Reply To: Overpriced GW

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Infinity miniatures are not a great comparison, broadly speaking.  You could just compare a metal model to a metal model but it’s a bit more complicated than that.  Prices for any company are driven many factors, amount of predicted sales being one of them.  Essentially all of Infinity’s Miniatures are character models and you only need a handful to play the game.  Thus if you take something like the basic troop types (PanO fusiliers for example) their closest equivalent in 40k would be Guardsmen.  The fusiliers currently weigh in at €40 for 4.  That might seem cheap on a per model basis compared to metal models from Games Workshop but it’s very expensive compared to three plastic guardsmen.  So it really depends on how you dress it up and what you want to compare to really.  So I would generally just go with a shortened summary that  simply says that they’re generally more expensive per miniature but cheaper as a hobby overall because you need less of them.