To tell the truth, I got into minis about a year ago for my d&d game. I bought $200 worth of reapers and i painted them to the best of my limited ability.
But now I buy only D&D minis.
Why -- for all the complaints I see about cheap plastic, D&D minis don't bend out of shape, break and the paint doesn't chip. 90% of my reapers look like crap because I travel and can't afford to individually bubble wrap them when not in use.
Not to mention D&D minis are less expensive, and they are painted better than most people can manage. Which is difficult because for 8 months of the year
I live in student conditions and even If I had the space, I have none of the paints or other expensive materials required to paint a set.
I used to be litterally addicted to the purchase of magic cards -- seriously I had a frequent buyer discount at my local comic shop -- And I would hesitate to compare these minis to Magic. Whereas 99% of the magic cards I bought went into a box and are never used, I can find a use for every single mini I have bought.
D&D minis will probably outgrow magic for this reason, When I buy them, I don't feel ripped off.
If you don't like them, don't buy them.
Hasbro has found a marketable strategy that seems quite successful. Complaining that they are running their corporation like a corporation "grubbing for money" is non-sensical. Its the base root of Capitalism upon which our society is built. If you don't like Capitalism then go to a communist country. I just hope that when you get there, you aren't expecting the exotic luxuries such as minis and D&D that we all know every communist nation devotes public resources too...
To tell the truth, I got into minis about a year ago for my d&d game. I bought $200 worth of reapers and i painted them to the best of my limited ability.
But now I buy only D&D minis.
Why -- for all the complaints I see about cheap plastic, D&D minis don't bend out of shape, break and the paint doesn't chip. 90% of my reapers look like crap because I travel and can't afford to individually bubble wrap them when not in use.
Not to mention D&D minis are less expensive, and they are painted better than most people can manage. Which is difficult because for 8 months of the year
I live in student conditions and even If I had the space, I have none of the paints or other expensive materials required to paint a set.
I used to be litterally addicted to the purchase of magic cards -- seriously I had a frequent buyer discount at my local comic shop -- And I would hesitate to compare these minis to Magic. Whereas 99% of the magic cards I bought went into a box and are never used, I can find a use for every single mini I have bought.
D&D minis will probably outgrow magic for this reason, When I buy them, I don't feel ripped off.
If you don't like them, don't buy them.
Hasbro has found a marketable strategy that seems quite successful. Complaining that they are running their corporation like a corporation "grubbing for money" is non-sensical. Its the base root of Capitalism upon which our society is built. If you don't like Capitalism then go to a communist country. I just hope that when you get there, you aren't expecting the exotic luxuries such as minis and D&D that we all know every communist nation devotes public resources too...