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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 5430942" data-attributes="member: 3586">Well some, not all. It keeps down the price, certainly.Another factor ties into my law: it's a small range of miniatures! So, Non-Random Selection and Cheap Prices are the two you keep - and lose the large range of miniatures.Ultimately, I believe the fall of D&D miniatures comes down to three major factors:* Market Saturation. There are just so many of the minis out there that you can get most of what you want cheaply on the secondary market. (Losing the mini game makes the "duplicates" less interesting... do you really need another pose of orc?)* The Decline of the American Economy. China is cheaper to make things in, but it is no longer as cheap as it was, especially with the price of oil, transport and also the exchange rates all making it much less price-friendly.* The Decline of the Roleplaying Market. I do not believe that as many people are playing D&D (and its cousins) as were in 2003. Thus, the market for the miniatures likewise declines.Cheers!</blockquote>