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

[El Ravager]

And I'll stand by my monsters statement. You are correct that the metal adventurers sell the best for Reaper, but one of the things that they can exploit is the 'percieved lack of baseline monsters' that seems to be the major (or at least one of) complaints from otherwise happy customers. I think its a darn shifty and pretty awesome move on their part, and if successful can once again establish them as THE niche mini retailer.

Here is another thing to consider with that. Adventurers are more fun to paint. I don't mind painting up one adventurer that I am going to use for my character, or a hand full that I will use for some important NPC.

Random dudes and mooks and some monsters aren't as much fun to paint lots and lots of. I see myself spending money on prepainted things like orcs and monsters and such, but also buying and painting metal minis for my own PC or special chracters and so on.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Auggie will likely ship overseas if you shoot him an email.

I'll have to do that - Unhallowed is around the corner, and as usual I want to fill the ranks with what I get on eBay.com. Since he says he won't ship overseas on his shop site, I never bothered to ask. But I'll write him now and ask about it.

And not make a single penny of profit. but profit is the worst thing any gaming company can make, right?

Yes, it is. It seems that if you make profit, you'll lose all your fans!

IIRC, WotC went after the d20 prepainted figs because the SRD applied to print. (Where do you print the d20 license on a figure?) But this only prohibits the naming of the figures. "Floating Eyes", "Eye Terrors", "Eye Beasts" and such have been put out by various companies since 1E came out.

Yeah, I doubt that this will keep anyone from making those minis with generalized names (and without any actual D&D reference).

 

[Sammael]

Auggie will ship abroad, but you have to pay a huge amount for shipping ($30?) in advance, which he will reimburse after he ships and thus finds out the actual cost of shipping to your location. At least that was his policy the last time I inquired.

 

[MerricB]

The first wave is up:
http://www.reapermini.com/
20001_____ Skeleton Swordsmen (3) $ 5.79
20002_____ Skeleton Archers (3) $ 5.79
20003_____ Skeleton Spearmen (3) $ 5.79
20004_____ Skeleton Swordsman $ 1.99
20005_____ Skeleton Archer $ 1.99
20006_____ Skeleton Spearman $ 1.99
20007_____ Orc Warriors with Scimitars (3) $ 6.99
20008_____ Orc Archers (3) $ 6.99
20009_____ Orc Spearmen (3) $ 6.99
20010_____ Orc Warrior with Scimitar $ 2.49
20011_____ Orc Archer $ 2.49
20012_____ Orc Spearman $ 2.49
20013_____ Cave Troll $ 3.99
20014_____ Ogre Chieftain $ 4.99
20015_____ Minotaur of the Maze $ 5.99

Cheers!

 

[rgard]

The first wave is up:
http://www.reapermini.com/
20001_____ Skeleton Swordsmen (3) $ 5.79
20002_____ Skeleton Archers (3) $ 5.79
20003_____ Skeleton Spearmen (3) $ 5.79
20004_____ Skeleton Swordsman $ 1.99
20005_____ Skeleton Archer $ 1.99
20006_____ Skeleton Spearman $ 1.99
20007_____ Orc Warriors with Scimitars (3) $ 6.99
20008_____ Orc Archers (3) $ 6.99
20009_____ Orc Spearmen (3) $ 6.99
20010_____ Orc Warrior with Scimitar $ 2.49
20011_____ Orc Archer $ 2.49
20012_____ Orc Spearman $ 2.49
20013_____ Cave Troll $ 3.99
20014_____ Ogre Chieftain $ 4.99
20015_____ Minotaur of the Maze $ 5.99

Cheers!

Nice prices!!!

 

[MerricB]

Nice prices!!!

They're not bad. You can probably get such minis cheaper on the DDM secondary market during their release period. (Orcs and skeletons for $0.50 each; Trolls and ogres for about $2 each).

Cheers!

 

[smootrk]

They're not bad. You can probably get such minis cheaper on the DDM secondary market during their release period. (Orcs and skeletons for $0.50 each; Trolls and ogres for about $2 each).

Cheers!

Then again, these are Mfg Suggested Retail (or I assume)... so many folks will be finding these with at least some discount off that price (although I know many local shops charge full retail (or even higher) for most offerings - silly business practice IMO).

 

[thedungeondelver]

Okay.

I voiced my concern at Reaper and two very nice posts by ReaperClarke and ReaperBryan have definitely gone a great distance towards allaying my fears:

This post and this post both answer my concerns. A lot of them, anyway. The important ones.

So now we wait and see how the minis look.

 

[JVisgaitis]

The first wave is up...

Prices are awesome, but I want to see some samples. Come on Reaper, throw us a bone!

 

[Felon]

Nice prices!!!

Prices are awesome

???

Actually, I'm pretty disappointed with those prices for the rank-and-file troops. eBay DDM orcs and skellies are much cheaper. The higher-end minis (ogre chieftan, maze minotaur) are in the pricing territory of DDM rares, or out-of-circulation DDM uncommons. Of course, all of this may be redeemed somewhat by the actual sculpts. But how good do I need a skeleton spearman to look?