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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormrunner" data-source="post: 3003639" data-attributes="member: 13471">Debasing DreambladeWell, I bought a starter pack ($30, ouch!) just to see what the minis were like.  The minis seem to be made of the same bendy black plastic as DDM, with a square base 1 + 1/8 inch across.  This is then inserted into a larger (2 inch) base made from a harder, colored plastic and glued in place with a transparent glue.  The insert is further held in place by four L-shaped corner tabs and a central post, which fit into holes in the colored base.  (See attached photo.)  Apparently WotC wanted to be really, really sure that the insert was Firmly Attached.  This is unfortunate, since if you could pop off the colored outer base the insert would be much closer to the DDM base size, making it more useful.I don't know what the glue is, other than that it dries transparent and hard.  Superglue Debonder and cheap nail polish remover from the corner drugstore both whitened the upper surface of the colored plastic but had no apparent effect on the glue.Cutting with a hobby knife proved ineffective on the hard colored plastic.  The softer black plastic could be cut with strong pressure and repeated passes, but even after cutting all around the edges I was unable to pry out the insert - presumably glue covers the entire underside of the square.Whacking the mini with a hammer was also unproductive, however cathartic it might be.  While the colored plastic is fairly rigid, it is just soft enough to deform under the hammer blow rather than shattering as I had hoped.  (You can see some of this deformation at the corners of the base in the photo.)In short, it seems like the only way to remove a Dreamblade mini from its base will involve radical surgery to the feet. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /></blockquote>

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