Never mind the mind blowing concept of ASKING the guy behind the counter if they make a good generic phaerim (which, as far as I know, hasn't been released for DDM either, and if it was, would most assuredly be a rare). You then seem to posit that searching for a particular mini with a "generic" name is too much effort for most, despite the fact that A) retailers have Reaper catalogs right there next to the blisters (and often arrange them on the shelves numerically by catalog number, making finding a figure from the catalog very easy) and B) Reaper's website has a search engine that is descriptive and not keyed to a creature's name. But probably not enough to justify the expense of such a licensing deal. Would it help if they were able to market these minis under their "official" names? Probably, a little. So, what exactly are you saying then? You claimed a 3rd party company couldn't make cloakers, mind flayers and glabrezu, and I pointed out that Reaper has, indeed, done just that without any sort of official license to do so. Personally, I love the idea of what Reaper's doing and hope they do it right, but the majority of DDM minis are certainly attainable at reasonable prices without having to endure the annoyance of randomization. And again, you were talking about a squad of orcs. #3 is a more legitimate arguement, but there are tons of commons and uncommons out there ready to be scooped up for cheap, so $50 beholders or not, the secondary market still has plenty of utility. eBay shops abound, and not just for folks living in the U.S. You're old enough to buy the minis, and you don't live in Zimbabwe, so you're not among the disenfranchised, and in fact the majority of gamers are not, so for most folks the secondary market is perfectly practical. Now, in your rebuttal, items 1 & 2 only cover fringe demographics, so that seems like you're just being arguementative. Your comment that I initially responded to was about being stuck buying cases just to scrounge together 6-12 orcs, which is something you simply don't have to do thanks to the secondary market.
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