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 Mr.Omega wrote:
In fact, most of them in the wargaming scene charge excessive amounts on the models. People who act like X-Wing isn't highway robbery because the pieces of card and plastic included in the box (that have a material worth measured in pennies) and the factory-paint job on the minis are somehow a-ok in justifying paying £10 for a mini the size of a coin surprise me when they act like GW's pricing is far more obscene. (it is obscene. Just not far above X-Wing in measure)

Well yes, people do consider more than just the raw material cost of an item when deciding whether they feel that it is a good value or not. X-Wing's miniatures feel like a reasonable deal because they come with all of the rules/tokens/etc, represent 20-50% of your fleet in an average game instead of 10% or less, and can be used right out of the box. The fact that it's overpriced in some superficial analysis of raw materials doesn't matter at all when you're asking the question "am I happy with what I just bought at that price".

Also, if you're paying £10 for X-Wing ships you're getting ripped off. It's more like £6-8 depending on where you get them. Which, compared to this £18 model of similar size, looks like a pretty good deal even if you ignore the fact that the GW model is a much smaller part of an army.

Today I went to the Duxford Imperial War Mueseum, and there were tons of models, loads of tents selling hobby kits, practically everywhere. Let me tell you that 95% of all tanks marginally larger than a Leman Russ, with typically less detail and thinner, more fragile plastic were £30 or above, a large portion being £40-50. They're priced for modellers, having no direct wargame use of any kind. For reference an LRBT in the UK is £31 and has undeniably multiple options included.

First of all, you're talking about museum gift shop prices, which have nothing to do with the real price of the kit. Unless the UK is completely different from US museums all of those kits have a huge markup so the museum can get easy profit off whiny kids who demand a new toy every time they go on an educational trip. Second, the LRBT might have options, but it's a mediocre kit that needs expensive FW upgrades just to look like a real model instead of a cheap walmart toy. Other than the extra option sprues it's really not that much better than the average low-end historical model kit.

I think they should just so I can stop having to work with resin that stuff is a pain and it's so heavy!