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Post by sgtslag on Aug 3, 2021 14:19:35 GMT
Emphasis on the Multi-part!... IMO, these mini's will have excessive parts, 8+ parts, per figure! Anyway, here is a link announcing it. I expect this venture will fail: too complex, lack of interest on the part of RPG customers; war gamers (like me) will find them too complex, too much work, too delicate (maybe). Time will tell. I wish them the very best with this uber investment (each injection mold will cost them $50,000+!!!). I think they are trying to get the money from the Reaper Bones customers, along with the Dwarven Forge customers, after those customers, collectively, have spent, literally, millions of dollars on each of those multiple Kickstarters for each of those company's products (Bones miniatures, and DF terrain). Cheers!
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Post by margaret on Aug 4, 2021 18:16:15 GMT
Thanks for the info - I hadn't seen those. Agree that it's way too much piecing together for each model - of little tiny parts at that. But there may be enough people who like having the options...
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Post by sgtslag on Aug 4, 2021 20:22:32 GMT
Years ago, I bought some Roman Skeleton Soldier figures, similar in that each arm was made of two pieces, each leg was two pieces (I think), a separate head, and bits and bobs to glue on like weapons and/or a quiver! They took a long time to glue together, and they were very delicate, when finished -- thin, small plastic bits that stuck out, waiting to be mashed into pieces!
I don't think they sold well. I made mine up, glued them to plasti-card bases, but I never even primed them. I think they all ended up in the trash.
These remind me of those figures. I will grant you the Roman Skeletons would have looked quite impressive -- until you picked them up, and they broke apart in your hand, even with delicate handling... They had separate feet, which needed to be glued to the lower shins. All parts were injection molded, hard plastic. Modeler's Glue worked well, but the bits were small, and fragile, making the whole fragile, and delicate.
In my High School history classes, they always had the same poster hanging: "Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it." I fear this is their situation: they do not remember what happened with that company's Roman Skeletons, so they are repeating their expensive mistake. Sad, really. Cheers!
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Post by skunkape on Aug 9, 2021 12:22:02 GMT
I could see something like that working for larger figures, but medium size and smaller, you're right to much complexity. I've got to many Bones figures to paint already, so I'm not going to be buying to many of them it I buy any at all.
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Post by erho on Aug 9, 2021 15:41:58 GMT
This should be fun
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