Re: [DL] Ral Partha Cowboys [SHANE]

[PEGGoff@aol.com]

Shane would know much better than I. He's the business whiz in the company.

However, no more knowledge than I have of these things, here's where I see the problems...

We would likely still have to pay through the nose to get the minis produced. We have to commission the molds--or take whatever someone else is willing to throw our way (and we're not). 

We would want to commission molds because approval prcess on this sort of thing is also time-consuming and just downright painful. You've got the artist's idea on what he thinks would be "cool" and what we've already established for the setting. Oft times, the twain never meet and it's like pulling teeth to get what we want.

Second, Ral Partha might not be interested anyway. Leaving them generic gives them a wider market: Werewolf: the Savage West, Boot Hill, and GURPS: Old West can all use generic minis. OTOH, a Mojave Rattler baby only works for Deadlands.

Still, it doesn't hurt to look into it, so I've retagged it for Shane.

Thanks for the thought!

And stop calling me "Mr."! :-)

John
In a message dated Sat, 4 Mar 2000  2:24:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, Phadris@aol.com writes:

> Howdy --
> 
> So ... PEG pulls the plug on their minis line, saying it's too risky out 
> there in the market these days.  Within a few scant months, Ral Partha starts 
> producing Old West minis, apparantly without a set of rules to support them.  
> Smells like the land o' opportunity to me.
> 
> Is it feasible for PEG to contract with Ral Partha, and have them continue to 
> produce Automatons, Devil Bats, Steam Wagons, and maybe the occasional Bayou 
> Vermillion Gatling Crew?  I know Ral Partha has done this for other games 
> before (not just FASA's stuff, but Steve Jackson, AD&D, Werewolf, and all 
> sorts of games who're fading from tribal memory).  I don't know the industry 
> well enough to know why this isn't feasible.
> 
> Ral Partha also has quite a reputation for pretty figures at good prices.  
> <koff>
> 
> Tom Huntington
> The Truth Is Yonder
> 
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