Then again, how much longer will the US Army keep using miniatures for training purposes instead of switching to ultimately cheaper and more versatile computer simulations? Perhaps launching the Wehrmacht '47 is part of GHQ's attempt to develop into other markets in order to survive.zaevor2000 wrote:I can't see the US Army and other large customers investing money in miniatures for 1947 for purely fictitious battles involving fictitious forces...
Let's hope so, because I've become too addicted to 6mm in a year to be confronted with the loss of my favourite miniatures producer.Doug B wrote:If GHQ can't make $$ off of this we'll know because the line won't develop after 2009. There are too many geeks like us to let them go belly-up over one mistake in judgement.
As so many of you, I also cannot see the logic in starting a whole new line, when so many gaps exist in the current WW2 and modern lines. While the opinions quickly diverge when it comes down to summing up exactly WHAT is missing, I think we can all agree on a few basics like more modern civilian vehicles and insurgents and Soviet rifle infantry. Perhaps it's time we started something like Donald M. Scheef's list of micronaut mentions to create a 'metawishlist' of moderns and WW2.
However, as I said before, allmost every wargamer is familiar with the principle of starting cool new projects before the old ones are finished. How many of us have not made impulsive buys or started impulsive projects, while rationally we knew we should finish the other stuff first (or have the wife or girlfriend tell us
). I suppose it works the same for GHQ. I'm sure they are all gamers and modellers too, who get really exited over new projects. Once they get in your head, it's hard not to act on them.Now, one could question if it is sensible for a business to act on that kind of excitement, but then again, where would we be today without a little creativity and dynamism. While I certainly don't think it is a good decision (as Werhmacht '47 has absolutely no interest for me), perhaps I can understand why they did it.
