D&D General If You Wanted a LIfe-Sized Mimic Chest, Now's Your Chance

Put that in the guest room and none of your guests will stay more than a night or two. All for a mere $375 in the second quarter of this year.

It's every adventurer's rite of passage to encounter a Mimic in combat--now you can have one with you in the room while you play! This life-sized Mimic chest is 20" tall and made from soft foam that's painted to show off each eye and tooth, not to mention that long tongue! This replica creature is incredibly lifelike and stands mid-lunge toward its next victim

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[jasper]

Army cot bed is $98 and gets rid guests quicker.

 

[aco175]

It mentions 20inches tall. It appears that would make it 10-12 inches wide. I guess life-sized means different things to different people. I was picturing something from the movie that was attacking the barbarian lady.

 

[FoolishFrost]

Wait, 20 inches? Life sized? Nope, that’s just a flat out falsehood. I can 3d print something that size.

 

[Von Ether]

So not travel trunk chest sized then. More like jewelry chest sized.

 

[Sacrosanct]

More lockbox than treasure chest

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You are all complaining about a completely different thing than I am tempted to: For $375, I want animated light-up eyes that blink and the LED-created illusion of drool.

 

[FoolishFrost]

Okay, let me be clear: it’s made to look like the sides are made of planks, the metal trim is supposed to be heavy gauge, and the rivets are made to make it look like a large armored chest. Then we look at the ring handles…. It’s not life sized, it’s a large mini. And at 20 inches, the cost is absurd. It would need to be at least 40 inches before I would accept it, and even then, that small for a chest.

I mean, do what you want, but I dislike it when people advertise one thing, and it’s obviously another.

UPDATE:
Actually, I will concede a 40 inch chest, in height, would be big enough. thats even with it being open, but yeah, stand by the rest of what I said.

 

[jgsugden]

A mimic is a medium creature. A medium creature is the wize of a wolf, human, or boar. Anything less than 3 feet, by 2 feet by 2 feet is not life sized. This is deceptive.

 

[ValamirCleaver]

Army cot bed is $98 and gets rid guests quicker.

Army cots aren't that bad with an air mattress & sleeping bag, I use them when camping.

 

[Dire Bare]

The size of the mimic is fine, and "life-sized" is accurate enough. Chests come in different sizes, this one isn't as big as the mimic in the movie trailers, but it is the size of mid-sized chests in the real world, and the fantasy world . . . . if you want a movie-sized mimic, that's gonna run you a heck of a lot more than $375.

Here's a video WotC just posted about it, and it's a hefty little mimic . . . about the size of a small dog.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I want this one:

 

[jasper]

Army cots aren't that bad with an air mattress & sleeping bag, I use them when camping.

My are you sure your not Air Force with that fancy air mattress. I talking about the army cots which is missing one of the tips so you can not get tight.

 

[ValamirCleaver]

My are you sure your not Air Force with that fancy air mattress.

Okay, you got me... While I was in the Air Force they never issued air mattresses to use with cots. I meant that I use air mattresses with military style cots & sleeping bags while camping.

 

[Cergorach]

Wait, 20 inches? Life sized? Nope, that’s just a flat out falsehood. I can 3d print something that size.

People are 3D printing houses, so that's no indication of size. As for falsehood, there are smaller chests, just not the size of chest most of the HeroQuest/D&D crowd thinks about... So lifesize is accurate, but they are just messing with our expectations, as I suspect that most sales will happen via internet sales. I thought the same about the pseudodragon...

Also keep in mind that this is soft foam.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I’m surprised that people are willing to pay that much, but if WizKids keeps releasing stuff like this, clearly enough people are buying them to warrant them creating more.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Also keep in mind that this is soft foam.

Spirit Halloween has entered the chat

 

[Incenjucar]

I'd prefer to see a real chest conversion kit. Maybe some separated vinyl plush mouth pieces and eyes you can velcro onto the inside of a trunk.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'd prefer to see a real chest conversion kit. Maybe some separated vinyl plush mouth pieces and eyes you can velcro onto the inside of a trunk.

Etsy is a deep well of cool D&D stuff, including this mimic chest kit.

 

[Dire Bare]

People are 3D printing houses, so that's no indication of size. As for falsehood, there are smaller chests, just not the size of chest most of the HeroQuest/D&D crowd thinks about... So lifesize is accurate, but they are just messing with our expectations, as I suspect that most sales will happen via internet sales. I thought the same about the pseudodragon...

Also keep in mind that this is soft foam.

How are they "messing with our expectations" if they posted a video doing actual size comparisons of the product? And clearly state the dimensions of the product on their website?

Would a giant treasure chest mimic statue be awesome?!?! YES! But those complaining that this particular mimic "isn't life-sized" . . . . I think just need something to complain about.