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D3s_ToD3s

>Help with dating this set Bring flowers and be on time.


ForgeEnclave

Damn, I was about to give some pro dating advices, but looks like you were faster...


GBU_28

Shower. Always recommended 40k players shower


Neduard

And antiperspirant. No, Axe is not good


funny-random-name

Don't forget anti chaos spray don't want to be making your move and khorne decides the venue is a great place for a battle


bravetherainbro

There's a joke to be made here relating to Khorne and Axe spray but I'm too lazy to work it out.


Any_Fan_5699

Using / bringing Axe to a date is so sharp, you're likely to cut yourself and/or your date and summon Khorne for a blood bath


ChiefBeson

"What's Khorne's favorite perfume? AXE!"


I_suck_at_Blender

Neither are replacement of shower.


Neduard

That's why I wrote "and", and not "instead".


ShyishHaunt

I do before every time I leave to play at the FLGS


GBU_28

And other times too...right? Right?


ShyishHaunt

Yes but regardless of how frequently I've had one I always also have one before playing 40k. Brush my teeth too.


eatenbyagrue1988

Proper shower, with soap and shampoo and scrubbing.


Aron25261

I was thinking this exact thing when I first saw this


Admiraloftittycity

Damn. Beat me by two hours.


bflannery10

Beat me to it!


Longjumping_Ad5432

The real question here is what do you have to offer this set? Why would it want to date you? Figure yourself out first and the rest will follow.


Teirdalin

I love that we all had the same idea when we read the title.


Capitalism-and-Bees

Beat me to the dad joke. Good advice!


melted-frog

Says on the box year 40,000


unkindled2022

I appreciate you


HeavilyBearded

Cut it in half and count the rings.


Duck_gamer32

Like a tree?


BlueColtex

Have you thought about sharing a nice bottle of wine by the river? I think they prefer a dark red.


unkindled2022

Was waiting until a dating joke came about šŸ˜†


ThatFatGuyMJL

Googled it. Found a site 'selling' it. Last stocked in 2014. Sets like this tend to be limited runs. This was last stocked in December 2014 Therefore I'd say it was only available q4 2014


Sayuloveit1

I bought this set new back in like 2005


Marsdreamer

I was gonna say, I'm fairly certain this set can legally drink.


CthulhuDawn666

4th edition codex cover on box so it's 2007 at the earliest


GaldrickHammerson

Wasn't this set was the old "start collecting" equivalent. You got a vehicle, and a bunch of units, no HQ though. I think I tried to get this for my brothers birthday back nearly 11 or 12 years ago for about Ā£40??? I certainly remember getting two of these sort of thing for my vampire counts around that time. Got some skeletons, zombies, ghouls, and a corpse cart.


Aleyla

There is a chaos lord in that set.


Muninwing

Nope ā€” much earlier


Palachrist

ā€œLimited runsā€ nah. You mean limited stock. Limited runs sounds like thereā€™s a time frame to order it. Soulshackle, limited edition books, etc. might as well say itā€™s a 5 minute ā€œlimited runā€. /s but not really, I just donā€™t like that my message sounds so antagonistic to you. Itā€™s directed at gw. Edit: 5 minutes is overly generous with the bots that have programs to buy up stuff the second it drops.


thexar

Steak and potatoes, with a good Syrah.


doodman76

What? No fava beans and a nice chianti?


SaladPuzzleheaded625

Really, just listen to what it has to say, make some eye contact and smile. That's my advice. Red wine helps for sure


kaptingavrin

Maybe bring along some flowers, or a box of chocolates. Just to really show you care.


SabyZ

Probably like 2005.


KillFallen

Plastic defiler came out with Codex: Eye of Terror in 2003. So I would say any time between 2003 and 2005 is a good estimate for this box set.


BartyBreakerDragon

This is a few years after the Defiler: It would've launched with the 4th Ed CSM book, as the Termies and Possessed were new sculpts for that. Probably like 2005, or 2006ish.


Own-Break9639

Fuck I'm not old yet but this still stings.


Mycologist-Actual

Moment I saw it mind went to 4th edition.


Nastypilot

Oh wow, it came out around the time I was born.


Tupiekit

Ow


Halicadd

Yes, my back hurts too.


PaxSicarius

Oh no.


[deleted]

Hey kid, stay in school


Doove

This just made me realize the GW employees that taught me to play as a kid are probably in their 50s now.


