Plastic?!!?

[hakoMike]

This must have been an agonizing decision for them after all the page 6 smack-talk about plastic miniatures, but Warmachine is getting its first plastic miniatures.

They look just as good to me as metal versions of pp stuff. I have a Menite army, so I\'m sure I\'ll buy them.

 

[squig hunter]

While the quality looks good, I hate the sculpts, and it seems to me that it is a tad stupid to produce plastic minis, only to price them at about the cost of corresponding metal ones (these are $9 a pop). That said the quality of the casts looks superb, although these could of course be resin casts for the studio painters.

Squig

 

[Valander]

it seems to me that it is a tad stupid to produce plastic minis, only to price them at about the cost of corresponding metal ones

I\'ve heard lots of people complaining about the price of these new plastics, and honestly, I think they\'re all on crack. Also, there are no \"corresponding metal ones\" for the Bastions; they\'re only going to be available in plastic.

Anyone who\'s looked at the rest of the line and can compare the bulk of these models knows that they\'re basically the same size as Man-o-Wars, which are on medium bases. A box of 3 (3, not 5 like in the Bastions box) retails for 49.99, and additional dudes are 16.99. If you do the math, that means the plastic Bastions are just a little over half the price (17*.5=8.5), so it\'s still a good deal.

A lot of people seem to think Privateer went to plastic to \"lower prices.\" This is categorically not true, as Matt has said on multiple interviews. The reason for the switch was to have better control on prices; plastic costs don\'t fluctuate as much as tin has lately. Controlling costs is one of the most basic things any company needs to do in order to remain profitable.

 

[slah]

It may be true that the main reason for dabbling in plastics was to use a material which is more stable in price, but if you switch to a comparatively MUCH cheaper material, but don´t lower the cost by more than a token amount it IS pricegouging no matter the reasons for switching materials.

Edit: That said, the models does look decent with a lot of detail.

 

[supervike]

I wouldn\'t care if they made them out of caviar, they look over the top, and goofy.

But, I applaud them for making the switch, it seems the fans are overall pleased.

Plastic is a great medium for miniatures....it allows conversion and they are much easier to put together. Don\'t get me wrong, I still love chunky metal, but I like plastic quite a bit as well...just not these dudes.

 

[airhead]

there are some major expenses in plastic casting. The molds are significantly more expensive than the vulcanized rubber of the lead/pewter industry.

The injection machines are also much more costly than the spin-mold used on the metal side.

I\'m not talking a few hundred bucks here either, orders of magnitude more expensive.

At some point the plastic gets cheaper, but at how many units sold? That is an internal question that only they can answer.

 

[Rugne]

Just thought I'd add a point which no one seems to have touched on, at least as far as the plastic jacks are involved, apparently there are going to be three varients of jack in each both, so it's build what you need, but on the other hand, the upside of that is that I'm sure it's going to be fairly easy to fit magnets etc to hot swop in what you for any given situation.

Marc

 

[Rugne]

wow, sorry about the thread-o-mancy, didn't realise this thread was so old.

Marc

 

[funnymouth]

the game specific threads dont see much action, so its fairly common to resurrect old threads here.