Re: [Epic] Price query or how to get the stuff

From: sauron1 <sauron1_at_...>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 21:04:57 -0700

Mark A Shieh wrote:
>
> sauron1 <sauron1_at_...> writes:
> > DLIL-Lewiston, Kris wrote:
> > >
> > > Okay, after a fairly large number of e-mails on the subject of the Epic
> > > boxes I can get hold of, I have come up with some guidelines.
>
> > Sauron1 writes;Do you think that GW,who we know subscribe to our list,get
> > the message about how far we are going to buy up all the SM stuff we can
> > out there at a reasonable price! Rather than their current rip off!
>
> No, I'd rather have the Games Designers reading the list
> rather than the people in charge of marketing. The designers have
> proven themselves to be worthwhile human beings, but the
> marketing/pricing people... brr...
> It's not like the prices were all that reasonable before the
> increase, either. I bought about 85% of my figures during the pre-TL
> 1/2 off sale on all Epic blisters at our store, or off the net for
> about 1/2 off. Now, I'd have to buy it at about 80% off in order to
> really convince myself they're worth getting. (The white metal isn't
> quite so bad, 1/2 off is still probably about right, but you'd think
> that plastic would be less expensive than metal, not more expensive.
> :)
>
> Mark

Sauron1 writes; Thats what I cannot understand eather! My original rant
over the new box was how little you got for your $100.00 Canadian.There
is no metal in the box. And with there production runs and globalization
of production, their profit margin on a box must be huge. We can design
art work here or ofshore,check it olmust immeditaly for the Northamerican
 Look,correct for errors and have it printted,diecut,and shipped to
Canada for the price of the artwork here. So can they.On a cost basis the
plastic bubble,printted card stock and packagine cost 2 to 2 1/2 times
the figure cost. And even in lead or pewter the figure costs 11 cents
each as is in the package. A canadian operation that actually casts many
of the American figure manufactures figures is run by some old friends of
mine. sauron1
Received on Sat Apr 26 1997 - 04:04:57 UTC