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Author Topic: Perry's new Hussars on Pre-order  (Read 4046 times)

Offline joroas

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Re: Perry's new Hussars on Pre-order
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2010, 08:21:58 PM »
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Plastic ~ spawn of the devil!

Is that the Inquisition I hear, I didn't expect them.  :o
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Offline commissarmoody

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Re: Perry's new Hussars on Pre-order
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2010, 01:24:59 AM »
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
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Offline bulldogger2000

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Re: Perry's new Hussars on Pre-order
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2010, 02:21:10 AM »
Ohhhh they would be PERFECT if they had included dismounted Hussars as well.

Offline joroas

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Re: Perry's new Hussars on Pre-order
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2010, 08:26:49 AM »
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They may seem cheaper NOW, but how will you feel when choice is limited and smaller manufacturers of metal figures are forced out of business?

Any small manufacturer going into Napoleonics would have a hard time.  There will be a niche for filler figures, though, for all the new plastic figure ranges.  Renegade are cheap but they're still having a sale, as are Foundry. The new owners of the Minifigs range are still trying to get a £1 a figure.........
« Last Edit: April 04, 2010, 08:29:00 AM by joroas »

Offline Yankeepedlar01

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Re: Perry's new Hussars on Pre-order
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2010, 02:21:25 PM »
"...a £1 a figure..." Cheap at the price I'd say really. I still think plastics are a bad idea in the long term, but I accept that many or most disagree with me right now. Only the future will tell who is right.
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Offline joroas

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Re: Perry's new Hussars on Pre-order
« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2010, 03:22:11 PM »
Like most people of our generation, I began gaming with Airfix, only later graduating on to metals when I started work.  If the influx of plastics weans people into new periods or as an alternative to GW, then that has been a success.  The market, as it stands, seems to be staying with the old faithfuls of wargaming and is even duplicating itself (British/French Napoleonic and Vikings, for instance).  They may well saturate themselves out of a market.  We have also seen the rise and fall of prepaints over the last few years.  As you say, time will tell. 

As for Minifigs, figure quality has moved on a long way since they were fashionable, Perry metal figures, for instance, are about the same price, but differ greatly in appearance

 

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