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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 4077937" data-attributes="member: 9789">I completely agree with the OP:&nbsp; the &quot;official&quot; D&amp;D minis are stupidly over-priced, especially for their extremely poor quality and cheap materials.&nbsp; The commons are priced about right, but everything else is only more expensive because Wizards decided it would be &quot;rare.&quot;&nbsp; This is a horrible mechanic they ported directly from their MtG experience.What I do is:&nbsp; go on eBay and buy tons of commons for pennies apiece.&nbsp; Tons of generic skeletons and wolves and stuff usually go for 13-25 cents each:&nbsp; this is what you'd really expect to pay for a lump of poorly-painted plastic.&nbsp; Plus, you can occasionally get a few nice ones and/or character potentials from the common pile.&nbsp; A few uncommons can round out the mix.Then, if you're looking for specific characters, I second this:Reaper and a few other companies make very nice non-painted minis.&nbsp; Painting is - to me - a pain and bore, but the quality of the minis is good.&nbsp; They're about 3-5 bucks each, which is still way too much, but at least you're getting exactly what you want and they are good quality.&nbsp; And they still cost less than the stupid &quot;rare&quot; prices on D&amp;D minis.That's what I do and so far it has worked well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 4077937, member: 9789"] I completely agree with the OP: the "official" D&D minis are stupidly over-priced, especially for their extremely poor quality and cheap materials. The commons are priced about right, but everything else is only more expensive because Wizards decided it would be "rare." This is a horrible mechanic they ported directly from their MtG experience. What I do is: go on eBay and buy tons of commons for pennies apiece. Tons of generic skeletons and wolves and stuff usually go for 13-25 cents each: this is what you'd really expect to pay for a lump of poorly-painted plastic. Plus, you can occasionally get a few nice ones and/or character potentials from the common pile. A few uncommons can round out the mix. Then, if you're looking for specific characters, I second this:Reaper and a few other companies make very nice non-painted minis. Painting is - to me - a pain and bore, but the quality of the minis is good. They're about 3-5 bucks each, which is still way too much, but at least you're getting exactly what you want and they are good quality. And they still cost less than the stupid "rare" prices on D&D minis. That's what I do and so far it has worked well. [/QUOTE]

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