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<blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 4927545" data-attributes="member: 47839">I can tell you why on both counts (and I don't work for WotC either):1) Box sets cost extra money to make. Not only do you have to pay for the manufacturing materials (which usually are diverse: plastic, paper, card board) but you also have to pay to have the materials collated and put into the box. This will include having to ship parts manufactured somewhere else (dice, minis, etc.) to your final packaging plant. In the end, while cool, box sets are money losers because you can't keep the price point down to get enough buyers to justify the cost. The box will come at a higher price and suppress the number of buyers who would purchase making your production run smaller jacking the price up. Vicious cycle. A book with a map insert can be done in a single location and is pretty much an automated process at the printer. The costs can be contained and a price point can be met.2) Simply put for the product listing question. Someone goofed and didn't change the original listing which was going to be a box set. Those of us who read the previews on the Wizard's site for Revenge of the Giants already knew the box set DOA.My two coppers,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saracenus, post: 4927545, member: 47839"] I can tell you why on both counts (and I don't work for WotC either): 1) Box sets cost extra money to make. Not only do you have to pay for the manufacturing materials (which usually are diverse: plastic, paper, card board) but you also have to pay to have the materials collated and put into the box. This will include having to ship parts manufactured somewhere else (dice, minis, etc.) to your final packaging plant. In the end, while cool, box sets are money losers because you can't keep the price point down to get enough buyers to justify the cost. The box will come at a higher price and suppress the number of buyers who would purchase making your production run smaller jacking the price up. Vicious cycle. A book with a map insert can be done in a single location and is pretty much an automated process at the printer. The costs can be contained and a price point can be met. 2) Simply put for the product listing question. Someone goofed and didn't change the original listing which was going to be a box set. Those of us who read the previews on the Wizard's site for Revenge of the Giants already knew the box set DOA. My two coppers, [/QUOTE]

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