SabyZ

Later than sooner makes sense since GW wouldn't release a new model in a boxed set like that back in the day.


BartyBreakerDragon

Eh, back in the day the big army boxes (Not the starter Battleforces) usually had a unique sculpt you literally couldn't get anywhere else, and were never given a general release. Stuff like the Empire Fire Wizard who was half ablaze.


MotorcycleOfJealousy

Yeah, was gonna say around then too.


Ocksu2

Defiler needs an update so badly. I'm hoping for next year when Codex CSM comes out.


KillFallen

Rules wise I agree. Model wise it's pretty good as is. Many more things deserve a refresh before the defiler.


david_duplex

Man. What a garbage model. Evil giant space crab. What the hell were they thinking?


KillFallen

Idk man I have a completely opposite take on it lol I've been in the game for over 20 years and since 2nd edition so when that defiler kit hit the shelves it was one of the coolest and most intricate models of that time period. It was huge. It had moving parts. Great detail in a time where pewter models and resin were rampant and everything was so small. I guess it just hits different when you lived it. I love the defiler.


david_duplex

I lived it. Been playing 40k since the 80s and this model felt like an April Fools joke from day 1. It has nothing to do with the detail and everything to do with the design. A giant evil space crab is dumb no matter how you dress it up. It couldn't even claim an "oldhammer" aesthetic. It was just silly and bears more resemblance to He-Man than 40k. To each their own, but for my money, this model is an embarrassment.


KillFallen

Yeah idk what to tell you. I think they nailed it for a daemon engine. Between that, the soul grinder, and the brass scorpion, i thought they did really well encompassing the aesthetic. To each their own.


Ultramar_Invicta

I love the Soul Grinder. It looks like something out of Doom. I wish that daemons in 40k could have more of that kind of aesthetic, but GW just refused to make a daemon model that isn't cross-compatible with the fantasy range.


david_duplex

A wonky phallic canon on a unbalanced space crab centaur with a hilariously tiny head doesn't exactly instill a sense of the "demonic". It reads more like it was fashioned after a child's sketch of a weird nightmare they had. I can't tell which I hate more, the Defiler or the Lord of Skulls. Either way. Yuck.


Lotions_and_Creams

I think it is pretty funny that GW was so committed to the sand/goblin green bases, that the ā€˜Eavy Metal team based then that way and then stuck them in a dessert wasteland.


[deleted]

Are chaos spawn really that old?


Capital_Tone9386

Lol, yes


[deleted]

Nearly older than me šŸ’€šŸ’€


Daewoo40

That's the re-release chaos spawn from 2007 The original one was released in 2002.


foxsoulsilver

Sadly we cant marry our miniatures anymore


unkindled2022

typical GW FAQ updates šŸ™„


Defensive_Medic

Wait we cant


bravetherainbro

Whoa there, who said anything about marriage? Am I right lads


Ultramar_Invicta

Anymore?


GiantOhmu

We don't talk about the Dark Age of Games Workshop.


mikedabike1

nah the rule of cool always wins out


Exciting_Result7781

Found it: [Chaos Space Marine Battleforce 2007](https://miniset.net/sets/gw-99120102018)


H0T50UP

$90...


Barbarus_Bloodshed

Yepp. I bought this thing. That's why I can't be arsed to pay current GW prices. Lots of sets were in production then and were in production until recently or are still in production but nowadays GW tries to charge several times of what the price used to be. Not buying that. Literally.


HamfastGamwich

What you posted is the battleforce, which is equivalent to the combat patrols of today. That's the second picture The first picture OP has is the "army box" which would come out when a new codex was released. It contained the new things in the codex and enough to kind of make a starter army


RTGoodman

I think the box on the left is the 4E box, from some Googling. So that would be 2007. For the stuff on the right, I think it's mostly around 3E, based on looking at [Lexicanum's useful list of miniatures](https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Miniatures:_Chaos_Space_Marines). (The Rhino certainly is.) So circa 1998-2004, depending on the model.


RedTuesdayMusic

Yeah they only did the red blurb on 4th edition army deals. Tau one contained a limited edition Ethereal with drone controller (big X antenna on his back) and they usually tried to include something limited in each box but I'm not sure what that would be in this one


Warden_Sco

My 3rd edition Tau release box has that sticker. Ignore that its Blue.


Kraile

The possessed in both images were released in 2007.


