glauron
Underboss
1379 Posts
    
Sydney, Australia
 | | 03/13/2006 6:31 PM |
| The largely unappreciated Aberrations set is rapidly disappearing from outlets. Little more than a month ago, GoL was touted as being hard to get. In Australia at least, that does not seem to be the case.
I decided to scout around to see if I could pick up some Aberrations boosters. I found some, but before handing over my hard earned dollars I took another close look at the set.
I believe from an RPG perspective there are some nice figures, so I'm guessing their lack of appeal comes from the skirmishers.
In any event, I grabbed a bunch of boosters that will sit unopened in my wardrobe until, years from now, someone will pay me a king's ransom for these pristine, yet unappreciated members of the D&D miniatures world.
Any thoughts on why Aberrations is the poor relation of the miniatures sets? | |
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qillan_dvra
Underboss
1588 Posts
Oztraylya
| | 03/13/2006 6:36 PM |
| It could be the number of single minis. By this I mean minis that you only need one of. Once you have your requirements fulfilled there is no need for more.
Personnaly I haven't had a problem with any of the sets yet. As an RPGer I have to have at least one of each mini, in some cases many more eg Sahaugin Ranger, Formian Warrior, Emerald Claw Soldier, Warforged Fighter. I have 15 of each of these. At one stage I had 30 Formians, 20 Sahaugin, 25 Warforged but thought that I may have been a little obsessive.
Just my thoughts. | |
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jacksonm
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5560 Posts
River City
| | 03/13/2006 6:42 PM |
| My local store is down to 5 starters sitting on the shelf. Sitting there is likely where they will stay. I liked a lot of minis from the set but there were some clunkers too.
Once I finished my set I pretty much lost any interest in getting more. | | | |
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ShadowLord XT
Commander
2637 Posts
Plane of Shadow
| | 03/13/2006 6:47 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by jacksonm
My local store is down to 5 starters sitting on the shelf. Sitting there is likely where they will stay. I liked a lot of minis from the set but there were some clunkers too.
Once I finished my set I pretty much lost any interest in getting more.
Galaxy still has practically a case left on the shelves if I'm not mistaken. | |
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Zoons
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1066 Posts
| | 03/13/2006 7:17 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by qillan_dvra
Personnaly ... I had 30 Formians, 20 Sahaugin, 25 Warforged but thought that I may have been a little obsessive.
Just my thoughts.
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Newtoncain
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| | 03/13/2006 7:26 PM |
| MFT, Green Dragon, FB, HEBI, Rask, Ryld, Yi-Ti Abom are some pros
Then there is the Skull Splitter. | |
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minatoman38
Underboss
1362 Posts
Minaniuonuma-shi, Japan
| | 03/13/2006 8:01 PM |
| I bought 12 aberrations boosters and traded for most of the set because I thought the breakdown of rares in that set was awful. Same with Deathknell.
It will be a very very long time before boosters or aberrations are worth much in my view...probably never.
Here is my breakdown of that set.
Alusair Obarskyr....junk humanoid
Dragon Samurai......junk humanoid
Exorcist of the Silver Flame....junk humanoid
Warforged Hero..................junk eberron humanoid
Adventuring Wizard..............junk humanoid
Valenar Commander...............junk humanoid
Achaierai.......................unpopular monster
Skullsplitter...................junk humanoid
Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis...unpopular monster
Flesh Golem.....................bad sculpt ruined a good monster
Crow Shaman.....................Junk Humanoid/some skirmish value
Ryld Argith.....................junk humanoid/some skirmish value
Gibbering Mouther...............pretty good for RPG
Ogre Zombie.....................unpopular monster
Yuan-Ti Abomination.............Good for RPG and okay for skirmish
Chuul...........................Good for RPG and okay for skirmish
Mind Flayer Telepath............Good for RPG/skirmish but a resculpt
Hook Horror.....................Good for RPG okay for skirmish
Green Dragon....................Okay for RPG but good for skirmish
Wyvern..........................Good for RPG but not for skirmish
Half-Elf Bow Initiate...........Junk humanoid/good for skirmish
Frenzied Berserker..............Junk Humanoid/Good for skirmish
Ice Troll.......................Quickly forgotten once popular rare
Or odds of getting good value on a random pull from an aberrations booster is really really bad. I always tell people to buy boosters from the last three sets and trade for Deathknell and Aberrations. Your odds of getting something you like or something tradeable from the last three sets is much better. | |
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yack
Commander
3270 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 03/13/2006 8:06 PM |
| We still have alot of this set in Ottawa. More of this then Deathknell.
