I posted this on Reddit too, but it’s a useful thing to note here too.
I can also share my crappy spreadsheet if people would be interested.
There was a thread about Champions and how Mantic/Kings of War used to be cheap but now they’re terrible and expensive, etc.
I had actually been looking at this for a while recently with a view to seeing if there’s any Old World players locally who would be interested in playing KoW possibly instead/as well.
Here’s my response:
Kings of War is still cheap.
Going on the mega army deals and these are Mantic’s own prices, you can certainly find deals elsewhere:
• Cheapest price per model: 0.92 GBP (Undead Mega Army)
• Average price per model: 1.68 GBP
• Most expensive price per model: 4.80 GBP (Ogres)
Meanwhile in AOS:
• Cheapest price per model (PPM) 2.57 GBP (Gloomspite Gitz)
• Average PPM: 5.67
• Most expensive: 33.33 GBP (Sons of Behemat SH) or if you think that’s an outlier, second most expensive is 8.75 GBP (Slyvaneth SH)
Old World:
• Cheapest: 1.51 GBP (Orcs and Goblins)
• Average: 1.74 GBP
• Expensive: 2.50 GBP (Warriors of Chaos)
Think it’s just Fantasy?
Firefight vs 40K
Firefight
• Cheapest - 1.23 GBP (Plague)
• Average - 2.06 GBP
• Expensive - 3.20 (Enforcer Pathfinders)
40K
• Cheapest - 2.56 GBP (Death Guard)
• Average - 4.93 GBP
• Expensive - 8.33 (Grey Knights)
Skirmish?
Deadzone:
• Cheapest price per model: 1.97 GBP (Nameless)
• Average: 2.23 GBP
• Expensive: 2.50 (Forge fathers or GCPS)
Kill Team:
• Cheapest: 3.15 GBP (Chaos Cultists)
• Average: 4.57 GBP
• Expensive: 9.63 GBP (Blades of Khaine)
You can of course usually get 15-20% off GW prices. You can often get better deals with Mantic. Plus Mantic will frequently sell you a 35 GBP box full of assorted minis as part of their crazy box. And they have sales on their own website sometimes.