kodiak888 said:
I know everyone, lets make sarcastic comments that the US has to pay the "same" as the UK now instead of understanding that jumping from $10 to $18 is a big step and that the models loose the price advantage they use to have over competing companies and games, which won't kill the Hobby but makes it less appealing and that much harder to play/find new members/justify how much money we spend on toys. Rozxxxors! :roll:
</sarcastic disappointment at some people>
yes, jumping from $10 to $18 is a big step, but given you have had 6 years of underpricing, can you really blame our lack of sympathy. Lets look at it another way. it's an increase of $1.33 a year, which itself is probably no worse than a lot of companies, it's just that it came in one big step. I dunno how much you know of economics, but their is a thing called inflation, people get pay rises, matereals become more expensive, this has the result of making things on the whole more expensive EVERY year, maybe say, to the tune of $1.33.
The other argument people are using is that a FOW tank only costs say $12.. I hate to break it to you, but those tanks are mostly resin... thats cheaper than the metal (at least if I want to buy it)...also claims are that iron kingdoms is cheaper. Let me think. I just spent £40ish thats $80 on some trollkin long riders. now then, i would ,say their is more metal in 2 Bin'Taks than my 3 long riders... yet wait, 2 BinTaks work out £10 cheaper... gosh. And I dunno bout stateside, but iron kingdoms boxes just went up £7ish as well.
thins is my friend, and you caught me on a bad moment, so I apologise. People are whining without thinking about it, NO price increase for 6 years*, you got them CHEAPER than the country of origin (ok, Mongoose origin, afaik the models are made in the states). Now before you all jump on the bandwagon and smack me down, does anyone play Axis and Allies the board game? last time I checked, I could get it for about $50 in the states... in the UK the exact same game costs me $90 equivalent. yes folks, we too get kicked in the the crotch. I found another boardgame, same thing, why? because it is made by an American company, ah well, thems the breaks.
*ok, one itty price rise a few months ago, to a very few models, I would also like to advise that the bin tak DROPPED in price for about 2 years,