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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sammael" data-source="post: 3378438" data-attributes="member: 4475">I suppose the 1400+ minis sitting next to me appeared out of thin air, then? I'd estimate that maybe 1/3 of those have come out of sealed boosters, AT MOST. The rest are all from the secondary market. Note that my points below presume that you are NOT buying rares, just commons and uncommons.It's economical. If a booster goes for $15, and I can get 7 out of 8 minis from that booster for $7 or less (plus shipping), that's $1 per mini. That's DAMN economical.It's practical. There are tons of mini lots being sold on eBay right now, mostly containing of minis in batches of 3, 4, 5, 6, and so on... up to 12 in a batch. Sure, there may not be any kobolds at the moment (I haven't checked), but when Unhallowed releases next week, you're sure as hell going to have batches of 12 Strahd Zombies going for $6 AT MOST. Furthermore, if you find a well-stocked shop with a decent flat-rate shippinh policy, you can get literally HUNDREDS of minis at a time for a price that is very hard to beat.Viable? For whom? WotC doesn't recognize the market officially. The number of stores selling single minis on eBay has grown exponentially over the past several years, and the prices for current minis (not those long out-of-print) have remained more or less the same. Thus, it's viable for sellers. That leaves us with buyers, and I think my above two points show why this is quite viable for a lot of buyers. Not all, mind you, and certainly not those who can't bother devoting something like 2-3 hours to searching for stuff they need and waiting a week to get it.</blockquote>

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