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<blockquote data-quote="Dragon Snack" data-source="post: 4608219" data-attributes="member: 9810"><p>The farmer had nothing to do with the line changing form. Price increases, lower quality, WotC promoting DreamBlade over it (with lots of prize money for the big tournaments), and economic realities (oil prices, transportation costs, economic meltdown in the US and China) all played their part in the demise of (the current incarnation of) DDM.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure I have over 2000. Another player in my old group has multiples of almost every mini produced (including rares), so if there have been 1,063 minis produced so far (according to a previous post) he has well over 2,000 as well. Neither of us played the skirmish game (well, I demoed it at Gen Con to get the free promo figures, but that's it).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, originally they specifically said that once a set was retired NONE of the minis would be reissued. That's why the Harbinger Kobold were almost $2 each (or more) at one point. But it didn't take them long to backtrack on that...</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>REALLY?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Point(s) Of Information:</strong></p><p></p><p>DDM is at 1,063 minis (including special editions and Icons), the majority of which are no longer produced or available in distribution (last 4 or 5 sets, so 240-300 available). It's been produced since 2003.</p><p></p><p>Reaper's Dark Heaven Legends has 1,374 minis in the line (NOT including special editions or boxed set Dragons), almost every single one is still available (direct from Reaper by you or your game store) and more of them are available from distributors (Alliance's "Deluxe DHL Assortment" has 450 minis in it, so there are <em>at least</em> that many). It's been around since 1996.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You have to remember that Reaper is really just a small mom and pop shop, even if they have been around for a while. Notice how ReaperClark repeatedly said "significant investment" in the thread that Pawsplay linked? Reaper is a small company and the value of the US dollar and transportation costs can have a bigger impact on their purchasing power (especially compared to WotC).</p><p></p><p>The line was a success, so much so that it outstripped their capacity to keep up with the demand. They don't do the plastics in house, it has to be outsourced. If WotC has had problems with their outsourced mini production (by their own admission), it's no wonder Reaper did as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragon Snack, post: 4608219, member: 9810"] The farmer had nothing to do with the line changing form. Price increases, lower quality, WotC promoting DreamBlade over it (with lots of prize money for the big tournaments), and economic realities (oil prices, transportation costs, economic meltdown in the US and China) all played their part in the demise of (the current incarnation of) DDM. I'm pretty sure I have over 2000. Another player in my old group has multiples of almost every mini produced (including rares), so if there have been 1,063 minis produced so far (according to a previous post) he has well over 2,000 as well. Neither of us played the skirmish game (well, I demoed it at Gen Con to get the free promo figures, but that's it). Actually, originally they specifically said that once a set was retired NONE of the minis would be reissued. That's why the Harbinger Kobold were almost $2 each (or more) at one point. But it didn't take them long to backtrack on that... [i]REALLY?[/i] [b]Point(s) Of Information:[/b] DDM is at 1,063 minis (including special editions and Icons), the majority of which are no longer produced or available in distribution (last 4 or 5 sets, so 240-300 available). It's been produced since 2003. Reaper's Dark Heaven Legends has 1,374 minis in the line (NOT including special editions or boxed set Dragons), almost every single one is still available (direct from Reaper by you or your game store) and more of them are available from distributors (Alliance's "Deluxe DHL Assortment" has 450 minis in it, so there are [i]at least[/i] that many). It's been around since 1996. You have to remember that Reaper is really just a small mom and pop shop, even if they have been around for a while. Notice how ReaperClark repeatedly said "significant investment" in the thread that Pawsplay linked? Reaper is a small company and the value of the US dollar and transportation costs can have a bigger impact on their purchasing power (especially compared to WotC). The line was a success, so much so that it outstripped their capacity to keep up with the demand. They don't do the plastics in house, it has to be outsourced. If WotC has had problems with their outsourced mini production (by their own admission), it's no wonder Reaper did as well. [/QUOTE]
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