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5 months ago ::
Feb 07, 2013 - 9:27PM
#11
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Date Joined:
May 25, 2012
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I dig old Rals and Reaper and rarely ever bought a WOTC D&D mini, they Suck and are inferior to old Grenadier mini's of the 70's and 80's. Do us a favor Wotc stop trying to Pawn off plastic turds on your gamers. I could mold a better mini with my nose gold.
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5 months ago ::
Feb 08, 2013 - 12:33AM
#12
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Date Joined:
Jul 23, 2008
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Uh, No, Grenadier sucked hardcore. I mean they really sucked- especially the 70s (wtf) ones. Best build a time machine with your nose gold- 'cause Grenadier belongs in the past. Thankfully.
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5 months ago ::
Feb 08, 2013 - 7:59AM
#13
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Date Joined:
Mar 16, 2011
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Minis can still be obtained for decent prices.
Trying to get a large sized miniature at a reasonable price is next to impossible though. 1" sized base ones not so bad.
That's why I'd like to see some packs of large creatures like giants and hippogriffs etc...
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5 months ago ::
Feb 08, 2013 - 9:48AM
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Date Joined:
May 25, 2012
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Uh, No, Grenadier sucked hardcore. I mean they really sucked- especially the 70s (wtf) ones. Best build a time machine with your nose gold- 'cause Grenadier belongs in the past. Thankfully.
I know Grenadier sucked hardcore- that was the point of the comparison , WoTc's figures suck worse than that, In fact I can get a better miniature out of a Happy meal.
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5 months ago ::
Feb 08, 2013 - 1:22PM
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Dungeon Command is just too damn pricey for me to even look at for my miniature fix. Twelve minis for $40? $80 to play the game with a friend. Pass. That's $3.30 a mini. Pathfinder Battles is pretty pricey as well, but just a hair less and the painting is better than the thick shiny stuff WotC uses. My personal reccomendation is to just buy some paints and get some Bones. If you were lucky enough to back the Kickstarter you'll have more minis than you know what to do with (Reapermas is only one month away!).
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5 months ago ::
Feb 11, 2013 - 8:41AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 31, 2004
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also, reaper has a huge plastic minis line, reaper bones coming. it had a huge kickstarter.
also a canadian company, dungeon crawler has pre painted, and blank.."naturals' minis coming out as well.
so, the future does indeed look bright.
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5 months ago ::
Feb 11, 2013 - 2:25PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 15, 2004
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Minis can still be obtained for decent prices.
Trying to get a large sized miniature at a reasonable price is next to impossible
Aboleth or Maug for $1.49. Chraal for $1.59. Trolls for $1.79. Ogres for $1.19, $2.29, $2.49, $2.99 and $3. Dragons for $2.49.
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5 months ago ::
Feb 11, 2013 - 2:28PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 15, 2004
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Dungeon Command is just too damn pricey for me to even look at for my miniature fix. Twelve minis for $40?
$26 on Amazon or Miniaturemarket.
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5 months ago ::
Feb 11, 2013 - 8:36PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 18, 2004
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also, reaper has a huge plastic minis line, reaper bones coming. it had a huge kickstarter.
also a canadian company, dungeon crawler has pre painted, and blank.."naturals' minis coming out as well.
so, the future does indeed look bright.
Don't forget Center Stage Minatures, they've some pretty nice lines of D&D critters. They also had a pretty successfull kickstarter that ended with them being able to commission all of the Demon/Devil Lords, a number of the minions and a full size Tiamat type dragon.
Personally, having seen the quality of Center Stage, I *really* think WOTC should license them, they'll be the second coming of Ral Partha.
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5 months ago ::
Feb 12, 2013 - 8:34AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 25, 2009
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Personally, having seen the quality of Center Stage, I *really* think WOTC should license them, they'll be the second coming of Ral Partha.
I've never been able to figure out why WotC doesn't do more licensing of quality products. It seems like Hasbro/WotC wants to keep everything in house, which I assume is about maintaining profit margins. If it did more licensing they'd make less money but they'd also expose themselves to less financial risk. This makes sense for risky ventures like miniatures which have proven to be a volatile market.
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