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Never heard of this company and know little about miniatures.  This pumpkin head looks really cool.

Rackham tried to compete with WotC Chainmail, GW's Warhammer and Reapers Warlord.

They are based in France and their Mini's were exquisite.  With a price that told you how much they thought of them.  
They were designed to run smaller skirmish type battles, but I never actually saw anyone try the game out.

I was into Warhammer and ended up buying up a ton of their Centaur models and built an entire Centaur army.  It was quite impressive and I had a great time playing it.

As their sales slumped they started retooling their miniatures instead of a heavier metal and individuals, they went to thinner models and sold them in sets of 3.  These, while I also got a bunch, were a nightmare.  Some of the weapons and parts were so delicate that simply touching them would break them.  I spent more time repairing those guys than I care to remember.  I couldn't go to a tournament without having to repair at least half a dozen.

Finally they did away with metal miniatures completely and I heard they were going to try selling pre-painted plastics for their game.  I haven't heard anything about them since then.

I had about 300 or so blisters of these last year.  Some of the original prices were $30-$40 each (pack of 1 mini).  The detail on some of them is excellent.  Last time I checked, the company had switched to doing plastics and then had gone out of business.

FormCritic wrote:...just speculating....

Out of business possibly because they sold single miniature blister packs for $40?

Good plan, guys.

Actually out of business due to bad business decisions.  This company was doing great until they went public.  Pressure to cut costs and grow the compnay put these guys under.  They were doing just fine selling top quality miniatures (some of the best ever made) then little by little they cut the quality of there product.  Going from a clientelle that craved highly detailed quality product to pre painted junk.

They left there core audience behind in an effort to make more dough and it fell flat, kinda reminds me of another compnay we all used to hold dear to our hearts doesn't it!!

Blackmoor wrote:
Actually out of business due to bad business decisions.  This company was doing great until they went public.  Pressure to cut costs and grow the compnay put these guys under.  They were doing just fine selling top quality miniatures (some of the best ever made) then little by little they cut the quality of there product.  Going from a clientelle that craved highly detailed quality product to pre painted junk.

They left there core audience behind in an effort to make more dough and it fell flat, kinda reminds me of another compnay we all used to hold dear to our hearts doesn't it!!

Have to love the continual growth and expansion mentality of capitolism, neh?

Well, if Blackmoor's comments are accurate, I will sustain my snarky, if generalized, comment.  Though I should change it from capitolism to business...yes.

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Sorry to yet again move off the on-going OFF TOPIC discussion...
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Canada listing.
Beast Maker Mountain with cover, seller also has Nanorian Stones with cover.
Apparently this seller knows which cover goes with which book...

Seller may know which color folder goes with which adventure, but his pricing is a wee bit on the "crazy-ass" high side (regardless of the autograph on Beastmaker).  It's been a long time since I've seen Beastmaker get anywhere close to $200.  The last one didnt even hit $50 and it wasnt all that much worse condition wise.  And I dont recall anything but a shrinked Nanorien Stones going over $100.



You didnt mean to put this in the Silliest Price thread did you?

killjoy32 wrote:
blasted land will go for waaaay over $100. that is if you have me and blackmoor on the job again (eesh!)

Blasted Land?  I don't see any Blasted Land.  

bbarsh wrote:Making bad business decisions has nothing to do with capitolism. In fact, the opposite is true. Investing in a company and then running it into the ground does not make for a happy investor.

I tried to think of a satire for this, but the original is just too funny as-is.