 Editor in Chief Bill   | 05 Aug 2019 4:45 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Have You Bought Minis on Shapeways?60% said "no"
37% said "yes" |
 Yellow Admiral  | 05 Aug 2019 5:45 p.m. PST |
In other news, 37% of gamers say they no longer have trouble finding miniatures of ships, airplanes, or spacecraft in unusual scales, genres or historical periods. |
| Yellow Admiral | 05 Aug 2019 5:49 p.m. PST |
I'm joking, of course. I still can't get models of most the French ironclad fleet built in the 1870s… I suspect the "no" category is just going to grow. After this year's price hikes, most of the Shapeways miniatures no longer make economic sense. - Ix |
| evbates | 05 Aug 2019 6:16 p.m. PST |
I was making purchases from Shapeways but that did stop after the big price increase. |
| Thresher01 | 05 Aug 2019 6:21 p.m. PST |
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| cloudcaptain | 05 Aug 2019 7:19 p.m. PST |
I am with evbates on that one. Our Javelin98 is still the man though. |
| Patrick R | 06 Aug 2019 2:03 a.m. PST |
Got some Battlemechs, pretty neat to have unofficial models like the Battletechnology Battleax as a mini in your game. My hunch is that over time SW will become a niche like cybercafes when everyone has a 3D printer. |
| UshCha | 06 Aug 2019 2:19 a.m. PST |
Some places like AOTRS Shipyards now sell a FDM Printed version of much of the stuff direct to keep costs down since the Shapewaysprice hike. |
| HMS Exeter | 06 Aug 2019 7:44 a.m. PST |
I tried several times to make 1 particular purchase from Shapeways, but each time I tried, I got into a click-loop, Select Item, Log In or Create Account, Account Creation Successful, Select Item, Log in or Create Account,…ad nauseum. I even sent a nastygram to Shapeways and got a canned "thank you for your feedback." Grrrr!!! As it happens GHQ is coming out with what I wanted in October, Gee, Shapeways, you snozzed, you lost. |
 Parzival | 07 Aug 2019 9:09 a.m. PST |
Price has always been an issue, now even more so. I've looked, but never bought. |
Puster  | 10 Aug 2019 11:57 p.m. PST |
Bought some small items – the quality was perfect. Sadly the price per volume is forbidding for larger items. |
