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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keith F Strohm" data-source="post: 2253891" data-attributes="member: 18204">Reaper does have a really cool range of minis, there's no denying that. I think that once you've seen the hot sketches by Wayne, you might reconsider. Also, we have Bob Watts, whose been in charge of companies like Grenadier, Target/Heartbreaker and Games Workshop U.S. overseeing the production. The quality of these minis will be apparent.   And, as another poster mentioned, this is far more than just a packet of miniatures. As the name statees, it's a complete encounter all in one package. So, if the party heads off in a direction you hadn't planned, you can pull this product right out of the package and go.     The advantages of pre-painted plastic minis are apparent. The main business disadvantage is that the initial production investment just to get off the ground is significant. Before you've spent that, you need to take a look at your potential sales and see if you're likely to recoup your investment. For a company Paizo's size, pre-painted plastic figures just didn't make sense.   It's also quite possible that since you can get 8 minis for 9.95 in D&D boosters, customers would balk at a 19.95 price point for 3 or 4 minis (even if we doubled that number, it wouldn't make sense to pre-painted consumers).    The unpainted metal miniature market is smaller, but the relatively low production costs and the ability to spin minis to order, make it a good investment even given a customer base an order of magnitude smaller.Keith StrohmChief Operating OfficerPaizo Publishing, LLC</blockquote>

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