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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3427930" data-attributes="member: 48965">For Rackham's sculpts(if the plastics are as good as the metal) I would be willing to pay more, especially for my upcoming Iron Kingdoms/BESM 3e game.  WotC doesn't really make mini's that fit with this world very well, but Rackham's are sweet.  My main problem with WotC's is the randomization, the increasing price point(started at $9.99 a pack and are now at $14.99 a pack thats $1.87 a mini now and totally comparable to the announced price point of reaper of about $2 a mini), and the diminishing returns on buying blind.   I like the convenience of buying what I want when I need it, in the end I figure I will save money because I'm not buying unnecessary minis.  If these companies are able to push their products through discount stores (like amazon) since I have to use the internet to purchase on the secondary market anyway,  the price difference becomes even less(though sill more than random) at least comparable to buying packs of random's in an FLGS or at Borders.In the end it comes down to convenience versus increase in price, and for me I don't want the hassle of trading and selling my extra mini's or having to search for the mini's I want.  I'm not a retailer and never wanted to be so...as long as the price stays around what Reaper is proposing I think it's a great idea.</blockquote>