Skios posted:D&D minifigs: Used to run Gamma World one shots and I used minifigs as stand ins. They were great cause you could mix and match to create whatever abomination you needed, so these are super super dope.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 13:08 |
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# ? May 28, 2024 15:18 |
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They look more like Halloween minifigs mk 2. What was that, series 14? Or was it Monsters? Same thing, really.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:13 |
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I think they all look excellent
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:21 |
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Waltzing Along posted:They look more like Halloween minifigs mk 2. What was that, series 14? Or was it Monsters? Same thing, really. Agreed, I don't see D&D in many of them.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:37 |
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Those are pretty cool. The red and orange wizards and the mindflayer are the ones I want the most.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:40 |
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Hopper posted:Agreed, I don't see D&D in many of them. One looks like a Zelda fig. Another looks like Nexo Knights. Another could be a LOTR hobbit or something. But really, what does D&D look like, anyway? They've basically done it already in Castle Sets, Elves sets, LOTR sets, Nexo Knights, Monkee Kid, Ninjago and so on. A dedicated D&D set or line doesn't really make any sense.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:42 |
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Thing is, the witch looks like a generic halloween witch, the druid looks like someone wanted to make fun of a druid... There seems to be no consistent "art style" or concept to the figs.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:52 |
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Actually, thanks to the resurgence in popularity (Stranger Things) of D&D it makes perfect sense.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:52 |
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I think they look pretty fun - the detailing of the outfits make them feel a little more "fantasy" then more cartoony lego series or halloween costumes.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:54 |
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Yeah I think they're good. They seem to fit with the current other representations of DnD quite well - BG3, the recent movie, Stranger Things etc. Colourful, detailed, varied, not too serious.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:00 |
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I’m partial to lich dude, who I assume to be Vecna.
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Oxyclean posted:I think they look pretty fun - the detailing of the outfits make them feel a little more "fantasy" then more cartoony lego series or halloween costumes. Yeah, there is a very specific modern fantasy aesthetic that WotC leans toward that most of the minifigs nail in a way that previous fantasy minifig series entries usually don't.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:06 |
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Tarquinn posted:I partial to lich dude, who I assume to be Vecna. #11? I'm calling him "Necromancer".
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:20 |
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I feel like there's two ways to design a D&D set, and lego has tried to meet in the middle to do both, and it doesn't come together as a coherant whole. Either design it as a mini-adventure and lean into the gameplay aspect of it, or design a single big display piece that really screams, This is fukkin Dungeons and Dragons!!! Include paper maps and booklets for 2-6 people, some brick-built dice, and build the set as the adventure is played. All the monsters are the right scale to swap in as miniatures, go the extra step and make it fully integratable into the base game. If it's instead a $400 display set, stop worrying about keeping everything to minifig scale and. Make a better-looking set. The tavern is too big compared to the castle. The beholder and displacer beast look janky as hell. I was really excited for this set, and i think its going to be a pass from me. I'll grab a mimic from bricklink for 50bux though.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:24 |
Lavender Spliffs posted:If it's instead a $400 display set, stop worrying about keeping everything to minifig scale and. Make a better-looking set. The tavern is too big compared to the castle. The beholder and displacer beast look janky as hell. I was really excited for this set, and i think its going to be a pass from me. I'll grab a mimic from bricklink for 50bux though. I think the Beholder looks great. The Displacer and Owl Bear not so much. I would of prefered moulded parts for those. I find it odd they don't make the large moulded animals and dinosaurs more modular so they could, for example, use pieces of the existing bear mould for an Owl Bear.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:28 |
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What no Drizzt?
