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Summary: Excellent accesory for D&D games
Review: One thing I've always disliked about miniture games is the building process... fun in small quantities, but when you want to get a large quantity together, built, painted, etc....it becomes discouraging. These figured are not only pre-painted they are also plastic molded (much lighter and easier to store without damaging them) and designed for use in all D20 games. They also include a card with both the "official" mass-combat rules and a complete set of stats for use in Dungeons and Dragons (including spells, equipment, magical items...even a challenge rating).Downside--$10 for 8 figures that you can't pick out before hand. Still cheaper than most figure sets, but it still works enough for me to buy several boxes (I've got two Red and three Brass dragons already). I recommend it for D&D gamers. Wargamers only if you don't mind buying a ton of boxes to get what you want.
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Summary: Getting better with each release
Review: The Dragoneye Expansion is a great addition to the D&D world.
This set introduces Dragons to the D&D minaitures Game.
I found the sculpts and paint jobs to be superior to those in the earlier Harbinger release and this as sign of good thing to come.
I don't love random packaging, but it dose have it's advantages, and I've learned to live with it.
It allows retailers to carry the product with less fear of less popular models colecting dust and costing them money.
It allows for singluar packaging design, and random allotment on the maufacturing end.
It allows the Customer to get 8 FULLY PAINTED plastic miniatures for the price of 2-3 of their unpainted, unassembled, metal counterparts.
Also since plastic is cheaper than tin/pewter the figures tend to be larger and more robustly sculpted.
Personally the convenience of them being prepainted alone is incentive enough for me.
Painting miniatures is a hobby in itself and not one we all have the time to indulge in. It comes down to getting 7 attractive painted figures or 2-3 I'll never get around to painting myslef.
It's worth noting that the miniatures come with dual stat cards for each figure. D&D Miniatures skirmish rules and D$D 3.5 stats on the other side.
The cards are valuable enough that they could be a product by themselves and their value should not be understated.
(TSR actually sold a simlar product for AD&D 1st Ed)
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Summary: Great for DMs
Review: The Upside: You don't have to buy and paint dozens of minitures, which means more time for adventure planning (or, better yet...HALO). These minis are light, pretty resilant, and give you a wide spectrum of monsters/NPCs to challenge your PCs with. Personally, I've always hated painting minis (mostly because I have better things to do) ...so this makes combat tons easier. The Downside: You don't get to choose what you get when you buy a box. They come packaged randomly, so what you "don't see" is what you get. Also, some of the minis aren't painted nearly as nicely as seen on the posters or in the mini handbook. But, if you want 'finely painted minis', you wouldn't be buying plastic. Overall: For the money, they're an okay deal (hence, the four stars). Were they less expensive (about $5.00 a box), they would have gotten 5 stars.
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Summary: More iconic D&D figures
Review: This release comes only two months after the release of the base D&D Miniature set called Harbinger. The total figure count for Dragoneye is a bit lower at 60 (Harbinger has 80), so it's a bit easier to collect a whole set. Each box typically has 4 commons, 3 uncommons and 1 rare. I think the total numbers are 20 rares, 24 uncommons and 16 commons, but I'm not 100% positive. This set introduces Dragons to the D&D Miniature line. You have 5 regular dragons (Red, Brass (might be Bronze), Black, White and Blue), several Half-Dragons (Gold Champion and Silver Sorcerer), Dragon Samurai (Samurai that pattern themselves after a Dragon, in this case Red and Copper) and a few Draconian from the Dragonlance series. The larger dragons and half-dragons are rare, the smaller white dragon, blue dragon, samurai and Kapak Draconian are uncommon, and the Baaz draconian is common. While Harbinger had a lot of Orcs, this set has Goblinoids -- two goblins, a hobgoblin and a bugbear miniature are all common in this set. There are more Drow and Orcs to expand the group you can get in Harbinger. One surprise is that there are no undead figures in this set, which is probably a good thing considering the large number of undead in Harbinger. The overall figures have improved from Harbinger. The Black Dragon is wonderful, the Red Dragon is very imposing for a Large figure, and many of the uncommons look better than the rares of the prior set. There are still some poor figures; the new kobold isn't nearly as detailed as the Harbinger set, the Goblin Skirmisher looks a bit like a pole-vaulting leprechaun, the white dragon sometimes looks like it was painted with a vial of white-out, and the Abyssal Maw has been described elsewhere as the Absymal Maw. I still think it's a good buy. The D&D Statistic cards and prepainted nature can really save time for a busy DM. I've only played the Skirmish game a handful of times, but it seems to be a fast version of a D&D combat. The point costs seem mostly balanced, but I really don't have enough experience to fully judge it. With nearly a full set of both Dragoneye and Harbinger, I've been forced to buy a tacklebox to carry around the figures -- it's a great way to transport them. (You don't have to worry about bending them out of shape like a metal miniature collection -- a nice bonus for the DM on the go! :) ) I don't think these figures replace metal miniatures, but I do think they augment them -- prepainted hordes fight against your well-painted PCs. I'm already looking forward to the next set.
