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<blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 1466976" data-attributes="member: 5885">I understand your point of view as a role player. I even sympathize with you. But (you knew there was going to be a but) the minis are part of a &quot;collectable miniatures game&quot;. That means certain things are going to apply. For instance the random distribution and the fact that they only produce a certain number of the miniatures (to increase the collectable value of the product). As for &quot;wave&quot; shipping... That is a business standard for games of this sort. So your issue isn't with WotC, but the entire industry. Wizkids, pretty much the king of collectable mini games at this time, does the wave shipping too. I can't speak for collectable card games, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were also shipped in waves.This isn't an issue of greed or not caring about the customer. It is them following the current template for how to sustain a collectable minis game. Contrary to the way these posts may make me sound I am not a fanboy. But the only thing I see that WotC has done wrong (this time) is that they tried to combine a collectable minis game with standard gaming minis. The distribution, availability, and random nature of the collectable game doesn't seem to fit what the role players need or want.I just personally started collecting the minis a week and a half ago. I waited to make sure that expansions would be forthcoming and the product would be supported. With the first few expansions ending their print runs I realized I had to get in now. I don't plan to play the skirmish game at all, and thus far have been very happy with my random miniature selection for role playing purposes.*shrug* YMMV.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aristotle, post: 1466976, member: 5885"] I understand your point of view as a role player. I even sympathize with you. But (you knew there was going to be a but) the minis are part of a "collectable miniatures game". That means certain things are going to apply. For instance the random distribution and the fact that they only produce a certain number of the miniatures (to increase the collectable value of the product). As for "wave" shipping... That is a business standard for games of this sort. So your issue isn't with WotC, but the entire industry. Wizkids, pretty much the king of collectable mini games at this time, does the wave shipping too. I can't speak for collectable card games, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were also shipped in waves. This isn't an issue of greed or not caring about the customer. It is them following the current template for how to sustain a collectable minis game. Contrary to the way these posts may make me sound I am not a fanboy. But the only thing I see that WotC has done wrong (this time) is that they tried to combine a collectable minis game with standard gaming minis. The distribution, availability, and random nature of the collectable game doesn't seem to fit what the role players need or want. I just personally started collecting the minis a week and a half ago. I waited to make sure that expansions would be forthcoming and the product would be supported. With the first few expansions ending their print runs I realized I had to get in now. I don't plan to play the skirmish game at all, and thus far have been very happy with my random miniature selection for role playing purposes. *shrug* YMMV. [/QUOTE]

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