"Not that I am really interested but..." Topic

I was asked, by a non-war gamer, when describing the multitude of figures that caused me to call today the "Golden Age of miniatures" because of the variety, "So are there any multipart 15mm plastic figures?'

How the heck would I know? But an answer seems like an reasonable response.

So, are there?

Why she wants to know seems more like trying to sound interested but once the question was asked it was stuck in my head..

Warlord Games makes gobs of 'em.

Not 15mm they don't.

I don't know of any multipose 15mm plastics. But I know of several bits that are multipart.
As an example, I don't remember who's WWII set it is. But you can put either a bazooka or a rifle arm on a kneeling figure. Otherwise he is the same pose repeated 2-3 times on the sprue, 2-3 sprues per box.
Now I would call that a multipart figure (2 pieces) but not really a multipose figure when compared to 28mm plastics.

Sorry. I somehow missed the 15mm part.

Plastic Soldier Company 15mm.

In 1:87th (Disregard the numbers, it's close in size to the average 15mm figure) Preiser. Many sets to choose from including a box of separate weapons for those who need more of a type than what is supplied in the figure box.

Main question: Is there enough customers who really would like to assemble 5+ small, fidly parts to make one figure when most customers of 15mm want/need loads that are easy and quick to go from box to table?

The utility of individually poseable figures has it's limits IMHO.

Dye4Minis,

I agree, but it gives me an answer and tells me that some people (other than myself obviously) see merit in the availability of the options. Unless someone starts selling 15mm figures back as individual figures I guess there will always be the balancing act between financially practical blisters with multiple figures and those TO&E variant units people want to build without "leftover" figures.

No doubt about the merits, Mute Bystander. Real question remains are there enough customers willing to pay for having that option, at the price is needs to be, to make it a worthwile venture?

Heck, where I am at, it would be nice just to have a local store that actually has something more than the top 10 clickies and GW items! If the perception at local levels is that the Historicals don't sell, it seems illogical to think that optional, multi-posed kits would ever change that.

Would be nice to see stores thrive again on sales but the internet has killed it for them. Therefore, fewer chances to sell these kits to the public. If in plastic, with no distributors to stores, doing it in plastic may be financial suicide. There are reasons why great ideas are not seen all the time! (But it costs nothing to wish for something!)

v/r
Tom

Here are a couple of pictures of 15 mm PSC kits (early WWII Germans), showing a couple of models that are in two or more parts (but with little poseability):

For historical miniatures, I think multipart nature is of most interest for those periods where there was lots of variety in armament, allowing for multiple troop types to be built from the same boxed set, with the customer having choice over the exact ratio.

For example the recent Perry light cavalry (1450-1500) comes with 12 models and a lot of equipment options: 12 light lances, 12 crossbows, 12 longbows, 4 swords (plus 12 more in scabbards) and 4 trumpets. Plus a wide variety of heads, so you can pick suitable heads to make them look like Swiss, Italian, Swedish etc. if you want.

Another good example could be WWII, where gamers may want to have a level of control over how many rifles, SMGs, LMGs, carbines, bazookas, rifle grenade launchers, radios etc. their platoon has.

I can think of nothing worse than multi pose 15mm metal figures.

Multi-pose 15mm ANYTHING is enough to make me consult a physician for heart medications.

Wargames Factory's 15mm WW2 sets aren't too shabby. There are a whopping two of them though, which kind of sucks. If they would market their product, they'd be able to sell their stuff. No matter who runs them, they're their own worst enemy.

Winston Smith,

The OP specified plastic.

That said, yeah, I can think of worse – multipart 6mm or assembling even two-part (upper wings and "rest of plane") 3mm WW1 planes which is my personal hell.

are there enough customers willing to pay for having that option, at the price is needs to be, to make it a worthwile venture?

The perennial question when someone (like myself) muses about obscure things like 15mm Soldados de Cuera or Presidials… will it sell to other people?