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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 5430870" data-attributes="member: 1129">I always thought there were several reasons that the DDM figures had various issues.1. Inconsitancy. This came in many forms. It came in the size and types of the minis. Look at the dwarves. Some are right up there with GW's little 'block' style figures. Others look like short humans. Look at the paint jobs. Even in the same sets some of the paint jobs were much better than others of the same figure.2. Inability to Keep in Lock Step with the RPG. this takes many forms. The first I'd say is the adventures. If your miniature department doesn't know what adventurers are coming out or what monsters will be in it or can't do it... whatever. Lamesauce. Next, if you're going to do a new edition of the game and introduce a race like the dragonborn to it, make sure to have a wide vareity of figures right off the bat that will meet some of that market demand. Don't expect to go with a visible prepacked deal with repainted figures at high cost of minis few people want because they can get the originls cheaper on the secondary market and then cry foul and cancel the line.3. Discontinued/Abuse of the Minis Game. I only played a handful of games of the actual mini game. Whoever thought that making the game around alignments instead of say, cool monsters, was kidding themselves. Whoever thought that the DDM fans would coninute after official support stopped and after WoTC spit in their face with Dreamblade and offering x10 awards and monetary values for playing that game, was not paying attention. It'd be like coming out with a new card game and making the awards x10 higher than what you can get in Magic and wondering what happend to Magic.I believe that there were other issues involved but those to me, speak the highest volumes. Inconsistancy, inability to keep lock step with the RPG, and well, treating the actual game the minis are used for like crap, put these things down into the ground.Besides, you won't need any minis when you're using VTT!</blockquote>

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