Wasn't a huge fan of the set...
Hook horror
Green Dragon
Chuul
Sahaugin
Wyvern
Flesh Golem (terrible scuplt but the mini was needed)
Gibbering Mouther
were good but other then that didn't like the set. | |
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11768 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 03/13/2006 8:17 PM |
| | glauron, that might be a very astute investment analysis. Purchase the red-headed step-child of a successful line, in the hopes that the overall success will help bolster its value. Sound and logical by my book. Make sure you keep them sealed, as they'll retain their value better that way. New people that enter the hobby, that also possess the completist bug in many of us, will have no choice but to buy this set as well. | |
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minatoman38
Underboss
1362 Posts
Minaniuonuma-shi, Japan
| | 03/13/2006 8:48 PM |
| True but just because a set is nolonger available doesn't necessarily mean its value will increase much. Look at Dragoneye. That set hasn't been readily available for quite awhile but it still lags far behind Harbringer and Archfiends in terms of piece value. Archfiends and harbringer both had incredibly sought after pieces that everybody wanted doubles of. DE just had the LRD as a must have piece. AB doesn't have anything. Even completists know they can get less sought after old stuff fairly painlessly.
I'd say if you want to think really long term then buy a case of underdark and put them away for a decade. That set has both really sought after stuff and a lot of fairly sought after stuff that it will have a better chance of being worth more to more people. Not just completists. | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/13/2006 11:16 PM |
| | I personally dont think you'll see Aberrations go up in price until at least around Blood War, if then. I think maybe this time next year it'll be starting to be really scarce, so you'll see price increase. But then again thats just my opinion. I just dont thinkt here are enough "good" peices in the set for it to be wanted much soon. | |
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arbados
Underboss
1446 Posts
New York, USA
| | 03/13/2006 11:36 PM |
| | I would have to agree that I don't foresee the Aberrations boosters gaining much in value. I think that picking up some Deathknell and holding on to them might be a better investment (Beholder, couatl, death knight, ettin skirmisher, gold dragon, griffon, large blue dragon, zombie white dragon). There are some very nice and sought after rares in that set. | |
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Luisjoey
Underboss
1704 Posts
Caracas Venezuela
| | 03/13/2006 11:46 PM |
| Aberration is not a powerful set as angelfire, aberrations have many basic creatures (it´s a basic set with introductory pack) i guess that was the idea in the moment to introduce new gamers with simple mini abilities.
The most important value for Aberration is it use for D&D for so many basic miniatures. | |
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True_Blue
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2386 Posts
| | 03/14/2006 4:22 AM |
| | I mean it had some cool RPG peices, but I really dont think it had "a lot". The orcs, goblins, elves, etc you can get in any set. So you have to look at the monsters. It did have things like the Green Dragon, CHuul, Wyvern, etc.. but I just think overall its a set that say you didnt collect any of.. you really wouldnt be missing much. And I think that says a lot about the set. Others may differ in opinion, and thats cool, I just find Aberrations as a set that you sriously dont *need* to collect, and you'd be just fine RPG-wise and skirmish. Other sets have peices that i'm like..oh man I have to have. | |
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PaSquall
Underboss
1399 Posts
| | 03/14/2006 4:23 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by minatoman38
I'd say if you want to think really long term then buy a case of underdark and put them away for a decade.
