I don't know if this aspect has been brought up before, maybe it has, and I just didn't find it...
Anyway... I came over to the Mongoose site because I had bought a box of Rippler Bugs real cheap to use as gargoyles for my Games Workshop Tyranid horde, and then I discovered a whole bunch of interesting things. BFEvo, for example, which is why I registered for the forum.
My point is this: I've collected and painted (and played with) GW minis for the past 20 years. I got totally hooked on the Star Wars minis game of prepainted figures from Wizards of the Coast when that game was released, and I have also looked at D&D Miniatures since then. Excellent idea, well executed, good games and so on. I even touched upon WizKids' games for that same reason the year before Star Wars was released, but didn't like the quality of the figures and the rather distractive bases.
The good point with Games Workshop and all the other traditional makers of minis - you go to the store and you buy the figures you need. The bad point is - you then have to spend the next eternity painting them...
The good point with WotC's and WizKid's pre-painted figures is that you can start playing immediately. The bad point here is that all of the figures are random - you don't know what you will get in each package. You want a squad of Rebel Speeder Bikes? Buy a ton of boosters and hope you get enough or enough trade bait or you can buy it off E-Bay or some other place at ridiculous sums.
So what do we have here? It's pre-painted and ready-to-run and you know what you get in each box!
Hallelujah! Someone's gone and done it right!
Anyway... I came over to the Mongoose site because I had bought a box of Rippler Bugs real cheap to use as gargoyles for my Games Workshop Tyranid horde, and then I discovered a whole bunch of interesting things. BFEvo, for example, which is why I registered for the forum.
My point is this: I've collected and painted (and played with) GW minis for the past 20 years. I got totally hooked on the Star Wars minis game of prepainted figures from Wizards of the Coast when that game was released, and I have also looked at D&D Miniatures since then. Excellent idea, well executed, good games and so on. I even touched upon WizKids' games for that same reason the year before Star Wars was released, but didn't like the quality of the figures and the rather distractive bases.
The good point with Games Workshop and all the other traditional makers of minis - you go to the store and you buy the figures you need. The bad point is - you then have to spend the next eternity painting them...
The good point with WotC's and WizKid's pre-painted figures is that you can start playing immediately. The bad point here is that all of the figures are random - you don't know what you will get in each package. You want a squad of Rebel Speeder Bikes? Buy a ton of boosters and hope you get enough or enough trade bait or you can buy it off E-Bay or some other place at ridiculous sums.
So what do we have here? It's pre-painted and ready-to-run and you know what you get in each box!
Hallelujah! Someone's gone and done it right!
