Yes, there are very nice German made, metal minitures available but they cost $30 - $125. If you buy the War at Sea packs the units cost around $2 each. I went in with some friends and we split a case of boosters. Everyone was able to get the ships they wanted for fairly cheep. They only cost more if you buy them as singles from companies that have open the booster packs.
I'm already looking into more advanced games and will probably end up buying the metal minitures in the future but this was a less expensive way of seeing if I'd like naval miniture war gaming. No sense in spending a ton of money on something and then end up loosing interest.
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