Dark elves released in October?

[Gareth]

It's unlike me to defend the machine,but I am somewhat going to. Compared to history, the prices are extotionate. But the same can be said of other things, fuel being a good example (remember the blockades in 2000 when it was approaching 80p) X-Box / PS games have gone up approx 40-50% in a few years. Were in an expensive hobby, during a period of quick price rises.

However GW kits have the following pluses for the price.
1) Quality - For a long long time, GW plastics have been the best in the business. Their metals / fine cast havnt had that crown for a while by their plastics are always a step ahead of the rest. They lead the way, and since they brought production in house (removing renadra, who Mantic for instance use,) and worked out how to digital sculpt effectively, the detail and fit on kits, is sublime. Wyrd have followed but still have issues, due to the manufacturing being done in China.
2) Value - Not as great as it was. But let's see what you get. Generally your paying £2-4 per minature. For that you get multiple options, such as heads, weapons, shields etc. Warmachine you can for £30 get 5 Shocktroopers, which admittedly and bigger miniatures, but no over 50% so, and you loose the extra bits, on top of getting the ***** Restic material to work with. Sculpt quality is also worse. Wyrd produce their new plastics, for approx £30 for 6 figures. Still more per figure than GW.
3) Options - GW kits, as mentioned come with options. Often the figures are poseable, and differing kits fit together, even between systems (Dark Eldar and Dark Elves the obvious example.) No figure need look the same. Most of the more popular systems, have figures that go together in one set way. Want multiples of the same unit, guess what they will look identical.

So model per model basis, GW are fantastic value for money. The only drawback being you will need lots and lots of kits, for an army. Oh well you pay for quality.