Hardhead
Explorer
I'm concerned about the D&D Minis price hike. While I'm not surprised it increased, I'm surprised it increased by 30%. WotC's price increases in it's other lines haven't been nearly so drastic.
See, while I'm not going to scream "boycott" (mainly because the ineffectiveness of a internet-based boycott), I do plan to scale back my purchases dramatically. I'm the kind of guy that likes to "catch 'em all". I don't usually get into hobbies casually. Collecting D&D Minis has been a budget stretch for me (a college student), and I simply can't afford to spend 30% more on it. And I know that if I keep buying them, I'll obsesively collect them all. Therefore, I must stop! I'll probably just buy the odd single now.
I'm concerned that this might be a bad move for WotC. I can see a scenerio where people scale back purchases, or go with Mage Knight instead (which has the handy clicky bases).
And yes, I know that the paint jobs and sculpting will improve, but I don't think that justifies the price increase. If you look at the early MK figures, they were ugly. The new ones are a hojillion times better, and without a 30% price hike. The sucess of MK was enough to fuel the better molds and paint jobs alone.
Where I play D&D Minis, 90% of the people there are playing a clix-base game. D&D Minis, besides the D&D name, had only the price point going for it. That was it's one advantage over MK, which had moving parts and better sculpts. Now, D&D Minis no longer has the price advantage (though they may now have equivalent sculpts and/or paint jobs; we haven't seen the final versions yet).
Anyway, just wanted to say that.
EDIT: For the purposes of the poll, assume that the paint/sculpt job quality increases little, if at all (it should also be noted that Mage Knight sculpt and paint jobs got a lot better in subsequent releases without a big price bump).
What about everyone else? How will it affect you?
See, while I'm not going to scream "boycott" (mainly because the ineffectiveness of a internet-based boycott), I do plan to scale back my purchases dramatically. I'm the kind of guy that likes to "catch 'em all". I don't usually get into hobbies casually. Collecting D&D Minis has been a budget stretch for me (a college student), and I simply can't afford to spend 30% more on it. And I know that if I keep buying them, I'll obsesively collect them all. Therefore, I must stop! I'll probably just buy the odd single now.
I'm concerned that this might be a bad move for WotC. I can see a scenerio where people scale back purchases, or go with Mage Knight instead (which has the handy clicky bases).
And yes, I know that the paint jobs and sculpting will improve, but I don't think that justifies the price increase. If you look at the early MK figures, they were ugly. The new ones are a hojillion times better, and without a 30% price hike. The sucess of MK was enough to fuel the better molds and paint jobs alone.
Where I play D&D Minis, 90% of the people there are playing a clix-base game. D&D Minis, besides the D&D name, had only the price point going for it. That was it's one advantage over MK, which had moving parts and better sculpts. Now, D&D Minis no longer has the price advantage (though they may now have equivalent sculpts and/or paint jobs; we haven't seen the final versions yet).
Anyway, just wanted to say that.
EDIT: For the purposes of the poll, assume that the paint/sculpt job quality increases little, if at all (it should also be noted that Mage Knight sculpt and paint jobs got a lot better in subsequent releases without a big price bump).
What about everyone else? How will it affect you?
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