enigma5915
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I am curious about real feedback and opinions regarding this change in business.
I have been using miniatures in D&D since the mid 80's. I even started using a grid with 1 inch to 5 foot scale before by ‘89. I started collecting Ral Partha led minis in junior high about ‘87. I have a large selection by the end of high school and was not too shabby at painting and all the "fun that came with that. By 2000 I had about 500 lead and pewter minis, most of them painted. It was a real pain in the butt, to keep them in good shape and transport them to games. I did most of the DM’ing for my groups and provided minis even when I was a player.
In 2002, I had opened my own game store and shortly after...D&D minis came out! I couldn’t believe my eyes. Pre-painted plastic minis! The quality wasn’t the best, but damn...it was good enough. The cost per mini was about $1-$1.5 a figure. that was absolutely amazing. Minis have never been real affordable. I remember paying $1-$5 per metal figure that I still had to prime, paint, and coat. That doesn’t even cover the one that had to be glued together. So the D&D mini line was the best thing since sliced bread and the undo button in my opinion. I could take a D&D figure and chuck it against the wall and no damage to the min...try doing that with a painted metal figurine. Not that there is a reason to, but it demonstrates the ability to transport them in bins all thrown to together without scratching, bending and/or breaking.
A year into their release, I couldn’t keep them in stock at my store...they were hot sellers. I gave away my entire metal figure collection to friends and customers and started my own collection of DDM. I had such a huge following of customers for DDM that I thought this line would never go away. Alas, I lost my store in a divorce in 2005, but I have been collecting DDM like they are crack ever since. My collection is now over 7,000... I’ve stopped counting and I still want more minis, more options, and more of a variety. There are so many minis that still have yet to have been made. The news of the line being axed....just blew me away! I am still in disbelief I guess... I am curious....what do others think? What are your thoughts?
I have been using miniatures in D&D since the mid 80's. I even started using a grid with 1 inch to 5 foot scale before by ‘89. I started collecting Ral Partha led minis in junior high about ‘87. I have a large selection by the end of high school and was not too shabby at painting and all the "fun that came with that. By 2000 I had about 500 lead and pewter minis, most of them painted. It was a real pain in the butt, to keep them in good shape and transport them to games. I did most of the DM’ing for my groups and provided minis even when I was a player.
In 2002, I had opened my own game store and shortly after...D&D minis came out! I couldn’t believe my eyes. Pre-painted plastic minis! The quality wasn’t the best, but damn...it was good enough. The cost per mini was about $1-$1.5 a figure. that was absolutely amazing. Minis have never been real affordable. I remember paying $1-$5 per metal figure that I still had to prime, paint, and coat. That doesn’t even cover the one that had to be glued together. So the D&D mini line was the best thing since sliced bread and the undo button in my opinion. I could take a D&D figure and chuck it against the wall and no damage to the min...try doing that with a painted metal figurine. Not that there is a reason to, but it demonstrates the ability to transport them in bins all thrown to together without scratching, bending and/or breaking.
A year into their release, I couldn’t keep them in stock at my store...they were hot sellers. I gave away my entire metal figure collection to friends and customers and started my own collection of DDM. I had such a huge following of customers for DDM that I thought this line would never go away. Alas, I lost my store in a divorce in 2005, but I have been collecting DDM like they are crack ever since. My collection is now over 7,000... I’ve stopped counting and I still want more minis, more options, and more of a variety. There are so many minis that still have yet to have been made. The news of the line being axed....just blew me away! I am still in disbelief I guess... I am curious....what do others think? What are your thoughts?
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