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How many of each figure do you get, on average, in a case of Rusty Dragon Inn?
How does that break down in a case?
**********Below is my guess**********
[Part 1]
-----Large-----
08 Rare / Large [~1 of each]
24 Uncommon / Large [~3 of each]
32 Total Large per case[Part 2]
-----Rare-----
08 Rare / Large [~1 of each]
11 Rare / Medium & Small [~1 of Each]
19 Total Rare per case-----Uncommon-----
24 Uncommon / Large [~3 of each]
33 Uncommon / Medium & Small [~3 of each]
57 Total Uncommon per case-----Common-----
52 Common / Medium & Small [~4 of each]
52 Total Common per case[Part 3]
-----Total-----
19 Total Rare per case [~1 of each]
57 Total Uncommon per case [~3 of each]
52 Total Common per case [~4 of each]
128 Total per case**********Above is my guess**********
Almost.
You get 20 rares per case:One of #33-#44 (12 total) and one of each dressing piece plus one additional piece of two different dressings (8 total).
That accounts for 6 of 32 larges and leaves 26 uncommon larges.
There are 8 different large uncommons.
You get 4 of some, 3 of others and 2 of the rest.
That still leaves 82 small and medium minis.
There are 13 different common minis and 19 different uncommons (8 of them large, 11 small and medium).
You should get about 4 of most commons (5 of some, 3 of a few) for about 52 total.
That leaves about 30 uncommon (small and medium) minis.
You should get about 3 of each (2 of some).
20 Rares
56 Uncommons (26 of them large)
52 Commons
So you were pretty close.
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If you're looking for an official answer... WizKids doesn't share that kind of breakdown. (But I can say that the dungeon dressing is technically its own rarity, which is roughly equivalent to rare in that you will generally get 1–2 of each per case.)I think some trees and some dogs would be quite popular.
As I mentioned above the Heroscape Trees were and are quite popular. Encounters around trees are quite common. I can see people wanting lots of trees and bushes of various types.
As I mentioned above the Zombicide dogs were/are quite popular ($20 retail price and were selling on eBay for ~$35 for a while). I think a lack of painted miniature dogs is an incentive to make some.
If the low price of oil is making plastic cheaper, then perhaps now is the time to make and stock up on larger items like trees.
I don't know how cost-effective trees would be given the options that already exist. With trees you need quite a few, and they're big. You simply can't beat the price of something like these trees crafting and hobby stores have them, they look nice, and you can find the sizes and types you want. I just buy a little tacky putty to keep them fixed in place ... quick little forest that looks great!
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50 minis + bar + 2 special repaints of fixed sculpts that had messed up faces that resulting in sub-par paint jobs (1/each per case).The Rusty Dragon in introduces 51 figures... does that include the Bar, or is it 52 with the bar?Never mind, duh, I just looked at the singles page ... and it looks like 53 minis, but the product page says 51, so that's odd.
Thanks!
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Thanks!50 minis + bar + 2 special repaints of fixed sculpts that had messed up faces that resulting in sub-par paint jobs (1/each per case).The Rusty Dragon in introduces 51 figures... does that include the Bar, or is it 52 with the bar?Never mind, duh, I just looked at the singles page ... and it looks like 53 minis, but the product page says 51, so that's odd.
The miniatures are numbered 1-44.
The bar is the unnumbered 45.There are 6 unnumbered dressing pieces.
There are repainted King Irovetti and Feiya minis from the "Legends of Golarion" and "Reign of Winter sets.
Chief Technical Officer
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A couple notes:
1. I can confirm that this set is doing well. But even if WizKids has sold out (which I am not able to confirm or deny), that doesn't mean that all of the distributors they sell to have necessarily sold out, so retailers may still be able to buy some.
2. We have talked about the possibility of reprints with WizKids in general terms, but if they have committed to a reprint for this set, I haven't heard it yet. (That doesn't mean it's impossible.)
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A couple notes:
1. I can confirm that this set is doing well. But even if WizKids has sold out (which I am not able to confirm or deny), that doesn't mean that all of the distributors they sell to have necessarily sold out, so retailers may still be able to buy some.
2. We have talked about the possibility of reprints with WizKids in general terms, but if they have committed to a reprint for this set, I haven't heard it yet. (That doesn't mean it's impossible.)
1. You are most probably right that some distributors have sold out and others have not.
2. My local german dealer has very good connections all over europe, so if he tells me he can't get any more boosters, bricks or cases till the reprint in may, i believe him, as he has been right 90%+ in the past.
