Dark Eldar and Space Marine Army boxes (big pics)

[Malachi]

Incorrect calculations and faulty reasoning? On the INTERNET? Say it isn't so...

[Nosmo75]

Depends, really. If they're all up to the standard of the DA boxed set's [URL="http://www.solegends.com/citle/citle2000/armyboxes/abDACompanyMaster.htm"]exclusive Master[/URL]? Absolutely. If they look anything like [URL="http://www.solegends.com/citle/citle2000/armyboxes/abChaosMarine.htm"]this guy[/URL]...well, I ended up with one somehow, and honestly can't even give him away...

Sold! I have a friend who plays Tzeentchian Chaos Marines who would *love* that (if you're serious about getting rid of it).

[Lexington]

Sold! I have a friend who plays Tzeentchian Chaos Marines who would *love* that (if you're serious about getting rid of it).

Sold, indeed. Look to your mailbox, yo.

[Houghten]

Freakin' sweet! When the Christmas boxes came around in 2009 I got two of the Ork ones and one of the Orc ones. Beautiful.

Also is it just me or is the Space Marine Megaforce a sight better of a deal this time around? The 2009 Space Marine Megaforce contained a Predator, a Rhino, a Dreadnought, two ten-man Tactical Squads, a five-man Assault Squad and a five-man Scout Squad. In today's money, buying these separately would set you back £161.5...

Now, you get a Drop Pod, a Crusader, a Venerable Dreadnought, a Land Speeder Storm - that's four vehicles, people! That's £100 by itself! - a Captain, a Command Squad, two ten-man Tactical Squads and a five-man Scout Squad. £204 worth of models! I have to assume this will be £150 or more, rather than the £120 you'd expect £100 to have inflated to by now (since the Battleforce's £50 has inflated to £60). If not, it's an absolute steal!

[warpcrafter]

What are the US prices?

[eldargal]

The US prices are unknown at present. I'm guessing 220-230USD based on other GW conversions (two fortress of redemption = £123/198USD, army boxes are £130GBP so add 5% for £129/220USD) but they aren't always constant.

[Cryl]

Not sure if I just missed it on the pics but is there an 'on sale' date for these boxes yet?

[eldargal]

As they are in this months WD I would imagine they will go up for pre-order on the 5th or 12th of the month, to give time for Necrons to get plenty of attention. The 19th is also a possibility but that seems like leaving it a little late but who knows.

In short, we don't know, but it will be a saturday this month.

Edit: Apparently the release date is Dec 3 with pre-orders up on the 26th of November, which seems ridiculously late to me.

[Galadren]

Funny thing is I'm starting a Codex: Space Marines army in two weeks and I look at this box and go "Oh, I need that, and that, and that...and I don't need that and that and that..." :\

[Dastrike]

If they started tossing box-exclusive minis in these boxes again, they'd sell so many more of them.

I agree with this, it gives people a bigger reason to get their hands on it. I hope it makes it's appearance because I am looking at kicking off the Dark Eldar army.