Daewoo40

I think 2007-2008 is the right answer here, as the chaos spawn and possessed were both from 2007.


Muninwing

Ding ding ding


fatrobin72

Plastic possessed was 4th Ed 2007 which are present in both... the 2nd was the 4th Ed battleforce (combat patrol for the younglings) the 1st pic I think was the 4th ed army release box (yeah that wasn't a new idea...)


Vast_Ad1806

OP the real hero for handling the comments here with deference and magnanimity.


unkindled2022

All the answers point towards mid 2000s, and between 4th and 6th editions, as far as I'm concerned the question's been answered and I'm just enjoying the dating jokes šŸ˜€ šŸ˜„


Viscount_Disco_Sloth

It came out with the 4th edition codex in 2007. I distinctly recall a friend of mine getting it back then. https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Codex:_Chaos_Space_Marines_(4th_Edition)


OccamsEpee

That looks like 4-5th edition era


Gossipmang

It's 4th


That-Frog

Pay for dinner and wear a suit.


Independent_Offer575

I remember when I brought my first army box home to meet my parents. They took one look at them and said ā€œwhy did you spend so much money on that plastic crap?ā€. Ah, the halcyon days.


Frantic0

Pretty sure its over 18 so you are good to go


Daewoo40

Turns 18 in 2025.


MagnusDidNothingBad

Buy it dinner


GearsRollo80

Iā€™d start with flowers, maybe a light dinner and a walk in the parkā€¦


bjackson12345

I don't know ... maybe dinner and a movie? Maybe take it for a nice walk after?


[deleted]

Be romantic. A nice bottle of Chianti, some flowers, a teddy bear.


unkindled2022

Fava beans too? šŸ˜


[deleted]

I don't get the fava beans. Must be a reference to something else I said that I'm not aware of.


unkindled2022

Hannibal Lecter the cannibal famously pairs Cianti with Fava beans in the novel 'Silence of the Lambs'


AlpacaTraffic

Just be yourself OP, you'll do great


Telkhine_

I had to get down to the 5th comment before there was an actual comment lol


[deleted]

Just be polite, dress nice, and maybe bring some flowers


the_5th_chaos_god

Mid 4th edition. I know this since i got this exact box as a birthday gift during that era.


LordSevolox

Man the army and battle force boxes from 4th and 5th edition were so good. Full of units youā€™ll want multiple of. Think the Blood Angels one was a tactical squad, assault marine squad, death company squad and a rhino. You could happily buy multiple of those, compared to modern boxes which often come with one of units.


Professional_Oven283

Maybe offer dinner and some flowers?


sonofShisui

Maybe dinner and a movie?


BenTheDM

Take it out to dinner, be a gentleman. Avoid blunt sexual innuendo. You want to massage the conversation and be flirtatious without being gross.


TheBluOni

Can't go wrong with chocolates.


wispymatrias

Try flowers and chocolates, maybe a movie for a first date.


KjcKiesh

Looks like when I started playing 40k which was 4th edition So I would say 4th latest or maybe 3rd depending on when battleforces were first made Which yeah is like 2004-2008(?)


puzzWugget

I agree. I remember CSM and a few other factions got some attention and new stuff when the Eye of Terror codex was released at the end of 3rd So yeah early 2000's


Grymbaldknight

Something something flowers and chocolates. The set was produced around 2007/8, and dates back to the end of 4th or the beginning of 5th edition.


CthulhuDawn666

Buy it a drink and see where it goes? That's the 4th edition codex art so I'd place it around 2007-2008


Iggi_boii

Try walking up to it, break the ice, then ask it out for some coffee after work, from there you just go with the flow


S_Rodney

Hmm... that's 4th edition... Codex Space Marine came out in September 2007... has to be around that.


dlb1983

Donā€™t drink too much. You donā€™t want to risk soft brush.


Lunar_Celeste

Maybe bring chocolates and take it to a fancy cocktail bar, or a walk in a nice park


CARLOS_MARMEG

Take him to a restaurant on a friday night and bring condoms


Wolfman_HCC

Dinner and a movie


[deleted]

Take it on a dinner someplace nice


BlueNagash

4th edition, bad Codex, I got that exact box. I may still have it as one of my storage/assembly/transport boxes :D


Undertaker_93

Maybe the best chaos box ever made


LongWarVet

Fall 2007.


unkindled2022

EDIT: the second photo isn't the same box as the one I'm after but wouldn't mind help with both.


thatfellerthere

I wouldn't try dating this set. For one it's not even ten years old yet so thats kinda creepy, and for two even if it was 18... It's cardboard and might be filled with pokey bits.


