Goatboy right here with a visit down reminiscence lane to the times of MASSIVE Apocaplyse video games and the MASSIVE field offers GW had for avid gamers to get into it!
Man, again within the day the offers you’d get with among the GW boxed units have been wonderful. The Apocalypse sport was a way for GW to eliminate a ton of fashions, create an even bigger model of their sport, and begin the primary style of big “mega battles” wars on tabletop. The primary model of the sport was fairly spectacular.
It was a summer season launch in 2007, meant to maintain the corporate transferring alongside and get us tremendous followers jonesing for greater and larger armies. I grabbed among the pics I’ve discovered on the web on 3 totally different boxed units from that point. I do know the fashions don’t precisely match however I wish to give a worth itemizing of what this is able to be should you received to purchase this now.
Apocalypse Area Marine Battle Firm (2007) $450
We’ll begin with the best one. The Area Marine Battle Firm was an enormous field filled with loopy stuff. You bought so many Marines and autos. Do you see the way it has 8 Rhino Chassis and one Razorback? It’s a wild field that was enormous when it hit the shop. I bear in mind seeing one and simply being in awe of somebody who spent that a lot cash for thus many Marines. Let’s worth it out now to see if it even works.
8 Rhinos = 8 Impulsors = $89 X 8 =$712.00
70 Tactical Marines = 70 Intercessors = $65 X 7 =$455.00
20 Assault Marines = 20 Assault Intercessors = $65.00 X 2 =$130.00
5 Command Squads = 2 Firm Heroes Field + 2 Victrix Field = $69 X 2 =$138.00 + $65 X 2 =$130.00 = $268.00
2 Devastator Containers = 1 Hellbasters Field = $65.00
1 Generic Area Marine Hero = $45.00
At the moment’s Whole = $1675.00
This may be an insane field and most certainly must be arrange utterly totally different. I may see them making some type of Battle Firm field once more however using extra of their snap collectively kits to create a very bizarre and superior field of 40k Nonsense. I may additionally see it simply going loopy one one offs of various items and create a real Primaris Battle Firm boxed set.
Apocalypse Emperor’s Fist Tank Firm (2007) $275
The Emperor’s Fist Tank Firm is one other simple one which simply says – hey would you like 10 Leman Russ Battle Tanks at an enormous low cost? I bear in mind all of the Guard gamers shopping for this one and simply groaning on the quantity of tanks I needed to cope with in my video games. That is most likely why you will note some random FB Market place present up with a ton of the outdated Leman Russ tanks.
This one is fairly simple.
10 Leman Russ Battle Tanks = $70 X 10 =$700.00
At the moment’s Whole = $700
That is insane to consider the price of this now. After all you couldn’t area all of those guys however having a field of 10 may simply set you up for a ton of random Tank armies. It will additionally make you not have as many associates.
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Apocalypse Eldar Windrider Host (2007) $175
Lastly we now have the outdated Wind Rider host military field. It took a bit to discover a first rate image of this field however take a look at the financial savings. In every single place I may see some type of price on-line it regarded like this was round $150 – 175.00. Let’s break this one down once more to see the deal this is able to have been.
3 Containers of Windriders at $60.00 every is $180.00.
1 Exarch on Bike isn’t out there so will do a Farseer on bike at $43.50
2 Vypers are $39.00 every is $78.00
At the moment’s Whole = $30150
The entire is $301.50 which feels just like the lowest “worth” out of the lot. That is nonetheless a loopy deal simply to fill out a Windrider host and be prepared for no matter future nonsense is available in eleventh version.
~Anybody suppose GW ought to convey again Apocalypse for eleventh Version?
Thomas Reidy, aka Goatboy, the ever-evil member of BoLS. I do arts, play 40k, and even paint plenty of stuff. I’ve been taking part in Warhammer 40K for the reason that Nineties, and have received a number of nationwide occasions together with Adepticon and GW GTs. I have been writing for BoLS for 15 years. Have a look at my Instagram to see what I’m engaged on – or engaged on for somebody. I’m at all times doing one thing interest associated.
