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Message: <blockquote data-quote="erian_7" data-source="post: 1542028" data-attributes="member: 18222">I've got 600 or so D&D Minis now, and paid roughly $1-1.5 for each.  That's good stuff.  The random nature has proven to be a non-issue for me--most can be readily traded for, or sold to buy specific minis.On topic (answering the "would and should" cost, with a little MBA know-how thrown in), I'd expect the "common" minis (I know, the rarity level is being excluded in your question, but in any production run, the manufacturer will make more of the items that sell well or in bulk, and less for those that sell less) to go for $1, since they're prepainted.  I would expect others to cost an average of $5 for things like the Ogre and Troll (big, cool monsters, so they'll command a better sell price).  Finally, I'd expect the special minis (which would likely be produced in limited quantities, both due to smaller demand and to keep prices high) to go for $10-$15.  These would include Drizzt and other recognizable minis (they've got marketing name/brand recognition power behind their pricing) and the Large Red Dragon.The long and short of this is that I believe in a nonrandom scenario, I would have had to pay much, much more for my current collection.  As such, I would likely never have bought as many as I have.  And further might not even have gotten into the product line since I personally wouldn't spend the prices I quote above for some minis.So, my conclusion is that the randomness is a good thing.  I'll gladly do the little extra leg work necessary to get the specific minis I want that luck doesn't bring rather than either pay WAY too much or go without... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Eric</blockquote>

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