The fact that this set sells so good is great. The quality of the faces went up considerably and that seems to have a direct impact on sales.
I feel happy that the future of the line seems to be assured and remains in the capable hands of Eric Mona (and all others involved) who worked hard to ensure this.
Thank you!
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Chief Technical Officer
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Marco,
I have verified with WizKids that they have not announced a reprint of this set. (To give you an idea of how unlikely reprints are with them, in the last six years, they have only reprinted one thing: their Dice Masters launch, where the initial supply was vastly lower than the demand.)
I daresay the guy who said there was a reprint in May was probably referring to the next Wizkids Icons of the Realms set (all minis are pretty much the same, right?)
That'll probably get to Europe around May.
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Marco,
I have verified with WizKids that they have not announced a reprint of this set. (To give you an idea of how unlikely reprints are with them, in the last six years, they have only reprinted one thing: their Dice Masters launch, where the initial supply was vastly lower than the demand.)
Thank you for asking WizKids and letting me/us know, Vic.
I will talk to my dealer about this.Do you know if WizKids sold out of the set?
Thx
Marco
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Wizkids has always been very conscious of how reprints will affect new stock, One of the Early DC Heroclix sets sold out in under a month, and had multiple figures going for over $100 each, and was not reprinted, because said reprint run would have come out around the same time as the next Marvel heroclix set. (At least that was the reason the heroclix community was given) I could see something similar here.
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I finally got this set. Needed to order it online, as my local shop was unable to get it in stock as their distributor hasn't had any new pathfinder miniatures come in for months. So I;m still out of luck for Iconics 4,5 and 6 :(
Anyway, the figures are great overall. And I'm really happy with the two replacement figures, save for the fact that they are both bug-eyed! It's like the painter went overboard making sure eyes were on these figures. But at least Feiya doesn't have a melted face so if I want repaint the eyes I at least can do so.
I just have to say that I love this set and see why it's popular. I actually think that my favorite miniature is Beaky. He is one of the best looking owlbear miniatures I have seen and I'm glad I got four of him so I can use him in some great encounters.
Already had a fun scenario play out with my husband as we were unpacking the set.
Quivering cube slides up to the bar: "I'll have a human please"
Drunken farmer sitting beside the cube: "If it was that easy, I'd already have a wife!"
It's still available, Paizo just ordered fewer cases this time around (or didn't restock when they sold out their initial order).
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Picked up a brick + one booster yesterday. Fantastic job on all the humanoid figures this time. All the characters were very evocative and fun. I didn't catch any with bendy sword syndrome. All the figures had great details. I was a little bummed in that one of my boxes was a complete dupe of the other (the riding horse, bugbear mystic, dwarf bard, and barrel). But what can you do. I ended up with 3 dwarf bards, two dancing girls, a serving girl, the draft horse, wagon, silver dragon, owlbear/beaky, kobold devilspeaker, kobold trapmaker, farmer, ghoul huntsman, ghoul monarch, two bunyips, vampire spawn, two pious guards, guard, dwarf wizard, aristocrat, riding dog, bugbear tyrant, frost giant ice mage, bugbear flesh glutton, flesh golem, Ranzak, and Cayden Cailen.
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Are you guys considering another printing of this so that new subscribers can start with this set?
This is a Wizkids product not a Paizo one, so paizo has no control over if a new printing. Historically, I don't think wizkidz have ever done a second press of a set since they have been owned by NECA .
It's also not yet out of print, it's just that Paizo either reduced the number of cases they ordered this time around or they sold more than usual (or both).
Noble Knight Games only just sold out and they say they've got more on order (although I don't always trust those "more on the way" listings).
Customer Service Manager
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We've just finished freeing up some stock of the Rusty Dragon Inn Cases that were in stuck orders. If you add the case to your cart as a regular order, you can add the case premium, the Rusty Dragon Inn Bar, for $49.99. If you start a subscription this will happen automagically and you will receive a 75% discount on the case premium in addition to the subscription discount on the case.
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I think it was more about inventory management than a strategy for selling boosters. Maintaining a large and ever-expanding catalog of singles is no doubt a lot of effort for probably minimal gain.
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As a store, opening a pack gets you about $20-25 worth of minis on average. Setting up product pages for 45 new products takes time costing wages, for not much additional gain over a sealed pack. it also takes additional time fore the warehouse crew to find the correct mini, and additional issues with minis breaking when in the warehouse.
Individual minis, maybe, as part of some future set.
I don't think Wizkids has ever resold a minis set.