Manorhouse Workshop/Maki Games Modular Underground KS

[Dewbakuk]

I thought it was clever but the price meant I lost interest instantly. They make a big deal about how doing it in plastic makes it cheap etc but you really don't get anything usable in a basic set. To do a proper layout without needing to reuse parts needs around 6-9 sets really.

[Elbows]

The price is on par with DF stuff (which is to say...expensive).  Though with $25 additional shipping the three unpainted sets becomes nearly $180.  I would buy in at this level if I thought we'd hit any stretch goals and get any more bang for the buck.

At first glance I thought they'd smash through a bunch of bonus goals...but I agree - as it stands now it's not a particularly good deal.

[rwwin]

I think even if this campaign doesn't fund, the project will be back around.  If you look at the Mannerhouse blog they have a tremendous amount of work already invested and even have the first sprue tooled.  If they could come back and make a different base set work for the $50K they received on this pass I'd certainly take a serious look.

After making time to read through  many of the comments, I see two two design decisions that seem to have been a miscalculation. 

First the decision to put walls and floors on the same sprues really locked in the set make up early on that then can't be easily changed.  If they'd put floors and walls on separate sprues they could have changed some of the ratios that some of the commentors were chaffing over.

Second, the plan to include sewers in the base set instead of the stairs and wooden platforms seems to have been a miss  with many people.

On the separate topic of value, I think it compare's favorably against the initial bundles from Dwarven Forge, but fairs poorly with where the DF bundles finished up thanks to their breaking many, many stretch goals.  Had this project reached a million dollars I'm sure it would have added enough to look like a better deal as well.

[Dewbakuk]

That's kind of my issue, they were quite obviously (if not explicitly) saying 'hey look at our new product! It's got all the quality of Dwarven Forge but because we're making it in plastic, it'll be more flexible and cheaper!'
Except it isn't.

[rwwin]

Eh, I'm with you on the price issue, it looked like a 4' x 4' setup would be the 10 set pledge at $500 +/-.  Less expensive than the equivalent DF set, but hardly cheap.  I do think though that the system would have been plenty flexible, and (at least to my eye) a little more aesthetically pleasing the the DF pieces.

That's kind of my issue, they were quite obviously (if not explicitly) saying 'hey look at our new product! It's got all the quality of Dwarven Forge but because we're making it in plastic, it'll be more flexible and cheaper!'
Except it isn't.