Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Million Dollar TTRPG Crowdfunders
Most Anticipated Tabletop RPGs Of The Year
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Addicted to DND Miniatures
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Laslo Tremaine" data-source="post: 1493405" data-attributes="member: 330"><p>Let me get up on my high horse for a moment...</p><p></p><p>Ahh, that's better...</p><p></p><p>In my (not so humble) opinion, I think that making a product that appeals to the collecting instinct of humans is <strong><em>highly</em></strong> immoral.</p><p></p><p>All of the references to CCGs and collectable minis as "Crack" is spot-on in my book, and anyone who markets a product in this manner is no better than an actual drug dealer.</p><p></p><p>I understand that one good excuse for the random packaging of the WoTC miniatures is distribution, shelf-space and SKUs. These are all good reasons for having a product that is randomly packaged. Where I draw the line is the concept of common, uncommon, rare, and ultra-rare distributions. If all the minis had the same random level of distribution I would feel much better about.</p><p></p><p>As it stands, I find them morally reprehensible, and have a very dim view of WoTC for creating the concept of the collectable game.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Man, getting off that high horse is a bitch... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Laslo Tremaine, post: 1493405, member: 330"] Let me get up on my high horse for a moment... Ahh, that's better... In my (not so humble) opinion, I think that making a product that appeals to the collecting instinct of humans is [b][i]highly[/i][/b] immoral. All of the references to CCGs and collectable minis as "Crack" is spot-on in my book, and anyone who markets a product in this manner is no better than an actual drug dealer. I understand that one good excuse for the random packaging of the WoTC miniatures is distribution, shelf-space and SKUs. These are all good reasons for having a product that is randomly packaged. Where I draw the line is the concept of common, uncommon, rare, and ultra-rare distributions. If all the minis had the same random level of distribution I would feel much better about. As it stands, I find them morally reprehensible, and have a very dim view of WoTC for creating the concept of the collectable game. Man, getting off that high horse is a bitch... ;) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Addicted to DND Miniatures
Top