Jeff Carlsen
Adventurer
I've been collecting the Elemental Evil random miniatures since they came out, and I've been reasonably impressed. It took a lot for me to accept the idea of plastic miniatures, let alone random ones, but I just don't have the time or patience to paint a lot.
The selection of monsters is pretty generally useful, with only a few adventure specific ones, mostly various cult warriors which I can easily use for any humanoid NPC, or even for PCs.
The quality is alright, and I think the price point of about $15 for one large and three medium or small miniatures is acceptable, if not great. $29.99 for the silver dragon also seems fair.
The only real downsides are that the swords tend to come out bent, and I haven't found a good way to straighten them, and that I've yet to get an actual elemental despite having most of the set now.
If this represents the miniatures line going forward, I think I'll continue to pick these up, though I don't know if underdark monsters from the next storyline will be as appealing. I really want a set that's focused on goblins, skeletons, kobolds, and other low level monsters that I want a lot of. Perhaps with numerous sculpts each. One can dream.
The selection of monsters is pretty generally useful, with only a few adventure specific ones, mostly various cult warriors which I can easily use for any humanoid NPC, or even for PCs.
The quality is alright, and I think the price point of about $15 for one large and three medium or small miniatures is acceptable, if not great. $29.99 for the silver dragon also seems fair.
The only real downsides are that the swords tend to come out bent, and I haven't found a good way to straighten them, and that I've yet to get an actual elemental despite having most of the set now.
If this represents the miniatures line going forward, I think I'll continue to pick these up, though I don't know if underdark monsters from the next storyline will be as appealing. I really want a set that's focused on goblins, skeletons, kobolds, and other low level monsters that I want a lot of. Perhaps with numerous sculpts each. One can dream.