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Post by kiladecus on Oct 15, 2011 12:49:39 GMT -9
I was just wondering how each of you think and react to releases. (Not that I am studying this for college credit or something, I am just naturally inquisitive).
Here is my question:
WHEN YOU GO TO PURCHASE A RELEASE WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION?
A) Do you buy something just because it is made buy your favorite publisher B) Do you buy it because it goes with ONLY what you feel you can use C) Do you buy it because it is cheap, and you feel you can throw away a buck or two D) Do you buy it because it is REALLY awesome looking E) Any combination of the above (Explain)
If there were a second part of this question, it would be this...
IS THERE ANY PUBLISHER THAT YOU WOULD BUY THEIR STUFF JUST BECAUSE IT IS THEIRS? IF SO, WHO?
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Post by kiladecus on Oct 15, 2011 12:53:26 GMT -9
Since I wouldn't ask anyone else to do something I wouldn't be willing to do, let me answer this.
E) A combinations of the above.
I look first at a model, set, etc. and determine if I can use it. Then I consider price and quality.
There are no real publishers that I buy EVERYTHING from them at this point, but I CAN say that my vast collection of papercraft is FILLED with FINGER AND TOE models and OKUM ARTS miniatures.
Recently I purchased ARMOR GRID's ENTIRE colloection of Mech Attack! line.
That is my answer... Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
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Post by gilius on Oct 15, 2011 13:35:12 GMT -9
E) combination of the above.
First, I buy if I see it will have some use. It may be a model that I can use as is or rescale/kitbash or a set of rules that seems appealing. In the case of rules I'll try to find reviews on the Internet.
Then comes price. Depending on the combination of usefulness, awesomeness and price, it will go into higher or lower priority in my "wishlist" (I try to build a list to purchase stuff once a month, twice at most if there are sales, to avoid too many impulse purchases.)
In the field of paper models I currently don't have favorites. To me it seems that each publisher has grown their own style that fits one need or another.
In the field of games in general, I actively avoid and discourage others from spending money on a certain large law firm that is said to make miniatures, and companies directly associated with it.
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Post by Parduz on Oct 16, 2011 0:48:28 GMT -9
I think i'd answer in different manner depending on the time. Talking about figures, right now i buy something ONLY and IF i see use (now or in the future) of it. I like the same style on my games, so (as example) i'm waiting for a bit more heroes and baddies from Okumarts fantasy set, and then i'll buy them. I normally will not buy any set of figures without its proper counterparts, with the exception of when i need "pawns" for some P&P boardgame... but i already have almost all that i need. Paper models is a different matter. They take space, and i don't have so much of it. When time were different (economically) i could have bought something just for the sake of having it.... anyway, when some paper things cost goes toward some big price, and i have that money to spend, then i go looking for boardgames in boxes... this is why some big set or games (say Worldworks) never appealed me so much. i guess that not liking to cut and glue is a factor, here
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Post by josedominguez on Oct 16, 2011 4:54:04 GMT -9
I buy everything from an artist that I like, this way I build a library of excellent figures and I'll always find a use for them. I buy these sets in the same way I buy a book from a favourite author. I buy first, then see what it's like (I know I'm not going to be dissapointed). This gives me the same feeling that I used to get from going to an independant games store and looking through figures I hadn't seen before.
For example: I may not be using Okum's elves right now, but we are playing a WFB campaign that they will be used in. At the moment I buy Okum, OneMonk/Labrat, Darkmook and Dave's stuff. I look at it like I look at clipart, it's all ready for use when I need it. My main motivation for buying all of it is simple, the more we buy, the more will be produced.
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 16, 2011 5:19:36 GMT -9
Don't forget the 'Inspiring Piece' part of this puzzle. Sometimes there is a piece out there that is just so wonderful, you get it and then figure out how you are going to get the game to go there.
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Post by josedominguez on Oct 16, 2011 6:19:33 GMT -9
Like Dave's ruins...... made us play Mordheim again.
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Post by josedominguez on Oct 16, 2011 6:25:22 GMT -9
I buy everything from an artist that I like, this way I build a library of excellent figures and I'll always find a use for them. I buy these sets in the same way I buy a book from a favourite author. I buy first, then see what it's like (I know I'm not going to be dissapointed). This gives me the same feeling that I used to get from going to an independant games store and looking through figures I hadn't seen before. For example: I may not be using Okum's elves right now, but we are playing a WFB campaign that they will be used in. At the moment I buy Okum, OneMonk/Labrat, Darkmook and Dave's stuff. I look at it like I look at clipart, it's all ready for use when I need it. My main motivation for buying all of it is simple, the more we buy, the more will be produced. ONe thing I forgot... the reason I buy these ranges is because they've impressed me so much and this website gives me a connection to those behind the ranges. I buy a lot of other stuff, but it's bought for specific purposes. The ranges I mentioned above I buy because I want to help ensure they keep producing the stuff I love. Labrats barbarians had just sat on my hardrive looking awesome up until last week when we started planning a Chaos army. Buying stuff I don't 'need' right now may cost me a little bit of cash, but it's not a fraction of what it would cost me to go back to lead/plastic if these designers vanished. I don't just mean financially either, that's something I can cope with, it's the fat that with paper minis I can have a great looking unit of models on the board in a fraction of the time it would take to assemble and prep a plastic kit, never mind about painting them to a decent standard.
