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@melonzero0006

5 жыл бұрын

Do you know if they ship to the uk?

@chrisruth7057

5 жыл бұрын

I have 442 Different kind of DND minis

@RokuroCarisu

5 жыл бұрын

Half of these monsters I've never even seen used in a campaign. Also, I think a "Vargoyle" is a Warhammer monster.

@quonomonna8126

4 жыл бұрын

how can I trust your reviews when you give that cranium rat swarm a pass?...I do like most of these figures though, I don't think the set is as bad as some of these people are saying...I don't know any other set that will give you NPCs that are good for towns and cities like guards, nobles, merchants etc and it gives you some that can be used for PC's too...I bought 2 bricks because the review I read said it was the best set they ever got ...just waiting for them to come in the mail

That animated door is truly adoorable.

Never seen a Pit Fiend attempting to deep throat a floppy mace.

that Cranium Rat swarm is indefensible

@quonomonna8126

3 жыл бұрын

honestly the best option for any kind of rat swarm would be to get the unpainted one and paint it yourself

@epicladd6114

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who got one... you're right

@lowleypeasentmr.l8836

2 жыл бұрын

@@epicladd6114 hey, did you strip the paint off and repaint them? I'm thinking of getting one of these but want to know how easy it is to fix

These are some truly horrible looking miniatures for those prices. Just... wow. The paint job is bad, the miniature quality is far below market standards and they're overpriced on top of that?

@derekburge5294

5 жыл бұрын

There were some decent ones in there, but that pit fiend... Wow. Really hoping the bent mace and weak paint job was just a fluke. And the rat swarm! Holy balls...

@Chozo_hybrid

5 жыл бұрын

@@roscopico you could use them for anything... Guards, nobles etc exist in many settings, my homebrew game uses all sort of figures.

@XanothAvaeth

5 жыл бұрын

Jim Murphy (that some may know from Matt Colville's interview with him) has a few videos about how to touch up and improve pre-painted mini's with a bit of ink and dry-brushing. Unfortunately, I think anything pre-painted isn't going to be great, or it's going to be really expensive. I do agree with you that these don't seem great value for money etiher, but you're likely also paying premium for the branding.

@paradigm5150

5 жыл бұрын

I just don't understand the "loot box" approach to everything these days. Like, your supposed to drop a hundred bucks for 8 figures with the hope that one or two might be usefully? If I don't know what I'm getting, I sure as hell ain't buying it. Oh wait, I guess it's 32 figures? Does that make it better?

@johnnyruttley1598

5 жыл бұрын

It also looks like they use a bottle of super gule to stick each miniature on a base its literally caked on it

I love Cody’s enthusiasm, but good lord those paint jobs are a gut punch. Seeing this I’d definitely avoid the Wizards of the Coast minis and get the unpainted ones from 3rd party minis

@companyoflosers

5 жыл бұрын

the minis themselves are fine, but the paint jobs on most are terrible.

@Elamdri

5 жыл бұрын

@@companyoflosers well if you can't paint, they become a lot more appealing. I'd probably screw up just priming an unpainted mini...even if they came pre-primed, lol

@jreyes9005

5 жыл бұрын

The paint jobs on the older D&D Miniatures line from 3rd and 4th edition were way better than these, and I think those came in packs of 8, with more variety.

@addynorfolk1824

5 жыл бұрын

@@companyoflosers The paint jobs are terrible. But I reckon if you through a light ink wash over them they will be vastly improved.

@linkno1

5 жыл бұрын

@@Elamdri To be honest even a basic paint job done by hand by a newbie would be better than this. Literally the minimum amount of effort consisting of just colouring each bit a solid colour and throwing a shade wash afterwards would be far better than these things which are basically the painting equivalent of a child unable to colour inside the lines.

4:54 that pit fiend's weapon is bent 90 degrees into his own face. To be fair though, if someone had painted my teeth to look like Donkey from Shrek then I'd probably be trying to smash them out myself too. I don't want to be too down on these miniatures - I think they are great for players that have money to burn, are not necessarily into painting themselves and just want some random models to throw down and dress up their DnD games - but good lord I just find everything about them ghastly. They look like someone sculpted them with blu-tac and a soup ladle, the paint job is horrendous, the super-glued bare bases look awful. It boggles my mind that people are prepared to pay good money for these things, more so that they are paying for blind boxes and have no idea which one of these shambles they are going to get. Isn't it cheaper to buy 5 miniatures and paint them yourself? Even if you have never picked up a paintbrush before, I believe ANYONE could do a better job of painting miniatures (or at least match the paintjob this company happily splat all-over their pre-painted range).

