Re: [Epic] Epic 40k sprue contents

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:04:14 GMT

At 09:30 AM 20/3/97 +0000, Richard wrote:
>Richard wrote:
>> One stand of termies, one of characters, 1 of scouts, 4 assault stands,
>> etc etc
>>
>>
>> One sprue has 3 Raiders, 3 whirlwinds and 6 rhinos
>>
>> >
>> > Thusly, if that's right, the boxed game gives you one sprue of each.
>>
>> No, two of each of the Marines sprues. think it's 3 of the ork sprues
>> (but the tank sprues are smaller for the orks).
>>
>> > O-my-gosh! This is actually not that bad a deal. And hardly a price
>> > hike... I for one am amazed.
>>
>> Hey, we're talking GW here. A good deal wouldn't be amazing. It'd be
>> (snipped to avoid unwanted legal action)
>>
>> Richard
>
>Wrong. In every respect except the pricing comments. Who is this
>idiot?
>
>I have the _real_ info to hand, thanks to GWUK mail order.
>
>sprues are �5 each
>
>Marine Inf Sprue
>3 tactical squads (6 bases of 5)
>1 devcastator squad (2 bases)
>1 assault squad (2 bases)
>1 Terminator squad (1 base)
>1 scout squad (1 base)
>4 bikes
>6 character figures
>
>Tank Sprue
>2 land raiders
>4 rhinos
>2 whirlwinds.
>
>Epic 40k box contains 2 infantry sprues, 3 tank sprues (�25 if bought
>seperately)
>
>Ork -
>tanks are on sprues of 3 bodies plus a sprue of 3 weapons for �2.5
>infantry - 1 stomper, 1 boarboyz stand, 1 bikeboyz stand, 2 nobs stand,
>2 gretchin stands, 1 shooty boyz stand, 1 stormboyz stand, 1 shok attak
>stan, 1 commandos stand, 4 boyz stands and 6 characters.
>
>the box contains 12 tanks total, and 3 infantry sprues (�25 if bought
>separately)
>
>Either the sprues are overpriced (yes), the box is a bargain (no) or
>everything is overpriced and we're all mugs who are prepared to
>willingly shel out every time GW wants some more of our cash (of
>course).
>
>Richard
>Some other one, with the facts.
>No relation to the first idiot.
>Honest.
>



Thanks for that dude - I have been wondering...
Received on Thu Mar 20 1997 - 13:04:14 UTC