GW price rise

[Maelstorm]

Don't look now - the greedy SOB's at GW have quietly raised the price of the Tyranid Battleforce box from $115 to $125 in preparation for the new release.

*******s...

[Psychosplodge]

That's practically unheard of. Have they halved the contents yet?

[knas ser]

That's practically unheard of. Have they halved the contents yet?

They're not going to do that anymore, they have a new strategy.

The original Tyranid battleforce will now be split into two smaller sets to "increase user modelling options" and "reduce the impact on your wallet". You'll be able to buy either a Battleforce A set or a Battleforce B set.

Set 'A' will contain two tyranid warriors, five genestealers and nine termagants. Set 'B' will contain one tyranid warrior, four genestealers and nine hormagaunts.

In the new codex, minimum unit size for both hormagaunts and termagants will be ten, increasable in blocks of five. Tyranid warriors will come in units of four, always. Genestealers require a unit size of 8.

The Games Workshop online store now comes with a helpful tool for solving polynomial equations so you can work out how many sets you need of each in order to actually use all the models you have purchased without having some left over requiring you to buy more and not waste some of them.

(Bonus points to the first poster in this thread who works it out, btw, or offers a proof that it is not possible. ).

[Chaoschrist]

They're not going to do that anymore, they have a new strategy.

The original Tyranid battleforce will now be split into two smaller sets to "increase user modelling options" and "reduce the impact on your wallet". You'll be able to buy either a Battleforce A set or a Battleforce B set.

Set 'A' will contain two tyranid warriors, five genestealers and nine termagants. Set 'B' will contain one tyranid warrior, four genestealers and nine hormagaunts.

In the new codex, minimum unit size for both hormagaunts and termagants will be ten, increasable in blocks of five. Tyranid warriors will come in units of four, always. Genestealers require a unit size of 8.

The Games Workshop online store now comes with a helpful tool for solving polynomial equations so you can work out how many sets you need of each in order to actually use all the models you have purchased without having some left over requiring you to buy more and not waste some of them.

(Bonus points to the first poster in this thread who works it out, btw, or offers a proof that it is not possible. ).

Wouldn't you be able to buy 40 of Set "a".

You'd be stuck with 200 stealers (good for 25 units of 8), 360 gaunts (good for 36 units of 10) and 80 warriors (good for 20 units of 4).

Set "b" on the other hand

could be had by buying 20 sets. You'd be stuck with 80 stealers (good for 10 units of 8), 20 warriors (good for 5 units of 4) and 180 gants (good for 18 sets of 10).

That, combined with pushing Apocalypse more, would make this viable purchases.. in the eyes of GW.

I'm not gonna figure out how to make set A + B work out though, lol.

[Jonathan Loyd]

80 of each Battle Box.

80 x 3 Warriors = 240 total = 60 units
80 x 9 Genestealers = 720 total = 90 units
80 x 9 Termagants = 720 total = 72 units
80 x 9 Hormagaunts = 720 total = 72 units

Assuming a $125 price point for each Box A and Box B, that would be $20,000 to buy the right amount models.

Yay, math.

[Wolfshade]

GW rises prices as fuel prices increase even faster

It is almost as if their cost base has increased...

[Psychosplodge]

This is no place for logic. I want to pay what I was paying when I entered the hobby.

[Mr Mystery]

Caution. Attempting to care.

Attempt to care failed.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

Sorry guys, but whether or not you can afford your plastic crack really doesn't affect me, and I just don't get the outrage about the prices. If they're too high for you, they're too high for you. And that's about it.

[Psychosplodge]

No I think the complaints were valid when it was "No price rises" but in reality they'd reduced the contents. But as distasteful as it is an annual price rise is a thing...

[SaveModifier]

GW disgust me, why can't they just keep their prices exactly the same like ever other company in the world? I still pay 23p for a pint of milk, GW are just greedy.