Don't get me wrong, I love metal minis and I've specifically loved IWM metal minis for decades. The metal nu-Classics are mostly great upgrades over the plastics (the Battlemaster is hot trash). Despite them being nice upgrades over the plastics, I do agree with a lot of the sentiment here that they feel like a poor use of resources and limited production slots. I cannot believe that offering singles of mechs from Lance Packs at most of the cost of a box of 4/5 plastics is better for the market than offering things that aren't otherwise available at all. At least things like the Rifleman offer a new variant part, but then the Rifleman is ALSO competing with the stupid CGL Premium mini that has even less reason to exist.
