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Dargoth
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 Posted - 21 Apr 2006 : 03:34:04
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Originally posted by Dhomal
Hello-
The clear-looking bow is cool too. Me - I'm hoping for a 2x2 square base sized Gealtinous Cube! Featuring some 'bits' of stuff floating inside too - like bones, a sword, a helm, maybe some coins...
I thought it was cool how they have helped the distribution too. Though - having a 'good shot' at a full set with just 18 boosters sounds good - the fact that they are $20 a pop means an outlay of at least $360 - and that means eithe ryou get real lucky - or get doubles of some of the more desirable ones - so that y ou can more easilly trade for what you are still missing. Heck - I have 3 Bulettes myself.... but no Huge Red Dragon, Glabrezu, Behir or Warforged Titan. Oh well. 
On a related note - I'm curious how other people have dealt with storage/display of the minis.
Dhomal
you could always try and pick the set up as singles
As for storage I keep my minis in 6, Metre long segmented boxes |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 21 Apr 2006 : 03:36:30
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Originally posted by Dhomal
On a related note - I'm curious how other people have dealt with storage/display of the minis.
Big giant fishing lure plastic case on sale at Wal Mart. The thing is roughly half a meter high, 0.4 meter long and 0.3 meter wide. It's huge. It currently holds my whole D&D mini collection, including over 10 huge minis (the top part is over 15 centimeter high; the four inner shelves can each hold 100-150 medium-sized minis...)
It looks like this, and yes, it makes you look very cool when you strut in front of other gamers with it! (and strikes fear in the hearts of your players when you reach for it during a game!  ) |
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Dhomal
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 21 Apr 2006 : 04:37:11
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Hello-
Always amazes me how fast replies come here - its really almost instant gratification!
And yes, I could try and get the minis as singles - but it just seems Sooo expensive that way. Plus - many of what I'm missing are old, and since they are all rare - the prices I've seen online are a bit steep in most cases. Sure - some are under $10 - but not many - and many are $15-$25 - with some even being more than that!
I don't even have an 'official' Harbinger checklinst - but I do have a few singles that I bought online as single cheaply a while ago - they were all commons I beleive.
I'm not sure these are in the right order - but quantities of what I'm missing:
Archfiends:
12 Uncommon
15 Rare
Giants of Legend:
3 Uncommon
13 Rare
4 Huge Rare
Aberrations:
17 Rare
Dragoneye:
5 Uncommon
15 Rare
Deathknell:
12 Rare
Angelfire:
1 Uncommon
16 Rare
Underdark:
2 Uncommon
15 Rare
War Drums:
10 Rare
I guess I'm curious how other feel about the rarity distribution. It seems somewhat unfair/difficult to get close to a full set when more than 1/3 of each set is rare.
--Shrugs--
Oh well - I guess I'll just have to deal with having some holes in the collection - and just have fun with what I have!
Dhomal |
I am collecting the D&D Minis. I would be more than willing to trade with people. You can send me a PM here with your email listed - and I can send you my minis list. Thanks!
Successfully traded with Xysma! |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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Posted - 21 Apr 2006 : 04:49:40
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Some of the older sets have gone out production and are no longer avaliable (hence the expense)
The Beholder is probably the highest price mini Ive seen (Most stores where selling them for around 30 USD)although a Gencon promo of Elminster the Sage with a Stat card signed by Ed Greenwood was going for around 105 USD before he came out in Underdark
As for buying online it ultimately comes down to whats in the set and what you use them for. Also Wizards have started redoing some of the older figures in new sets for example the last set war drums had 2 Hill Giants (One was an Uncommon) the orgional Hill Giant came out in Archfiends 2 years ago. The Azer orgionally appeared in Harbinger the first set for DDM where now seeing a new Azer in WODQ |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 21 Apr 2006 : 05:39:56
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Originally posted by Dargoth
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Get thee behind me, WotC miniatures!
-- George Krashos
Dont worry George I think Huge Blue Dracolich is going to break through your resistence! 
Lalalalalalalala! Not listening!
-- George Krashos
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 21 Apr 2006 : 05:57:46
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| My trick for not buying too many minis is to make sure I'm always holding two or three books I want to buy when I look at the miniatures. Then I just tell myself, "Each of those boxes is one book I'll have to remove." Works like a charm most of the time. Of course...that was before I saw the Purple Worm... |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2006 : 12:11:24
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I guy on another message board had the following in his sig, I thought it was pretty funny
Conan the D&D Mini Collector:
You do not know what is good in life! Conan tell them what is good in life!
To crack open the boosters, count the minis and hear the indifference of the women! |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2006 : 15:43:01
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Originally posted by Dargoth
I guy on another message board had the following in his sig, I thought it was pretty funny
Conan the D&D Mini Collector:
You do not know what is good in life! Conan tell them what is good in life!
To crack open the boosters, count the minis and hear the indifference of the women!
