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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 2906477" data-attributes="member: 27051">(Note to self: Must. Not. Rant. Like. Babbling. Loon.)I absolutely loathe the collectible nature of D&amp;D minis.&nbsp; But I don't think that it hurts WotC one bit.&nbsp; It costs them exactly the same to make a Rare mini as it does a Common, afaik.&nbsp; They are clearly making money from the huge numbers of boosters that they sell.&nbsp; The profit that they make from the fact that buyers of the minis generally buy loads of them in order to get those coveted figures most likely outstrips the profit that they would make if they sold the rare minis individually.&nbsp; So of course it makes better business sense to sell them randomised.&nbsp; After all, it's not like they could get away with selling a beholder for $50 themselves, is it?As a non-collecting gamer who just wants some decent, specific minis to use in my rpg games, they are no good for me.&nbsp; I get my minis elsewhere.&nbsp; So yeah, WotC are losing my dollar here, but that is insignificant compared to the masses of dollars they are getting from those who do buy them en masse collectors (and out of the 6 gamers in my group, 2 are rabid, addicted nutters who by them by the caseload).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 2906477, member: 27051"] ([i]Note to self: Must. Not. Rant. Like. Babbling. Loon.[/i]) I absolutely loathe the collectible nature of D&D minis. But I don't think that it hurts WotC one bit. It costs them exactly the same to make a Rare mini as it does a Common, afaik. They are clearly making money from the huge numbers of boosters that they sell. The profit that they make from the fact that buyers of the minis generally buy loads of them in order to get those coveted figures most likely outstrips the profit that they would make if they sold the rare minis individually. So of course it makes better business sense to sell them randomised. After all, it's not like they could get away with selling a beholder for $50 themselves, is it? As a non-collecting gamer who just wants some decent, [i]specific[/i] minis to use in my rpg games, they are no good for me. I get my minis elsewhere. So yeah, WotC are losing my dollar here, but that is insignificant compared to the masses of dollars they are getting from those who do buy them en masse collectors (and out of the 6 gamers in my group, 2 are rabid, addicted nutters who by them by the caseload). [/QUOTE]

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