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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5579518" data-attributes="member: 15538"><p>Yet DDM has failed in three different incarnations and Mage Knight has had issues, while LA is still producing new models. Perhaps LA is relatively more expensive because MK and DDDM were priced too cheaply to make money. Yes, DDM produced many new models at a fast pace... the majority of those models were wretched, many of the figures were of things no one wanted figures of, and the line was never a success by Hasbro standards. Owning an army of Farmer Browns has never been my collecting ambition, and I ended up with so many substandard orc models that I used to sprinkle them into large Ebay sales as a garnish.</p><p></p><p>I have never regretted any of my LA purchases. In contrast, I've opened more than one DDM booster that made me feel like I had bitten into a rotten peanut M&M. </p><p></p><p>Models for plastics are expensive, but the figures less so. A slow pace of top-selling, popular figures seems like the correct long-term strategy. Randomized packs mean, essentially, that everyone is sharing the cost of some figures that perhaps almost no one wants. Yes, the per-figure cost is lower, but the availability of desirable figures is higher; the cost of desirable figures is higher. It's only cheaper when you average in Farmer Brown and Orc #7.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 5579518, member: 15538"] Yet DDM has failed in three different incarnations and Mage Knight has had issues, while LA is still producing new models. Perhaps LA is relatively more expensive because MK and DDDM were priced too cheaply to make money. Yes, DDM produced many new models at a fast pace... the majority of those models were wretched, many of the figures were of things no one wanted figures of, and the line was never a success by Hasbro standards. Owning an army of Farmer Browns has never been my collecting ambition, and I ended up with so many substandard orc models that I used to sprinkle them into large Ebay sales as a garnish. I have never regretted any of my LA purchases. In contrast, I've opened more than one DDM booster that made me feel like I had bitten into a rotten peanut M&M. Models for plastics are expensive, but the figures less so. A slow pace of top-selling, popular figures seems like the correct long-term strategy. Randomized packs mean, essentially, that everyone is sharing the cost of some figures that perhaps almost no one wants. Yes, the per-figure cost is lower, but the availability of desirable figures is higher; the cost of desirable figures is higher. It's only cheaper when you average in Farmer Brown and Orc #7. [/QUOTE]
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