Thats good . . . ::sigh:: my wife never seems to understand the joy on my face when I open up a booster and get something like a death knight, or the dejection when I find out that that big hunk of plastic in the box was a Thaskor and not a Beholder . . . |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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4607 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2006 : 08:26:22
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One of WOTC chinese workers apparently grabbed a bunch of WODQ minis and posted pics of them on the net Wizards asked for the pics to be taken down but are now doing a strip tease of the leaked 17 minis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20060425d
I was lucky enough to see all 16 before they where pulled down |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
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Posted - 26 Apr 2006 : 08:37:55
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| Lucky you! Dargoth, do you happen to have copied and pasted them...somewhere? :-D |
Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2006 : 08:48:15
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Lucky you! Dargoth, do you happen to have copied and pasted them...somewhere? :-D
yes
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 00:50:44
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of WOTC chinese workers apparently grabbed a bunch of WODQ minis and posted pics of them on the net Wizards asked for the pics to be taken down but are now doing a strip tease of the leaked 17 minis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20060425d
I was lucky enough to see all 16 before they where pulled down
Theyve revealed another one |
“I am the King of Rome, and above grammar”
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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5402 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 01:00:53
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| Well . . . I'm pretty sure that the one silouette is a talenta halfling dinosaur rider . . . so that one doesn't do me much good . . . one of them looks like a blue abishai, at least going by how it looked in Red Hand of Doom. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 03:12:00
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Well . . . I'm pretty sure that the one silouette is a talenta halfling dinosaur rider . . . so that one doesn't do me much good . . . one of them looks like a blue abishai, at least going by how it looked in Red Hand of Doom.
Nah its not a Blue Abishai theyve got wings
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rhod_gallery/95675.jpg
Most people seem to think its a Blue Dragonspawn |
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Dargoth
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Mace Hammerhand
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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4607 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 13:31:53
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Dargoth, out of curiosity, could you mail me those pics?
PM me your email address |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 23:39:29
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of WOTC chinese workers apparently grabbed a bunch of WODQ minis and posted pics of them on the net Wizards asked for the pics to be taken down but are now doing a strip tease of the leaked 17 minis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20060425d
I was lucky enough to see all 16 before they where pulled down
Day 3 is up |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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5402 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 02:02:58
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 23:46:12
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of WOTC chinese workers apparently grabbed a bunch of WODQ minis and posted pics of them on the net Wizards asked for the pics to be taken down but are now doing a strip tease of the leaked 17 minis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20060425d
I was lucky enough to see all 16 before they where pulled down
The 4th ones up
What do you reckon Dark Tree? |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 29 Apr 2006 : 00:19:16
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There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2006 : 23:54:29
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By the way Fang Dragons are the only Dragons with forked tails arent they?
By the for those who cant wait for Wizards to fill in all the Shadows Ive posted what they are (or what I think they are) in Yellow text on the first post in this thread
If you want to know highligh the text |
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Emperor Sigismund
"Its good to be the King!"
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Edited by - Dargoth on 01 May 2006 00:14:04 |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2006 : 23:22:50
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of WOTC chinese workers apparently grabbed a bunch of WODQ minis and posted pics of them on the net Wizards asked for the pics to be taken down but are now doing a strip tease of the leaked 17 minis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20060425d
I was lucky enough to see all 16 before they where pulled down
5th ones up |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2006 : 13:44:29
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Originally posted by Dargoth
One of WOTC chinese workers apparently grabbed a bunch of WODQ minis and posted pics of them on the net Wizards asked for the pics to be taken down but are now doing a strip tease of the leaked 17 minis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20060425d
I was lucky enough to see all 16 before they where pulled down
Sixth one up and Im pretty sure tomorrows figure will be an FR one. Im almost certain its a fang dragon
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 03 May 2006 : 16:54:18
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Originally posted by Kajehase
Could be a blighted Treant as well.
Doesn't match either really well; I'd put money on whatever it is appearing in the MMIV. |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 03 May 2006 : 18:15:36
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These WotDQ minis look absolutely ridiculous. This booster pack is not getting my vote of approval.
Why in the world can't they make a smart thing for once and sell us some classic D&D monsters instead of that crap? make a large beholder common or give us a huge freaggin gelatinous cube. Anything but that half-draconic, half-fiendish, or half-assed crap they've gotten into the habit of making.
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Arivia
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 May 2006 : 18:23:03
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
These WotDQ minis look absolutely ridiculous. This booster pack is not getting my vote of approval.
Why in the world can't they make a smart thing for once and sell us some classic D&D monsters instead of that crap? make a large beholder common or give us a huge freaggin gelatinous cube. Anything but that half-draconic, half-fiendish, or half-assed crap they've gotten into the habit of making.
Rant off... back to polite/regular mode...
That stuff sells for the same reason drow sell and why we have the level adjustment/ECL system at all: the kids like it. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2006 : 00:41:20
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
These WotDQ minis look absolutely ridiculous. This booster pack is not getting my vote of approval.
Why in the world can't they make a smart thing for once and sell us some classic D&D monsters instead of that crap? make a large beholder common or give us a huge freaggin gelatinous cube. Anything but that half-draconic, half-fiendish, or half-assed crap they've gotten into the habit of making.
Rant off... back to polite/regular mode...
Which figures brought this on?
By the way Rarity is tied to the number of painting steps the mini needs so your unlikely to ever see a Common Beholder. Your best chance of seeing another Beholder in a future set is probably a Death Tyrant or a Beholder with a name
As for the G Cube theres been a campaign for one on the DDM boards for a while but the problem has been making a mini entirely out of Clear plastic but this seems to have been solved if the Fire elemental in WODQ is entirely clear
Also the Fang Dragons up in preview X
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“I am the King of Rome, and above grammar”
Emperor Sigismund
"Its good to be the King!"
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Edited by - Dargoth on 04 May 2006 00:47:41 |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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5402 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2006 : 01:13:23
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I have to admit, this set does seem to have an inordinant number of newer, more alien creatues, rather than a mix of old, new, and suitable for PC/NPC that we have seen before.
Stil, I've love Fang Dragons since I first read about them in Dragon Magazine . . . back when new dragon species were REALLY rare and usually only expanded during the anual Dragon Magazine dragon themed issue. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Posted - 04 May 2006 : 05:06:16
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Did you say Classic D&D monsters?
WODQ Preview 3
HUGE Fire Elemental
Small Fire Elemental
Bonded Fire Summoner
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