Re: [NetEpic ML] Epic minis up at GWUS

From: Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:18:38 -0400

Hi!

No arguements here.... :-)

Its a shame though, you get less and less for more. Epic games of even a
high point value seem to be a little lacking in the figures department now.

Oh well, epic games at epic prices is the motto now....

Peter

cibernyam wrote:

>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... :-)
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>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withdrawn a lot of people from the hobby.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.
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>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").
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>Albert
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