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<blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 289342" data-attributes="member: 1308">Re: A plea and recommendation to HasbroActually, I played several games with the Starter Box the week after it came out. I just glued together the few figs that required it and we played with bare-metal figures. I don't even think they were actually mounted on their base yet. Rune? Still readin the thread?I can agree, it helps if the game is playable out of the box. But in many cases you can have the figures in a useable state within a weekend. Now, if you are painting, that can throw a wrench into things... I know how long it can take to do a good job before sealing.So, I would prefer pewter figures, especially if they required little to no assembly. Plastic is acceptable, as long as they're detailed and I can repaint them. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But no clicky-bases and it cannot be collectible. Just imagine Joe Gamer who wants the brand-new Chainmail 2 'Half-Orc Monk' figure, because it's perfect for his D&amp;D game! Now imagine that he has to buy a dozen different boxes just to find said figure, or wait on a store to open a few boxes and sell individual figures (at marked up prices for 'rares'). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kesh, post: 289342, member: 1308"] [b]Re: A plea and recommendation to Hasbro[/b] Actually, I played several games with the Starter Box the week after it came out. I just glued together the few figs that required it and we played with bare-metal figures. I don't even think they were actually mounted on their base yet. Rune? Still readin the thread? I can agree, it helps if the game is playable out of the box. But in many cases you can have the figures in a useable state within a weekend. Now, if you are painting, that can throw a wrench into things... I know how long it can take to do a good job before sealing. So, I would prefer pewter figures, especially if they required little to no assembly. Plastic is acceptable, as long as they're detailed and I can repaint them. ;) But no clicky-bases and it [i]cannot[/i] be collectible. Just imagine Joe Gamer who wants the brand-new Chainmail 2 'Half-Orc Monk' figure, because it's perfect for his D&D game! Now imagine that he has to buy a dozen different boxes just to find said figure, or wait on a store to open a few boxes and sell individual figures (at marked up prices for 'rares'). :o [/QUOTE]

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