Fact is, the price of those double-figurines has increased this month, PCH11 is £16 compared to PM4 which is only £15 (and a difference of £1 is more than a difference of 1€ but this remains reasonnable)
still, before speaking about mithril vignettes compared to Phaeton “doubles” prices I’d wait for the release of the first Phaeton VIGNETTES and compare what is comparable… a vignette with lots of metal costs necessarily more… of course 70€ is absurd but I’d understand a 40€ for example…
Still I think Phaeton vignettes , being a “mix” of metal+good quality resin for big parts would prove the best deal…
If, and I insist on the IF…the releases of phaeton two big forthcoming vignettes are a true success, maybe Chris could use this success in sales and enthusiasm to confront Lars with the idea of allowing “scarce use” of good quality resin for mithril VIGNETTES (for bases or BIG pieces for example) that would dramatically reduce the prices and the characters would remain in metal of course. (except if those characters are 54mm size…. on a 32mm scale… Like Sauron or Stone Giants…
Have you never wondered why the last Trolls and Balrogs were smaller….. because bigger would be more expensive and unsellable…. most of all as GF “super-priced” figs…
I trust that in order to reduce production costs and prices and thus increase sales, mithril really could focus on resin for their bases for vignettes… most of all when you consider that sometimes bases are not even used by people who build dioramas…
but you nevertheless pay the price of metal (and casting…) for those bases…
