World Famous Comics: Dungeons of Dread booster (D&D Miniatures Product)
Dungeons of Dread booster (D&D Miniatures Product)
From: Wizards of the Coast Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Average Rating: Binding: Misc. Supplies Label: Wizards of the Coast Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 1 Publication Date: April 08, 2008 Release Date: April 08, 2008
Product Description: Iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters and monsters.
This latest D&D Miniatures Game release is designed for use with the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game starter and includes D&D characters and iconic D&D monsters. In addition, several figures are drawn from key 2008 D&D titles.
Each booster pack contains 8 randomized, prepainted plastic miniatures with stat cards. The complete set contains 60 miniatures.
Good product BUT.... I ordered 12, "assuming" that I would get a sealed box (that's how many come in a box). But Amazon sent me one from one box and 11 from another, and I ended up getting two of the same rare because of it.
So the savings is not worth buying here on Amazon, if you are a collector and want to get whole sets. But the product itself is great if you are into D&D or D&D Minitures games.
disappointed D&D miniatures have a new look. And I don't like that look. They are using a new glossier paint scheme. I find it to be very fake enamel-like paint. What happened? I also found the sculpts on this set to be uninspiring. And this is the first full set for the 2E mini rules and for the 4E RPG rules. Yet there are no dragonborns but plenty of tieflings. Odd. Overall, I would say to order individual minis that you want from various places instead of getting a random booster.
Better quality than previous boosters The figures in the new booster have greater detail and more accurate paint jobs than in previous packs. I've had good success in getting new figures in each pack. The creativity of design is fun to see - armor and shields have terrific detail and patterns, wings are better textured and even the ugliest beasts have vivid color and character depth.
Particularly good, in my amateur opinion, are the Angel of Valor, Ascendant Hellsword, and the Bugbear Headreaver (holding a reaved head, of course). Even the orc raider has a battered shield.
The new packaging makes it easier to get everything out, but it is extremely difficult to open the boxes without completely mangling them.
A good way to add to a collection. I was looking for something to add to my order to recieve the free shipping and saw this item at a 40 % discount from what I would have to spend at my local hobbie store. It filled my needs wonderfully. Thanks.
Mixed Bag, not as good as previous releases The latest D&D miniatures release is so-so. Some of the miniatures are pretty nice, such as a young red dragon, a vrock, and an ettin; all of which were too expensive to buy from previous sets, and the sculpts and paint are good. Other miniatures are horrible in not only concept, but the sculpt and paint is just staggeringly bad. The hydra is no longer a multi-headed dragon like creature, instead it has reverted to the medieval representation and looks like a gaggle of snakes had a superglue accident. While I could get over the change to the appearance the sculpt of the hydra is slightly less well done than the 1982 bendable version TSR put out, and the paint job of muted green with a dab of muddy yellow is less than stellar.
There are a lot of good miniatures in the set for RPG purposes, and the new DDM rules are actually pretty good. Spiders, hook horror, drow, dire wolf, etc. The main gripe I have is the sculpts for many of the miniatures are really horrible. The new grick is...I don't have the words for how bad it is. The griffon, while a decent piece, is monochromatic. The troglodyte is not only a solid grey color, but almost looks like it is curled into the fetal position, since they didn't make the weapon or tail separate from the body.
The new bulette is very nice looking, but the dire wolf no longer has spines, and the magma brute doesn't even have a discernible head. The new hag is wonderful looking, but neither the gnoll or orc are even close to the sharpness of the ones from Night Below.
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Still love D&D, just don't think this was their best effort.
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