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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9334976" data-attributes="member: 7044704">I probably should have mentioned that IP as well, they've certainly seen a major resurgence in the last few years and I'd credit a lot of that to the vastly improved and much more economical plastic sculpts that are available these days.&nbsp; Some very successful e-games have helped a lot too, and of course Alpha Strike has given people a whole new excuse for buying way more minis that you could ever use at once in classic BT (not that that seemed to hinder over-purchasing much in the past) but really, I think the minis deserve most of the credit.&nbsp; Choosing to base them off the designs from the online game instead of trying to tweak the originals yet again has paid off big.BT fan though I am (been playing on and off since it was Battledroids, after all) I have to admit this is the first time I've ever been really happy with the minis as minis, rather than just as playing pieces.&nbsp; Ral Partha certainly tried hard to meet demand (and Iron Wind continues to do so, so someone's still buying them) but even their newest sculpts are saddled with a lot of really quite ugly line art as a basis, and rising metal prices have made their prices just exorbitant.&nbsp; With many of them also being multi-part metal they also lack the durability of plastics, and that's something you really in a system with such short ranges and prevalent melee combat.&nbsp; Your minis are going to bump each other sometimes, and plastics handle that better than metal.The incredibly deep lore (easily on par with anything GW does, or even big RPG settings like Forgotten Realms) for the IP probably helps too.&nbsp; Even the diehard grumblers in the fan base can find some era they enjoy playing in, and they've expanded the lesser factions quite a lot over the years to make for more variety than the original Five houses model allowed for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9334976, member: 7044704"] I probably should have mentioned that IP as well, they've certainly seen a major resurgence in the last few years and I'd credit a lot of that to the vastly improved and much more economical plastic sculpts that are available these days. Some very successful e-games have helped a lot too, and of course Alpha Strike has given people a whole new excuse for buying way more minis that you could ever use at once in classic BT (not that that seemed to hinder over-purchasing much in the past) but really, I think the minis deserve most of the credit. Choosing to base them off the designs from the online game instead of trying to tweak the originals yet again has paid off big. BT fan though I am (been playing on and off since it was Battledroids, after all) I have to admit this is the first time I've ever been really happy with the minis as minis, rather than just as playing pieces. Ral Partha certainly tried hard to meet demand (and Iron Wind continues to do so, so someone's still buying them) but even their newest sculpts are saddled with a lot of really quite ugly line art as a basis, and rising metal prices have made their prices just exorbitant. With many of them also being multi-part metal they also lack the durability of plastics, and that's something you really in a system with such short ranges and prevalent melee combat. Your minis are going to bump each other sometimes, and plastics handle that better than metal. The incredibly deep lore (easily on par with anything GW does, or even big RPG settings like Forgotten Realms) for the IP probably helps too. Even the diehard grumblers in the fan base can find some era they enjoy playing in, and they've expanded the lesser factions quite a lot over the years to make for more variety than the original Five houses model allowed for. [/QUOTE]

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