Those DND minis

[Lord Ravinous]

I saw the pull-out from Dragon, and I was fairly impressed, especially with the monsters, and with a few of the Humanoids. All the Drow, Dwarf Axman, Tordex, and The Wanderer all impressed me, and those are just the ones that I remember....However, there were some that stood out as utter "crap" to me, the only one that I can remember by name is the Half Orc Monk, it was quite poor. But I expect I'll buy some, whether by pack or individually off Ebay, I'm not sure yet.

Oh, and this is my 200th post. Finnally after around 3 years of poking around here, and changin my name so many times I finally broke 200 posts, just sayin "yay me".

 

[KnowTheToe]

I saw the pull-out from Dragon, and I was fairly impressed, especially with the monsters, and with a few of the Humanoids. All the Drow, Dwarf Axman, Tordex, and The Wanderer all impressed me, and those are just the ones that I remember....However, there were some that stood out as utter "crap" to me, the only one that I can remember by name is the Half Orc Monk, it was quite poor. But I expect I'll buy some, whether by pack or individually off Ebay, I'm not sure yet.

Oh, and this is my 200th post. Finnally after around 3 years of poking around here, and changin my name so many times I finally broke 200 posts, just sayin "yay me".

Congrats on your 200th.

I did get 2 crappy looking minis in the 2 packages I purchased. They will only be used as the weakest of opponents.

 

[Lord Ravinous]

How much are they per pack? about $7.99?

 

[KnowTheToe]

How much are they per pack? about $7.99?

$9.99 for 8 figs

 

[Lord Ravinous]

$9.99 for 8 figs

Ouch, thats just as much as Clickie-Tech. I may buy a few boosters, but I'll prolly degenerate into buyin' the ones I want individually.

 

[smetzger]

How much are they per pack? about $7.99?

Cheepest price is 13.99 for 16 at Amazon. Buy 2 and you get over the free shipping limit.

 

[Doc_Souark]

I'm going to see if Waldenbooks has them in stock, at 50 miles to the only FLGS in central Arkansas I have to either go on-line(with no computer at home it's hard), hope WBs gets it in or drive

 

[Thaumaturge]

I picked up an Entry Pack and 2 Expansion Packs.

This is my breakdown:

Cleric of Order
Dwarf Axefighter
Humman Commoner
Jozan
Arcane Archer
Axe Sister
Crested Felldrake (x2)
Gnome Recruit
Human Wanderer (x2)
Lizardfolk
Shambling Mound (excellent mini)
Wolf
Half-Ord Fighter
Human Executioner
Kobold Warrior (x2)
Skeleton (x2) (These are suprisingly neat)
Wolf Skeleton
Ghoul (x2)
Gnoll
Half-Orc Assassin
Hyena
Kuo-Toa (My least favorite)
Large Fire Elemental
Orc Berserker
Orc Spearfighter
Orc Warrior
Worg

I am very happy with these minis. I take my minis to school so students may play d&d and this makes my life so much easier. Also, as people have noted before, many of these sculpts (Shambling Mound) would not have seen the light of day in a non-randomized environment.

Woohoo!

Thaumaturge.

 

[Wombat]

All I can say is this after seeing them:

1) low-quality plastic

2) poor paint job

3) odd garb

4) bugged by randomness

5) many monsters in mix that I don't even use in my games

Overall, these would be a truly horrible investment for me and my group.

OTOH it they work for your group, go right ahead and purchase 'em.

 

[AFGNCAAP]

1) low-quality plastic

2) poor paint job

3) odd garb

Y'know, that's exactly the same thing I thought when Mage Knight was first released. However, I got them anyways, since I needed a bunch of generic figs, they were painted (and thus color & shape, instead of just shape, could help distinguish between them, unlike the loads of unpainted lead that I have), & I could carry them around all together in a plastic bag without worry.

Some time passed, & all I can say is that I've got a ton of the things. Picked up Marvel & DC Heroclix for the Marvel games I played in & ran. Got the Mage Knight giants & dragons because, well, they're painted and a bit more durable that a pieced-together lead mini. And they're a heck of a lot lighter to carry, too.

I'm not surprised that the D&D minis quality wasn't stellar--but then again, it'll serve in a pinch for some players, & quite possibly, the molding & painting quality will improve with time--it (generally) has for Mage Knight, & look how popular that is (then again, Mage Knight is a game into itself, but that's another issue--I bought all of my minis for the minis, not the game they were made for).