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:41 |
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Is there a consensus on the best way to organise bricks when rebuilding a set? Colour or type? I just built Eldorado fortress from new and now I want to rebuild Barracuda Bay to go along with it. Turns out the part I like least about Lego is finding the right brick in a pile.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:08 |
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Red_Fred posted:Is there a consensus on the best way to organise bricks when rebuilding a set? Colour or type? Definitely shape. If you have a pile of the same shape you can tell apart the colors at a glance, but if you have a pile of the same color you still have to sift about to find the shape you want.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:14 |
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Never could've imagined a couple decades after Planescape was unceremoniously strangled in its bed that there'd be a Lady of Pain lego. Which I desperately need.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:21 |
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Red_Fred posted:Is there a consensus on the best way to organise bricks when rebuilding a set? Colour or type? When you take the set apart. Separate into bag numbers. Easy peasy.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:22 |
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the holy poopacy posted:Definitely shape. If you have a pile of the same shape you can tell apart the colors at a glance, but if you have a pile of the same color you still have to sift about to find the shape you want. Yeah this seems to be The Way. Waltzing Along posted:When you take the set apart. Separate into bag numbers. Easy peasy. Oh I’ve already got that, all my Lego is in bags of the sets. It’s just the big ones are still a tonne of parts and it’s usually a couple of bags vs. The 10+ organised bags when you buy new.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 20:01 |
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a sexual elk posted:What no Drizzt? It would've been a serious misplay to focus on Drizzt instead of doing more generic characters that can be mixed and matched so people can create their own thing. I've been playing DnD off and on for two decades now and I never gave a poo poo about Drizzt or any of the famous DnD characters. I can't even name any others, lol, aside from some from the Baldur's Gate series. With the spike of popularity during covid times I think that if they were to use existing characters it would've made more sense feature critical role and dimension 20, or the new movie, because that's what people are more familiar with now. I think most people in the market for DnD lego aren't all that familiar with Drizzt to be honest, because that's ancient history by now. A Nott the Brave or Caleb or Jester would do much better nowadays. But again, I think having generic characters people can project their own characters on is the right move.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 22:03 |
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I have no idea about D&D, just started reading the Drizzt series cause wife said it was good and I’d run out of other stuff to read
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 22:11 |
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A Drizzt would definitely be popular with the 40 and up jorts wearing collector set
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 01:12 |
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https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/perception-check-first-look-at-the-lego-dungeons-and-dragons-set-coming-april-2024/ The Official pics of the Dungeons and Dragons set are out. It looks really good imo. There's definitely another Figure that isn't being revealed at the top of the tower. I think, based on his arms being Red that it's the inkeeper and he is the bad guy . Feels like I've waited my whole life for Lego and Baldurs Gate to merge, so immediately going to abandon financial sense and buy this.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 17:18 |
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$360 for 3700 pieces is not very good. Especially when 1000 of those are going to be greebling. There are some big pieces and the dragon wings that pop the price up a bit but for the piece count, this looks like it should be $50 less.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 19:06 |
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I honestly thought it looked like a $200 set lol. It's not a bad set but easy pass especially at that price point. I definitely want that whole CMF line though.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 19:17 |
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I’ll just bricklink the Beholder parts and grab the CMF line
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 20:53 |
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My expectation was it would rival the Rivendell build and it just..doesn't. And honestly I hate the dragon's wings. They should have made it a steel or shadow dragon and cut down on the part count by only needing two legs I thought the beholder was a custom mold but when I zoomed in on the picture I can see the bricks. What pieces are the tentacles made with?
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 21:09 |
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I honestly don't think the price is that bad for a licensed set, compared to things like Rivendell or the UCS Star Wars set. Still more expensive than I had hoped for, obviously, and I'll be looking to grab it at a hefty discount.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 21:24 |
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A huge display of the DnD set, Lion Knights Castle, Medieval Town Square, and the forthcoming Bricklink Designer Program Seaside Market and Siege Encampment would be rad, but Time, money and space. Edit: Also that retired blacksmith shop. BTW, I was able to get a 10% discount for a damaged box mini Millennium Falcon. I'm not advocating being clumsy while shopping, but it was worth asking.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 21:47 |
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trevorreznik posted:My expectation was it would rival the Rivendell build and it just..doesn't. And honestly I hate the dragon's wings. They should have made it a steel or shadow dragon and cut down on the part count by only needing two legs Looks like this with this on the end and a dot on top for the eye (hopefully printed)
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 22:11 |
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I actually think the dragon looks great.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 22:25 |
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yeah I'm fine with the dragon's wings. the price point is kinda meh tho. not terrible but also not in snap purchase price range cmf looks good and I'll be grabbing a bunch for parts
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 22:39 |
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Relatively cheap in Australia which is weird. I think it's going to be a massive success too.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 22:50 |
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Are the wings for that DnD dragon cloth? I've got the Ninjago Dragon that comes with these wings, they are cool. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=38765&idColor=0#T=C&C=0 The wingspan on the build is roughly 20 inches.
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 23:39 |
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Not dragon related but does anyone have a hint about which McLaren will be taking $450 from me in August? I assume it's the Senna
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 23:44 |
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deoju posted:Are the wings for that DnD dragon cloth? I've got the Ninjago Dragon that comes with these wings, they are cool. looks like cloth with some technic pieces holding them up
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 23:59 |
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Deus Ex Macklemore posted:Not dragon related but does anyone have a hint about which McLaren will be taking $450 from me in August? I assume it's the Senna The Compaq laptop from 1992 that they need to interface with the F1
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# ? Mar 20, 2024 06:55 |
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# ? May 28, 2024 15:18 |
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I too like the beholder out of all of this the most, even if it's just a bunch of snot bricks and slopes. The displacer looks like it hasn't eaten in a century and the owlbear probably spent the same century stealing the displacer beast's food. SkeletonHero posted:Looks like this with this on the end and a dot on top for the eye (hopefully printed) Those are definitely going to be printed. Alternatively the Dreamzzzzzzzzzz sets have the more catlike ones with vertical slits, so that's also an option.
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