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Post by Nick P on Jul 27, 2015 12:25:41 GMT -6
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Post by Russell on Jul 27, 2015 12:41:09 GMT -6
Guess I better start playing 30k.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 27, 2015 13:01:15 GMT -6
This may very well be the start of my Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons army, especially if they come out closer to the end of the year and I can convince myself that they're a "christmas present" to "myself" from "my past self".
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Post by englishchris on Jul 28, 2015 14:05:05 GMT -6
This would certainly reduce the price on my Emperors Children thoughts. I guess GW are getting ready to replace the LOTR/Hobbit game with this. From what I read with the rumours (so take it with a pinch of salt), they'll create a separate board game system for this....not that it also wouldn't make a sexy looking 40k army
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jul 29, 2015 6:49:25 GMT -6
Is this meant to be the entirety of the box? Or do we know (basically, from my non-imperial standpoint, is there anything obviously missing to complete the shown figures?)?
General point being, that even if these 12 marines + 3 Termies + Commander(s) is everything (which would be odd, as it contains no antagonist), the typical $125 price point of a GW board game may very well still be a steal compared to FW prices.
Of course you then have to factor in the fact that these are "snap together" rather than fully modular, etc, but for a handful of rank-and-file troops at the least? Who knows.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 29, 2015 7:43:04 GMT -6
Some of these pics are just the reverse of the same sprues for detail's sake - this is just 10 tactical marines and 2 characters (one in termie armor, one in power armor). Also, while the characters look to be snap fit, the marines are built just as the current tactical squad is - allowing for better customization.
I'm betting that there will be an antagonist in the box as well, and that we'll see those sprues before too long. It might even just be 2 copies of each of these sprues to create 2 identical yet opposing forces...but GW likes to add more character, so there will likely be an antagonist force including a contemptor dread or some such thing.
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