I am VERY happy with the $29.99 price tag. Heck, I would have paid the $39.99 they had up there so as far as I’m concerned, FMG just gave us a $10 off bonus. As for all of you cheapies out there complaining that this is too high, you obviously fail to understand the immense investment FMG is making in this project just to get it going. The cost of creating the detailed sculpts, making the molds to make these pieces and finding a factory that will work with you in creating all of this, not to mention having to go back on some pieces to fix them (like the Italian bomber), is simply enormous. Plus, it isn’t like FMG is sitting back like Donald Trump, just raking in cash and laughing at all of us. They are a small company that specializes in strategy games and accessories ran by people who like to play these games as much as the rest of us do. Heck, it isn’t like they had the money just sitting around to start this. They had to use money from combat dice and other A&A sales to fund the start up of this project. All FMG is trying to do here is get back the money they spent for getting Italy going and to fund the Germans. The more Italy sets they sell, the more able they will be able to fund Germany. So, in a way, we are ALL investors in this project. Do you want to see German units? Do you want to see USA? How about Russia, or France, or Canada? Then you HAVE to get into this now! Try thinking of it not as “Too much money for little plastic pieces” but more as helping to assure that future nations combat pieces see the light of day, maybe even ones that you personally would like to see. Also, I’m sure the price will eventually decline. This is a BRAND NEW item. Almost everything that comes out is a little higher right at first then goes down after time when the factories get used to making them and the molds are already there. For Example: take DVD players. When DVDs were still new, you had to pay $500+ to get a simple DVD player – no recording, no hi-def, no blue-ray – just simple DVD playing ability. Now days, you can get a good quality DVD player for less than $100. It just takes a little time. So get on the bandwagon and pay what you consider “a little more” now so we can all keep this project funded and eventually see all the nations.
I am also mostly happy with the new line-up. Personally, I would prefer 12 of each type of tank and I would have liked to see more transports, but overall it is a fine line-up. By the way FMG, I come up with 150 piece count too.