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by barr7430 » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:15 am
Actually, with too much time on my hands here in the Desert I have had an idea which might fly to some extent with some of you. I know this had been done elsewhere over the years and if handled well it can work.
Obviously I now have the infrastructure, connections and momentum to get figures to market. The period is opening up quite nicely and as can be seen, Warfare will release dozens of new sculpts this year and the following.
Some of our Forum members and friends have interests peripheral to the core: 1689-1697 period, witness: Skane Wars, Covenanter Rebellions, Monmouth Rebellion, Tangier etc. The commercial dilemma for someone in my position is:
Follow an interesting byway, spend time and money producing something nice but get no commercial return for making a very small amount of people happy and me poor and frustrated.
This usually results in 'no advance'.
Here is the potential solution: If someone has an interest 'off the beaten track', a sub-project can be created/commissioned by the individual or sub group. They would part/whole finance the sculpting with Warfare. I would commission the master and production moulds and get the figures manufactured. Subgroup could then have as many figures at metal cost/manufacturing cost as they want. The figures go on commercial release. The range expands, people get what they want and I can carry on producing the core part of the range.
If anyone is interested in this either PM me or join the thread. I have a reasonable reputation for getting things done so this is not pie in the sky and could actually fly without individuals having to go through all of the pain and effort of setting up their own operation.
Cheers
B
"If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you are probably right"
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