Today's Post: Plastic Minis Cost What?
With all the excitement from Cold Wars, I almost forgot it was time to review the next month of solicitations from Alliance via Game Trade Magazine.
MY WANT LIST:
The AD&D Premium HCs. Yes, I mentioned these last month, but they're formally solicited in this month's book.
"In 1974, the world changed forever when Gary Gygax introduced the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The legacy of his innovative ideas and the extensive reach of his powerful influence can be seen in virtually every facet of gaming today. To help honor his work and his memory, Wizards of the Coast has created limited-edition reprints of the original 1st Edition core rulebooks: the Monster Manual, Player’s Handbook, and Dungeon Master’s Guide. These premium versions of the original AD&D rulebooks have been lovingly reprinted with the original art and content, but feature an attractive new cover design commemorating this re-release.
Available in limited quantities as a hobby channel exclusive in North America, your purchase of this monumental book helps support the GygaxMemorial Fund - established to immortalize the “Father of Roleplaying Games” with a memorial statue in Lake Geneva, WI. Scheduled to ship in April 2012."
DUNGEON MASTER’S GUIDE WOC A0239000 ...............................$44.95
MONSTER MANUAL WOC A0240000...............................................$34.95
PLAYER’S HANDBOOK WOC A0241000 .........................................$34.95
These shoulld go quickly, and I don't know if I will have the funds next month, but unless they make them a gaudy mess, they should look beautiful on my book shelf... until my children cover them in yogurt.
The "If I hit the Mega Millions on Friday" Want List
Besides getting the three Premium books, everything else I'd want to see
The List for The Pegleg Gnome's Game Shack
*WORLD OF WARCRAFT TCG: AFTERMATH - TOMB OF THE FORGOTTEN - Boosters Only
*Heavy Gear and Dust Tactics roll in with ambitious solicitations, the only thing different from the normal onslaught of figs is DUST WARFARE: CAMPAIGN BOOK -OPERATION ZVEROGRAD supplement
for Dust Tactics $19.95.
*Games Workshop: So Games Workshop has revamped the Lord of the Rings and is releasing new product. The army units cover orcs, dwarfs, elves, and men. The price seemed a big steep, $22.25 for 12, so I wondered, what do other companies charge for plastic boxed sets? The good news is, there are plenty of only companies soliciting plastics, so we can compare properly.
*DC ADVENTURES: HEROES & VILLAINS VOLUME 2
Featuring stats fully compatible with Mutants &Masterminds, Volume 2 of Heroes & Villains covers characters from the League of Assassins and Legion of Super-Heroes to Zatanna and Zauriel. $49.95
*MANTIC: DWARF KING’S HOLD: DUNGEON MONSTERS SET four Undead Ghouls, three Undead Zombies, three Orc Axes, and 10 Undead Skeletons unpainted, plastic miniatures, complete with bases. $24.99. So for $25 you can get 20 figs, probably not the greatest sculpts ever seen, but Mantic doesn't seem to produce crap. Their Twilight Kin (elf, dark elf?) box set is $25 for $10, but that is a hybrid plastic/metal.
*MARVEL HEROIC ROLEPLAYING: CIVIL WAR - X-MEN $19.99
*MAYFAIR: AEROPLANES: AVIATION ASCENDANT
"Aeroplanes explores the dawn of commercial aviation, an exciting era between 1919 and 1939. Experience
the difficulties and triumphs of commercial airlines in Europe, pioneering airports and service in continental Europe and around the world! Can you balance your investment in aeroplanes, customer service, and routes well enough to become the premier airline of the era? $50.00"
We've exahusted train games, and or have we just evolved into plane games?
*PAIZO PUBLISHING:
RIFTS: BLACK MARKET PAL 0886 ................................$20.95
RIFTS: WORLD BOOK - NORTHERN GUN ONE PAL 0887 ................................$20.95
*REAPER: This month Reaper pushes their new Bones line of plastic minis, both individually and by the wall rack to dealers. The average single man sized figure in plastic is $1.99. Two bucks? Oh nostalgia, when a little over ten years ago, their fancy metal character figs were $2.25-$2.50. The Chinese are going to destroy this country by recalling all our debt and preventing us from getting cheap metal miniatures! Anyway, the figure quality looks good.
*Warlord: For the sake of comparison
CLASSICAL GREEK PHALANX (40) WLG HGR3..............................$37.86
*WIZKIDS
DC HEROCLIX: DC 75TH ANNIVERSARY - WAR OF LIGHT
DC HEROCLIX: JUSTICE LEAGUE BOOSTER
DC HEROCLIX: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
MARVEL HEROCLIX: CHAOS WAR
MARVEL HEROCLIX: GIANT-SIZE X-MEN - THE UNCANNY X-MEN
PATHFINDER BATTLES ENCOUNTER PACK: CHAMPIONS OF EVIL--
So boys and girls, let's compare plastics pricing:
GW: $1.85
Mantic boxed set: $1.25
Mantic Twilight Kin (plastic/metal) $2.50
Reaper Bones Singles $1.99
Warlord Historical Ancients $0.95
Which again proves why historicals are superior....
With all the excitement from Cold Wars, I almost forgot it was time to review the next month of solicitations from Alliance via Game Trade Magazine.
MY WANT LIST:
The AD&D Premium HCs. Yes, I mentioned these last month, but they're formally solicited in this month's book.
