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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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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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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Punko said:

I remember buying a starter box for the high elves in warhammer. It had enough models to field a 2k points army and some reserve units so you could change the army up.

Had silverhelms, soldiers, archers, 1-2? bolt throwers, a char on a griffon and a bunch of other stuff, besides the most basic troops every model was metal, and it was like 150$. Must have been under 2$ / model on average.

That was 30 years ago.

Current prices are beyond retarded. Also back then you could buy badly painted metal models and strip the paint, so there was a decent 2nd hand market for those.

Fuck GW. Over the years they have started to market their plastic shit like Hermes products, including the hate towards customers.

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Nirgon said:

Yeah I am at a point where I don't want more quality for more money. The models are already so insanely intricate if you get them under a lense and try to paint all the details.

It's an immense undertaking imo to keep 2 armies up to date and looking good.

The point shifts can lead to massive army reworks which has happened a bit. The points nerf to Voidraven bomber was ultra oof seeing as I have 2 done.

I have some razor wing flocks and a tech marine to finish. It has been fairly never ending since I started but I'm not a speed assembler/painter or anything.

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