Apologies if this is not on the right forum, but I figured it was discussion of product so I couldn't be that far off.
Simply put, I'm going to order a brick of miniature boosters in a few days as a birthday present to myself and I am debating over the Pathfinder Battles standard booster brick, or the Rise of the Pathfinder Battles: Rise of the Runelords brick.
A bit of backround: I already have a brick of the Pathfinder Battles boosters (a Christmas gift from loving girlfriend). I am not running RotR, but I have seen some of the minis that come with their boosters and they good. I am looking for general use miniatures for whatever campaign my friend or I happen to be running. The RotR bricks look smaller and cost more, but it actually comes with 8 Large and 24 medium-small creatures where as the standard pack only comes with 3 large and 16 packs of 1 medium or 2 smalls each. Money is not a significant factor to the purchase, I am just looking for an opinion for what will suit me better. Thanks!
The Heroes & Battles miniatures are more "generic" and re-usable on a general basis. However, the Rise of the Runelords are some fantastic-looking pieces, and even the named ones can still be re-used nicely. If you like the artwork in the Core Rulebook (such as the Ogres on tbe bridge), some of it comes from the Rise of the Runelords AP and is what the minis are based on.
One thing to consider is that the pseudo-random packaging means that buying two bricks of the same set at different times (and thus from different cases) means there is a chance you will get an exact duplicate (or nearly so) of the first one when you buy the second.