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40k’s Four New Battleforces: UNBOXED

By Juan Lopez | December 3rd, 2017 | Categories: Product Review, Videos, Warhammer 40k

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There’s massive savings to be had from these new 40k Battleforce bundle deals that have been released just in time for the Holidays!

There were four Warhammer 40k Battleforce bundles released this weekend by Games Workshop! These bundles are a perfect way to maximize your hobby dollars and start a new army or add more models to your existing forces. The Battleforce bundles include: Astra Militarum Battlegroup, T’au Empire Rapid Insertion Force, Genestealer Cults Insurrection, and Orks Cult of Speed.

Here is a sample of our quick and dirty review to give you the lowdown on what you can expect to save with these kits.

For our complete review, be sure to scroll down and press play on the full video below.

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Each Battleforce bundle is reasonably priced for the models you will find inside. On the back of each box, the units included inside are displayed along with their armaments and paint scheme suggestions. Here’s the total MSRP pricing vs savings breakdown on the new Battleforce bundles:

Astra Militarum Battlegroup
  • Leman Russ Battle Tank: $49.50
  • Chimera: $37.25
  • Sentinel: $30
  • 3 Ogryns: $47
  • Cadian Command Squad: $25
  • 20 Cadian Shock Troops: $58 (Two boxes)
  • $170 retail = ~31% OFF
T’au Empire Rapid Insertion Force
  • XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit: $75
  • 6 XV25 Stealth Battlesuits: $54 (Two boxes)
  • XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Team: $75
  • Commander: $50
  • $170 retail ~33% OFF
Genestealer Cults Insurrection
  • Goliath Rockgrinder: $60
  • Broodcoven: $60
  • 5 Acolyte Hybrids: $40
  • 10 Neophyte Hybrids: $40
  • Neophyte Hybrid Squad: $45
  • $170 retail = ~31% OFF
Orks Cult of Speed
  •  Battlewagon: $66
  • Trukk: $37.25
  • Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun: $37
  • Warbiker Mob: $41.25
  • 11 Boyz: $29
  • 5 Lootas: $25
  • $170 retail = ~28% OFF

WH40k Genestealers

Unlike their Age of Sigmar counterparts, these Battleforce bundles do not come with any special rules. These bundles are a great way to pick extra models if you are looking to expand your forces. If you are a Genestealer Cults player, you will be loving your Battleforce since we have not seen any bundled deals for them come out for them. This will be what you need to get your hands on a lot of models and maximize your hobby dollars.

Our very own Rob Baer dives through all four Warhammer 40k Battleforces and discusses the deals and models found inside in the review video down below!

Battleforce Astra Militarum Battlegroup: $170

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Made up of innumerable billions of soldiers from a million different worlds, the Astra Militarum is, by sheer weight of numbers, the greatest army the galaxy has ever known. For ten thousand years they have used their overwhelming numbers to crush the enemies of the Imperium and defend against the encroaching horrors of a cold universe that knows only war. They hold nothing less than the survival of humanity in their hands.

A fantastic way to begin the core of your own Astra Militarum army – or bolster one you already have – this is a great-value collection of miniatures with which to build your own battle group. Included are the following 31 plastic miniatures:

– A Leman Russ Battle Tank, which you can optionally build as an Eradicator, Exterminator or Vanquisher;
– A Chimera, featuring choice of a turret-mounted multi-laser, a turret-mounted heavy flamer, a turret-mounted heavy bolter, a hull-mounted heavy flamer, a hull-mounted heavy bolter, a hunter-killer missile and two different tank commanders;
– A Sentinel, which you can build as Scout or Armoured variants, armed with a choice of a multi-laser, a heavy flamer, an autocannon, a lascannon, a plasma cannon and a missile launcher;
– 3 Ogryns, which can be assembled as either Militarum Auxilla Bullgryns or Ogryns, with the option to build the special character Nork Deddog;
– A 5-man Cadian Command Squad, featuring choices of a sniper rifle, a heavy flamer, a plasma gun, a grenade launcher, a flamer, a meltagun, a powerfist, a chainsword, a power sword, a plasma pistol, a bolt pistol and a laspistol;
– 20 Cadian Shock Troops, featuring 20 lasguns, 4 chainswords, 4 laspistols, 4 grenade launchers, 4 flamers and 4 Vox-casters, along with options to build 2 Sergeants.

Included are the bases and transfer sheets necessary for the kits – 1 60mm Round base, 3 40mm Round bases and 25 25mm Round bases, along with 3 Cadian Transfer Sheets and 3 imperial Guard Transfer Sheets.

