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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Twowolves" data-source="post: 3378780" data-attributes="member: 18093">So, what exactly are you saying then? You claimed a 3rd party company couldn't make cloakers, mind flayers and glabrezu, and I pointed out that Reaper has, indeed, done just that without any sort of official license to do so. Would it help if they were able to market these minis under their "official" names? Probably, a little. But probably not enough to justify the expense of such a licensing deal. You then seem to posit that searching for a particular mini with a "generic" name is too much effort for most, despite the fact that A) retailers have Reaper catalogs right there next to the blisters (and often arrange them on the shelves numerically by catalog number, making finding a figure from the catalog very easy) and B) Reaper's website has a search engine that is descriptive and not keyed to a creature's name. Never mind the mind blowing concept of ASKING the guy behind the counter if they make a good generic phaerim (which, as far as I know, hasn't been released for DDM either, and if it was, would most assuredly be a rare).You claim that you pointed out the fact that Reaper has gotten away with some pretty heavy liberties in their generic figure sculpts, but yet you also claim that you won't dig trhough blisters and didn't know about the cloaker or umber hulk? You chastised one poster for not looking hard enough for DDMs online regarding the secondary market, but yet you can't be bothered to use an online figure finder search engine yourself? Or to even ask someone at the game shop?  I hope the line does great. I have every confidence in these guys, and think they can do a good job and even though their initial release will be "gang" sets, I hope they branch out to the more unique set piece monsters. I doubt they will (big, flashy monsters are a big seller for their metal line, and prepainted mobs of cannon fodder fit the business model I think they are aiming for), but it'd be nice.</blockquote>

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