GW price rant (why Mantic is getting more of my money)

So I'm a little miffed at the Bretonnian Finecast releases; I really wanted 2 Trebuchets and maybe some questing Knights to finish off my Bret army. Sadly no more. To Ebay and trademe.

The Fay Enchantress                 $ 73.00
Bretonnian Lord with Lance          $ 48.00
Bretonnian Damsel with Sword        $ 48.00
Bretonnian Damsel with Staff        $ 48.00
Bretonnian Battle Standard Bearer   $ 46.00
Bretonnian Grail Knights            $146.00
Bretonnian Questing Knights         $146.00
Bretonnian Grail Reliquae           $ 94.00
Bretonnian Trebuchet                $105.00
Unicorn                             $ 33.00

So for the same amount $150  as one unit of Grail Knights I purchased 1200 points of Mantic Kings of War Orcs from the Kickstarter, which are comparable in quality if not better than the clunky knights and I will probably use the miniatures in Fnatasy games as well. Here is an impromptu list of what I have at the moment. This currently retails at probably around $200.

http://www.slavetopainting.co.nz/products/kings-of-war-orc-army
http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Kings-of-War/Army-Deals/Orc-Army-Deals.html

1447 points Warhammer Fantasy Orcs

Lords (142pts)

• Orc Warboss (142pts)
  Choppas (AB-33), Size Matters (AB-33), Waaagh! (AB-34)
  Shield (3pts), War Boar (24pts) (Swiftstride (BRB-76), Thick-skinned (AB-37), Tusker Charge (AB-37))

Heroes (80pts)

• Orc Big Boss (80pts)
  Choppas (AB-33), Size Matters (AB-33)
  Battle Standard Bearer (25pts)

Core (625pts)

• Orc Big 'Uns (195pts)
  Animosity (AB-32), Choppas (AB-33), Size Matters (AB-33)
  Boss (15pts), Musician (10pts), 20x Orc Boyz (160pts), Standard Bearer (10pts)
• Orc Boyz (215pts)
  Animosity (AB-32), Choppas (AB-33), Size Matters (AB-33)
  Boss (15pts), Musician (10pts), 30x Orc Boyz (180pts), Standard Bearer (10pts)
• Orc Boyz (215pts)
  Animosity (AB-32), Choppas (AB-33), Size Matters (AB-33)
  Boss (15pts), Musician (10pts), 30x Orc Boyz (180pts), Standard Bearer (10pts)

Special (600pts)

• Black Orcs (120pts)
  Armed to da Teef (AB-39), Choppas (AB-33), Immune to Psychology (BRB-71), Size Matters (AB-33)
  10x Black Orcs (120pts)
• Orc Boar Boyz (195pts)
  Animosity (AB-32), Choppas (orc) (AB-33), Size Matters (AB-33), Thick-skinned (AB-37), Tusker Charge (war boar) (AB-37)
  Boss (15pts), Musician (10pts), 10x Orc Boar Boyz (160pts), Standard Bearer (10pts)
• Orc Boar Boyz (195pts)
  Animosity (AB-32), Choppas (orc) (AB-33), Size Matters (AB-33), Thick-skinned (AB-37), Tusker Charge (war boar) (AB-37)
  Boss (15pts), Musician (10pts), 10x Orc Boar Boyz (160pts), Standard Bearer (10pts)
• Snotlings (90pts)
  Skirmishers (BRB-77), Unbreakable (BRB-78), Unstable (BRB-78)
  3x Snotlings (90pts)

..and that's without magic items.


Don't you think it's rather disparate?

I've started cleaning and assembling the Orcs: 9 Ax dudes, 4 great Axes, Wip the half Cast and 10 Boar riders done. At first I was a little miffed that there was so very few options on each sprue but when I compared the sprues together they were all interchangeable so it allows for a fair bit of flexibiility and swapping bits when you have mutiple sprues to draw from. I must say the boar riders are by far my favourite at the moment.