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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1760934" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>GW's been heavily marketing North America for at least ten years; I was picking up White Dwarfs before I was married and seeing their listing of corporate stores. What they have done more of, at least in the last five or so years, is in opening corporate stores as opposed to "licensed" independent retailers who happen to stock their stuff. There's at least three in my metro area alone.</p><p></p><p>Also not sure where you're seeing those financial results. Not that I've looked at them recently, but I know GW was struggling with earnings at least a year or two ago, and had been for at least a couple of years prior to that. I think GW is still struggling to figure out what their business model is; and I think it's no coincidence that they're strongly pushing for licenses for their IP in the computer games realm lately.</p><p></p><p>Privateer seems to be on the rise, but how sustainable that model is is anyone's guess. They're essentially a mom and pop operation that's hit the (relative) big time by having a simple, easy to play game, and tapping into a new, up-and-coming genre; fantasy steampunk.</p><p></p><p>pogre, I don't know what plastics GW and other toy manufacturers use, but all the plastics in my industry are sure seeing price increases. AFAIK, most industrial plastics and resins are petroleum based, and have been hit pretty hard in recent years by oil prices.</p><p></p><p>And lastly, I actually happen to work with a bunch of software development people, oddly enough, in my current job. I could always poke around for openings if you have any interest whatsoever. We have a fair amount of Canadians working at our company, many of them actually live in Windsor and cross over the bridge every morning to come in to work, but I'm not sure I'd recommend that. Sounds like quite a hassle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 1760934, member: 2205"] GW's been heavily marketing North America for at least ten years; I was picking up White Dwarfs before I was married and seeing their listing of corporate stores. What they have done more of, at least in the last five or so years, is in opening corporate stores as opposed to "licensed" independent retailers who happen to stock their stuff. There's at least three in my metro area alone. Also not sure where you're seeing those financial results. Not that I've looked at them recently, but I know GW was struggling with earnings at least a year or two ago, and had been for at least a couple of years prior to that. I think GW is still struggling to figure out what their business model is; and I think it's no coincidence that they're strongly pushing for licenses for their IP in the computer games realm lately. Privateer seems to be on the rise, but how sustainable that model is is anyone's guess. They're essentially a mom and pop operation that's hit the (relative) big time by having a simple, easy to play game, and tapping into a new, up-and-coming genre; fantasy steampunk. pogre, I don't know what plastics GW and other toy manufacturers use, but all the plastics in my industry are sure seeing price increases. AFAIK, most industrial plastics and resins are petroleum based, and have been hit pretty hard in recent years by oil prices. And lastly, I actually happen to work with a bunch of software development people, oddly enough, in my current job. I could always poke around for openings if you have any interest whatsoever. We have a fair amount of Canadians working at our company, many of them actually live in Windsor and cross over the bridge every morning to come in to work, but I'm not sure I'd recommend that. Sounds like quite a hassle. [/QUOTE]
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