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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 1774802" data-attributes="member: 13654">You don't "must" got to do anything of the kind.  You can still buy metals and paint it.  You can trade one rare for another (yeah, not always a good option nor even always an option period).  But it is what it is.Well unfortunately they're not manufacturing minis for roleplaying purposes (that's strictly a secondary use for them), they're manufacturing units for a... collectible miniatures game.If manufacturers of metal minis still stay in business I can't see that a competitor COULDN'T hire the sculptors and the injection molding machinery and send them off to foreign lands to be cheaply hand painted and MAKE MONEY.  Heck, they probably could even just take orders online.  I've purchased virtually all my WotC minis online by the case (only a few boosters from the FLGS) or individually to complete sets.I'd certainly be willing to fork out repeatedly for shipping costs if I could order "3 Frost giants, 6 ogres, and 8 winter wolves", pay prices even roughly approximating the average cost for WotC minis, and be able to recieve them in time for a planned game a week or so later.  [Not just fantasy minis either.  I've had a game in mind for a few years now.  A SF campaign based on the 1994 X-Com computer game.  I just don't want to run it without being able to use minis since my original concept entailed it being an INTENSELY accessorized endeavor.  I want aliens in a wide variety (but especially "greys" - which nobody makes) and then I'd build my own set pieces to run the combats.]There IS room for a competitor.  If I had the investment capital (or had a hope in hell of obtaining it) and even passing knowledge of where to hire away the necessary sculptors, manufacturing and other personnel, I'd BE that competitor inside of 6 months.</blockquote>

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