D&D Miniatures Question

[Omand]

As one of those DMs unskilled in the art of painting miniatures, I certainly will be giving the new line a look once it is out. I have seen samples and most of the promo pictures, and generally I have liked what I have seen.

Certainly, the war party sets will help me round out my sets for RPG use if I decide to buy. I would have preferred to have that sort of control over buying all of the minis, but I can understand why WotC went in the direction it did. Once they get into releasing dragons and other rare single creatures I know that I will likely benefit from the random nature of the packaging.

If only the cool wraith figure were not a rare. I could use a half dozen or more of those for a campaign idea.

 

[MerricB]

Hey.
Does anybody know if the new line of minatures is to scale? That is to say: If humans are 25 mm tall, are halflings 13 mm? Are trolls and umber hulks taller?

Are there gonna be any HUGE minis? I'd loooove to have a scale bullette.

Just got an update from Rob Heinsoo on the scale issue: the first sethas a couple of problems - in particular the human commoner which is larger than it should be. (He calls it a "corn-fed commoner" )

As normal, see my webpage for the latest news.

Cheers!

 

[pogre]

Anyway, what I think the problem is, is that miniature painters tend to be elitists, and any idea of the average person having cheap, painted minis for their game offends them. They gripe about how they want WOTC to do this or that, but they have literally 100s of companies making metal minis. But how many companies make plastic ones? Very few.

Yeah! and we're not letting you in the club

Seriously, as a lead head I really hope these new figs are a huge success for WOTC. We were talking about it at my game the other night and I see this as a win / win for everybody. As others have expertly pointed out these figures are not intended for folks with sizeable painted collections. However, I do hope the game draws some into the miniature hobby - I like to think of it as a gateway habit to miniature mayhem. Those it does not bring in - well, they were not coming anyway.

I agree with MerricB on the transportation issue - if my minis did not have a permanent home next to the gaming table I would be looking at these minis seriously. I may pick up a few packs for con games anyway.

 

[psionotic]

When?

The release date on the front page of EN World says "September". Anyone seen any of these in stores yet? if not, is there anyone who knows when retailers are going to have these?

 

[Omand]

The release date on the front page of EN World says "September". Anyone seen any of these in stores yet? if not, is there anyone who knows when retailers are going to have these?

Release date is supposed to be September 26 for Australia, Canada, the US and the UK (at least). See the link to MerricB's page given a couple of posts up for more detail.

Cheers

 

[psionotic]

Release date is supposed to be September 26 for Australia, Canada, the US and the UK (at least). See the link to MerricB's page given a couple of posts up for more detail.

Cheers

Thanks, Omand!

Your site rocks, btw, MerricB. Its a great resource.

 

[qstor]

The owner of my FLGS said the release date in the US is Sept 29th.

Mike

 

[Omand]

Thanks, Omand!

Your site rocks, btw, MerricB. Its a great resource.

You are welcome. That said, I just get my info from checking on other sites, especially MerricB's, so all kudos to him.

Cheers

 

[Omand]

The owner of my FLGS said the release date in the US is Sept 29th.

Mike

I know that early posts (August, 1st week of September) on various messageboards that I read stated that this was the release date in the US. It might still be for certain distributors. From what I have picked up on MerricB's site and the WotC messageboards (direct from Mike Donais, one of the minis people), however, the US release date is suppose to be this Friday, September 26.

With all of the pre-ordering going on, those of us actually looking to see these things on shelves might wait later than the 29th.


Cheers

 

[Zander]

The release date in the UK is definitely 26 Sept (this Friday). I know from a couple of reliable sources.

I would be surprised if that wasn't the worldwide date. So it looks like Omand was right.