I get a bigger kick out of watching the trading forums here...and seeing what people think units are worth.

I don't care how rare a unit is money is money...and some of the prices are LOCO! The secondary collector's market is a monster...always has been always will be as long as people have dough to toss out the window.

There's a reason I don't have a SS A4, Rusty Cooper, DF Junko...I don't have a money tree or golden egg laying chicken in my backyard...even if I did my credititors would take them away from me.

A hundred bucks on one piece? Sure you get the exact one you want, which will eventually drop in value where you'll kick yourself in the groin...or you could get 10+ boosters and have a bunch of pieces to play with and/or participate in a trading community with.

Wizkids makes nothing off of the secondary market...if you spend all your dough there and not buying WK product, well...the game will dry up and that SS A4 will be worth the .25 cents in took to get it out of China.

Thus ends my vent order.

-Q

So does the Liao arty do an additional 1 dmg to green units?

Another thing about the SS Arrow IV Tank is that you have to roll about a 5 to miss when the marker is on center dot. That and it doesn't lose it's 2 ap damge till salvage ( which it can be repaired out of). Makes people go trade crazy for them.

SS arrows are about 35 now on ebay. aww

and the one who said wizkids does not get anything from ppl buying those pieces... thats so obvious that you need an opened booster to get the unit... and tipically, the seller will use the money to buy even more boosters. this is great for wizkids.

The liao A4 still only does 3 damage to Green units, because an arty attack isn't targeted to a specific unit.

I think in general people who are willing to spend $35 for a non are doing it so they don't have to buy a bunch of boosters to get one.

Wizkids makes nothing from secondary market sale it is not guaranteed that the person selling off LEs and rare units are going to buy more boosters. So no it's not obvious.

The only thing that's good for Wizkids about a secondary market is it shows that there is interest in the game. They only make money from wholesale sales and cut loss for manufacturing LEs to give out as promotional draws.

I'm not knocking anyone on this...if you or your parents have the money to dish out for plastic go for it. I've never been that fortunate.

$20 max for an LE5 or U is somewhat reasonable. $35 for a non-tank and $12 for a DF ATV is pushing past limits of reason. IMHO.

-Q

The Liao Arty does do 4 dmage with a ranged attack against a green unit. I saw some for the Marquee, when range was screwed.

If people will pay lots of $$$ for sports cards why not plastic figures like MW? *Sighs that he forgot to keep his original Transformers in mint condition in the box* :)

I have to agree with the sentiment that some of the prices on ebay are beyond what I would pay for a piece, whether I had the money or not. That said, the market sets the price. I believe the price is being driven by players who feel that to be competitive in the current metagame they need to have one or more SS A4s. My expectation is that A4 armies will be the new standard this month during the February campaign.

I am spending my little spare time to figure out how to destroy an A4 army. The obvious answer is an infiltration army which I have played since Dark Age. This is the reason why ATVs are also going for so much money. Again its the market that sets the price on ebay and in war it is the side with the deeper pockets that has the advantage.

Mark

It is the old Supply plus Demand equation.

Except when the piece has a lot of playability it is:

Supply + Demand + DEMAND as players compete with collectors.

A playable rare figure will always generate high prices on eBay.

Quit complaining. There is more to this game than Dragon's Fury. And, all 4 16 inch range mechs are non-LE, 2 are non-unique.

And now to the ebay market. Buy my auctions. I could use the money. It is really really nice to see my own actions going for rediculous amnounts of money.

True, but the Liao A4 only has one target.

Not with artillery, it doesn't. Yes, with normal ballistic attacks 0/8.

"Ruthlessness. When this unit targets a single opposing unit, if the opposing unit is Green and this unit makes a successful attack, increase this unit’s damage value by 1 for that attack." {emphasis added}

Since you do not target units with artillery, you don't get the +1.