Reaper to produce pre-painted Plastic minis - Non-random

[Nikroecyst]

I've always used figures for my games since I have been capable of buying them and have always used plastic over metal mostly due to price. Im really looking forward to seeing reaper do some great plastic minis and trump WotC. Worst case scenerio, like every one else has said, WotC steps it up to make better (or cheaper) minis.

 

[Gundark]

While this is good news, I am concerned about the releasing on non-random minis from a economic standpoint. I'm no economist, however I heard a pretty convincing arguement (Ryan Dancy was it?) as to why it was a bad idea finacially for to do WotC doing non-random minis.Wonder if the same is true for Reaper.

 

[trancejeremy]

No... and it's a big factor.

Has Reaper done plastics before? There's a world of difference between metals and plastics for casting & scale.

Cheers!

Not that I am an expert on such things, but back when I was into Mage Knight, some of their figures for their Dungeons expansion (the heroes, specifically) were actually based on old lead miniatures from Ral Partha. While obviously presumably they can't use the same molds, it's probably not that hard to use the same sculpts. (Since otherwise Wiz Kids probably wouldn't have bothered).

 

[Frostmarrow]

No... and it's a big factor.

Has Reaper done plastics before? There's a world of difference between metals and plastics for casting & scale.

Cheers!

-Oh Merric, is that FUD?

 

[WhatGravitas]

That's a bit of a disappointment though. I like adventurers and bandits first - monsters second.

I'm happy with prepainted monster plastics. For adventurers, I like self-painted miniatures with my colour scheme (and repainting is really, well, not that great, if not necessary) - but monster #324? Gosh, I want to buy it, use it, kill it, not have an individual, customized colour scheme.

Since I already love Reaper's minis for everything individual, having pre-painted non-randoms is incredible nifty - when they're good and affordable, I don't need any DDMs.

And I think that's the point: DDM will always survive, because it is a standalone game that is actually played, but Reaper may grab the "only buy DDM for RPG"-part of the people.

If the price tag/quality are fine, they've grabbed me.

 

[Sammael]

-Oh Merric, is that FUD?

Coupled with his comment from the other thread, it sure looks like it to me...

...or does your Official Optimist title only apply to WotC products, Merric?

 

[Keith Robinson]

I think that's great news. Of course, it's price dependant, but Reaper have produced some fantastic stuff, so it will be interesting to see what they produce and what the quality of the production is.

I've got loads of DDMs, and play the skirmish game from time to time, but my figures are primarily for RPG, so I'll be taking a look at the new range for sure. It won't affect my DDM purchases in any way - instead it will just give me something additional to spend my cash on (like I don't have enough already!).

 

[jujutsunerd]

There's a thriving secondary market for D&D minis on eBay, and I never understood why folks dismissed that so handily when ranting about WotC's commitment to randomization (other than sheer obtuseness).

I don't know about anyone else, but as a european gamer, ebay might as well not exist. There are two reasons for this. The minor one is that quite a few miniatures sellers don't ship worldwide. The big reason is that shipping from the US seems to start at about $5 for a single (and up to about $20 for a couple of dozen miniatures.)

Too rich for me. At those costs I might as well buy a few more random boxes. (Or, rather, use the minis I have. "As you can all plainly see, this Orc with a greataxe is actually an elf with a bow." ;-)

/Jonas

 

[Maggan]

Coupled with his comment from the other thread, it sure looks like it to me...

...or does your Official Optimist title only apply to WotC products, Merric?

I thought he specifically was an Official WotC Optimist, not a general optimist.

EDIT: a EN World optimist, as it turns out.

/M

 

[Sammael]

I don't know about anyone else, but as a european gamer, ebay might as well not exist. There are two reasons for this. The minor one is that quite a few miniatures sellers don't ship worldwide. The big reason is that shipping from the US seems to start at about $5 for a single (and up to about $20 for a couple of dozen miniatures.)

Too rich for me. At those costs I might as well buy a few more random boxes. (Or, rather, use the minis I have. "As you can all plainly see, this Orc with a greataxe is actually an elf with a bow." ;-)

/Jonas

I'm a European gamer, and I've bought hundreds of minis from eBay. If you shop carefully, you can find sellers willing to ship a dozen minis for about $5. If some of those minis are average- or below-priced rares, this is a bargain.

Heck, at one point, I found a seller willing to offer worldwide free shipping. He shipped in padded envelopes so the minis ended up warped, but hey - that can be easily fixed with the hot water / hair dryer technique, and I got a number of GoL Huge Rares for peanuts this way.