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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9221683" data-attributes="member: 18182">The die-cast figures are not &quot;miniatures&quot; intended for tabletop D&amp;D play. They are toys, or collectibles rather. And, as you mention, they are a licensed product, so not an example of WotC &quot;wasting money&quot;. The company behind them is Jada Toys, out of Denmark I think.Jada makes these die-cast figurines for all sorts of franchises including D&amp;D, Harry Potter, Transformers, Power Rangers, DC Comics, Minecraft, Marvel and more, all in the same size (but not necessarily scale, the Transformers robots are the same size as the D&amp;D figs). I'm assuming there is an existing market for them, but have no idea how well they sell. But Jada makes a LOT of them.Looking at photos of the figures, without realizing the scale of them, they seem perfect for D&amp;D tabletop play. But as you noticed, they are scaled to large for the standard 28mm we use with our 1&quot; grids. That doesn't make they a crap product or a waste of money, it just means they aren't the product for you. Me either. But that's okay.D&amp;D is big enough now we have all sorts of licenses products that won't necessarily appeal to the tabletop gamer. Why is that a problem for some folks?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9221683, member: 18182"] The die-cast figures are not "miniatures" intended for tabletop D&D play. They are toys, or collectibles rather. And, as you mention, they are a licensed product, so not an example of WotC "wasting money". The company behind them is Jada Toys, out of Denmark I think. Jada makes these die-cast figurines for all sorts of franchises including D&D, Harry Potter, Transformers, Power Rangers, DC Comics, Minecraft, Marvel and more, all in the same size (but not necessarily scale, the Transformers robots are the same size as the D&D figs). I'm assuming there is an existing market for them, but have no idea how well they sell. But Jada makes a LOT of them. Looking at photos of the figures, without realizing the scale of them, they seem perfect for D&D tabletop play. But as you noticed, they are scaled to large for the standard 28mm we use with our 1" grids. That doesn't make they a crap product or a waste of money, it just means they aren't the product for you. Me either. But that's okay. D&D is big enough now we have all sorts of licenses products that won't necessarily appeal to the tabletop gamer. Why is that a problem for some folks? [/QUOTE]

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