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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 3238923" data-attributes="member: 13703">I got my first taste of plasticrack yesterday.  I got a WotDQ booster, an Angelfire booster and an Aberrations booster.  I originally was just going to get 2 WotDQ boosters but the fact that my LGS had the older Angelfire and Aberrations boosters changed my mind.My first impressions were that they were a lot smaller than I expected (I guess I am used to the Games Workshop sized minis) and the plastic was a lot softer.  I thought that the paint jobs were ok but a few of them needed some improvement (Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis - who threw up on that mini!   :\ ).So what did I get?Angelfire BoosterCommonWrackspawnHobgoblin ImpalerXeph WarriorKobold SoldierUncommonJustice ArchonWerebearImpRareSteel PredatorAberrations BoosterCommonMyconid GuardSilent Wolf GoblinHill Dwarf WarriorGnoll SkeletonUncommonBladebearer HobgoblinHalf-Illithid LizardfolkOrc SergeantRareFiendish Giant Praying MantisWar of the Dragon Queen BoosterCommonWitchknifeCleric of LaogzedTwig BlightWhitespawn HordelingUncommonBonded Fire SummpnerSmall Fire ElementalRareTordek, Dwarf ChampionHuge RareSorcerer on Black Dragon(!)  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Overall I was very happy to score the Sorcerer on the Black Dragon.  Out of all the huge minis it was my second choice so I was very happy to get one.  On the other hand, the Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis and the Steel Predator (both large rares) from the other 2 boosters are about as useful to me as a third nipple.  I hope that they are good for people who play the minis game because they aren't too useful for my D&D game.  That's all part of the randomisation I guess.I ended up not getting much useful in the way of potential PC minis like I was hoping.  One of my players took the Bonded Fire Summoner as his mini.  The rest didn't really have anything close to suitable.  I guess I'll see what I can trade some of my less than useful minis for.  Would maxminis be the best place for this?I can definitely understand people's dislike of the randomness.  I was happy with most of my WotDQ minis but a lot of the ones I got from the other 2 boosters won't see a whole lot of use.  I think that picking up the singles for the minis that I really want will be the best way to go.  I will probably get the remaining Angelfire and Aberrations boosters that are left at my LGS though because I think that these 2 sets are now out of print.Olaf the Stout</blockquote>

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