If it makes you guys feel any better, things aren't much sunnier on the fantasy front.
WotC did their whole "here's prepainted plastic minis" thing, most of which I never liked. But the tin and antimony and lead that is in "white metal" minis skyrocketed because the Chinese are using huge amounts of those base metals in their construction (and, in the case of lead, their food and toys they ship to the US...but I digress...), so the price of minis in general went through the roof. Of course, that was from 2003-2008. Then in 2008 and thereafter, oil prices have started to skyrocket (that unnatural little dip in '08 aside), so, guess what happened to the plastic minis? Thaaaaaat's right! Bam, up through the roof, too.
I used to be able to buy a handful of orcs or men at arms or whathaveyou on ebay for $.99 each. Now single plastic D&D minis are like $2-$2.50 and it's getting worse. Reaper started out with a line of prepainted plastic minis...and they've just about shut it down to a trickle because of the cost of plastic.
Sucks, I tell you...
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