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<blockquote data-quote="Boss Fight" data-source="post: 8179710" data-attributes="member: 7029319">[USER=7025997]@Blue Orange[/USER] we don't want to get into the business of selling mini's b/c there is already so much of that out there. But we did consider the that some folks might want to keep the figures or just not return them. Since it's a subscription, there would be a contingency fee for that circumstance. All mini's (and terrain - thanks [USER=6796661]@MNblockhead[/USER] ) would be fully painted. The idea is to deliver an impressive mid to end level fight scenario to the gaming group at a fraction of the cost it would normally take to buy and paint the figures. You are correct that the figures would need to be DRM/IP free to be used commercially.[USER=6796661]@MNblockhead[/USER] we seem to have similar thoughts about mini's and tactical combat. These things are great to use at the table, but no one in our group wants to spend a lot of extra time/money buying and painting them up for just one or two uses. But if we could offer huge/gargantuan/colossal size mini's of enemies that were featured in all the popular campaigns, that might be a good starting point for a business. As to whether or not this is a scalable opportunity, that's exactly what we're exploring now <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />We haven't tried anything yet besides some brainstorming and basic business planning. Both of us have day jobs and kids so it's all been done in our spare time. That's one of the big reasons I really appreciate this conversation. It helps us realize some pitfalls and possibilities that we hadn't discussed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boss Fight, post: 8179710, member: 7029319"] [USER=7025997]@Blue Orange[/USER] we don't want to get into the business of selling mini's b/c there is already so much of that out there. But we did consider the that some folks might want to keep the figures or just not return them. Since it's a subscription, there would be a contingency fee for that circumstance. All mini's (and terrain - thanks [USER=6796661]@MNblockhead[/USER] ) would be fully painted. The idea is to deliver an impressive mid to end level fight scenario to the gaming group at a fraction of the cost it would normally take to buy and paint the figures. You are correct that the figures would need to be DRM/IP free to be used commercially. [USER=6796661]@MNblockhead[/USER] we seem to have similar thoughts about mini's and tactical combat. These things are great to use at the table, but no one in our group wants to spend a lot of extra time/money buying and painting them up for just one or two uses. But if we could offer huge/gargantuan/colossal size mini's of enemies that were featured in all the popular campaigns, that might be a good starting point for a business. As to whether or not this is a scalable opportunity, that's exactly what we're exploring now :) We haven't tried anything yet besides some brainstorming and basic business planning. Both of us have day jobs and kids so it's all been done in our spare time. That's one of the big reasons I really appreciate this conversation. It helps us realize some pitfalls and possibilities that we hadn't discussed. [/QUOTE]

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