If GW were to start making miniatures not tied to any GW system

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Thunderhawker

Originally posted by Friar
and many seem to have multiple armies.

Dude you have no idea. My storage shelf is sagging and my wife actually came in and counted boxes still in the shrink wrap (not counting blisters) and she gave up at 50...

Only 50........Amateur........lol


But to be honest i can\'t see GW wanting to branch out as they are too heavily invested in their own product lines attempt to break in to another game companies market place. if you think about the cost involvement on Design, Sculpting and then Mould making for mass production then they\'d have to break a large amount of profit on each production figure. If I have been told correctly the cost alone for Plastic Moulds are something in the region of 10K per mould as they are made of steel, rather than the Centrifugal moulds which are made of a Silicon(?) material.

If GW were to branch out towards DnD It\'s make more sense for them to use Forgeworld and their \"on demand\" production rather than a stockpile of \"Loss Leaders\" sitting on a shelf.

 

[Shadzar]

Originally posted by Thunderhawker

Originally posted by Friar
and many seem to have multiple armies.

Dude you have no idea. My storage shelf is sagging and my wife actually came in and counted boxes still in the shrink wrap (not counting blisters) and she gave up at 50...

but have you amde the mistake of buying a paint display rack yet? and i don\'t just mean the new space saving wire ones, but the old plstic ones that ae 4 foot long and hold a single row of 6-7 citadel paints vertically.

you kind of have to buy multiple armies with the way they make the rules. you have to use current stuff to play as the newer things are often better or stronger powered, and older stuff has no chance, so they make it where you have to have many armies to keep current if you play in any environment with aspiration of tournaments.

also a few people playing against each other with the same army everytime gets old fast, so you need more armies to prevent boredom.

probably all planned in GW policies and strategies so they don\'t need a line of independant minis outside of their games fluff.

 

[Thunderhawker]

No, no paint rack yet. Of course I have two of the Paintier 80s full and a shelf with even more. I am a paint whore. I have GW, foundation, VMC, RMS, P3, a couple VGC. Man they take up alot of space.


Back on topic: Yes they could do it. However, why would they? They have the morket cornered on what may be the largest tabletop wargames system(s) in the world. Their competition is token at best (in this genre). I think that GW\'s focus is on building the current product. A Baneblade in every home!