Battleforce T’au Empire Rapid Insertion Force: $170

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Using speed, genius tactics and overwhelming firepower to spread their message of the Greater Good across the galaxy, the T’au Empire is a race known for incredibly advanced technology. Fuelled by the absolute conviction that their cause is just, they bring enlightenment to all at the barrel of a gun. Join, or die.

A fantastic way to begin the core of your own T’au Empire army – or bolster one you already have – this is a great-value collection of miniatures with which to build your own Rapid Insertion Force. Included are the following 22 plastic miniatures:

– An XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit, accompanied by 2 MV5 stealth drone field projectors;
– 6 XV25 Stealth Battlesuits, accompanied by 2 Markerlight drones;
– An XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Team, comprising 3 Battlesuits (1 of which can be assembled as the experimental XV8-02) and 6 drones;
– A Commander, who can be built piloting either the XV85 Enforcer Armour Crisis Battlesuit or the XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit variant, with an included drone.

Included are the bases, stems and transfer sheets necessary for the kits – 1 105x70mm Oval base, 1 60mm Round base, 2 25mm Round bases, 6 32mm Round bases, 3 50mm Round bases, 12 Small Flying bases, 1 Flying Stem, 10 Large Flying Stems and 12 Small Flying Stems, along with 4 T’au Transfer Sheets.

Battleforce Genestealer Cults Insurrection: $170

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Vile chanting fills the air, marked by blood-chilling shrieks of alien beasts – the xenos creed shall rise! Thousands of cultist voices are raised in prayer to their Patriarch, a living god from beyond the stars. Shadows in the distance become a seething tide, a living wave of hybrid creatures that boils out from dank and slimy lairs. Sinister, charismatic leaders cast dominion over their enemies as well as their underlings. The Cult has long-prepared for this day of reckoning, and its swollen ranks will surely conquer the world.

A fantastic way to begin the core of your own Genestealer Cults army – or bolster one you already have – this is a great-value collection of miniatures with which to build your very own insurrection. Included are the following 32 plastic miniatures:

– A Goliath Rockgrinder, featuring a heavy stubber, mining laser, drilldozer blade, clearance incinerator and seismic cannon – this can instead be built as a Goliath Truck;
– A Broodcoven, a 5-model set including a Patriarch, Primus, Magus and 2 Genestealer Familiars;
– A set of 5 Acolyte Hybrids, which can optionally be assembled as Hybrid Metamorphs;
– A set of 10 Neophyte Hybrids, armed with autoguns, autopistols and blasting charges;
– An 11-model Neophyte Hybrid Squad – this is a 10-man Cadian Shock Troopers set along with a Heavy Weapons Team and a Genestealer Cults Upgrade Frame.

Included are the bases necessary for the kits –1 50mm Round base, 1 60mm Round base, 9 32mm Round bases and 22 25m Round bases.

Battleforce Orks Kult of Speed: $170

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Orks fall upon their foes like a shouting green avalanche – tooled up with crude, improvised weapons and crude, improvised tactics, they’re an anarchic, battle-crazed force who live for the thrill of the fight. Addicted to violence, speed and brutality, they are resilient, resourceful and incredibly numerous – ‘ERE WE GO!

A fantastic way to begin the core of your own Ork army – or bolster one you already have – this is a great-value collection of miniatures representing the Orks’ Kult of Speed philosophy: bigger, faster, fightier! Included are the following 22 plastic miniatures:

– A Battlewagon, armed with a kannon, zapp gun and featuring a host of optional components;
– A Trukk, featuring a big bolt-on shoota, boarding plank and reinforced ram;
– A Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun – well, this is a Big Mek. And he’s got a Shokk Attack Gun;
– A Warbiker Mob, 3 Orks on ramshackle yet powerful bikes, with options for a Nob;
– 11 Boyz, with a plethora of weapons including sluggas, choppas, shootas, heavy weapons and stikk bombz;
– 5 Lootas, 4 lugging deffguns and 1 with a kustom mega-blasta;

Included are the bases necessary for the kits – a 40mm Round base, 3 70x25mm Round bases and 16 25mm Round bases.

These Warhammer 40k Battleforce bundles are available now online and in local Games Workshop stores. Be sure to press play on our quick and dirty review video below for the full product breakdown.

For more on the Battleforce bundles and all things Warhammer 40k, visit Games Workshop!

About the Author: Juan Lopez