WotC announced non-randomized minis

[Novem5er]

Why haven't they put out non-random Monster Counters yet?

Use the exact same material as the best-selling Dungeon Tiles, but put art from the MM into little squares and circles. They could even package them in themes that actually mean something.

The ONLY reason I can think of why this hasn't been done is that it would hurt the mini's market, yet, aren't they going to be using this model for the virtual Game Table? Everyone will get free monster tokens with the Game Table, but they are betting that people will purchase 3d models. Why not do the same with the actual miniatures, but charge us $9.99 for a pack of tokens?

 

[Klaus]

Why haven't they put out non-random Monster Counters yet?

Use the exact same material as the best-selling Dungeon Tiles, but put art from the MM into little squares and circles. They could even package them in themes that actually mean something.

The ONLY reason I can think of why this hasn't been done is that it would hurt the mini's market, yet, aren't they going to be using this model for the virtual Game Table? Everyone will get free monster tokens with the Game Table, but they are betting that people will purchase 3d models. Why not do the same with the actual miniatures, but charge us $9.99 for a pack of tokens?

You can already download a PDF product that has all Heroic-tier monsters from the MM1 in token form.

A high-quality print version (which includes a couple of bonus dungeon tiles) will be sent to the printer very soon.

Fiery Dragon also has released Castle of Shadows, Maze Under Stormpeak and Ziggurat of Gloom, three PDFs that have tokens that ... ahem... "fit" with the released adventures so far.

 

[El Mahdi]

You can already download a PDF product that has all Heroic-tier monsters from the MM1 in token form.

A high-quality print version (which includes a couple of bonus dungeon tiles) will be sent to the printer very soon.

Fiery Dragon also has released Castle of Shadows, Maze Under Stormpeak and Ziggurat of Gloom, three PDFs that have tokens that ... ahem... "fit" with the released adventures so far.

Thanks for the link. I added these and some other of Fiery Dragons stuff to my wishlist (I like Fiery Dragon). However, I'm not exactly sure which released adventures these tokens were supposed to ... ahem ... "fit" with? (just kidding)
This is exactly why WoTC can't live without 3pp. Of course, that pesky little GSL thing doesn't seem to be completely stopping things.