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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6273541" data-attributes="member: 37579">Well, no. The "5x" rule is multiplying the cost by five, and shipping is part of the cost. 1/5 - Cost to make1/5 - Profit1/5 - Distributor's cut2/5 - Retailer mark-upSo going by your numbers again (which, by you admission require a large purchase, and likely far more than the 50,000 units WotC is going to print) we get: ($0.02 x 7)+$0.04 = $0.18. $0.18 x 5 = $0.90 (but likely closer to $1.50-$2.00 for the numbers WotC has to order). Not exactly free. And, again, there's still the cost of assembling the dice with the box as neither the dice manufacturer or the book printer is going to do that.And this still ignores the fact that, according to Mike Mearls, it takes eight months to produce a boxed set. So getting it in time would have meant finishing it back in November, before they ended the playtest. Unless they can find a way to package dice in a starter set that lacks a box.</blockquote>