Desert of Desolation Gallery is up!!

[Brakkart]

Instead of another previews article, it seems WotC have jumped ahead and simply posted the gallery for the whole set online. You can find it here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mg/dod

Some very nice figures in there, though not enough to warrant me buying boosters this time, I'll stick to buying singles I think. I'll certainly be wanting some of each of the Yuan-ti, Bone Devil, Spined Devil, Large Fire Elemental, Gelatinous Cube, and Bar-Lgura.

 

[WayneLigon]

Very nice figures. I certainly will want the Umber Hulk. And that is a very, very nice ogre.

 

[Beckett]

It passes my main test- I don't think there were any Rares I'd be unhappy to get (my first pack of.. Unhallowed, I think, had a Devourer as the rare. That was a let down).

 

[blargney the second]

This is a great-looking set. I wish I had the moolah to pre-order a case.

 

[Bagpuss]

Yeah, I agree that is the best looking set in a while I might actually buy more than a couple of boosters.

 

[Blackrat]

Nice. The only one I really didn't like is Bruenor. Really wanting the cube and fire elemental.

 

[Sammael]

I am amazed by all the positive comments. In my opinion, the set is well below-average in terms of sculpts and paintjobs (nowhere near Blood War, Angelfire, or Giants of Legend), and slightly above-average in terms of creatures chosen. However, roughly half of the set consists of resculpts of minis that have already been released in one of the earlier sets.

Look at the minis: not a single one has properly painted eyes (whereas even some uncommons from previous sets have them); most rares have only one or two colors; there are two minis (Nightmare and Yuan-Ti Champion) that have armor which is apparently glued onto them (i.e. it looks ridiculous). I could go on all day long...

 

[Ant]

The good (cube, ogre, nightmare, umber hulk) are very, very good and the bad (the yaun-ti, ettercap, most of the "PC" minis, the manticore) are horrid.

The horsie is nice, though ...

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I am amazed by all the positive comments. In my opinion, the set is well below-average in terms of sculpts and paintjobs (nowhere near Blood War, Angelfire, or Giants of Legend), and slightly above-average in terms of creatures chosen.

I agree.

Looks like we're back to the "ogres and trolls as rares" thing.

 

[Sammael]

I agree.

Looks like we're back to the "ogres and trolls as rares" thing.

It must the business model for the first few sets (and let's not delude ourselves - DoD is the first 4E set) to get new buyers to purchase more boosters.