Reaper Kickstarter

[obsidian3d]

Yes as much as I'm happy to have all these great new toys on the way, I'm starting to get a little saddened by the number of campaigns that are falling behind. In some cases only a few weeks, in others it's months. I do hope that the Reaper stuff will be on time.

[Calimero]

Well, I don’t expect them to ship 17,774 parcels in a few days… they are the victim of their own success and delays are bound to happen. That being said, I’m not in an hurry to receive them, I’ve got plenty of figures to paint in the meantime…

[dijit]

To be honest I'm really impressed that they are more or less on target when you consider the amount of boxes they've got to get packed and out.

[beefcake]

They were letting latecomers buy the kickstarter products too so it would probably be somewhere between 18,000 and 20,000 I would imagine!

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

I understand that Reaper is starting to ship out the packs of "Bones" plastic figures in March 2013. As far as I understand, there are nearly 17,000 packs and each is about 220 figures. I make that a staggering 3,750,000 figures. (Please correct this if you know the real quantities?)

I am interested in what that will do to the fantasy market.

I expect that the 17,000 purchasers will sort out the sets into "want" and "don't want" and soon we will see hundreds of thousands of Reaper Bones on Ebay.

I would guess that few people paint more than 100 figures per year, so the maths says that at least 37,000 painters do not need to buy anything for at least a year.

Given that the figures are mostly for dungeon crawls,how does that effect GW's Hobbit line, Hasslefree, Otherworld and the other fantasy miniatures manufacturers?

I did not participate in the Kickstarter but I do plan to buy some of the large fantasy creatures (dragons, owl bear, giants, transparent fire creatures and transparent ghosts).

I also started the same topic on TMP here:-
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=299679

Regards

Mick

[Sangennaru]

same thought i had when the offer came out: that will somehow damage the other companies for shure. On the other hand, it will change the market in a way that could be good for us gamers.

and remember, the lead-plastic-bone pile is meant to grow forever...

[smokezombie]

this period of wargaming history will be known as the great shedding of bones. Ebay up those bones boys so I can clean up.

+1. 

[A_Train]

I would guess that few people paint more than 100 figures per year, so the maths says that at least 37,000 painters do not need to buy anything for at least a year.

How many people here have bought figures, even though they have a 'lead pile' more than a year old.  We're known for being easily distracted by the next new thing.  I don't think the effect will be that measurable.

[Cosmotiger]

I know there are some sculpts in the set that I don't like and don't really want to paint.  Not sure what I'll do with them, though.  I suspect it's correct that they won't fetch very much on eBay once everyone starts dumping their extras.   "Free to a good home," I guess.

[obsidian3d]

If you're like me, you bounce from project to project and have more of those than you'll likely ever finish. I'll be hanging on to all of them, even if it's unlikely that I'll get around to them for years, or ever. Having options for games, rule sets and figures to use is part of what I love about the hobby.

[beefcake]

I won't keep all mine. But some will be good painting practice for my son.

[Limaike]

But some will be good painting practice for my son.

  I bought into this just to keep my kids out of my lead.

[TheShadow]

I bought into this just to keep my kids out of my lead.

haha good idea - might give my 2 a couple to "practice" on !

[Sangennaru]

First Vampire packages started to arrive. Quite excited here

[Sangennaru]

The first vid is the best because of the guys accent.

indeed.

anyway, looking at this made me a little worried. i want them and start working with, otherwise my lead-bone pile will never end.