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Author Topic: What's the Most you've ever spent on a single miniature?  (Read 2586 times)

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What's the Most you've ever spent on a single miniature?
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2019, 05:12:25 AM »
That depends if you define a mini as a player proxy in an rpg (in that case about $10) or a bigger monster miniature.
I know I've spent probably $35 on a metal Giant from Reaper, only to see it a few years later in their plastic Bones range for a lot less.

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« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2019, 05:22:12 AM »
Depending on scale. Assuming any scale, unpainted and unassembled... $250 (Forgeworld Bloodthirster Greater Daemon of Khorne)
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« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2019, 12:31:00 PM »
$25 for a Rackham figure I wanted for one of my NPCs.

you guys paying triple-digits for figures... damn. Warhammer players, I get it. That's some dedication.

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« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2019, 12:13:59 AM »
Wow.  I figured my $30 one time splurge on a Dragon would easily be topped, and I was right.  Truth is, I bought a nice Adult / Elder size painted Dragon figure at Walmart for $2 the other day.  Compare that to $30 for an unpainted Ancient size Dragon, and the latter seems like a bit of a rip off.
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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2019, 12:59:17 AM »
Not sure I would call that a rip off, you are getting something quite different. For hobbyists that actual paint and build mini's, you are looking at a lot of factors. Whereas, if it is strictly a piece to put on your table for gameplay, then yeah buy the cheaper prepainted ones. I bought a whole tube of monsters that were like plastic soldiers for about $20 for table use. But my modeling activities are a different story, I want highly detailed, specific miniatures in kits. My goal here is entirely different.

Yeah, tenbones, sadly at the time, Forgeworld was the only thing going that produced something of that size and quality. I do believe GW/Forgeworld are largely overpriced compared to most others, but you are often paying for the IP as much as the actual mini, and fortunately, I am in a position to pay that when a mini really strikes my fancy.
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« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2019, 01:13:55 AM »
If you don't count the resin Cthulhu kit from John Dennett:

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(very-large, full-sized image @ https://www.moondevilstudio.com/images/gallery/Cthulhu-1.jpg and details @ http://www.moondevilstudio.com/gallery/info/cthulhu if you're curious), which was $177 shipped, then the lot that included this TSR-staff promo miniature from Grenadier in 1977 was $181.50 shipped:

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« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2019, 01:44:58 AM »
Does Dwarven Forge count?  Because that's an ongoing bleed out tipping the scales at around $2000+/-

But if we're talking about individual single pieces of metal or plastic...I think $50 or so for the Demon Idol sculpt from Otherworld.
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« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2019, 04:09:30 AM »
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Own it, Spinach. Some of us still buy actual He-Man dolls. :D (I can see my Super7 5.5" He-Ro and Eldor from where I'm typing this, and I'm eagerly anticipating MotU Origins next year.)

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We're not including premade figures are we? If so my $450 PX 2001 Godzilla tops my list... as does my PX Ghidorah.... aiya!
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« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2019, 06:08:21 AM »
Ok, to bring a little humor to the thread.....

I have a colossal T-Rex figure that is the perfect scale for a Tarrasque.  That's the only reason I bought it.  When I took it out of its box, I wrote Tarrasque on each side with a black sharpie.  I can show players a picture of the Tarrasque; but they will  grasp the true scale of the creature better, when I set that Collosal T-Rex on the table.  It makes the PC miniatures look like bugs at a picnic.
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« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2019, 09:56:52 AM »
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Ok, to bring a little humor to the thread.....

I have a colossal T-Rex figure that is the perfect scale for a Tarrasque.  That's the only reason I bought it.  When I took it out of its box, I wrote Tarrasque on each side with a black sharpie.  I can show players a picture of the Tarrasque; but they will  grasp the true scale of the creature better, when I set that Collosal T-Rex on the table.  It makes the PC miniatures look like bugs at a picnic.

That's why I picked up the Dennett Cthulhu---it's 18" tall, so it will dwarf any 25mm investigators, PCs, Deep Ones, etc. when I put it on the table =)

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« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2019, 04:54:12 PM »
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That's why I picked up the Dennett Cthulhu---it's 18" tall, so it will dwarf any 25mm investigators, PCs, Deep Ones, etc. when I put it on the table =)

Allan.


My Cthulhu figure is only about 4"- 4.5" tall, but it's quite bulky for that size; and still looks intimidating, compared to the PC miniatures.
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« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2019, 05:51:49 AM »
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That's why I picked up the Dennett Cthulhu---it's 18" tall, so it will dwarf any 25mm investigators, PCs, Deep Ones, etc. when I put it on the table =)

Allan.

Speaking of which, just received the Kickstarter Cthulhu Death May Die stretch goal, and it's humongous... darn near 2' tall at 22.5 ".
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« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2019, 09:51:17 PM »
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« Reply #28 on: September 22, 2019, 12:01:25 AM »
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Hey, I'm not opposed to theater of the mind.  You obviously don't use miniatures much.  Tonight I picked up a Quetzalcoatlus, and a Mosasaur.  I like to have Dinosaurs be some small part of my settings.   There are at least a few remnants left from the old world.
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« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2019, 08:52:28 PM »
About twelve years ago I got super into Rackham miniatures, spending a couple thousand bucks in about six months (at the displeasure of my now ex-wife). The most I spent on a single figure was about $150, I think, for the Dragon Titan of Aarklash. I still own the thing - never even put it together. A lovely piece of resin, though.

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