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<blockquote data-quote="SavageRobby" data-source="post: 4384569" data-attributes="member: 51573">You could do a line of low cost non-random miniatures (see: Confrontation, Reaper, etc), and those seem to have a direct correlation between price and quality. To me, it appears that random collectibility is more about increasing selection than decreasing price, or that is to say, it allows a larger selection without driving the cost up tremendously.Because the manufacturer doesn't have to worry about individual best-sellers or worst-sellers (all the minis get sold equally in a given set, according to their rarity), they can produce a full set of 60 (or however many are in the set) and not worry about whether fringe pieces will sell at the same volume as the more popular pieces. (Think about some of the really out-there minis, and if they'd _ever_ sell as singles.) This means they can take chances on some of the out there minis, knowing that the [insert least favorite rare ever] will - by virtue of the packaging scheme - sell as well as the Beholder, or Red Dragon, or whatnot. I view that as a plus, especially since there is a secondary market that still retains the (relatively) low cost of the minis, while removing the element of risk from purchasing. Or at least, the risk of randomness. In this case, the secondary sellers are passing on the benefits of the increased selection to us, while taking on the worry of good/bad sellers.(I wish I liked the recent sets more. They're just not doing for it for me these days.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SavageRobby, post: 4384569, member: 51573"] You could do a line of low cost non-random miniatures (see: Confrontation, Reaper, etc), and those seem to have a direct correlation between price and quality. To me, it appears that random collectibility is more about increasing selection than decreasing price, or that is to say, it allows a larger selection without driving the cost up tremendously. Because the manufacturer doesn't have to worry about individual best-sellers or worst-sellers (all the minis get sold equally in a given set, according to their rarity), they can produce a full set of 60 (or however many are in the set) and not worry about whether fringe pieces will sell at the same volume as the more popular pieces. (Think about some of the really out-there minis, and if they'd _ever_ sell as singles.) This means they can take chances on some of the out there minis, knowing that the [insert least favorite rare ever] will - by virtue of the packaging scheme - sell as well as the Beholder, or Red Dragon, or whatnot. I view that as a plus, especially since there is a secondary market that still retains the (relatively) low cost of the minis, while removing the element of risk from purchasing. Or at least, the risk of randomness. In this case, the secondary sellers are passing on the benefits of the increased selection to us, while taking on the worry of good/bad sellers. (I wish I liked the recent sets more. They're just not doing for it for me these days.) [/QUOTE]

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