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actually, English Assassin, i have that old Marauder Unicorn and rider...
it is a better sculpt by a mile...
much bulkier, and trotting like a Clydesdale, which is very cool...
the Finecast one looks like it's running drunk, and suffers from Anorexia...
i definitely wouldn't buy it, even at half the price...
i can just imagine his sad, droopy, Finecast horn;(...

cheers
jah

 English Assassin wrote:

 Harriticus wrote:
Anyone want a finecast unicorn for $16.50?

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440004a&prodId=prod1710046a

Hey, don't I recognise that goat-pony thing from twenty years ago?

http://www.solegends.com/marauder/mm83elfmageunicorn.htm

Why yes I do...

Not quite, it's the Unicorn that Morgana le Fay was first released on back... oooh a while now, 4th or 5th edition fantasy. Still, 20 years it is not far off.

 notprop wrote:

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
You think that's bad? Check how much a pack of three Fell Bats will set you back.

Or 5 Bloodknights.....

agreed blood knights have been over priced for a long time

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
Not quite, it's the Unicorn that Morgana le Fay was first released on back... oooh a while now, 4th or 5th edition fantasy. Still, 20 years it is not far off.

Blimey, so it is! Well done to Trish Morrison for getting paid to do what was essentially the same sculpt twice! And well done to Howard and Jah for their visual acuity.

And yes, though the detail isn't as fine, I think I prefer the pose of the earlier one (though its draught house aesthetic doesn't necessarily perfectly fit the elves, who - along with their horses - were even skinnier back then than they are now).

you are correct, EA...
Marauder had a completely different aesthetic from Citadel, 20 years ago...
they were all much chunkier than Citadel...
i always liked the more comic feel of the sculpts...

if you put that Marauder Unicorn next to one of the original Citadel Elven steeds, it would be about 3X wider...
the thing is, painted well, the old Unicorn looked great...

since the topic is pricing, and value for the money, i would much prefer to spend my money on a nice chunk of metal rather than a suspect bit of resin...
the fact that we can spend less on a good product (multi-part plastics), or spend more on a poor product (Finecast) is the crux...
vote with your wallet...
as i said previously, i have no problem with the cost of a Studio Mcvey piece, as i know i'm getting a quality product...
when they get the formula sorted out for Finecast, then i will be happy to buy it...
of course, i'll still be buying from discount retailers where possible...
that bit of a discount actually drives customers to spend more...
instead of being upset about GW's prices, i just look for the best discount i can find, and then happily play with my new toy soldiers...

cheers
jah