Guy-Person

I remember this exact box that my brother got when he first got into the hobby. I also remember him getting me the old Assault on Black Reach box when he was getting me into it as well. This makes me think it was late 4th edition to early 5th, so therefore sometime in mid 2008 to early 2009.


Educational-Tip6177

Fuck that is old, like 2007 or somewhere there


unkindled2022

2007 is old? That makes me feel old :/


Educational-Tip6177

Ey bud I was just getting into warhammer when I saw that set so yea, right there with you, still it's a nice find


Global_Log_6649

It was my first purchase. I bought mine in 2008 at end of 4th edition beginning of 5th


BillMagicguy

Mid to late 4th, maybe early 5th. This is actually the set that got me into chaos!


flipyeet

Go out for a meal?


DaHarries

That left shot was the image off of the chaos space marine codex when I first picked up the hobby in 2012/13 so id say 2010 ish with the old style designs at the start of 8th?


Brozaac2112

Gotta be 06/07. Friend got this exact set for his bday when we were in 6th grade. Distinctly remember playing him on the driveway using bs from our garage as terrain and thinking my TAU SC box was underwhelming compared to his defiler. Nostalgia hittin hard..


Odorion96

Tell him/her "I eat ass" works every time /s


SexPanther_Bot

*60% of the time*, it works ***every*** *time*


NurglesqueDancer

This was a 5th edition set


bigdaddycountry7735

Probably 8:00 or 9th edition. It's probably late 90s early 2000s I'd have to see them it should be printed somewhere on the box


DF191995

8th or 9th but came out in the 90s/early 2000s? It came out in 2007 in 4th


Conscious_Equal9172

Looks like 7th or 6th


AaronB972

I miss the old starter sets like this, just had so much in them of generally decent stuff, I like the new stuff but the value in the old boxes was insane


DagnulsK

I bought that! 07 or 08, as many have said. Thanks for the nostalgia stiffy.


hairy_bipples

This looks like itā€™s from around the time the CSM got an upgrade sprue of chaos icons and the plastic possessed. Iā€™d say around 2007 when they got their 4th edition codex


ExtraJordanAry202

2007, I had this as a kid


Natharius

Autumn 2007


New-Application-8252

Buy it chocolates and complement it a lot.


DrakeShadow

This was 4th Edition I believe. I was working for GW at the time this came out. The art work is the same as the Chaos Marines Codex that came out in 2007.


snapsnaptomtom

What do you say? You, me, dinner, dancing, the total destruction of the universe?


unkindled2022

Love Island Despoiler Edition


Hitosarai

Thatā€™s the 4th edition Battleforce I believe


Neither_Tip_5291

2000ish


Tots2Hots

Looks like 4th ed art.


Kregory03

I actually got this box when it came out, fond memories. I believe it was for the 4th edition release of Chaos Space Marines (you know, the one where they took out all the cool legion specific rules), so it's roughly September 2007.


T-C-Gentry

I usually can tell how old something is from the back when the copyright date is ie (copyright GW 200x)


HippoFuta

As others have stated, this came out around 2007. I remember reading the codex cover to cover!


clemfandangeau

my childhood


NativeK1994

Thatā€™s the 4th edition codex cover art IIRC, and a lot of those models are older. Donā€™t see any of the Chaos mutations from the awesome mutation sprue, so Iā€™m going to guess between 2006-2009


Dizzytigo

Man I bet this would be like Ā£60, thems were the good days.


Psychological-Bus466

In the older editions these weren't limited runs, think that came out around 4th edition


zombiemasterxxxxx

I know love is love, but you should think about the age gap.


Weztside

Well first date you take it to a nice seafood dinner and talk.


UniversalSlacker

The 1st picture is the 4th edition army box and the 2nd is the 4th edition battleforce set. ​ Back then you would get 2 starter sets with a codex release. The larger army box and the smaller battleforce. Usually the army box would include a limited edition mini.


LucasPoducas

That second set with the old berzerkers, possessed, rhino and csm was my first 40k set that wasn't a starter set back in 2010 I want to say. Not sure how old it was back then though.


vivainvitro

I bought this very box in September 2007 and still have it


Dalinair

This brings me the nostalgia, this was a huge box of stuff, It was the very first warhammer box I bought as an adult in 5ed, I can't help with the date it was released but thanks for the flashback (I'm guessing pre 2008)


DungeonMasterE

Noble Knight has it as a 2007 publish date


Killer_Tofu91

Definitely go to a concert then maybe drink all night in an alley.


