I'll not be buying one because it is based on the movie likenesses....that being said, I'd gladly have paid 100$ if it had been comic inspired....

What he said. I buy clix to play with, not sit unopened in a box on a shelf. Keep your shiny package and drop the price.


As for the taking a beating remark, it likely means WK is losing money (or making very little) on this set after all costs (production, licensing, etc) are calculated. I'm not sure how such a remark could be taken any differently.

I ordered a Watchmen set because of the price point....I will keep what I want and sell the rest those that just want a few figs, too. I don't expect to make a profit, just to offset my cost a little.

The secondary market for singles from the set should be pretty good.

Plus, just IMAGINE what I can sell the box for...

Yeah, it's definitely an unforced error. I had enjoyed some of the boxes the collector sets had come in, but it was impractical after a while to keep them all.

Well, it was a retailer's summit, so my impression was maybe retailers were telling NECA about the problems with the price, either at a booth or some presentation. That sounds more to me like something you would describe as "taking a beating" for, rather than NECA voluntarily making a risky investment.

The issue I have with a Watchmen set, is that I know it'll just end up being a new Indy set. 25 figures, and only 5 distinct dials.

Now if the Manhattan Collossal had come with the Set, I'd of been more then happy to shell out the $100 bucks..

Really.. what's the difference?

Character design and costumes, would be my guess.

Also, is the box made of fine Corinthian letter or something?

I say less packaging = less retail price = more likely that people will actually buy, especially given the current economy. Or at least that is my personal situation.

I'm suddenly reminded of all the blase' remarks regarding B&tB prior to its release.

I wonder how many will reverse their decisions/comments once the product has been spoiled or is in hand?












(cue: indignant reponses now)

Its a cardboard box with a molded plastic interior that the units sit in that folds up like a book you can put on a bookshelf.

wow. deluxe huh?

worth $15 right?

True, some people liked the set much more once it came out, but there were still some constants. If you didn't like repaints of the same sculpts or multiple versions of the character before B&B came out, you still didn't like them once they were in hand.

If anything, there may be parallels to the Watchmen set for those same issues. People may feel the same about two Talias as they do two Silk Spectres. I know the marketing for Watchmen promises 25 "unique" sculpts, so that aspect shouldn't be an issue.

Not me. My main disappointment with the Invincible set is there aren't enough characters to run teams with any variety at the points we normally play (500-600). A 25-figure Invincible set would be awesome.

Same thing with the Watchmen. I want the Watchmen, the Minute Men, and any other heroes from the Watchmen universe that they can cram into the 25. Even though they are a DC property, their universe is really a stand-alone, so a theme player like me wouldn't have a lot of options with only 7 figures in the set (particularly if any of them aren't Watchmen).

I think the price point is fine. I don't care about them being in their own collector's case (they'll be placed in my Indy clix case, next to my Invincible clix), but if they have a new map, dice, etc, then I'm fine with $4 retail per figure. I'd rather pay closer to $3 (retail) per figure, but a higher price makes sense to avoid random collation and a limited run.

Yep. BatB turned out to be exactly what I thought it would be - a mediocre set. Some good dials, plays okay in sealed (though not ensuring the two parts of each AE were packaged together kills that mechanic in sealed, IMO), some decent sculpts, some really fugly sculpts, bad scale control, and not enough character variety. There are some gems in there (including a couple of the duos, and I hate duos), but every set has at least a few gems.

A year from now when people are playing BatB in constructed and have had time to digest it, I think we'll get a better feel for fan reaction...right now there's too much excitement generated by that "new car smell" to get an accurate gauge, IMO...the results are skewed up right now, just like with any set right after release. I'm expecting big things from the DC releases for the rest of this year (Edit - including the Watchmen set!); hopefully there's some improvement from BatB.

I will be buying one of the Watchmen sets. I really don't see the price tag as a problem. Yes its $100, but most places I've been are doing reduced pre-orders (Lonestar comics in Tx has it for 70 and I think Miniature Market has something similar.) For 25 figures retail on 25figures for BatB its $59.55 without tax (about $64 with tax). That's without any other goodies like an amazing packaging, map, dice, or anything else. Overall its not hard to do or price for. I think this is a great deal and I look forward to getting it.

-Matt

That's because keeping a comic continually in print for 21 years was unheard of at the time, too.

Not really.

I can generate $30 in disposable income fairly easily.

$100 requires more planning.

That's economics.

I do cobble the money together ($109) but it brings me 50 figures. So at $109, I am paying $2.18 a figure. Watchmen at 25 x $2 should be about $50, which I would consider.

I've paid $10 for a single figure. That does not translate to me willing to pay $250 for 25 figures.

There are players who have paid 40, 50, even 100 dollars for a single figure. Surely no one would think they would be willing to pay over $1000 for something like a Watchmen set.

We'll see how it sells and I hope it does well for the company. For me, $100 is too much for what we are supposedly getting. More info would help me make a clearer choice.