Blackheart
7/15/2013 5:02:00 AM
On Sunday, July 14, 2013 8:30:25 PM UTC-4, Myrmidon wrote:
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> Would you like me to post the large collection of 'real' failcast pics
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> both old and new? Or would you like to accept that GW of late has been
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> looking ever harder at ways to cut down production costs while
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> increasing price even when it means lowering quality. Failcast was a
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> debacle from start to finish and continues to have a sub-par reputation
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> among those who buy it and independant retailers who deal with all the
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> complaints and don't have to suck the corporate dick and smile while
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> lying about the quality. If the new fortifications are resin rather
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> than plastic, I'm even less interested than I was when I first saw their
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> prices.
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You don't need to. I well aware that Finecast didn't go so well at the start. I returned more than a couple of the models I got at the beginning for replacements. They got replaced with models that were fine, just like GW has always replaced bad models, or kits that were missing parts. Are there still Finecast models that are miscast? yup. are there still kits that are missing parts? yup. They get fixed.
Anyway.. the fortifications aren't resin. They're plastic. They're off the sprue to get them into a smaller box.
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> It's one thing to point out that GW controls the IP for 40K and WFB -
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> it's quite another to argue that Corporate gives a shit about the player
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> base in any meaningful way beyond "How deep do you think their pockets
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> go?"
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So you're saying that Games Workshop is a corporate entity? Hold the fucking presses, we've got a major story here... no wait... no we don't... If you think that there is *any* publicly traded corporate entity (or any corporate entity at all) that gives a wet fart about you, me or anyone else beyond "How deep do you think their pockets go?" then you are beyond sadly mistaken, and I'd be terribly disappointed in you because I know you're a smarter dude than that.
Do you think the company you work for gives a shit about you?
Do you really think that Privateer or any other game company gives a shit about you?
Nowhere have I claimed that GW cares, in fact, that's the entire point I've been trying to fucking get thru peoples heads. GW does not care. They do not care because they know that the people crying the loudest are the people that still give them every. last. penny.
Tom Kirby sails off with the money. Game over. Because the people that give him their (parents) money are addicts and they can't kick the habit. All of those other guys? They're sailing off with less of the money, but they know that as long as they stay ten steps behind Kirby, no one's going to notice them.
It's toy soldiers. It's as serious as you take it. Good night.