP: $329

This one has a lot of value, and even if it’s priced at $210, it will be worth a pickup if you need some bikes and ATVs! With such a wide range of value, it is getting harder to pin down the price of these battleforce boxes.

Space Marines: Scions of Macragge

It wouldn’t be a Space Marine party without the Ultramarines, and the final battleforce shows them at their versatile best. You get objective control from 10 Intercessors, supreme firepower from 10 Hellblasters, melee mastery from three Bladeguard Veterans, tactical genius from Marneus Calgar, and psychic dominance from Chief Librarian Tigurius. Two members of the Victrix Guard have even joined their Chapter Master for the ride.

• 10 Intercessors $60 
• 10 Hellblasters $60
• 3 Bladeguard Veterans $55
• Marneus Calgar and Victrix $60
• Chief Librarian Tigurius $42
• Ultramarines Upgrades $16.50 (assuming one set- actual contents not confirmed)

Total MSRP: $293.50

This one doesn’t have quite the same value, and considering you have $100 in value in characters, if you already have those minis, this might not be worth the buy. However, if you don’t have either of the characters, it is totally worth the pickup!

Are the Warhammer 40k Space Marines Battleforces Worth it?

It will depend on the price of these because if they go for $210, three of the four boxes will have much less value than the Christmas Battleforces. However, the White Scars box has a lot of value, so that should be worth the pickup almost no matter what. Still, even at the same price, they will all get you decent value and are a good way to start a new army.

We’ll have to wait on the final price before making the final decision on the value here.  However, if these are released in conjunction with a new Space Marines Codex picking one or more of these up may be worth it just on the convenience factor alone.

The reason being lots of units seem to always go out of stock when Games Workshop releases a new codex and a trend that may repeat itself with the potential releases of new Space Marines as well…

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