Re: [OT] Getting out of 25mm
From: "Peter C" <petrov_101@h...>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:30:01 -0000
Subject: Re: [OT] Getting out of 25mm
Where might one buy 15mm figs for stargrunt in the states?
Pete
>From: Andy Cowell <andy@cowell.org>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: Re: [OT] Getting out of 25mm
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:45:45 -0600
>
>In message
><E50E940B390AD31192BB0008C7A4E3F202AB3820@1crp234.corp.disney.com>,
>Daniel.Casquilho@exchange.corp.disney.com writes:
> >
> > > As a few of you know already I no longer game in 25/28mm, I have
> > > been steadily unloading my 25's for the past year or so now.
> >
> > Stuart made me think, some of the others I know have started to
get
> > out of 25/28mm scale and are moving to 10/15mm.
> >
> > Is this a trend overall or just in the Los Angeles area?
>
>A good question. I always felt that 15mm was getting more play, but
that's
>certainly from a disadvantaged viewpoint. I have seen manufacturers
who
>sell 25mm say that 25mm sales are increasing, but that's probably
biased
>info at best and marketing lies at worst. It's hard for most of us to
>have an idea of the big picture.
>
>Me, I mostly do 15mm, for the same reasons everybody else listed. I
>primarily moved to 15mm just because it made SG2 feel better at that
>scale. I never really realized how cramped 28mm+ figures felt until
>I moved to 15mm. Price wasn't really why I started playing 15mm, but
>by god it's one of the reasons I stay! I can buy SG2 squads for less
>than $4.00, and have an airbourne company (4 9 man squads and 4 VTOLs)
>for less than $30.00. They also paint up quicker, allowing you to
>game with your figures much quicker. I do love 15mm.
>
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