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What about raising funds selling as many copies of the whole set (for an slightly reduced price) as neccesary to cover production costs (a "buy it before release" offer)? As soon as they had the money, they could produce the figures and sell them at normal price.

Last edited by Arthadan (Mon, Dec7 2009 12:14pm)

Nice dreams if you ask me.
I don't think anything like this is going to happen.

About pre-orders, I know miniature companies which work like that. Heresy is making that with a huge (and I mean HUGE) dragon:  dragon and Wargames Factory has what they called the Liberty and Union League. From their website:

"This is an idea that our good friend Nic Robson of Eureka Miniatures first came up with. Let’s say you want a figure, or a bunch of figures, that nobody makes. Nic lets you submit your suggestion to the Eureka Miniatures website and lets everyone vote on it. Once enough people have said they were interested and have pre-ordered enough miniatures, Eureka puts them into production and offers them for sale. How’s that for customer service!"

So, it would be something like the Fellowship, but Mr. Tubb would offer the list of ranges to vote and everybody could vote, not only Fellowship members,  pre-ordering at the same time. If it works for another companies, why not for Mithril?

Well, all the ideas here do not mean anything new to me.
Why is it that you always want to force new ideas and concepts upon Mithril? -  without the old ones being settled - while even only criticizing all the other steps Mithril took in the past?
I'm surprised a bit about reading all these matters, arguments, concepts and entries around here and there and back again about how Mithril has to improve merchandising, how they have to cast miniatures, about to when or if to release figures of whatever range. Implying each and every single personal whish to be fulfilled - and there are many, believe me.
It is not about sitting around and typing something about how you would like to have it done to please your ideas. That will not make sense in the future, as it didn't make sense in the past.
*Sorry*  I had to say that.
What I wanted to tell, simply is to DO something. You have to try to support ideas - not just by voting on the Gold Board, which is just one more email. There's more to do .... in case you're interested.
Sorry, angry again, I'm a bit angry about all this hassle.
rhuooommmmm .... huommmmm .huoom

mmh, the Tree is angry. Well, understandable this is.
BUT, as Master Gavin mentioned: it is just an idea.
Where else is the place to post those ideas. I think everybody here in this topic is aware of the fact that Gavin´s idea is is mostly unrealistic, unfortunately.
Nevertheless, you give the invitation of "Doing Something", Master Theobald ! Right you are!
Of course this is necessary and I will give support as good as I am able to. BUT: I don´t see possibilities beneath a further MX-project. And MX-projects
could be expensive, as you know . . .
If you know more, tell us, be more concrete please and give us enlightenment ( this is a song of Master Van Morrison, isn´t it . . .?)

master Christoph...

Didn't I suggest many ideas (a whole thread on the topic) mentionning all the suggestions that could be done (on mithril side and on collector side) that do not involve lot of money or the launch of an MX project?

I do promote in shops, I show figurines, pictures, inform them... but they just say "yeah, wow cool figurine indeed! ah! interesting..." but for them Mithril is dead, and it's not for shops to volunteer a product promotion, they are there to sell what the producers/distributers try to make them sell... that's all . so this kind of promotion is not for us collectors to do... it's the job of the marketing dpt of Mithril/Prince August... alone

we have the internet... to promote other way around...

Yes, you did, Master Gildor. And I know that! It seems that there is a kind of vacuum left.
Did everybody remember our discussion here when the first Helm´s deep- range was released to that former high price.
What has been left of all the ideas mentioned months ago . . . ? People tend to drown in the "Flowing Waters of Ekkaia" 


Oh, by the way: where are the other Helm´s Deep-releases . . .

What to say?
My contribution about promoting Mithril-miniatures went another way than Gildor's some time ago - though you might guess that it's just another way to reach the same aim, just different ways.
What to answer?
There are ideas ... here. There also are concepts which might be regarded. But, please, don't ask me about any details about this matter, as I cannot and will not publish unless things are settled.
Until then I'm keeping on to my dreams ...rhuoommm.... as I do also have some still

owww-owww-owww-twigs-in-places-where-there-should-not-be-twigs. :p