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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 2459270" data-attributes="member: 5122">There's actually been a Large Monstrous Spider in the sets almost from the beginning.Crystal Caste does a nice line of well-painted pewter miniatures; I think there are around 25 different ones, although they're all PC races.  Dwarven Forge does a line of resin figures; I believe they have sets of orcs, lizardfolk, and skeletons.  They're very nice, IMO, although a little brittle.  They break easily ... DDM's nigh-indestructibility is one of my favorite things about them.Merric likes to point out something I believe to be a truism: when it comes to pre-painted miniatures, you can choose two of (a) affordable, (b) large selection, or (c) non-random.  You simply can't, because it violates economic principles, have all three of those.Well, this would be killing the goose that laid the golden egg, wouldn't it?  Why would anybody but the most die-hard collectors (and maybe skirmishers) continue to buy DDM if everything they want for RPG has already been released?  Without the roleplaying third of the DDM market, the line would almost certainly fail.There's a Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis.  It gets no respect, but I actually like it quite a bit, for the reason you cite.The Beholder only has a speed of 2 (although it can fly).  I don't think the roper is viable for skirmish, although it would certainly be an interesting piece if you made it an affordable wandering monster.  Those 50 foot tentacles would give it real bite, so to speak.  In any event, they produce plenty of figures that aren't really viable for skirmish ... not even for semi-serious casual play.  The roper would be excellent for the RPG, and that seems to be a good enough reason to include it.  I'm not sure how they'd handle the tentacles in the sculpt, but I wouldn't be shocked to see a roper in Underdark.</blockquote>

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