Reaper Kickstarter

[Papa Spanky]

I just wish they would add more to the line other than Fantasy or at least stuff that could fit into other games easier...

Exactly. Chronoscope please!

[beefcake]

I use miniature heroes as my supplier UK-side.

I looked at this kickstarter and have decided to wait until the figures come out individually. I'm pretty picky with what I want and whilst I am interested in the giants and some of the other, later add ons I'm not really that bothere about some of the other troops types that I already posess.

I won't bump my pledge up just to get the extra add-ons. I'll just buy them later as well individually. I have a few of the miniatures in glorious lead already.

[snitcythedog]

Exactly. Chronoscope please!

Big ditto here!
Pledged $60 and my eight year old daughter is going to get most of them.  She should get some good practice before trying metal again. 
Snitchy sends.

[Glitzer]

The problem with the bones line as I predict: They will end up costing exactly the same as the pewter mini on the other side of the pond. It was the same with the P65 line. Sad as it is, supporting this simply makes no sense from a European point of view.
Stupid Importers

[Calimero]

Pledged for 100$

... and they keep adding stuff to the (my) vampire level. So far I'm suppose to get 89 figures. That works out as just above a dollar per figures (including the "limited to Kickstarter Sophie")

[beefcake]

I just went for the new paint sets too. I have to get rid of all my old Tamiya paints. They are a pain to get open all the time and dry out rather quickly. Good to see some things being opened up to everyone as well. Orcs coming up too.

[Neotacha]

I'm debating adding the paints to my original pledge.  Need to get home to see what paints we already have before I can decide properly.

[Timbor]

I have been watching this for a while.  Not sure I will buy in as I don't like what I heard about the models being a soft plastic rather than a hard plastic.

That, and I don't like how the stretch goals mostly just add in options for you to buy stuff, and every once in a while it adds a few extra models.  I liked how mantic did theirs - if you pledge enough, you get at least a few of every new model produced, and if you want to buy more, there is the option...

[Calimero]

They are made of soft, rubbery plastic. They paint up well however and are good quality for the price. I painted 2 Bones figures this weekend and I’m really happy with the end results (if I can say so myself). The figures apparently took quite a beating while in the mail but I only had to immerge them in boiling water for a few second, bent them into place and cool them down under running water and they where good as new.

As for not adding “free” figures, I’ve pledged for 100$ and that was for 67 figures… I haven’t add a single cent (so far) to my pledge and I’m now expecting 93 figures. Yes they are options that you need to pay more to get but they do add “free” figures.

[Reaperbryan]

I would have liked to go for this but last time I ordered from reaper in US I got a package of figures worth £30 and got stung for tax of £5 plus a £12 royal mail handling charge.  At least the sedition one took this into consideration up front.

There are import duties charged on items shipped overseas. This is a matter of English law, not Reaper's.  Why are you mad at us for this, again?

[Reaperbryan]

From the moment, when i re-entered the hobby, and encountered Reaper miniatures i was totally taken by them (don't get any ideas now) as they are perfect for my kind ( and i think for any kind) of fantasy rpg or mniatures based gaming and collecting. I just love the way they look and think that the posturing and detail on many of them is just amazing. And yes, i am definitely a fan of Reaper miniatures.

Unfortunately it seems to be very difficult to get them overhere in Holland. There's is as far as i know no actual store that has them in it's inventory and only one one webshop where i order them. However from what i understood from the owner of the said webshop, not everything can be ordered, so my last order of about 12 miniatures was reduced significantly.

In an effort to solve my problem and perhaps that of many others here in the Olde World, i send Reaper an e-mail explaining the situation and asking what the possibilities are to become a retailer. The respons came, within a week, was helpfull as far as the starting up as a retailer was concerned but did not address the unsufficient availablillity of Reaper miniatures here in Europe.
As was already brought up, i too get the impression that Reaper is not really interested in customers outside of the North American continent and that realisation was partly, for me, a reason not to make a pledge.

You are correct, we are under-carried by Euorpean retailers.  How to address this? Complain to your stores and make them buy us.  We will happly stock any retailer that wishes, but cannot force stores to accept our product.

