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I read that they even failed to sell many of the beautiful boxes of Plastic Dervishes..
I would be interested to understand the economics of it, how many do you need to sell to break even? There are a lot of hidden costs like samples, transport, show costs, packaging etc. That would all have to be factored in.
Can't believe this as the Sudan is a very popular period. Can you provide a link?
Maybe I m, as always , against the tide..but from my feeling I m almost sure they ll sell a number close to nothing for those first sets of the range..and that s will be a good new for me as, as a consequence, they ll stop the project and come back again to fill the gaps of their other interesting ranges
There was much enthusiasm for one or two of the previous, more esoteric Perry outings. Yet how many games do you see around set in the Carlist Wars or the 'British Intervention Force'? Not many.
You DO realise not everything revolves around your personal tastes, desires and opinions, do you ?
Without derailing the thread, it depends primarily upon the cost of the sculptor, and the production material - metal, resin or plastic.Many of the “hidden” marketing costs are pretty minimal, if you plan ahead, or if you’ve got an existing range(s) that a new release can piggyback. Without giving too many numbers, if I planned a new release with a well-known sculptor, using a top caster, for metal figures and a set of master & production moulds, then my breakeven might still be anywhere between 100-200 castings....but again it would depend upon the exact cost of the sculptor, how many figures I released at the same time, how many figures per mould, what the sale price per figure was etc etcThe biggest cost with a new range is the sculptor, but given this is their company & their time, the break even run for a new release may well be surprisingly small.
I heard the same thing - I think, though it could be my memory playing tricks on me - from Michael Perry directly. I was suggesting a plastic set of Pathans to him, and I’m pretty sure his response was that the Mahdists hadn’t been as good a seller as expected, so they would need to think carefully about future colonial sets, given the significant cash investment required to bring a plastic kit to market. To be fair, this was probably 3 or 4 years ago, since when they’ve released two British colonial infantry sets, plus the Zulu set. So maybe sales of the plastic Ansar picked up enough to justify the later sets.
Perry Plastic Afghans/Pathans just became a reality. Photos up on Facebook. Looks like the Mahdists weren't such bad sellers after all!