[GW] [40k] Ork Spearhead Question

Hey,

The Ork Spearhead box set seems overpriced even by GW standards:

http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=99...103121&

"This box set contains: 10 Ork Boyz, 5 Ork Lootas or Burna Boyz, 5
Tankbusters, 2 Bomb Squigs, 3 Ork Warbikerz, 1 Ork Trukk, 1 Ork Big
Mek with Shokk Attack Gun and 1 Ork Weirdboy. Price: £100.00"

That's 22 Infantry, 3 Bikes and a Transport for £100!
Double a Battleforce's cost? That can't be right.

Can it?


Playa

On 13 Nov, 09:04, Playa <hurlgen... RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> The Ork Spearhead box set seems overpriced even by GW standards:
>
> http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=9....
>
> "This box set contains: 10 Ork Boyz, 5 Ork Lootas or Burna Boyz, 5
> Tankbusters, 2 Bomb Squigs, 3 Ork Warbikerz, 1 Ork Trukk, 1 Ork Big
> Mek with Shokk Attack Gun and 1 Ork Weirdboy. Price: £100.00"
>
> That's 22 Infantry, 3 Bikes and a Transport for £100!
> Double a Battleforce's cost? That can't be right.
>
> Can it?
>
> Playa

If so, I hate to think how much these will cost individually. I'm
guessing that most of these will be metal, but even so that's only two
infantry boosters, one plastic infantry set, two plastic vehicle sets
and a couple of characters. It's a worse deal even than the Eldar Army
set, which gives you three infantry squads, four bikes, one tank and a
Wraithlord for the same price. So ... if we say that 2 infantry
blisters and a Weirdboy are worth the equivalent of a Guardians or
Dire Avenger set (which seems likely at GW costs) and a Trukk will be
priced the same as the Falcon (a frightening proposition) - then a
Shokk Attack Gun, an extra bike and a pair of Bomb Squigs are valued
at the same price as a plastic infantry set plus one Wraithlord.

Though on the bright side, they make a more Orky-looking army than the
last batch of releases - the vehicles and Shokk Attack Gun are good
figures.

Phil