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

[Kunimatyu]

I think we'll see square bases, both for Warlord compatibility and to visually differentiate the line from DDM.

The fact that you can use the orcs and skellies as Warlord grunts is very interesting...I wonder if Reaper will be the first company to produce a prepainted fantasy wargame(and yes, heroscape's cyborgs disqualify it)? One can't help but think that could be an excellent move for Reaper.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Sorry, I thought we were talking about Reaper's prepainted plastic miniatures here. (Checks title of thread )

Metal miniatures are a different topic completely. After all, with these in print, clearly the DDM stirges aren't in demand, right?

The statement was 'But I don't see any Reaper stirges to take that part of the market.'

Given that this was in a sub-discussion as to whether Reaper was likely to do SRD monsters, and given that they have only listed the first wave releases I feel that this is a fair example. Nor did you state 'plastic stirges' in any way. Looking at your previous post, Glyfair, I in fact do not believe that was the way you intended your statement to be taken at the time, not at all, at all. You were simply stating that Reaper has no stirges, and in fact they do.

And yes, there are indeed people who went and bought Reaper stirges, metal ones, rather than buying the overpriced plastics. There are a fair number of people who do not know that there are alternatives, or assume, like you may have done, that there are none.

The Auld Grump

 

[Thurbane]

The war will be determined in game stores on the concept of buy what you want vs. buy what you get. They may not get your business or other eBay diehards, but they'll certainly get the business of casual purchasers like myself who don't really want to be burdened with eBay.

Can I get an Amen? That pretty much sums up my exact position...

 

[JoeGKushner]

Yuck. As I won't be playing Warlord anytime soon, I would have preferred round 25mm bases.

Privateer Press: Round

Warlord: Square

Warhammer 40K: Round

Warhammer: Square

Confrontation: Square

Ragnarock: Square

I'm sure there are others out there but a good mix of square and round bases no?

 

[JoeGKushner]

The Real Orc Question!

Will they be green or grey?

I hate the grey orcs but realize that those starting with 3.0 probably don't know that a lot of us prefer the geenies!

 

[WhatGravitas]

Hell, as long as they aren't those infernal broccoli bases, I'll be happy.

What the heck are "infernal broccoli bases"?

 

[JoeGKushner]

What the heck are "infernal broccoli bases"?

The Dark Haven line of Reaper's miniatures come connected to a base which has a 'grassy' texture sculpted onto it but it tends to look like broccoli and many, icluding myself, wish that the integrated bases all looked cooler instead of just select miniatures.

 

[JVisgaitis]

Easier than I thought. Here's a nice representation: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/Kunimatyu/IMG_0654.jpg

Thanks! Those look pretty cool. Even from that pic I can see what you mean by hit or miss.

On a final note, I think it is a big error to refer to the secondary market as a "small slice".

Well, considering the info posted by Dragon's Associate Editior in the thread on Wizard's Digital Initiative Moving Forward, I'll reaffirm and say it is a small size. Here's what he said:

But this much I know, from looking at Paizo's market research: An astonishingly high percentage of D&D players do not have reliable internet access, and even among those who do, many more do not always use their computers for their D&D games.

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Mike McArtor
Associate Editor
Dragon Magazine

If that's the case and I see no reason to believe that he's lying, that would certainly affirm that D&D players aren't using eBay a lot as they don't have reliable internet access. So yes, the numbers to back it up aren't perfect, but they can't be ignored.

 

[Pbartender]

What the heck are "infernal broccoli bases"?

Take a look at the base of the "Cave Troll" in the picture I posted above.

That's the infernal broccoli base... A sort of rough-textured lump for the base, instead of a nice flat surface.

 

[Dragon Snack]

'Broccoli bases' are mostly on older Reaper DHL minis. The newer ones usually have sculpted integral bases and the Warlord minis have a separate square plastic base.

Note that Reaper hasn't said anything about what the bases will be, only that they will be usable as proxies for the Warlord game. That lead people to assume square bases, however DHL minis are usable as proxies already and they are not on square bases (you have to put them on square bases to use them as proxies).

As for the 'secondary market'...

I did a quick search for completed auction on eBay for "D&D Miniatures" and found less than 7000 listed (it goes back a month). Now that doesn't include store listings unless they were sold, but eBay stores are hard to seach anyway (meaning most people don't bother). While a good source for those willing to use it, it isn't a huge market when compared with the multitude of LGSs.

There are also some people who just don't use eBay because of inaction. It's easier to pick up something at the LGS when they drop by...

Will they be green or grey?

I hate the grey orcs but realize that those starting with 3.0 probably don't know that a lot of us prefer the geenies!

Reapers Bull Orcs from their Warlord line are painted green in the rulebooks and on the data cards...

Yeah, no more 'you haven't posted' message...