Those early renders look amazing.I can't imagine the final product will turn out that detailed...but if it does...my mind will be completely blown.
While my knowledge regarding tabletop minis is fairly limited (mostly to D&D 3.5-4 minis), I would think that that kind of detail would cost quite a pretty penny. And the article cites that one of the other problems was balancing out quality VS cost...
Well one point of interest from just skimming: this release is dual-statted for SR4 and SR5. Which is interesting as Assassin's Primer and Coyotes were SR5 only, so this one sticks out like a sore thumb because of that... Consistency dammit!!!
Slight issued with the Aged Negative Quality. The suggested ages are based on humans and don't take the other metas into account. Could there even be an aged dwarf or elf at this point?