I buy everything that comes out as it comes out. I haven't even built some sets yet. I do this because:
a) I think the products are neat and plan to build them all (I have a vision I hope to build a whole storefront full of WWG stuff diorama style at my FLGS).
b) I want to support Denny and WWG because I run a 'small business' and I know how hard it is to get going. Plus, this is a good company to bet my dollars on and the quality is superb.
c)Each set only sets me back the cost of a 3 minute song at certain gentlemen's clubs (or less) and I can tell my wife about it, this is a huge plus!
d)I am also obsessive compulsive collector of cool stuff so how could I NOT buy everything Denny Makes! Thank God he hasn't come out with a COLLECTIBLE product or I'm screwed.
Now to your point:
I could see Denny someday doing a storefront where you could browse a catalog and build your own sets out of pieces and have them laid out in a PDF dynamically. I could also see bundle deals getting put together.
What I REALLY see taking off though, if anyone wants a random opinion is the idea of 'mini sets' from the various mega-sets that depict a scene or something. For Example; Skull Cove. OMG! That set is HUGE! It's got EVERYTHING. Now; what if you stripped it down a bit and offered a few more props and just had a mini-set called 'Castaway island' with a few palm trees, some ruins, maybe a dock and a few pieces from pubs and inns or something to make a pirate camp and marketed it as a 'scene'. I think tha would be a hot seller and pull in the 'casual' modeler' who just wants to try it out for a single gaming session as opposed to us, the hard core paperfolders who are trying to reconstruct the entire game universe out of 110lb card stock.
Anyway, that's what I think. Hey Auld Grump, it's great to have you back on line as a regular. Glad your situation has settled down again a bit.
Paper Cut
