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It seems that Victrix at Salute didn't preview their upcoming Dark Ages set? Did someone talked to them at Salute?
I don't think they have anything to show, yet, probably still at the planning/designing stage.
I'm sure they will be lovely, but it does feel like Vikings and Normans have been well and truly done in both plastic and metal. What is a shame is I think there are so many other possibilities that don't get done or done nearly as much, Byzantines, Franks, Lombards, Spanish, Welsh, Scots, pretty everything in Eastern Europe of the time. As I said, I'm sure what Victrix do will be great, but there has to be a point at which diminishing returns kick in regardless of quality of Viking.
I overheard a conversation at Salute at the Victrix stall . They said that Vikings Saxons and Normans are the first releases in the range.
I think people keep buying Vikings. Yes, they’re insanely overdone. But the others you mentioned maybe only appeal to those who are doing this period, but almost anyone will buy a Viking...
But they are not overdone in plastics are they? Gripping Beast do a fairly mediocre set and there's the very bad Wargames Foundry stuff that Warlord are now selling. So Victrix offering some decent plastics (assuming they are up to the standard of their Romans) will certainly turn a few heads. Vikings may be insanely overdone, but they have not yet been done well and cheaply. If Victrix can do that, they will gain loads more customers.