A Distribution question for PYOs

We would love to sell to art and craft stores, but these pyos aren’t yet packaged in a way that they would sell well in stores … They need a fancy clear plastic covered box to keep them clean, and some instruction type thing about how to paint them. Then, do we include paint? That gets complicated fast. But if we had the kind of store that catered to folks that knew how to deal with the paint themselves, like craft and model shops, that would be swell.

I would like to take a few of mine, both painted and not painted, to our shop in Heidelberg and show them. I think, if they buy some, they can set examples of each sculpt on the shelf and then keep the rest boxed in the back. They have paint and brushes there, so I would think the paper you have in there should be sufficient. It guides you to the tutorial. Its just an idea, but I wouldnt want to tell them about the PYOs and have it end up that they cant get them from you. Let me run this idea past John first, before you suggest this to the store. Depending on shipping and other charges, it may be too expensive to get them there. You notice we don’t have many dealers in Germany.

That’s just silly! If you handle it a LOT and have greasy fingers, yes, but just touching it a few times isn’t going to ruin it. Heavens, if that was the case, I’d be in trouble, I touch all of mine plenty!

that is what Vantid told me when I was down there on my tour!! I have never painted one and I’m nto sure I have the talent to paint one so I’m only going off what I was told

I kinda don’t follow the reasoning here.People who play Magic aren’t neccessarily artists or painters, why would they be particularly likely to buy PYOs?

Now the places that do miniature gaming, I could maybe see, since most folks who are serious about miniatures paint their own.

*nods* I can see that makes sense, and I recall you saying it. But I can’t imagine somebody returning a statue because they’d touched it and the paint won’t stick. I mean… I really do handle mine a fair bit, and have never had any troubles getting the paint to stick.

Personally, I would say don’t include paint with the PYO if you sell them in stores…people don’t want to be limited to whatever pallet of colors you end up including, and you would probably only be able to include those little strings of tiny paint tubs that come with paint-by-number kits if you did include paint, and that would a.) be kind of tacky and b.) probably be much lower quality paint than you want to paint these guys with. Plus, if you include paint that would just raise the cost, for you and the buyer, and that might discourage sales…
As for a little pamphlet to go with them – what about the tutorial on the website? Just print that up in a nice looking foldy piece of glossy paper and you’ve got a proffesional insert. I thought it was a great write-up on how to start painting these guys.