Good news! Boxes ended up staying at $210 USD so these are even better savings/value than predicted here.

It seems like this year they are specifically targeting the boxes at people who are starting out or have maybe a vanguard box for an army that they haven’t gone very deep into it yet. They’re decent as starting points but really good as a suplement to a small collection.

I want to start an AOS Army, think I‘ll go with the Skaven Box 😅

Love your content. Keep up the good fight for waaaaagh on a budget.

As someone with just the Kruleboyz from the dominion half, the Kruleboyz box set is certainly tempting.

Thanks for this! I haven't seen any in depth reviews for the AOS boxes. Been thinking about getting that kruleboyz box to go with my dominion box, the skaven one would be tempting if I didn't already get echoes of doom. The nighthaunt and gloomspite boxes are also tempting to get into the faction with. I think they did a good job at making these boxes good for new players into a faction.

good video and good break down , cheers for advice

I was pretty excited when I first saw the Skaven box, but I have SO many Clanrats and Plague monks already. The Sylvaneth box looks great, plus I believe Drycha buffs Spite Revenants so could be a solid starter army, but I think the Stormcast is the one I'll most likely be getting.

As someone who is painting up my first miniatures in a unit of Hexwraiths, the Nighthaunt box has got me excited over the roof! Can't wait to have my army of ghosties. Only thing is that it's kinda weird since with only one unit each of Harridans and Revenants it's hard to run their respective subfactions, but maybe it's not much of an issue!

I was very tempted by the squigs, but really only need another mangler to even my force out. I was just excited they got a good box. I also like the the nighthaunt box. I’d like a black coach just to paint it, I run a bladegheist heavy army already, but having the other two units would give me flexibility in how I build my lists. Lady O would be the only superfluous unit in there for me.

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I just want a refresh of the Seraphon, mostly Saurus/Knights. I'd totally get into AoS then.

I actually just starting building out the squig part of my GSG army so definitely picking up the squigalanche box

Vanquishers are indeed battleline. Thanks for the video!

Ordered the Thunderstrike Spearhead box myself. Though in all honesty i got a much much better deal for it. Over here the MSRP for the models seperate would be around 259euro's. Box Thunderstrike Spearhead box is 170 from GW. My regular store (not a GW store) sells everything GW with a standard 10% discount. Then i also had my own personal discount so got the box for 122 euro's. Then to think the dragons alone would be 90 normally in that store i got a freaking fantastic deal this year :D 2000pts SCE army ready to go soon :D (got more SCE boxes laying around) Also very informative video btw. I like the full breakdown of the models points and comparing the box to the actual msrp of all the contents. Was my first video of you but going to sub and see what else you did :)

Kruleboyz box is fine if you're new to the army and want to lean into the big monsters. I know one guy who's even considering getting two copies, but then our FLGS has a hefty discount on GW stuff so the effective savings are much better.

I plan to get 2 of the gitz box as I want to do an all squig army. Hopefully the new book doesn't make them trash tier.

The Squig box is in my books a perfect box. A SSS, a P rank, anything. If you want squigs, you probably don't really want all the other stuff they'd put in past Christmas boxes, this time they put exactly what it says on the tin. It also has the cooler models of the range inside.

Small addendum to the Vulcha, not only is it easy to effectively build both, it's one of the easier models to magnetize sturdily.

The stromcast box really reminded me just how much stormcast I have. At first I was like I need to get this box, then I realized I have almost everything in the box half unpainted lol

You should do a “what to do after purshsing the Christmas battleforces video”!

i think its alway good to note that these boxes are designed to get new players into the game or at least to start a new army.

I think they designed and made these boxes before the Kruleboyz points drop so maybe that why it’s so low.

I dont have dragons so Im getting the stormcast box the other units are also new to me.

I would ask why don’t skaven bundle more skryre or moulder units but the answer is those models are still in metal or resin

Definitely plan on grabbing that Nighthaunt box. Glad I started playing again lol

You forgot the extra Plague priest or Grey seer you get for whatever mounted option you dont choose

replace 20 monks with 20 stormvermin replace bell and 20 monks with verminlord. This is imo a better change since skaven battleforce should have a lot of oomph model-wise. WIth my change we have 65 models which is still a big enough amount to make this box nice and we get rid of redundant bell.

Wondering how you'd feel about the Kruleboyz box with the Dominion box as a starter force?

Not going to lie, the skaven box is tempting me.

I’m honestly betting $230 for each. The squig one is really tempting. Sylvaneth too since I’ve been slow collecting them and don’t have drycha yet. Otherwise, I’m not overly impressed. Not a fan of having mono-kit named characters since they effectively kill any value the moment you already have one. Night haunt is worthless to anyone who already has her, same with Sylvaneth, I’m just lucky I don’t have her yet. I suppose it is a good way to limit demand though… kinda risky for scalpers too.

I’m only here to convert these boxes into 40k armies lol

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Damn I'm thinking about the Squigalance, but I always wanted to have some Sylvaneth, too and I already built Drycha. Sucks now.