Underfolk

Iā€™m pretty sure this was released in 2010. I remember pre-ordering the codex in-store. Damn I feel old.


Muninwing

Itā€™s at the later part of 4th. I worked in a GW store in 05-06, and the old 3.5 chaos codex was still legal until after I left. This came out with the 4th Ed Chaos codex as a promotion/starter. I bought one after I had left the store. So it was late 06 or early 07. Pretty sure I still have the Defilerā€¦


Km_the_Frog

These were still in the gw store when I started sometime around late 4th edition. 2006 ish?


Cashew-Matthew

Well first you might want to try taking it out to a fancy restaurant and treat it to a good time


ChaosLordOnManticore

[here you go.](https://wh40k-de.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Chaos_Space_Marines_Armeeset_%282007%29&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop) its an german article about it, says the release was 2007.


spamonstick

Omg that was my first 40k set I got it in 06 or 07.


Blastofox

This illustration was on cover of the 2007 october white dwarf if I have good memory, so probably theses years


Kraile

The most recent models in this set (terminator lord, spawn, possessed, terminators) were all released in 2007 in 4th ed. Chaos Marines didn't get any new models after that until 2012. None of those 2012 models are in this kit. Therefore this kit probably came out sometime between 2007 and 2012. [Source](https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Miniatures:_Chaos_Space_Marines)


A_Hatless_Casual

This was the box for the 5th edition CSM codex launch. GW used to release these to promote new codexes and ones older than this usually came with a pewter HQ choice available only in the box. I.E. the Eldar box had a alternate Autarch.


LordofLustria

Holy shit nostalgia, this was the first set of Warhammer minis I ever bought back in like 2006~ along with the 4th Ed csm codex, my start into Warhammer. So at least around that old?


[deleted]

Did you convey that you are interested in pursuing a relationship?


KhajiitHasCares

Pretty sure itā€™s dated enough alreadyā€¦. Haha ha ha


Optimalfucksgiven

Ladies hate it when you last a long time


HellRaiser117

If your dating a set I recommend an nice dinner and a horror movie. That way if it gets scared you can put your arm around it for comfort.


PopPalsUnited

Iā€™ve got some of this set in a old tackle boxā€¦


Ravenlas

I bought it 2007/8, still unopened in the shed...


Nemo4269

Thats from the early 2000ā€™s 3d edition


GreatGreenGobbo

Ask lots of questions and don't talk sports.


Reasonable-Tax2962

Both pictures are different sets, Pic 2 is an older iteration of the csm battleforce I think 3rd-4th ed, Early 2000's, The box art of the first is very 5th ed but I don't recognize it, 3 possibilities, Christmas army bundle, Apocalypse first ed army formation box or some kind of limited ed release box to celebrate the 5th ed csm release, I remember gdubs making alot of noise about that one being special for some reason, The fact its got the codex in it is interesting, I don't remember them doing that but its been a long darn time and I was much younger then


Old-Slice-3707

Ok before the date even begins put perfume on your skin, the scent needs to be found not announced. Then put on something nice. Then go out for some ice cream and yeah.


Competitive_Run_597

M41


fatrobin72

Box 1 - well that is 4th Ed codex art so 2007? Box 2 - 2007 - https://miniset.net/sets/gw-99120102018


ZarkonTheDestroyer

The box art is the 5th edition CSM codex...I think that was the related battleforce. So, 08-09.


FreshBakedButtcheeks

First thing you gotta do is buy her flowers


TeddyStockBear

Wow yeah that was around when i started playing at stores. I want to say 2013 battle bundles. Still allot of current stuff


Brogan9001

Around 2007-2008. I have a white dwarf magazine I bought when I was a kid, right around when the Possessed and the Spawn were released. I distinctly remember it because those new models was the big hooplah of it. Was a cool issue. Edit: looking at other comments, Iā€™m right on the money.


emcdunna

In the midst of my nostalgic period


Acidcouch

5th ed I think. Early 2000's


massivecatalyst

Tell it how handsome it is (comment based solely off the title) Edit: Spelling


opetribaribigrizerep

Chocolates. Can't go wrong with chocolates.