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Summary: More iconic D&D figures
Review: This release comes only two months after the release of the base D&D Miniature set called Harbinger. The total figure count for Dragoneye is a bit lower at 60 (Harbinger has 80), so it's a bit easier to collect a whole set. Each box typically has 4 commons, 3 uncommons and 1 rare. I think the total numbers are 20 rares, 24 uncommons and 16 commons, but I'm not 100% positive. This set introduces Dragons to the D&D Miniature line. You have 5 regular dragons (Red, Brass (might be Bronze), Black, White and Blue), several Half-Dragons (Gold Champion and Silver Sorcerer), Dragon Samurai (Samurai that pattern themselves after a Dragon, in this case Red and Copper) and a few Draconian from the Dragonlance series. The larger dragons and half-dragons are rare, the smaller white dragon, blue dragon, samurai and Kapak Draconian are uncommon, and the Baaz draconian is common. While Harbinger had a lot of Orcs, this set has Goblinoids -- two goblins, a hobgoblin and a bugbear miniature are all common in this set. There are more Drow and Orcs to expand the group you can get in Harbinger. One surprise is that there are no undead figures in this set, which is probably a good thing considering the large number of undead in Harbinger. The overall figures have improved from Harbinger. The Black Dragon is wonderful, the Red Dragon is very imposing for a Large figure, and many of the uncommons look better than the rares of the prior set. There are still some poor figures; the new kobold isn't nearly as detailed as the Harbinger set, the Goblin Skirmisher looks a bit like a pole-vaulting leprechaun, the white dragon sometimes looks like it was painted with a vial of white-out, and the Abyssal Maw has been described elsewhere as the Absymal Maw. I still think it's a good buy. The D&D Statistic cards and prepainted nature can really save time for a busy DM. I've only played the Skirmish game a handful of times, but it seems to be a fast version of a D&D combat. The point costs seem mostly balanced, but I really don't have enough experience to fully judge it. With nearly a full set of both Dragoneye and Harbinger, I've been forced to buy a tacklebox to carry around the figures -- it's a great way to transport them. (You don't have to worry about bending them out of shape like a metal miniature collection -- a nice bonus for the DM on the go! :) ) I don't think these figures replace metal miniatures, but I do think they augment them -- prepainted hordes fight against your well-painted PCs. I'm already looking forward to the next set.
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Summary: More iconic D&D figures
Review: This release comes only two months after the release of the base D&D Miniature set called Harbinger. The total figure count for Dragoneye is a bit lower at 60 (Harbinger has 80), so it's a bit easier to collect a whole set. Each box typically has 4 commons, 3 uncommons and 1 rare. I think the total numbers are 20 rares, 24 uncommons and 16 commons, but I'm not 100% positive. This set introduces Dragons to the D&D Miniature line. You have 5 regular dragons (Red, Brass (might be Bronze), Black, White and Blue), several Half-Dragons (Gold Champion and Silver Sorcerer), Dragon Samurai (Samurai that pattern themselves after a Dragon, in this case Red and Copper) and a few Draconian from the Dragonlance series. The larger dragons and half-dragons are rare, the smaller white dragon, blue dragon, samurai and Kapak Draconian are uncommon, and the Baaz draconian is common. While Harbinger had a lot of Orcs, this set has Goblinoids -- two goblins, a hobgoblin and a bugbear miniature are all common in this set. There are more Drow and Orcs to expand the group you can get in Harbinger. One surprise is that there are no undead figures in this set, which is probably a good thing considering the large number of undead in Harbinger. The overall figures have improved from Harbinger. The Black Dragon is wonderful, the Red Dragon is very imposing for a Large figure, and many of the uncommons look better than the rares of the prior set. There are still some poor figures; the new kobold isn't nearly as detailed as the Harbinger set, the Goblin Skirmisher looks a bit like a pole-vaulting leprechaun, the white dragon sometimes looks like it was painted with a vial of white-out, and the Abyssal Maw has been described elsewhere as the Absymal Maw. I still think it's a good buy. The D&D Statistic cards and prepainted nature can really save time for a busy DM. I've only played the Skirmish game a handful of times, but it seems to be a fast version of a D&D combat. The point costs seem mostly balanced, but I really don't have enough experience to fully judge it. With nearly a full set of both Dragoneye and Harbinger, I've been forced to buy a tacklebox to carry around the figures -- it's a great way to transport them. (You don't have to worry about bending them out of shape like a metal miniature collection -- a nice bonus for the DM on the go! :) ) I don't think these figures replace metal miniatures, but I do think they augment them -- prepainted hordes fight against your well-painted PCs. I'm already looking forward to the next set.
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