D&D 5E WizKids Yawning Portal new set
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Dire Bare
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Not worth the cost, for you. Which is fine. Worth the cost for others, however. I doubt WizKids will have trouble selling enough sets to make their profit goals.
It is a model of a specific tavern, with a very specific feature. I think we all are fully aware of that. That doesn't prevent anyone from using it to model something other than the Yawning Portal Tavern. I'm sure it is too specific for some gamers, who would prefer something more generic. So? There are cheaper options that some will prefer over this. Sure. So? This isn't for everybody, nor does it have to be.
It is super-spendy, which will again make it not for everybody either due to personal budgets or personal value vs. cost decisions. But "ludicrously expensive"? Well, for you perhaps. But not for others. This is beyond my personal budget, but I would love to own this. It's expensive, too expensive for me, but not unfairly or ridiculously expensive for what it is. IMO, of course. It would make a great display piece for my favorite minis, I could use it on the table to model a tavern-with-a-portal (if not the actual Yawning Portal Tavern), and with an easy mod the portal can become a stage or fighting pit. That's not going to work for everybody. That's okay.
This is a luxury item. It isn't expected to appeal to all D&D fans, only a subset. And that's okay. If it's not for you, that's okay too. The pushback almost every higher-end, luxury accessory for D&D gets blows my mind. I don't get the mindset. It's not all about me, not every product is for me.
Codswallop. Okay.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
Uh-huh. But that means that it's completely legitimate to criticise it. Especially if it's being presented as something functional. I think one underlying anxiety is that, potentially, D&D could turn into some kind of luxury brand over the next couple of decades (hilariously as that is from a historical perspective). I don't think it's an entirely unreasonable concern. Thankfully for now this stuff is mostly third-party, and hopefully WotC doesn't start getting too many ideas.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
I thought it was "Over 9000"? I admit that as a Brit, I did not grow up with very much DBZ. My main exposure was through the manga one of my half-Japanese friends kept bringing in.
If I remember correctly, it was 7,000, but ehh.
I actually first started watching DBZ when I was stationed at Lakenheath.
Edit: 9,000, you are correct.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
Apparently we're both wrong!
The meme is indeed "It's over 9,000!". But in the original Japanese it's "Over 8,000!".
It's Over 9000! - Wikipedia
Wow
/shaks head in shame
/shakes head in shame...
/shaks head in shame
Wow.Apparently we're both wrong!
The meme is indeed "It's over 9,000!". But in the original Japanese it's "Over 8,000!".
It's Over 9000! - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
/shakes head in shame...
Dire Bare
Legend
Criticizing a piece of art or consumer good is fine. Items certainly can be of poor quality or poor value. An item can be priced unfairly. And folks will have differing opinions on these issues.
But, from my perspective, that's not what's going on here. This item is being attacked specifically because it is a high-priced luxury accessory. Something that happens every time Beadle & Grimm announces a new boxed set, or WizKids announces a new higher-end model.
The idea that offering these types of products is some sort of slippery slope taking D&D into a high-end only hobby is . . . . . well, it's not a very reasonable concern.
WotC and their partners are releasing more high-end luxury accessories than ever before. As are other RPG companies not directly associated with D&D. And yet, lower-priced items are still widely available, and D&D is a very easy and inexpensive hobby to get into.
This is an expansion of our hobby, not a limitation.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
If you don't see the issue here I can't but laugh...
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