The new formations have all been posted as one-click bundles on the Games Workshop website. 79 Formations are listed.
Some of these are single models, like the Baneblade, that make up different formations. It appears, as is usual GW practice now, that there is no discount. That is a shame, as one of the great things about the last Apocalypse release was the special box offers that allowed you to build large formations less expensively than was otherwise possible. A Vindicator Line Breaker Squadron, or the Leman Russ Battle Company, were very popular bundles 6 years ago. They even had special boxing.
By not offering such deals this time, Games Workshop not only continues its policy of squeezing every last dollar out of its customers, but it offers no incentive for cash strapped players to build even bigger armies. For everyone already playing Apocalypse, we see no incentive to buy a formation. We have been playing the game this way for 6 years.
When I published my weekly update on Bell of Lost Souls, the responses were what one would expect:
"I was looking forward to another round of apoc till I read the no discount part. Looks like I really wont be buying any GW models this year after all."
I assume Games Workshop has done the math and thinks the incremental profit from higher prices more than makes up for all the lost sales.
Loken