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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 3451189" data-attributes="member: 508">I thought I'd post about some cool alternative miniatures I found at a Michael's hobby shop in town.  A company called "Safari Ltd." has these "Toobs" (foot-tall plastic tubes) filled with all manners of different plastic figurines, generally for about $8.00.  So far, I've purchased the following:INSECT TOOB - contains the following:2 caterpillars (which make suitable stand-ins for carrion crawlers)2 butterflies (one red, one blue)2 cockroaches (suitable as giant cockroaches)2 scorpions (suitable as Large monstrous scorpions, although they'll stand in as Medium or Huge if needed)2 ants (suitable as giant ants)1 spider (suitable as a Medium or Large monstrous spider)1 bumblebee (suitable as a giant bee)1 dragonfly (suitable as a giant dragonfly)1 centipede (suitable as a Large monstrous centipede)1 fly (could be used as a chasme demon with a little imagination)1 praying mantis (suitable as a Large or Huge giant praying mantis)1 grasshopper1 ladybugFOREST TOOB - contains the following:1 wolf (suitable as a winter wolf or a worg, possibly a dire wolf)1 bobcat (I've already used this as a krenshar once in my game)1 bear (suitable as a dire bear)1 bear cub (suitable as a brown bear)1 eagle (sutable as a giant eagle)1 cougar1 moose1 male deer1 female deer1 rabbit1 fox1 squirrelWILD TOOB - contains the following:1 crocodile (suitable as a giant crocodile, or even just as a rather large "normal" crocodile)1 rhino (pretty much to scale)1 hippo (pretty much to scale)1 elephant (pretty much to scale)1 camel (pretty much to scale)1 lion (suitable as a large lion or small dire lion)1 tiger (suitable as a large tiger or small dire tiger)1 bear (suitable as a brown bear or a small dire bear)1 black panther1 giraffe1 zebraThere are all kinds of other "Toobs" as well, although the other ones I've seen are perhaps less of a bargain as far as being useful as D&D figurines goes: there are Animal Babies, Sharks, Fish, Pandas, Spacemen, Pioneers, Egyptians (these had some cool figures that could be used as statues and oversized sarcophogi - they were a bit too big for the standard D&D miniatures), Lizards, and so on.  Some of them are also available at our local zoo (at least the animal-based ones are).Anyway, I just thought I'd share.  They're  a pretty good bargain, and you can see exactly what you're getting for your money.Oh, and in the course of typing this up, I thought to go check out "Toobs" on Google, and I found a link for those who are interested:  <a href="http://safariltd.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=B0001-RE0027" target="_blank">http://safariltd.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=B0001-RE0027</a>Johnathan</blockquote>

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