You're right I meant the BOFA stuff which didn't have a long shelf life in the end.

Trying to discern market trend and value from GW practices is impossible, they made 6mm and 10mm plastic, all that says is that it is practical to do so (which we knew anyway). Was it profitable? Who knows. Were they dropped because they lost money or competed with core product or due to internal politics, can't say. 

I suppose the above points should make us really appreciate the small company wargame manufacturers who are in it for the love of the hobby rather than to make megabucks. How little variety there would be without these people pushing the boat out.

Absolutely. I look at some companies' listings and think - how many of those are you actually going to sell?

Quote from: Hertsblue on 23 May 2014, 07:23:46 AMAbsolutely. I look at some companies' listings and think - how many of those are you actually going to sell?

My problem is, I keep looking & thinking 'Oh, that would be nice...'...

Quote from: Wulf on 23 May 2014, 12:42:09 PM
My problem is, I keep looking & thinking 'Oh, that would be nice...'...

Which is how those companies keep in business 

Quote from: Fenton on 10 May 2014, 09:49:12 PM
Not sure if this helps but I believe the development and tooling costs for a plastic set would be about 3-5000 GBP

I looked into it through work, at one stage, I had access to a injection moulding machine, this was 10 years ago and the quotes I got for a complicated mould was £5000 - £10000 range with aluminium moulds being at the cheaper end of the price range, steel being more expensive.  You basically spark errode the material away.

Dave