WotC announced non-randomized minis

[Remathilis]

I've always thought the smartest thing they could do was sell the a pack to match the adventure you're about to play. Take this new super adventure "Revenge of the Giants". How about making a box set that has every miniature you'll need to run the adventure.

MSRP: $119.95 ($159.95 CAN)

Now, a collection of @ 10 important minis (giants, dragons, villains, major NPCs, etc) might be economically feasible, but not 1:1 mini ratio.

 

[El Mahdi]

I've always thought the smartest thing they could do was sell the a pack to match the adventure you're about to play. Take this new super adventure "Revenge of the Giants". How about making a box set that has every miniature you'll need to run the adventure.

I'm with you. I don't necessarily need all of the small fries redone in an adventure specific themed set, but I would like to see the main NPC's and bad guys and any that are different than the normal MM creatures, or are unique to that adventure. I'd like to see them go back and give some of the more classic adventures the same treatment (like Labrynth of Madness).

 

[megamania]

This sends neat but I really am pretty much figured out. There has been some 16 sets plus the various starters and other Icons sets. Generic figures won't make my money part from my hands at this point in time.

However... a Darksun themed set.......

 

[Amphimir Míriel]

Count me interested in a line that includes every Race/Class/Gender combo for PCs

Some of my players seem to pick whatever combination is almost impossible to find a picture online to make a counter, much less find a miniature in a random box!

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Just as an anecdote, in my last 3.5 game, one of my players was playing a lightly-armored Female Half-Orc with a greatsword... Finding an appropiate pic online was not easy, but we eventually found one...

This time around, she picked an underaged Female Dwarf Fey-pact Warlock

 

[cougent]

I guess we should stop trying and close up shop then.

Well no, this will probably actually get you a few of my dollars that the random packs NEVER would have seen. Especially if you guys were to sell sets that matched (big) adventures [hint, hint]. I would have loved (and bought) a RttToEE set, and if you do one for the big boxed set adventure in 2009, I will probably get both. So don't close up shop and go away... just continue to listen to what we want to buy; instead of what the Hasborg wants to sell.

 

[S'mon]

I've always thought the smartest thing they could do was sell the a pack to match the adventure you're about to play. Take this new super adventure "Revenge of the Giants". How about making a box set that has every miniature you'll need to run the adventure.

This would seem the smart approach. Even if I don't run that adventure, I'm more likely to buy a themed minis set where I know what I'm getting.

Bit of a problem though that I don't run 4e and I'm only interested in minis I can use for my 3.5 game; which excludes some of the new monsters.

 

[frankthedm]

$96! OUCH! Maybe if it came painted like the one on the first link.

But thanks for the cool link.

Well, you >>may<< still have a chance. Look anywhere that has old 'gift pewter' collecting dust. Sometimes those old minis wind up in those.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Bit of a problem though that I don't run 4e and I'm only interested in minis I can use for my 3.5 game; which excludes some of the new monsters.

Kinda doubt Wizards of the Coast is going to make decisions about their product lines based on what will keep Third Edition holdouts happy.

 

[Alnag]

It is possible, that non-randomized minis for D&D will mimick they way Star Wars are going to do this. Because... what you might (not) know - Star Wars has already two or three sets planned which are basically map pack + non randomized set of few miniatures going with it.

The strategy for DnD might be similar or slightly different, but I definitely see a patern here.

 

[Zaukrie]

I can't see how they do a box tied to an adventure with more than about 12 minis in it or so. What happens after every DM that is going to run that adventure has bought the minis? Unless they are good for general us, it just isn't going to be good for the retailer.