You could also buy Wargames Atlantic, they actually do a lot of SciFi infantry in plastic and are both cheaper and arguably better quality than GW (I recommend their edition of the Iron Core eisenkern stormtroopers if your looking for great quality and don’t mind or like me actually prefer slimmer historical scale, if your wanting large numbers buy the Death Fields Cannon Fodder set).
I am going to level with you there are a lot of resin and metal manufacturers that beat GW in both the price and quality department, and there are also 3D STL artists that blow GW out of the water. Heck there are even better games and I dare say settings than 40k.
You see the real reason GW is doing so well is they own all their own logistics (I mean they are basically the Disney of wargaming) and their “cult recruitment” style marketing that targets newbs (I have watched youtube videos done by people who didn’t know there where other miniature war games besides 40k, they sounded like brainwashed cultists).
If you want to do something about GW’s prices, don’t buy from them and if anyone asks how to get into the hobby tell them to play one of the Graves (Stargrave, Frostgrave, Ghost, Shadow Deep, etc.), Kings of War, or a history game like Saga or Boltaction, but never recommend 40k. Remember friends don’t let friends become GW addicts.
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