Manufacturing a high quality product on this scale for worldwide distribution is an expensive and complicated task. I'm ok with delays from a company I know is going to have delays to get a good game into my hooves 3-6 months after the super optimistic initial release dates.

Yeah, doesn't bother me that much to be honest. I'd be miffed if I was FFG though, and it would be nice if we had a more honest release date ahead of time (or no release date, rather than one we have to add six months to).

How about using a better manufacturer and upping the price? It's all well and good saying "meh, it's the manufactures" but you get what you pay for.

I'm not sure this is a viable solution. The initial investment in tooling and equipment would wipe out any profit you'd make on reprints. Not to mention burning good will with a manufacturer you have a close, working relationship with. Further, it takes months or even years to get a new factory up and running on a new product line, plus all the proofing you have to do on products. Then, there's the shipping time. Four weeks on the ocean, plus who knows how many months sitting in customs these days. Even if they could break their current contracts with the factories.

If FFG today pulled the contract from their current manufacturer and went with a 'better' one, it would be 2015 if not 2016 before you could hope to see rereleases of current miniatures, much less new product. That's not even mentioning the little things like differences in all the little bits, from card stock to print colors, from ship proportions to stand design. All of that would have had to be recreated from scratch.

Manufacturing a high quality product on this scale for worldwide distribution is an expensive and complicated task. I'm ok with delays from a company I know is going to have delays to get a good game into my hooves 3-6 months after the super optimistic initial release dates.

and yes, small companies will get bumped by large companies like Hasbro around Christmas time. It's just the nature of the Beast.

Indeed, not surprised, but once again disappointed. This isn't the first time this has happened and won't be the last.. like was said above.. add several months to their release dates and you should never have worries.. but it would be nice if they just printed more and realize they do make great games that will sell. When they have stagnated before it cost them a really good game..i.e. wings of war.. don't know why they chose to let it go, as it is very popular world wide.. but another company has it and are doing a bang up job with it..

I don't think the problem of wings of war was FFG, it was Nexus the original company that was producing wings of war. FFG was only the distributor for the americas. Nexus died and another company took the brand : Ares Games

Indeed, not surprised, but once again disappointed. This isn't the first time this has happened and won't be the last.. like was said above.. add several months to their release dates and you should never have worries.. but it would be nice if they just printed more and realize they do make great games that will sell. When they have stagnated before it cost them a really good game..i.e. wings of war.. don't know why they chose to let it go, as it is very popular world wide.. but another company has it and are doing a bang up job with it..

I don't think the problem of wings of war was FFG, it was Nexus to origina; company that was producing wings of war. FFG was only the distributor for the americas. Nexus died and another company took the brand : Ares Games

I'm willing to consider that a possibility. Ares is doing a bang up job with it as well.

Imperial Aces is now to the Printer