Blood of Kitten 6th Edition 'bombshell'.

[Skragger]

Its almost bound to be Marines of power armoured nuggets of some breed (not sisters though). Its the biggest seller GW has, and its the easiest army for new players to pick up on, who would be the ones buying the boxed set. Space Marines are *everywhere*, in books, games, and "movies".

40K differs from Fantasy in the sense that Fantasy doesn't really have "the newbie army" - in 40K most players start with marines, then break off and play a different race. So it makes sense for GW to put them in every starter set. Fantasy doesn't have one of these "newbie" races - there's no race that generally dominated by newer players, which is why they're free to cycle the races that show up in the starter set (I still have my brettonians vs lizardmen kicking around somewhere).

It'll be marines of one breed or another, I can promise you that!

[geisthammer]

my moneys on eldar/SM starterbox. why would GW wait this long to bring out a dex for one of 40ks most iconic races the eldar. (space elfs) Its almost 100% that space marines will be in the box. hopefully it wont be ultrasmurfs, give a lesser known chapter a run. ala 3rd edition.

[DrLove42]

Personally I hope for SM/Eldar (or maybe even DE given how succesful they are right now).

It almost guarentees i'l be able to swap the marines out from the boxset for double eldar goodness

[geisthammer]

Personally I hope for SM/Eldar (or maybe even DE given how succesful they are right now).

It almost guarentees i'l be able to swap the marines out from the boxset for double eldar goodness

we should start pounding GW with emails......."give us eldar in the starter box you fools, give us a NON space marine codex at the start of 6th, give us price cuts".......like that would happen.

I would like something new at the start of 6th other than here's the generic space marines vs the numberless hoards of orks/nids. but they have to appeal to the throthing masses of kids who like to paint there army in "plastic gray".

[Deadlift]

My hopes are SM V Crons, with plastic wraiths in the box like they did with the deff copters. I know it wont happen but you can only dream

[geisthammer]

My hopes are SM V Crons, with plastic wraiths in the box like they did with the deff copters. I know it wont happen but you can only dream

if only.....

[fuzzbuket]

and "movies".
!

lol this made my arfternoon!

[gd99]

if only.....

I like this idea (SM and Necrons)....you have SM (or any type of SM), which is GW's best selling, and you have Necrons which are a good starter army for painting and playing...very good for getting new players into the game.

[DrLove42]

Theres a reason the last 2 boxes have been Nids and Orks...contrast

In a box, tailored to an individual (cos lets face it they are) trying to convince someone to start an army. Black Reach, and before that Macragge gave you a look at 2 different types of armies that exist.

Hordes vs Elites
CC vs Shooty

That contrast means new people can see what type they want to play

SM vs Eldar would be great (as i've said its what i'm hoping for) or SM vs Necrons, or Sisters vs Chaos would all be great for fans. But to a newcomer its an Elite army against an Elite army. Its a 3+ T4 army against a 3+ T4 WBB army (and if WBB DOESN'T get reduced to FNP, or phase out still exists, Necrons are too complex for a babies first 40k box).

The variety in armies types are carefully selected...

[Skragger]

Know what would rock a starter set?

Imperial Guard VS Chaos.

Keeps the power armour nuggets around, but still includes one of the bigger selling lineups...