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I'll be running a booth again this year (Southpaw Crafts) and we were considering selling Advent Calendars, with a theme of D&D.  They would contain D&D trinket items (think keychain, stickers, etc.), and around a dozen miniatures.  24 days, each day will have its own box to open.  Cost is still being considered, but we were thinking $40-$45 most likely.   The items inside would be kid appropriate (or kid at heart appropriate). 

 

So, my question is, would you be interested in such a product?  

 

We're trying to determine how many we would pre-make to bring.  We'd also take orders for them to be delivered before Dec 1st.  

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Another question.. Would it matter if the minis inside were Reaper vs. Prepainted minis from Wizkids or similar?

6 minutes ago, tpugmire said:

Would these be available outside of reapercon?  

 

The intention is to make them available for sale on my wife's Etsy storefront, as well as taking orders for delivery at Reapercon.

1 minute ago, TripleH said:

Would the calendars all have the same items, or would there be a variety?

 

No two would be identical.  they would have the same quantity of each type of thing, but what's inside would be random.   I.E. everyone would get dice, some might get red, some get blue, etc.  The minis inside would also be a random assortment.

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Hello! I'm new here. Last year's ReaperCon was my first, and I came here looking for information for this year's ReaperCon, since my husband has already booked us for the hotel there, and I am SO glad that I found this thread! I attempted to buy a D&D themed Advent calendar for my husband last year from a website that sold lots of themed advent calendars, and that was a total bust. It was a plastic case with a paper print out of one of the D&D books taped on top of it, and NONE of the trinkets inside were D&D themed at all, plus, we ordered it at the beginning of October and it didn't arrive until the middle of December. Horrible, and we paid $55 for the "deluxe" version. 

 

So...we would LOVE it if you were selling D&D themed Advent calendars at ReaperCon, and I'd probably buy at least 1, but maybe 2 or 3. 1 would be for adults, the other one for my 7 yr old nephew.

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23 hours ago, fletcherpeatross said:

After some thinking, we will probably offer two versions.  One with prepaints, and one without.  That way we can satisfy both groups.

Yeah, was about to suggest this.  I think the majority of people buying swag will fall into one camp or the other ("I want to paint it all myself", and "I just want to have fun stuff for the table with minimum effort"). 

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Here's the layout of the Advent Calendar.  We've figured out what will be put into each box (will come in a larger 12x12 box for shipping/purchase.  There will also be an envelope for one of the days, making for 24 items total.

 

Prices will be $60 for the regular version (prepainted minis, etc.)  $75 for the premium version (reaper unpainted minis)

 

12 total minis in each version, with 12 other gifts, most of which have something personalized from us.  

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It's a lovely idea, and I would love to purchase one! However, as a con attendee, I (and anyone else who has to fly) will be considering luggage space while shopping. Be prepared to hand out lots of business cards for people who want to buy one but can't do it in person, depending on how big and/or fragile your beautiful calendar is. 🙂 

 

(as an aside, using mini boxes to plan your calendar layout is brilliant!)

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot 😄

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