Well, not necessarily. You see, during this recent run of warhammer 40,000 codexes, starting back in October with the Chaos Space Marines, each release has seen a limited edition copy of the book. Now this is great for die hard fans of the army and collectors alike, but my major issue comes from availability and price. I'm well aware that limiting a products numbers makes it more special, especially if each one has a number of authenticity, but I'm just a little concerned by the almost doubled price tag of the standard copy.
The new book looks absolutely fantastic however. Black edged pages, cloth cover with the ravenwing and deathwing logos printed onto it with the words of "never forget, never forgive" and custom from and back cover to the hardback book itself. It really is a bit special and a great way to kick start a new collection of miniatures that will give you hours of fun, especially with all those plasma cannons. Just checking out the new releases, even Terminators can take a plasma cannon, the new land speeder has 2 of them attached, and the bikes have twin linked plasma guns on the front. It's insanely cool.
I come from a strange hobby background and as such have a varied range of hobbyists I'd call friends. One of which loves his collectors items, on the off chance he swooped a limited edition Chaos Space Marine codex and has now deemed himself invested in completing a full set of limited edition codexes. I think that's a really cool thing to want to do, but isn't something everyone can do. I for one would love to join him on his holy crusade. I love collectors editions, limited edition products and so on, but nearly doubling the cost of the standard book really took me by surprise and made me really consider buying it, which was a really strange one for me as I see myself as an impulsive buyer and tend to hit that buy button without thinking.
This doesn't stop me wanting the book itself, even now I'm trying to work out a valid reason to part with £55, or how I can keep my finances in check over this long period between paydays. If you can think of a good reason for me to buy it then please tell me, and fast, with only 2000 copies time is running short.
- Adam
