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Ah, .. erm.. can't remember his name at Macrocosm, does like his dwarfs.. erm sorry 'Garden Spirits of a magical nature' is it now?
look... don't know.. look a bit newer design wise then I would expect but fair enough ^_^
 
Ah, part of the point of a KS for miniatures.. unlike some... 'companies' (hell, I've seen some people try to do an Esty and sell miniature STL files which were just stolen from others, on KS) but when doing decent miniatures with a legit company, the KS is meant to be cheaper then final retail to get more people interested in the first place to basically cover costs of sculpting, mastering and production moulds. thus when this is covered, they can be sold on a normal shop for a price to cover making them, shop costs, making new moulds when the old wear out etc. and Profit. Alot of the KS ones... well.. CAN make a profit but more as a way to expand the line ^_^

of course, there are more then one reason and way to do things but.. there you go. unless KS exclusive, you normally make them cheaper on the KS so you get more people to buy in a big go then the slow drip of retail. Bit like how for video games and some books, you sell the most in the first couple of weeks.
 
yeah, not always the cheapest.. they are classic hefty dwarfs, so a bit more metal then the normal 28mm mini. Don't know if the KS is a loss leader.. possible but bad way of doing business. When you think, Macrocosm's prices for the moulds and spinning is £100 for the silicon mould to be made, which can be 6-12 figures, with £3 a spin + metal weight.. trying to think of the weight cause, like I said, hefty dwarfs... fairly heavy.. personally? £6 each is a bit too much even for that size but it's not as bad as GW overprice (why the hell does a company which sells MUCH more bulk, and so can spread the cost better, overcharge so much? ¬_¬).

if he plans to sell 100 sets of 6, which he only has 6 on the mould, then that is already £10 per set + £3 spin +.. what... pewter is something like £60 a kg, maybe 5grams a figure? I'm not great at estimating weight.. so say 30 grams of pewter, that's £18 on top of that, so that's already £41. Add a bit of sculpting, and a bit of profit.. .. well, seams like a good price.. though I would say my weight is out.. it's an understandable price though probably a bit high for my taste. when I briefly worked in IT retail, it was something like 10% on top of cost.. If I remember right.. it wasn't for long and it was some time back and that part wasn't my field ^_^ I was more just doing some selling, diagnoses and repair. Small scale of course.
 
ah, re-release ^_^ keyword there.

but yeah. if Diehard Miniatures are back up and running, they normally have pretty pricey stuff.. more so then Macrocosm.
 
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