WizKids Announces D&D Monster Manual Minis, Featuring New Designs

WizKids has announced a new collection of miniatures featuring monsters inspired by the 2025 Monster Manual. The D&D Icons of the Realms: Monster Manual Collection 1 will include 47 miniatures in the collection, all of which were sculpted based on the artwork found in the new Monster Manual due out next month. Monsters confirmed for the set include Nightmares, nalfeshnee, ghasts, helmed horrors, black puddings, cultists, lizardfolk, death dogs, fire elementals, hobgoblins, succubi, red dragons, smoke mephits, and a gnoll variant called a gnoll demoniac. No release date for the set was announced, but it will likely be after May 2025, which is when the Underdark Expeditions set is released.

WizKids previously announced huge miniatures of the red dragon and black dragon based on their 2024 designs.

One point of emphasis for the new Monster Manual is artwork showcasing the various creatures and monsters in more fearsome and action-packed imagery. The 2014 Monster Manual featured very static images of monsters, which was great for miniature models but didn't always inspire the imagination in the proper way.

Previews of the miniatures can be seen below:

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Christian Hoffer

Christian Hoffer

I like all of the ones shown except the mummy gnoll with blue claws and the dragons. I'd be tempted to buy the others if I still played in person and could buy them on the after market instead of buying bricks of blind boxes.
 

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Yeah, the quality has improved significantly.

I've got a decent collection and now I'm just slowly replacing the older ones with the newer versions as they come out.

I'd rather pay more for a higher quality mini.

I paint too but not quickly. I've seen people with airbrushes who can do a lot in a few hours but I'm not there. I find it relaxing when I do get into the mood but don't want it to feel like a chore. So for most of my collection I prefer pre-painted.

For sets Vecna: Eve of Ruin both has high quality minis and great selection. Phandelver is also great for getting common monsters. The Return of the Dragons set looks like it will be very good too but it isn't out yet (and only thing holding it back is that it costs a bit more).
 


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