I agree, although I have to point that multiplying an 8 years-old-model
price by three can not be allocated to kind of costs. I think all is raw
benefit. Maybe someone new to epic may find it right, but for old epic
gamers these maneuvers are an insult for our intelligence. We know the real
aproximate cost of the miniatures, not to say a core rulebook for 40$ (!?!).
I hope that at least there are some nice pictures of Britney in it... :-)
There were a lot of people who played SM 2nd edition because a complete army
was quite cheap compared to WH40k. Or at least these was so in my area. The
GW attitude, lack of support and increasing prices have progressively
withdrawn a lot of people from the hobby. In that time a nice 4k points SM
army (SM, Eldar, Squat, ork, all with lots of plastic) could cost less than
100$. The only real expensive armies were IG (lots of metal tanks and
artillery, plus lots of plastic infantry required) and Chaos (lots of
metal). Now, it seems like the tables have turned... an army is astonishly
more expensive, plus you get a lot less miniatures, since the game is
designed to be played on a far smaller scale.
I don't think this price politic is doing any good to Epic. Indeed, I think
this is the grace shot to GW epic line (a.k.a. "let's make the most of the
money out of this before we close it").
Albert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Ramos" <primarch_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Epic minis up at GWUS
> Hi!
>
> Fanatic games are overpriced due to the relatively small scale of the
> operation compared to GW's flagship games. In order to make a profit GW
> is happy with these lines get very high and IMO unrealistic prices. Even
> warmaster blister are 10 dollars and over.
>
> For the epic enthusiast, picking up the newer stuff may be done in
> limited quantities, but I dont see any realistic amount of "new blood"
> getting into epic with these prices.
>
> Peter
>
> cibernyam wrote:
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> >Could anyone tell me what has the Reaver mini new to cost 30$ ? This
> >miniature used to cost less than 10$ in the old days. I can believe it.
> >Nothing new is added and I don't know for sure, but US inflation has not
> >gone up to 300% in ten years, hasn't it?
> >
> >Well, in the end is the WH / WH40K politic for minis, the game value (in
> >abstract sense, not the point cost) is added to the value of the
miniature
> >to calculate the price. Hence, big heros cost a lot more than other
> >miniatures, even when they are smaller. I still remember the blister of a
> >thin female imperial assassin costing more than two black orcs... Old
WH40K
> >Plastic Land Raiders used to cost less than old WH40K deredeo metal
> >dreadnoughts, which in turn costed something like 10$...
> >
> >Albert
> >
> >
> >
> >
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