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Post by kiladecus on Oct 16, 2011 12:39:19 GMT -9
Thanks, for the input. I agree Jose... I love to make models and kitbash them, and it looks SO awesome when you can make it work with plastic, but then again, it is VERY difficult to do, and sometimes the model leaves you feeling... I have hardly had a paper model i have modified that I wasn't happy with (not saying it doesn't happen, though. If it does, I rip it apart or crush it into "terrain.") I HATE painting models. I am no good at textures either, that is why I love paper models, like I do games where the figures are pre-painted. (Maybe why I decided to convert Shuffler into a model design program instead of just a mapping program). One thing I dabbled in was buying weapons and accessories from LAWHAMMER vehicles. I glued them onto papercraft. I did a few hybrids like this. Looks pretty cool. Ever see my DOOMBALL (ebbles) with twin Hurricane bolters? ;D I like that one!
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Post by nikloveland on Oct 17, 2011 4:47:36 GMT -9
For me it's typically B-D. I'm still a discerning shopper since I have specific tastes but it is much easier for me to pull the trigger on a purchase if I already know the publisher.
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 19, 2011 7:55:38 GMT -9
I like the good bureaucrat answer: It depends. Obviously, I've got a soft spot for sci-fi stuff, so that attracts my attention first. However, I'm introducing my six year old grandson to war gaming. I got the Introductory Battletech set and he said, "But they're all gray!" So . . . sometime today or tomorrow I'll probably buy Mech Attack. Then I'll get the 54mm Waterloo figures at wargamevault to teach him some history (his Dad's a rocket scientist and other grand dad is a physicist so we've got science covered--but they're weak on history). I ordered "Big Battles for Little Hands" just for those figures. So it depends on what I need. I almost never buy "because it's cool" any more (but "stark raving cool" gets my money).
Often when I preview a new release in my Works in Progress section, a customer will say it's not for them--sometimes it's apologetic. I don't feel that way--not all my designs will appeal or be needed by every customer (although I am consulting the ACLU to see if it's illegal to not buy a release).
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Post by kiladecus on Oct 19, 2011 13:52:03 GMT -9
Well, it isn't illegal not to buy all of your models, but it sure is a crime! I have most of your stuff... or at least a BUNCH of it. You create faster than I get paychecks!
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Post by Adam Souza on Oct 19, 2011 20:32:42 GMT -9
A) Do you buy something just because it is made buy your favorite publisher
I bought all of Jim Hartman's stuff before it went free, didn't even have a use for all of it, but it just felt right to own all of it, once I owned most of it.
Dave Okum's stuff all calls to me, it's only a matter of time before I'll end up with all of it.
B) Do you buy it because it goes with ONLY what you feel you can use
This is how I should buy stuff, but some times it just comes down to impulse and "I could start playing X to use it"
C) Do you buy it because it is cheap, and you feel you can throw away a buck or two
At $2.50 or less, I can justify buying pretty much anything gaming related that I think I will even remotely use eventually.
D) Do you buy it because it is REALLY awesome looking
If I didn't think it was awesome, I wouldn't even consider buying it.
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Post by Sirrob01 on Oct 25, 2011 21:55:05 GMT -9
Stealing Adam's format A) Do you buy something just because it is made buy your favorite publisher
Mini's etc I'm more inclined to buy when they are by someone who's drawing/art style I really like. Buildings I'm a little more picky about, manly due to the storage requirements... B) Do you buy it because it goes with ONLY what you feel you can useNope, I hardly get to game anymore, but I've been playing around with trying to setup dioramas etc as a fun activity to do, although the light levels tend to mess me up a little...curse you lens flare. C) Do you buy it because it is cheap, and you feel you can throw away a buck or twoI find paper miniatures good value for money and easy to store but I'd happily pay about double what I do for some of the sets out there. D) Do you buy it because it is REALLY awesome lookingDavid's martian guys, love the look of those guys although I don't really have a use for them but they do look cool . Jims Hybrid 2.5D guys also fell into this bucket. I do find I'm less likely to buy humans than monsters/demi-humans/aliens but it'll depend on the set.
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