"In 1974, the world changed forever when Gary Gygax introduced the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The legacy of his innovative ideas and the extensive reach of his powerful influence can be seen in virtually every facet of gaming today. To help honor his work and his memory, Wizards of the Coast has created limited-edition reprints of the original 1st Edition core rulebooks: the Monster Manual, Player’s Handbook, and Dungeon Master’s Guide. These premium versions of the original AD&D rulebooks have been lovingly reprinted with the original art and content, but feature an attractive new cover design commemorating this re-release.
Available in limited quantities as a hobby channel exclusive in North America, your purchase of this monumental book helps support the GygaxMemorial Fund - established to immortalize the “Father of Roleplaying Games” with a memorial statue in Lake Geneva, WI. Scheduled to ship in April 2012."
DUNGEON MASTER’S GUIDE WOC A0239000 ...............................$44.95
MONSTER MANUAL WOC A0240000...............................................$34.95
PLAYER’S HANDBOOK WOC A0241000 .........................................$34.95
These shoulld go quickly, and I don't know if I will have the funds next month, but unless they make them a gaudy mess, they should look beautiful on my book shelf... until my children cover them in yogurt.
The "If I hit the Mega Millions on Friday" Want List
Besides getting the three Premium books, everything else I'd want to see
The List for The Pegleg Gnome's Game Shack
*WORLD OF WARCRAFT TCG: AFTERMATH - TOMB OF THE FORGOTTEN - Boosters Only
*Heavy Gear and Dust Tactics roll in with ambitious solicitations, the only thing different from the normal onslaught of figs is DUST WARFARE: CAMPAIGN BOOK -OPERATION ZVEROGRAD supplement
for Dust Tactics $19.95.
*Games Workshop: So Games Workshop has revamped the Lord of the Rings and is releasing new product. The army units cover orcs, dwarfs, elves, and men. The price seemed a big steep, $22.25 for 12, so I wondered, what do other companies charge for plastic boxed sets? The good news is, there are plenty of only companies soliciting plastics, so we can compare properly.
*DC ADVENTURES: HEROES & VILLAINS VOLUME 2
Featuring stats fully compatible with Mutants &Masterminds, Volume 2 of Heroes & Villains covers characters from the League of Assassins and Legion of Super-Heroes to Zatanna and Zauriel. $49.95
*MANTIC: DWARF KING’S HOLD: DUNGEON MONSTERS SET four Undead Ghouls, three Undead Zombies, three Orc Axes, and 10 Undead Skeletons unpainted, plastic miniatures, complete with bases. $24.99. So for $25 you can get 20 figs, probably not the greatest sculpts ever seen, but Mantic doesn't seem to produce crap. Their Twilight Kin (elf, dark elf?) box set is $25 for $10, but that is a hybrid plastic/metal.
*MARVEL HEROIC ROLEPLAYING: CIVIL WAR - X-MEN $19.99
*MAYFAIR: AEROPLANES: AVIATION ASCENDANT
"Aeroplanes explores the dawn of commercial aviation, an exciting era between 1919 and 1939. Experience
the difficulties and triumphs of commercial airlines in Europe, pioneering airports and service in continental Europe and around the world! Can you balance your investment in aeroplanes, customer service, and routes well enough to become the premier airline of the era? $50.00"
We've exahusted train games, and or have we just evolved into plane games?
*PAIZO PUBLISHING:
- GAMEMASTERY FACE CARDS: RISE OF THE RUNELORDS ADVENTURE PATH $10.99
- GAMEMASTERY MAP PACK: LOST ISLAND $12.99
- GAMEMASTERY MAP PACK: MARKETPLACE $12.99
- PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: RISE OF THE RUNELORDS ANNIV ED HC $59.99
- PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: RISE OF THE RUNELORDS PAWN COLL $15.99
- PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH:SKULL & SHACKLES 5 - PRICE OF INFAMY - $19.99
- PATHFINDER CAMP SETTING: SKULL & SHACKLES POSTER MAP FOLIO - $19.99
- PATHFINDER PLAYER COMPANION: BLOOD OF ANGELS - $10.99
- PATHFINDER TALES: NIGHTGLASS $9.99
RIFTS: BLACK MARKET PAL 0886 ................................$20.95
RIFTS: WORLD BOOK - NORTHERN GUN ONE PAL 0887 ................................$20.95
*REAPER: This month Reaper pushes their new Bones line of plastic minis, both individually and by the wall rack to dealers. The average single man sized figure in plastic is $1.99. Two bucks? Oh nostalgia, when a little over ten years ago, their fancy metal character figs were $2.25-$2.50. The Chinese are going to destroy this country by recalling all our debt and preventing us from getting cheap metal miniatures! Anyway, the figure quality looks good.
*Warlord: For the sake of comparison
CLASSICAL GREEK PHALANX (40) WLG HGR3..............................$37.86
*WIZKIDS
DC HEROCLIX: DC 75TH ANNIVERSARY - WAR OF LIGHT
DC HEROCLIX: JUSTICE LEAGUE BOOSTER
DC HEROCLIX: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
MARVEL HEROCLIX: CHAOS WAR
MARVEL HEROCLIX: GIANT-SIZE X-MEN - THE UNCANNY X-MEN
PATHFINDER BATTLES ENCOUNTER PACK: CHAMPIONS OF EVIL--
So boys and girls, let's compare plastics pricing:
GW: $1.85
Mantic boxed set: $1.25
Mantic Twilight Kin (plastic/metal) $2.50
Reaper Bones Singles $1.99
Warlord Historical Ancients $0.95
Which again proves why historicals are superior....
Just an FYI the AD&D reprints have been pushed back to July 17, 2012. I saw this on Grognardia and they linked to WotC's product page with new date being shown. Gee release them just before GenCon? Never would have guessed they would do that. Nope. Never.
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