New Year, New Army? Checkout our money savings breakdown on the current line of Games Workshop’s Start Collecting box sets for Warhammer 40k
We’ve gone back though the Spikey Bits archive and dug out all our coverage of GW’s start collecting box sets to give you the most current savings break down on every faction thus far!
Looking to start a new army and save those hobby dollars in 2018? Start with one of these amazing boxed deals!
Eldar (Nov 2017)
- 5 Wraithguard $50
- 1 Wraithlord $46.5
- 1 warwalker $30
- 1 farseer $20
MSRP: $146.5 Savings: $61.25
Dark Eldar
- 3 Reavers $39.50
- 1 Raider $37.25
- 10 Warriors $29.00
- 1 Archon $23
MSRP: $130 Savings: $45
Chaos Space Marines
- CSM Squad $50
- Hellbrute $54
- Teminator Lord $24.75
MSRP: $128.75 Savings: $43.75
Tempestus Scions
- Taurox $48
- Scions $70 ( 2 box sets worth)
- Commissar $21
MSRP: $139 Savings: $54
Astra Militarum
- 1 Leman Russ $49.50
- 1 Heavy Weapon team $16.00
- 1 Commissar $16.00
- 10 Cadian shock troops $29.00
MSRP: $110.50 Savings: $25
Blood Angels
- Baal Predator $57.75
- Blood Angels Tactical Squad $43
- Terminator Captain $33
MSRP: $133.75 Savings: $48.75
Tyranids (Nov 2017)
- 1 Trygon $57.7
- 5 Genestealers $30
- 1 Broodlord $40
MSRP: $127.50 Savings: $42.75
Space Wolves
- 3 Thunderwolf Calvary $54.50
- 10 Grey Hunters/Blood Claws $37.00
- 1 Wolf Lord $25.00 (Space Marine Captain Sprue)
MSRP: $107.50 Savings: $22.5
Space Marines
- 10 Tactical Marines USD $40
- 1 Space Marine Dreadnought USD $46.25
- 1 Space Marine Captain in Terminator Armor USD $30 (Based of DW Captian + Upgrade sprue)
Total: $119.25 USD Savings: $31.25
Necrons
- 1 Necron Overlord $28
- 12 Necron Warriors+3 Scarab swarms $36.25 (includes 1/2 a second box)
- 1 Triarch Stalker $49.50
MSRP: $113.75 Savings: $28.75
Skitarii
- 1 Tech Priest Dominus $36.00
- 1 Onager Dunecrawler $66.00
- 10 Skitarii Vanguard $39.00
MSRP: $141 Savings: $56
Tau
- 1 Ethereal $16.00
- 3 XV8 battlesuits $75.00
- 10 Firewarriors / Breacher Box $50.00
MSRP: $141 Savings: $56
Orks
- 1 Painboy $26.00
- 5 Nobz $25.00
- 11 Boyz $29.00
- 1 Deff Dread $49.50
MSRP: $129.50 Savings: $44.50
Deathwatch
- Veterans $35
- Veterans $35
- Ven Dreadnought $46.25
- Artemis $25* (not sold Separately)
- Upgrade Sprue $12.50
MSRP: $153.50* Savings: $63.50*
Daemons of Khorne
- 1 Herald on Blood Throne $40.00
- 3 Bloodcrushers $50 (1/2 the the box of 6 at $100)
- 10 Bloodletters $29
MSRP: $119 Savings: $34
Daemons of Nurgle
- 3 Plague Drones $60
- 1 Herald of Nurgle $25.00
- 3 Nurglings $25
- 10 Plague bearers $29.00
MSRP: $139 Savings: $54
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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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 the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of 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 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
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.
