Dwarven Forge Game Tiles Kickstarter

[Ithaquatini]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dwarvenforge/dwarven-forges-game-tiles-revolutionary-miniature?ref=live

The Kickstarter is now active!
Funded $50K in 3 hours.

Great painted dungeon tiles that are very durable and lightweight.

[Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye]

The international shipping is a killer, however.

[Kradlo]

I've been a Dwarven Forge/Master Maze owner since its inception, and I love it.  I signed up for 5 painted sets, which is great bang for the buck.  I highly recommend this product.

[Timbor]

Yikes, shipping is very expensive! 

I would just play with my hirst arts molds for a while I think. Good deals for folks in the US though.

[beefcake]

Shipping is terrible. I'll just carry on making my own thanks.

[phreedh]

Ha! They want 25 bucks for a bag AND I would have to pay another 20 bucks to have it shipped? OMFG... They even say the domestic shipping included is a $10 value which would mean the suggested cost for shipping a measly cotton bag across the pond is $30.

What a rip-off. The 5 set level is $260, which includes $45 "free" shipping and handling. On top of that they want another $200 for shipping internationally. What the FUCK!? In reality, that's $245 to ship $215 worth of merchandise.

So that's $460 for 170 unpainted plastic dungeon pieces. "Infused with Dwarven Forge dungeon gray" my ass. It's gray plastic. Knobs!

[gharak]

Yeah, thought it was a good deal til I spotted the shipping costs, I'm afraid I won't be joining in this one.

If they were smart they would have looked at making it in a  much lighter material to make shipping internationally a viable business option.

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[bandit86]

I am not sure if it's a good buy or not but it sure would be a killer if I was outside of the USA with the shipping.

[PatrickWR]

Yeah, this is a fine deal for U.S.-based customers (like me) but it doesn't make much sense for my fellow gamers elsewhere in the world. Bummer!

[uti long smile]

I'm a big fan of DF. It's a consistently quality product and I've invested in quite a bit. Shipping has always been a killer, so very handy now they stock in the UK.

However, I was a bit disappointed in the Kickstarter as I didn't think it was offering anything different, although I suspect it's aimed at the new rather than existing collector.

[aiteal]

Not a precise like for like comparison, but the EU distributor of the current range sells the Classic dungeon room set for £85 (it doesn't mention P&P)
which contains
4 x Swinging Doors
12 x Floor pieces
1 x Floor Pit piece
13 x Straight Wall pieces
1 x  Straight Wall Secret Door piece
10 x Corner Wall pieces
41 pieces in total

The Kickstarter deal is with P&P to the UK about £76 (provided you don't get hit for import duty)
14 x Straight Wall pieces
12 x Floor pieces
6  x Corner Wall
2  x Swinging Door
34 pieces in total

Considering £33 of that is P&P, you would hope that the prices of the new sets will drop drastically, when they are shipped by the EU site later this year.
If they strat selling those sets for 40-50 quid I could see me picking up a couple

[Donpimpom]

Not a precise like for like comparison, but the EU distributor of the current range sells the Classic dungeon room set for £85

who is the EU distributor?

[ink the troll]

who is the EU distributor?

http://www.dwarvenforge.eu/

[Ithaquatini]

They plan on making the sets double-sized with stretch goals for the same shipping price, so that will help.  Though still expensive if your overseas.

[Gibby]

Product looks great, but I don't fancy renting my own cargo ship to get it to me, which is obviously what those prices represent