[Reaperbryan]

I have been watching this for a while.  Not sure I will buy in as I don't like what I heard about the models being a soft plastic rather than a hard plastic.

That, and I don't like how the stretch goals mostly just add in options for you to buy stuff, and every once in a while it adds a few extra models.  I liked how mantic did theirs - if you pledge enough, you get at least a few of every new model produced, and if you want to buy more, there is the option...

Every Once in a While? please count the stretch goals by level.  More than 50% of the levels have added FREE items -- 9 out of our currently announced 16 Stretch goals, in fact. That's not every once in a while.   In 16 stretch goals we have almost DOUBLED the original pledge package, and I can personally guarantee you that there will continue to be free addons every other level and more for the remainder of the project.  MOSTLY add-in options?  Yes, we have a lot of those, but the options are OPTIONAL, which means that the basic $100 package is STILL almost doubled in size even if you don't get them. Don't want em, that's fine, you don't have to.  Not like a few other Kickstarters I've seen that are board games, where if you don't shell out the extra $35 you now no longer have the complete game.  Not only that, I've got no single figures for $35, like some other projects had.  Everything we're offering is $15 or less - and those get you multiples!  Apparently there's no pleasing.  And ok, sure, like I said, we have a lot of Optional buy ins.  But this is a FUNDRAISING DRIVE.  It's not a yard Sale or a junk shop.  We are trying to raise the funds to pay for these molds and tooling, along with production and shipping (and you really think $25USD will cover shipping for an individual who buys everything?) If $15 for two dragons is too much, I completely understand.

I'm sorry for my rudeness, but It's hard to not get upset when I'm seeing things that are just patently untrue (every once in a while? 9/16 is every once in a while?). 

re: Mantic's KS: 1) We're not them, we have our own project, and we're currently (as I post this) $1000 less than they raised, and have 600 more backers than they had, and we still have 15 days to go before the end..  I'm afraid that the numbers suggest our model is at least "adequate".  Also, we have no "end game".  I have enough stretch goals planned out to carry us to over 4 Million raised - and we don;t expect to clear more than the $700k-1.1 million that Kicktraq is predicting.  But we're ready for anything.  I cannot create a pledge level that includes all future stretch goal items for a fixed value, and have it look like a good deal on day one, while not costing me a more to fulfill than i raised on day 33 if we don't know where this will end.  If I only had 15 goals, sure, I could calculate that.  But right now, to get every model (not including the paint and cases) It's $100 for the Vampire level, +$55 for the buy ins.  I could say, sure, let's make the Level cost $150, it's a good value, and people will love it.  And then the next buy in comes along. And the next. If this goes to a million, there could be $40-50 more buy in models.  Now it's stupid not to take that level. and soon, my cost to fulfill your $150 pledge exceeds $150, and I lose a fortune because I raised a million.  Ok, so I bump that. It's a $200 level.  Still a slight savings, and you're getting everything.  Except that that's only a saving in 2 weeks, and even then only if we make a million.  If this ends at 600,00, it's clearly and overpriced choice.  See my dilemma?

I cannot address the material. We prefer the softer plastic, because of the sheer number of models we have by other companies that have been dropped during a game and broken, and with the harder plastics, once bent or broken, never quite looks correct again.  That is our personal preference, and why we chose that route for our product. 

And yeah, I know I'm not making friends with this post.  I'm grumpy in the mornings.

[Reaperbryan]

Exactly. Chronoscope please!

Patience. 

[Papa Spanky]

Ok, being patient, but I'm ready to kick, punch and bodyslamstart Chronoscope. 

[James Holloway]

The problem with the bones line as I predict: They will end up costing exactly the same as the pewter mini on the other side of the pond. It was the same with the P65 line. Sad as it is, supporting this simply makes no sense from a European point of view.
Stupid Importers

This doesn't seem to be the case on the Bones models here in the UK. The savings are most noticeable on the larger figures (I assume because packaging and other sunk costs are the same or mostly the same no matter how big the model is), with big ogre-type models coming in at under £2.50, while the humanoid scale ones are around £1.10-1.30, which is pretty well in line with most manufacturers.

So, I mean, the rest of it I don't know about, but as far as price goes, there is definitely a difference between Bones and metal, at least at the moment.