Meeples or Minatures

I love meeples! ... but I've been seeing such success from minatures in Kickstarter games recently. ... im conflicted about which one to include in carthage ... would the community be more interested in a game with meeples and possibly less cost? or more expensive minatures game.. at the heart of my game is the deckbuilding component, but its seems like figures are really crucial to the success of the kickstarter game... ?

**UPDATE - orders some simple meeples to playtest with - looking into a minatures designer -