Re: [Epic] Epic Plastic Sprues

From: Max Maynard-Maloney <dormammu_at_...>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 03:07:05 -0800 (PST)

> New to the thread, but I absolutely DON'T BUY the idea that GW doesn't
> make a profit with their plastics. If they didn't, they wouldn't do
> them.
>
Of course they do. It's just that the initial investment is enormous for
plastic molds -- I believe someone quoted ~20,000 pounds for a tank mold?

> I'm not saying that ALL things have made a profit...ie the
> plastics from Mighty Empires had to set them back. But the tanks for
> the imperial guard, or any other plastic tank they've done for 40K.
> They simply won't do something for the heck of it since they have
> shareholders to answer to. GW has been doing too many plastic kits as
> of late for the argument that they don't make money on them to be
> valid.
>
I only know that the IG tanks haven't turned much profit. If you notice
the recent vehicles, all the Marine (and Sisters of Battle) are old kits
with metal add-ons. The Falcon is new of course, but even though it is
selling at an unbelievable rate they are releasing a WH40K Fire Prism to
get more sales out of the mold (same kit with metal add-ons). The
mediocre sales of IG tanks is preventing the Studio from developing the
Adeptus Mechanicus for 40K as they would be tank heavy.

Max

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Received on Thu Mar 19 1998 - 11:07:05 UTC