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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 7648796" data-attributes="member: 30022">On the strength of this EN World review, I finally bit the bullet and bought some boosters and a bunch of single, 90%+ of which were from the new Rise of the Runelords set.I'm a huge DDM collector. I can state with confidence that the quality of the Pathfinder sculpts is impressive, and the paint jobs at least satisfactory (...although, worth noting, not as good as most of the photos - some of which must be production masters). However, I can also state that I'm very disappointed in the quantity of broken minis and deformed plastic.Approximately 30% of all minis received (either boosters or individuals - and the latter were carefully packed with foam peanuts) were broken in some way. Head snapped off lamia... wing and horns broken off alu-demon... akie broken off her base... redcap scythe blade snapped off... lamia matriach arm broken off... etc. I even have a few minis where paint has "chipped", which caught me by surprise. You can accidentally step on a DDM mini (after microwaving it...) and it won't effect the paint job, but the Pathfinder minis seem to be much more fragile.Of the remainder, anything with thin plastic (stone giant spears, karzoug's polearm, etc) looks like a banana or, in some extreme cases, like a horseshoe. I've tried the "hot water treatment" that usually fixes DDM minis, but they're far less responsive to that.At this stage, I won't be purchasing again unless it's specifically a mini with no protruding "bits" (arms, weapons, etc), or unless the plastic is changed significantly. For reference, I have hundreds of MageKnight and HeroClix figures, and I've never seen this level of damage before.It's a shame, because I really do like many of the sculpts.On the upside, there were a couple of minis that were perfect; usually because they were more "solid". The yeti figure is just awesome, and the huges are great as well. It seems that the bigger the figure, the less chance of it being broken or badly warped.</blockquote>

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