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<blockquote data-quote="barasawa" data-source="post: 7746562" data-attributes="member: 44909">3d home printing is still in the very early adopter phase, even though it's trying to push for mainstream. The option of being able to build your very own &quot;custom&quot; model is a very attractive option for a lot of people. Of course, costs per model change quite a bit when you try to compare them to blind bags/boxes that some minis are sold in if you consider that a GM or Player may be needing a specific figure or figures, and their odds of getting what they need sucks. I saw someone spend nearly $200 just trying to assemble one pack of wolves for a game. To him the rest of the figures were just wasted money as he either already had all he needed or didn't ever expect to use them anyway. Basically blind bags for minis is a type of gambling that the customer really doesn't win at. Only the company comes out ahead on that transaction. I know, that last part does go a bit outside of 3d printing subject by itself, but if comparing costs between self printed minis and the stuff you can pick up at your FLGS, it really does need to be part of the calculation as it is definitely part of the market.&nbsp; Both Paizo and WoTC are part of the blindbag game, so its relevance can't be ignored.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barasawa, post: 7746562, member: 44909"] 3d home printing is still in the very early adopter phase, even though it's trying to push for mainstream. The option of being able to build your very own "custom" model is a very attractive option for a lot of people. Of course, costs per model change quite a bit when you try to compare them to blind bags/boxes that some minis are sold in if you consider that a GM or Player may be needing a specific figure or figures, and their odds of getting what they need sucks. I saw someone spend nearly $200 just trying to assemble one pack of wolves for a game. To him the rest of the figures were just wasted money as he either already had all he needed or didn't ever expect to use them anyway. Basically blind bags for minis is a type of gambling that the customer really doesn't win at. Only the company comes out ahead on that transaction. I know, that last part does go a bit outside of 3d printing subject by itself, but if comparing costs between self printed minis and the stuff you can pick up at your FLGS, it really does need to be part of the calculation as it is definitely part of the market. Both Paizo and WoTC are part of the blindbag game, so its relevance can't be ignored. [/QUOTE]

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