Warhammer 40k

Rezz said:

Holy fuck. They have plastic sets with like 15 models that are 180 dollars?

I was looking at good parachute points to get into the game and -plastic- fucking models are like 5-10 dollars each, at a minimum?

Talk about audience capture. Fuck.

I definitely need to look more into local groups before I spend a single dollar. Are they actively trying to keep their playerbase to the same grognards that have been playing for 20+ years instead of expanding the base?

Edit - maybe I'm just elderly or something, but I am positive you would get pewter/composite figures for like 15 bucks if they were a special character or something with extra detail. 10 dollars for a plastic model (regardless of manufacturing costs; plastic is plastic) on a per model basis is basically thievery. Jesus christ I am just floored by modern warhammer prices. I legit thought when I saw the prices that they came prepainted and that would explain the price expansion.

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You missed the pewter era by like 30 years. They were expensive even back then, absurd now tho. When we first started playing, my friend used to just shoplift the delicious lead, then later pewter minis. Which were like $5-10 bux for a blister pack of 2-3 normal units. Or 1 of the captain/hero tier units. When the shitty plastic models came out, they were like $15, but you at least got like a whole squad of units for the price. (prices are probably a bit inaccurate. wayy too long ago)
The starter box sets were always a big outlay too. Nowadays the plastic models are WAY better than the old metal sculpts. Still outrageously priced, but also somehow a deal compared to say Kingdom Death.

There was lead before pewter. That was the pinnacle.

bolok said:

You missed the pewter era by like 30 years. They were expensive even back then, absurd now tho. When we first started playing, my friend used to just shoplift the delicious lead, then later pewter minis. Which were like $5-10 bux for a blister pack of 2-3 normal units. Or 1 of the captain/hero tier units. When the shitty plastic models came out, they were like $15, but you at least got like a whole squad of units for the price. (prices are probably a bit inaccurate. wayy too long ago)
The starter box sets were always a big outlay too. Nowadays the plastic models are WAY better than the old metal sculpts. Still outrageously priced, but also somehow a deal compared to say Kingdom Death.

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I was there =| I saw the blister prices. Blood Angels heroes were like 12 dollars for a pewter fig. Dante, Mephiston, the fucking cupbearer guy Calistius or whatever. A Landraider was like 35? Maybe?

Blows my mind how much the prices have inflated.

Rezz said:

Holy fuck. They have plastic sets with like 15 models that are 180 dollars?

I was looking at good parachute points to get into the game and -plastic- fucking models are like 5-10 dollars each, at a minimum?

Talk about audience capture. Fuck.

I definitely need to look more into local groups before I spend a single dollar. Are they actively trying to keep their playerbase to the same grognards that have been playing for 20+ years instead of expanding the base?

Edit - maybe I'm just elderly or something, but I am positive you would get pewter/composite figures for like 15 bucks if they were a special character or something with extra detail. 10 dollars for a plastic model (regardless of manufacturing costs; plastic is plastic) on a per model basis is basically thievery. Jesus christ I am just floored by modern warhammer prices. I legit thought when I saw the prices that they came prepainted and that would explain the price expansion.

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You aren’t wrong. Prices are 2-3 times higher than the 90s.

Maybe my 4 full armies should just go on EBay. I’m too old and busy to play.

I mean if you want to purchase a yacht with the proceeds. I'm kicking myself for just giving away a small tau army of unpainted minis still in boxes/blisters. It was like 2400 points or something in 2003 terms; think it ran me like maybe 300 for everything? That same army would be well over a grand now. Christ almighty haha.

I'm never selling my shit but I wonder how much it's going to go up in eBay value after the show and movie comes out. I bet commission artists will be booked up.

My thing is for the time it takes, I wouldn't feel good charging for a plastic mini what I do.

The good money maker for time investment I thought of was selling handfuls of painted purity seals. Once you get it all lined up, you could rock out enough of those to cover the demand out there.

Another is selling "ready to go" all black with 3 color marines (silver edging, gold chest, red eyes, gun) because ppl can easily slide transfers on/paint shoulder edges for iron hands, raven guard, death watch, black templars. There's people out there selling piles of these transfer sheets too, and I've had them sell out then have to get back to me. Again, pre-show/movie.

Seems like something you could crank out when this goes mainstream for some side bux to buy more for yourself without feeling guilty if you know what I mean.