Fmg pieces price

dont you need the rulebook for AA50 thou?

@lnmajor:

dont you need the rulebook for AA50 thou?

It usually comes with the game.

@Dr:

I’d love to purchase all the nations, but I couldn’t justify paying more for pieces then I did for the game.  To those who will, consider yourself lucky to be able to afford it.

FMG, there are probably a whole lot of people such as this that you are going to miss out on. My guess is that the higher your price, the more customers you will lose on a geometric proportion. I will still buy your pieces, but I am afraid people like me are far and few between.

FMG for clarity and the avoidance of doubt, I wish you every success and I’m 100% confident that your products will be awesome!

I really appreciate what you’re bringing to the community.
BZ

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@allboxcars:

FMG for clarity and the avoidance of doubt, I wish you every success and I’m 100% confident that your products will be awesome!

I really appreciate what you’re bringing to the community.
BZ

#534-531

@cminke:

amen

I cannot wait to pre-order these pieces after years of disapointment over piece quality/quantity by WOTC this is a golden opportunity to right all those wrongs.

Thank you FMG

Oh yeah, and as far as the price goes I think 40-50 bucks is more than fair for an initial run.  FMG has put all their money into this project not just to make them more money but to provide us with something we have all wanted for a long long time.  Hopefully we will back them up and make this worth their time and effort, and if they are smart they can take future lines down a bit on price after their R&D is paid for to back up a loyal customer/community base.

Honestly how long do you need to save up for at least one set of pieces?  Its not like each nation will come out one week after the other it will take a long time to get all the nations completed, and without our support along the way they never will be completed.

@Yoper:

And my point is that no matter how much I would like them to sell it at a low price, especially since I know that will dramatically increase the number of sales, they have to operate about what it costs them to produce it.

I was originally talking about how I can’t see them being able to produce it under a certain cost which is where my opinion then was as to how much they will have to charge for the product.

Once the mold cost is recovered, the production costs will be very low. How do you think that you can buy a big bag of plastic soldiers for $1 at any toy store.

How I see it is a $5 profit on (1) item is the same as a $1 profit on (5) items.

And that is how they should look at it.  You can’t increase sales by increasing prices.

@Johnson73:

How I see it is a $5 profit on (1) item is the same as a $1 profit on (5) items.

And that is how they should look at it.  You can’t increase sales by increasing prices.

The only fault in that logic is that the community is not actually overly huge and in general is willing to spend a fair bit on a board game.  So as your demand is high and your supply is low, they will charge a bit of a premium for their product.  It will be as reasonable as possible, I’m sure.

@Johnson73:

How I see it is a $5 profit on (1) item is the same as a $1 profit on (5) items.

And that is how they should look at it.  You can’t increase sales by increasing prices.

Besides the issue stated above (gamer population) … FMG is not looking to make major (or even minor) profits.  All they want is cool stuff and to have that cool stuff fund the next set of cool stuff!

Profit is not part of their business plan.  Breaking even and having a ton of cool game stuff is.

does anyone else wonder how big the “gamer population” is for A+A?

@lnmajor:

does anyone else wonder how big the “gamer population” is for A+A?

I would love to know that also.

As for the issue of FMG duplicating existing WOTC sculpts (say for example creating another ME 109 fighter), I think that they should avoid duplication where possible. This gives their product line the most flexibility. If a person wants to completely replace their existing WOTC pieces good. If a person  wants to Supplement their WOTC pieces with additional pieces from FMG to effectively double the number of unit types in there game even better.

Bottom line the general rule should be to create new sculpts after different models than WOTC where feasible. In cases where a nation really only had one practical choice of a unit (aka Bismark Class Battleship) then that class should be used. This is of course only my opinion. Feel free to agree or disagree.

I for one hope that FMG makes a healthy profit on this project which enables them to “Fast Track” the rest of the Combat Units set. I hope that they will eventually get around to creating a TECHNOLOGY/WEAPON’S DEVELOPMENT SET complete with V2 Rockets, ME 262s, Long range Aircraft ect.

I have like 6 or 7 sets of WOTC pieces. hope FMG does new sculpts or i probably wont be as interested. i dont think that will be the case thou.

Definetly want TECHNOLOGY/WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT SET!!!
Great idea

@Rorschach:

Profit is not part of their business plan.  Breaking even and having a ton of cool game stuff is.

OK yeah. Sure.
I think…heck, I HOPE the plan’s not quite that “innocent” otherwise we’ll never see that cool game stuff.

Last I checked nobody owning a business was being consigned to hell for wanting to make a profit.
In fact I’m quite sure FMG’s kids want to college or even eat every once in awhile, have a roof over their heads etc.

#541

I guess I’m done arguing the point … people will continue to have wildly varying opinions and I see no further point in banging my head against the monitor.

FMG will produce what they can, and they will sell it at a whatever price point they figure out will be best for the continuation of the project.  If you buy it, awesome … you have helped further the project.  If you don’t … that’s your right as well.

AMEN

How I look at it is that a $2 profit on (5) sets sold is the same profit on as (1) sold with a $10 profit.  It just depends on how FMG looks at it.  Velocity is key.

Question:  Will FMG offer all pieces individually as well.  Example, I can buy just German Transport Planes.  They can offer a price break if you buy as a package.  Reason I ask, is because the last thing I need is more INF.

@Johnson73:

How I look at it is that a $2 profit on (5) sets sold is the same profit on as (1) sold with a $10 profit.  It just depends on how FMG looks at it.  Velocity is key.

Question:  Will FMG offer all pieces individually as well.  Example, I can buy just German Transport Planes.  They can offer a price break if you buy as a package.  Reason I ask, is because the last thing I need is more INF.

When they make these pieces, it will be as complete sets.  Therefore, they can’t sell unit types individually because it would be cost effective.  FMG would end up with tons of unpurchased infantry and end up running out of more popular units.

I will pay 1 million dollars!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmXHvGZiSY&feature=related