the Jester
Legend
Wow, there are a couple of minis in this set that look really cool to me. I'm glad to see a bug at last with the fiendish scorpion!
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Ogrork the Mighty
Explorer
Too bad the bugs are usually rare and almost impossible to collect in large numbers...
Foundry of Decay
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So far this is a middle of the road set to me.
Some figures are excellent, like the Beholder or even the Centaur hero. Some of the commons are well done such as the Kenku Sneak, or the Dire badger.
But the scaling seems to be all over the bloody place again, just as it was with Harbinger and Dragoneye. The Undying soldier looks as if the artist started carving at the head, and ran out of room for the feet, so made an arbitrary 'cut' where the feet should be. It actually looks like it had melted, and is off scale badly in its proportions.
Then you get the mix of dwarves. In the case a friend and I bought, we ended up with all the dwarves between us, and the heads are all different in size. The Caver and the Artificer look decent in proportion and size, The Samurai isn't too bad either, but the Phalanx and other dwarf (I can't recall what it was called) seem to have these tiny heads (One being under a helmet, which would mean he'd have to be a pinhead to get that helmet on).
The halfling is tiny, but tiny to the point where no detail could possibly show up. One of the earlier sets had a Halfling ranger type that was perfect, and all others since or before then have been either too small, or too big (Such as the outrider).
Strangely, the monsters seem to have the better scaling. The 'core' races look like they are giving whoever is carving them huge problems.
Some figures are excellent, like the Beholder or even the Centaur hero. Some of the commons are well done such as the Kenku Sneak, or the Dire badger.
But the scaling seems to be all over the bloody place again, just as it was with Harbinger and Dragoneye. The Undying soldier looks as if the artist started carving at the head, and ran out of room for the feet, so made an arbitrary 'cut' where the feet should be. It actually looks like it had melted, and is off scale badly in its proportions.
Then you get the mix of dwarves. In the case a friend and I bought, we ended up with all the dwarves between us, and the heads are all different in size. The Caver and the Artificer look decent in proportion and size, The Samurai isn't too bad either, but the Phalanx and other dwarf (I can't recall what it was called) seem to have these tiny heads (One being under a helmet, which would mean he'd have to be a pinhead to get that helmet on).
The halfling is tiny, but tiny to the point where no detail could possibly show up. One of the earlier sets had a Halfling ranger type that was perfect, and all others since or before then have been either too small, or too big (Such as the outrider).
Strangely, the monsters seem to have the better scaling. The 'core' races look like they are giving whoever is carving them huge problems.
JoeGKushner
Adventurer
The previews made this set look so good but who knew that there was so much 'meh' to be found?
Ogrork the Mighty
Explorer
My reaction to the D&D minis in general is that most of the monsters are much better than most of the PC classes. AFAIC, I pretty much only buy the monsters for my D&D game; I use Reaper minis for characters that will see a lot of gameplay (e.g. as a PC).
Cthulhu's Librarian
First Post
Bought 2 packs yeasterday, and made out pretty good. 1st pack had a Fiendish Giant Scorpion, which I can use, and a Dire Bear, which I like. The second pack had a Beholder. 
Kae'Yoss
First Post
I have bought two cases today, which brings my number of boosters to 29 (might get another or two on Friday - Have to drive about 350 KM to Essen so my Grandmother can visit relatives, and then I might as well visit the local Gaming Store).
I must say that the distribution of minis within a case is excellent: In those two cases, I got exactly 8 of each common mini, which is 4 per case. Most uncommons where in 3 times, some where there 4 times and others only twice. There were no duplicates within the separate cases (though I do have some doubles, and even two triples - Greenfang Druid and Scorpion - because of the other packs bought). I now have two Blue Dragons, but might trade one in for a gold dragon, which I don't have yet.
The Beholder was in one of the first boosters. And I got 4 additional Dire Bears. I got two Thaskors, two Aspects, Two Rasks (too bad he's unique), Two Goliaths.
Most minis look great. The only ones I don't like overmuch are the scorpion (this shouldn't be a rare) and the Ambush Drake.
I must say that the distribution of minis within a case is excellent: In those two cases, I got exactly 8 of each common mini, which is 4 per case. Most uncommons where in 3 times, some where there 4 times and others only twice. There were no duplicates within the separate cases (though I do have some doubles, and even two triples - Greenfang Druid and Scorpion - because of the other packs bought). I now have two Blue Dragons, but might trade one in for a gold dragon, which I don't have yet.
The Beholder was in one of the first boosters. And I got 4 additional Dire Bears. I got two Thaskors, two Aspects, Two Rasks (too bad he's unique), Two Goliaths.
Most minis look great. The only ones I don't like overmuch are the scorpion (this shouldn't be a rare) and the Ambush Drake.
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