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<blockquote data-quote="SavageRobby" data-source="post: 3636746" data-attributes="member: 51573">Interesting. I see more people belittling WotC than the reverse (and this coming from a guy who mostly despises WotC - the only things I buy from them anymore are minis and dungeon tiles).I'm glad both lines will be available. It will be interesting to see how many ppms Reaper releases over the next year. At the moment, Wizards has far more prepaints available, and unless Reaper starts releasing 300+ new ppms a year (a tall order, even with the plethora of sculpts available), Wizards will have the edge in variety for a few years. And whether people care to admit it or not, that is one of the advantages of random; you get more overall variety because they can make some edge minis that probably wouldn't sell individually, but can be included in the set. I think, long-term, Reaper is going to have a hard time competing with Wizards on the typical commons (skeletons, goblins, orcs, etc) once the initial flush of sales is over and people compare the prices between the two. On WotC commons, the secondary market price is so low - even factoring in shipping (if one buys from sellers like Auggie and Hubbs and others with low mini prices and reasonable/fixed shipping) - that unless the Reaper paint jobs are THAT much better, Wizards will have them beat. (Or unless you hate Wizards or love Reaper, of which they are plenty of folks - but enough to float a line?)But I do think Reaper could make a killing if they focus more on larger monsters and on really well-done PC types at reasonable prices. If they can cut into what are traditionally rares coming from WotC, especially with the standard Reaper quality, they could shift a lot of business from people that buy DDM singles from the secondary market.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SavageRobby, post: 3636746, member: 51573"] Interesting. I see more people belittling WotC than the reverse (and this coming from a guy who mostly despises WotC - the only things I buy from them anymore are minis and dungeon tiles). I'm glad both lines will be available. It will be interesting to see how many ppms Reaper releases over the next year. At the moment, Wizards has far more prepaints available, and unless Reaper starts releasing 300+ new ppms a year (a tall order, even with the plethora of sculpts available), Wizards will have the edge in variety for a few years. And whether people care to admit it or not, that [i]is[/i] one of the advantages of random; you get more overall variety because they can make some edge minis that probably wouldn't sell individually, but can be included in the set. I think, long-term, Reaper is going to have a hard time competing with Wizards on the typical commons (skeletons, goblins, orcs, etc) once the initial flush of sales is over and people compare the prices between the two. On WotC commons, the secondary market price is so low - even factoring in shipping (if one buys from sellers like Auggie and Hubbs and others with low mini prices and reasonable/fixed shipping) - that unless the Reaper paint jobs are THAT much better, Wizards will have them beat. (Or unless you hate Wizards or love Reaper, of which they are plenty of folks - but enough to float a line?) But I do think Reaper could make a killing if they focus more on larger monsters and on really well-done PC types at reasonable prices. If they can cut into what are traditionally rares coming from WotC, especially with the standard Reaper quality, they could shift a lot of business from people that buy DDM singles from the secondary market. [/QUOTE]

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