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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 1752428" data-attributes="member: 20741">I think MerricB is absolutely right. The &quot;next big thing&quot; in the three year horizon is pre-painted miniatures and those effects are just starting to be felt. It's been 10 months since they were first released. Quality has increased greatly since the first release.&nbsp; They've sold 8 million of these already. 8 *million*&nbsp; At their retail prices, that's the equivalent of 200,000 $40 hardcovers in less than one year.&nbsp; And they are just getting **started**Those minis are not available in mainstream toy stores...yet.&nbsp; WotC has its CCGs in Toys R Us. Make no mistake - getting their minis in a mass market dept store is their end and aim. Compared to the sales for D&amp;D minis, the sales of all non-wotc gaming products - put together - don't touch the economic impact of these minis.Quality has already increased massively over the past 10 months and the new Star Wars minis are extremely impressive.&nbsp; And I expect they will get better as time goes on.MerricB is right. The &quot;next big thing&quot; in pre-painted collectable miniatures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 1752428, member: 20741"] I think MerricB is absolutely right. The "next big thing" in the three year horizon is pre-painted miniatures and those effects are just starting to be felt. It's been 10 months since they were first released. Quality has increased greatly since the first release. They've sold 8 million of these already. 8 *million* At their retail prices, that's the equivalent of 200,000 $40 hardcovers in less than one year. And they are just getting **started** Those minis are not available in mainstream toy stores...yet. WotC has its CCGs in Toys R Us. Make no mistake - getting their minis in a mass market dept store is their end and aim. Compared to the sales for D&D minis, the sales of all non-wotc gaming products - put together - don't touch the economic impact of these minis. Quality has already increased massively over the past 10 months and the new Star Wars minis are extremely impressive. And I expect they will get better as time goes on. MerricB is right. The "next big thing" in pre-painted collectable miniatures. [/QUOTE]

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