DDM still around in a decade ? Well, that's a pretty optimistic view...
It would be cool, anyway. | |
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Sammael
Underboss
1881 Posts
| | 03/14/2006 4:27 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by PaSquall
quote:
Originally posted by minatoman38
I'd say if you want to think really long term then buy a case of underdark and put them away for a decade.
DDM still around in a decade ? Well, that's a pretty optimistic view...
It would be cool, anyway.
DDM may not be around, but D&D most certainly will. And there will always be drow fanbois, so it's a win-win situation. | |
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Ghendar
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12463 Posts
The G Spot
| | 03/14/2006 7:15 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by arbados
I would have to agree that I don't foresee the Aberrations boosters gaining much in value.
I'm not so sure about that. I never thought Dragoneye boosters would be worth anything and now look at them. I'm not saying AB will equal Dragoneye down the road but it's possible.
quote:
I think that picking up some Deathknell and holding on to them might be a better investment (Beholder, couatl, death knight, ettin skirmisher, gold dragon, griffon, large blue dragon, zombie white dragon). There are some very nice and sought after rares in that set.
I agree [:D] I think that Deathknell is the best (for possible future investment) of the currently available sets. | |
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Ghendar
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12463 Posts
The G Spot
| | 03/14/2006 7:17 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by glauron
The largely unappreciated Aberrations set is rapidly disappearing from outlets. Little more than a month ago, GoL was touted as being hard to get. In Australia at least, that does not seem to be the case.
If you can still get GoL at a decent price buy those and forget about Aberrations. | |
WotC - making me wish more and more every day for a return to the TSR days. :(
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I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
Could somebody explain Snatch to me? I understand the basics, but not how to enter/use it. - Posted by orcmonk220
G's the man. - Posted By greyhaze on 11/11/2008 8:58 AM | |
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glauron
Underboss
1379 Posts
Sydney, Australia
| | 03/14/2006 10:26 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Ghendar
quote:
Originally posted by glauron
The largely unappreciated Aberrations set is rapidly disappearing from outlets. Little more than a month ago, GoL was touted as being hard to get. In Australia at least, that does not seem to be the case.
If you can still get GoL at a decent price buy those and forget about Aberrations.
Hehe, I already did. I just can't help myself when it comes to a product runout. I'm not sure how decent the price was though US$195 for a case of 12 boosters. How does that stack up with your prices? | |
I have always been here. | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 12:50 AM |
| | Well right now all of the sets will see their value go up. I mean as new ppl come into the game, there will be completists in that group that want every mini. Also some of the power houses of old sets will soon decline in availability, so they will go up in price. Frenzied Berserker, Crow Shaman, Ryld, are a few examples from Aberrations that will see price increases over time as ppl still wwant them. I just dont think there are a lot in that set that will be like this. But every figure will go up in price eventually. | |
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Ghendar
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12463 Posts
The G Spot
| | 03/15/2006 8:28 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by glauron
quote:
Originally posted by Ghendar
quote:
Originally posted by glauron
The largely unappreciated Aberrations set is rapidly disappearing from outlets. Little more than a month ago, GoL was touted as being hard to get. In Australia at least, that does not seem to be the case.
If you can still get GoL at a decent price buy those and forget about Aberrations.
Hehe, I already did. I just can't help myself when it comes to a product runout. I'm not sure how decent the price was though US$195 for a case of 12 boosters. How does that stack up with your prices?
Well, at retail prices (american) a case of GoL would set you back $240. $195 sounds reasonable.
Last summer you could still find cases on ebay for $138. I bought one. Should have gotten another to sit on. Oh well. | |
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Some of my favorite Maxminis quotes
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
Could somebody explain Snatch to me? I understand the basics, but not how to enter/use it. - Posted by orcmonk220
G's the man. - Posted By greyhaze on 11/11/2008 8:58 AM | |
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