Dungeons & Dragons Questers Toy Line Revealed, Due for Release in July

Dungeons & Dragons is getting a new toy line, courtesy of Basic Fun. The toy company has announced Dungeons & Dragons Questers, a new toy line due out for release in July 2026. From the sounds of a press release announcing the line, the collectibles will come in mystery bags and will feature three scales - creatures, adventurers, and monsters. All figures will be fully buildable and will include interchangeable parts, allowing for customization. Also included in the package is a d20 die and a "story starter" for creating new stories. The initial line includes a mimic, a red dragon, and a dragonborn adventurer wearing a bag of holding. Also mentioned in the press release were kobolds.

In the press release, Basic Fun's Dan Westcott explained the concept behind the new line. “We are incredibly excited to work with Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to help introduce Dungeons & Dragons to a new generation of players. Questers invites kids into the world of D&D in a way that feels approachable, creative, and fun for today’s young adventurers, while giving fan parents a meaningful way to share a universe they already love,” Westcott said.

No price point was revealed for the new toy line. Dungeons & Dragons Questers will be released in July 2026.

 

[Reynard]

Hasbro owns PlayDoh.
Matttel owns Barbie.

That's right. I saw the Play Doh Barbie collab and got confused. They do own GI Joeand transformers.

I think it is weird to call Hasbro "not a toy company."

 

[Dire Bare]

Not really. Hasbro is more of a game company. Mattel is the toy company.

Not anymore, Hasbro shifted towards being a brand management company. They are outsourcing toys, board games, and all sorts of stuff to other partners.

But, I'm okay with that, because Renegade Games is doing amazing things with various Hasbro properties including GI Joe, Transformers, and Axis & Allies!

 

[Koloth]

Is there a size reference on these? The way the announcement reads, kind of implies in the 25~30 mm scale range. The blind bag aspect is a negative IMO, but if the price point is low enough, might gamble a couple times trying to get a mimic. No real interest in the other two. Can give the non mimics away.

 

[Sossij]

Companies offering toys, dice, pins, cards, etc in blind bags/boxes allows them to deliver a wider variety of individual items in a set. More toys, dice, cards, etc.

But yeah, I'm pretty tired of blind packaging also. And we've definitely seen a significant uptake in the hobby space.

And yet . . . the siren call gets me every once in a while. I've purchased more than a few blind dice packs at my FLGS . . . it makes it easier if most or all of the possible things you'll find in your blind bag are pretty decent.

But I'm not going to try to build any collections from these things, that way lies madness!

I do find it's often worth it just to ebay the exact one you want from people who buy them bulk and sell the identified or open ones.

I'm sorry I missed the full color Elminster mini dice cup from one of those guys because I loved the van-art look of it, and wanted exactly nothing else from that set.

 

[Marc17]

Not for me. I've reached point in my life where I have gotten rid of all my little plastic toys and tchotchkes and don't need any more.

Excuse me, I have go paint my minis now.

 

[Mark Craddock]

They presumably ran the numbers and realized they could make more money off the licensing fees than they could producing this themselves.

Hasbro licenses out toylines more and more. Within the industry Mattel is known as a toy company that makes toys while Hasbro is known as a game company that makes toys. A lot of their action figure IPs have been acquired over the decades too.

 

[Bagpuss]

They presumably ran the numbers and realized they could make more money off the licensing fees than they could producing this themselves.

Or at least more reliable risk free money.

 

[Stormonu]

Hasbro owns PlayDoh.
Matttel owns Barbie.

"Hey, you got your Barbie in my PlayDoh!"

 

[Tashtego]

Sounds like Blokees, which, if the two I've grabbed as impulse buys are any indication, are pretty nifty (Megatron from Transformers: ONE and Transformers Generation 1 Slag--which was nice, Stegosaurus was always my favorite dinosaur as a kid.)

Slag was the triceratops; Snarl was the stegosaurus. (Source, huge dino-nerdness + transformers nerdness)

 

[Arnie_Wan_Kenobi]

Slag was the triceratops; Snarl was the stegosaurus. (Source, huge dino-nerdness + transformers nerdness)

Slag was the triceratops; Snarl was the stegosaurus. (Source, huge dino-nerdness + transformers nerdness)

I...I know that [/ashamed]. I hang my head in nerd shame for going blank on the name. (and it's not like the reverse when Hasbro started usiny "Snarl" for the triceratops because someone pointed out the slang meaning of "Slag" in certain regions.)

(Which I never got. By those standards, shouldn't "Ratchet" have been renamed, too?)

Thanks for the catch! I do appreciate it.