Well, I don't know about you, but I will get 4 free sprues for sure.
chris_valera wrote:
He's said himself that the sprue only costs an extra buck to make. Yet he's charging ten, which is a woeful price, and higher than
GW was charging for their sprues.
You know what ? GW sprue are still available
That's 15£ for 36 stands. the Orks are
OOP, but the price point and number of figures was the same.
the DiD starter box is 22£, you get 32 stands and 12 vehicles.
The DiD sprue is also of significantly higher interest, more comparable in variety with the E40K era sprue. I challenge you to find some E40K era
IG sprues at a competitive price.
chris_valera wrote:
Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of buying
official Ork sprues on ebay. I may also spend that $75 on a discounted box set of Escape from Goblin Town, to add to the
three sets I already own. The Thorin's company models become redundant past the first set, but you can trade them for other figs (like say, the Empire figs I'm looking for in my sig as well as some Epic Orks)
No problems man, From the beginning you sound like you highly value having "official"
GW miniatures, and thinks that basically all other
SF miniatures are knock-offs that should be offered at a huge discount.
The thing is that even if the production cost of plastics is low, the setup certainly isn't. There is a level of discount no one will offer you, because no one can. People still run companies to make money, you know, unlike
GW 
. Before one can offer "free" stuff because the production price is low, you still have to pay for the setup. That's called an investment. That's what crowdfunding campaign are for. That's why the crowd DID fund it.
chris_valera wrote:
But you see? Customers shop for things that have value, and they have choices in the market place.
You know, I get that you're not interested in non-
GW official stuff, but man you can't begrudge people who are not
GW for not being
GW.
What is striking to me in your posts is that you're actually the only person here speaking in the name of "the people". I actually don't think that E&C from TMG is too commercially talented, but his production is definitely on par with what can be expected of 6mm plastics.
And from what are now
facts, there were actually enough customers to fund this project in excess of 500%. Please refrain from using the "people want" argument when your voice is isolated and people actually showed support. It makes you sound quite whiny, while I don't think this is you're intention.
Nobody forced or prevented you from doing anything. You apparently wanted to participate but don't regret that you didn't, you were on the brink of backing the project but never did. You actually said several time that somehow, TMG was "insulting" you.
I don't know if you realise it, but you never sounded like someone just wanting a perk (several of those you asked for were granted) or wanting to give feedback or an opinion.
You sounded like someone haggling without end. Then you started to sound like someone whining.
You don't like these figures, they're not
GW stuff and all... You know what ? It's OK, there are also plenty of people here who don't give a gak either, be it because they have no use for theses miniatures in their armies, because they only like 28mm or because the have a grudge against brits because of
GWs prices, who knows ? and who cares ?
You think it's not good enough value for you, no problems friend ! Nobody is going to block your ebay account or force you to buy DiD miniatures with your hard earned money.
But seriously, stop making claims in the name of "the people" and "the customers", and say "I" like grown-ups.
