One the things I spent money on yesterday was Star Wars Legion. This is a game I wasn't going to play because of the scale creep. It's not 28mm so I didn't want to know. There is enough crap out there and is enough out there taking up my time.
Then I started playing in a Star Wars RPG. They two guys who run the game use the WOTC figures. The old collectable figures are amongst my pet hates. Setting aside the collectable issue, some of the miniatures look like they were designed by a blind, one handed concussed chimpanzee.
So I went out and got some of the Legion figures. They are after all very nice figures. Sadly there are a little over priced so I wasn't going to get into buying the stuff in numbers. Well I thought they were overpriced.
Three people at the show yesterday told me the price was going up by forty percent. This would put them at around £5 for a soldier and up to £20 for a character figure.
This is partly down to the changeover of ownership but it's got more to do with inflation and probably most importantly the cost of shipping. Still not sure it represents the need to put up prices by forty percent. It feels right to put the price up (well, ish) but this feels like price gouging. It feels like a GW kind of stunt. That said, this puts the price up beyond most GW levels. Whilst I hope this isn't going to be the future, it kind of looks like it is. Not just for Legion and Warhammer, but across the board
The force is strong in this one, but they have you now. ;-)
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