Wizards mini's have gone down the toilet. It used to be that you got 10 minis in a booster. There was a game you could play with just the minis, and they all had easy to reference stat cards. It's now four. The subgame and the stat cards are gone.

To be fair the initial larger figures you unboxed were decent but those smaller humanoid figures were really rough both in sculpt and especially in the paint job department. Also looking at the way those things were just glued to the bases so haphazardly grinds my gear. At 12.50 a box your paying about 3 bucks per figure and that doesn't include shipping. If your desperate and need to quickly throw some figures on a table this might do it for you but man if you own any decent quality figures these will stand out and not in the good way(especially now where enthusiast 3d print the damn things in resin with spectacular results). But it all boils down to Time, Quality, Cost where you can only pick two, so for certain people this is a good option to have available.

Obnly nicely painted figure is the door - the rest are pretty shocking

swarm of rats more like a pile of turds, gotta say the quality of these minis are terrible

@rasmuskock8077

5 жыл бұрын

The only good looking one was the griffon rider, other than that I'd say they are all shitty

@damoniness6415

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao thanks man.

@saltykrug

4 жыл бұрын

I just got back into painting minis after 34 years and my first batch of 4 bugbears smokes the paintjobs on these minis. I can't wait till I'm ready for dragons. Glad I saw these so I'll save my money. They look like shitty chinese toys, not d&d rpg minis. Be a hard pass for me. Thanks for the good reviews though man. The lion and bear looked like the cheap toys that come out of those bags of plastic jungle toys. I'd rather use those for simple animals than these overpriced cash turds.

Fear the deadliest monster in the whole of D&D... The flying Door!

@martinoonitram773

5 жыл бұрын

All of Vox Machina immediately drops to 0 hit points, with the exception of Tary I suppose.

@timedrington139

5 жыл бұрын

The animated items like the flying sword and the door are great additions. I have used them a bunch of times in the last few months.

These look like they should come out of the 25 cent toy machine at a grocery store entrance.

I appreciate the video. You have definitely helped me decide never to buy these again. The sculpts are gross, as well as the paint jobs. I'd end up spending so much time repainting poorly sculpted models. Thanks for saving me money.

2 weeks ago I started painting mini's as a hobby. The fun is in the painting my friend and if you think those look good, you have to paint your own. I've been loving it so much so that I just bought a 3d resin printer and I can't wait until it arrives....

I really like the editing on you unboxing vid here. Real time unboxing videos are so booring

@Taking20

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed!

The quality of these minis hurt my eyes

omg that swarm of rats looks soooo bad

i was done when the pit fiend mace was a boomerang. i could do better with yard dirt and elmers glue

Every single mini close up felt like falling deeper past rock bottom.

The bear, lion. and crocodile would be great for a classic Tomb Raider inspired adventure.

These moldlines are highly triggering... gonna have to go and do some moldline removal on a few of my minis to take the edge off.

5:03 the singing pit fiend. Glorious

you get so excited over a damn spy but just meh for manshoon? priorities right?

@viniciusgottschall7165

5 жыл бұрын

besides, I'm pretty sure Manshoon had an arm missing

These things are ridiculously bad in terms of quality and paint job. Good lord. As a miniature collector and painter, I cringed so hard at the quality of these things for $100. OUCH.

I really know dont what to say politely on these (the vid is great mind you). I kept thinking if I should just get some of these every month to slowly grow my collection. However, truely...those are horrrible looking and I really cannot grasp why you keep saying beautiful or great looking and I dont try to just be negative or something. These look like minis back in the days, like 90ies, when as teenagers we tried first to paint minis with the wrong brushes, wrong paints and no experience. I'm honestly not sure I'd use these if for free...I'm looking at my old metal minies and heck, they are at times 30 years old but the level of details is a completely different league. I honestly don't understand these here...except for the price, of course.

@cerberouse1

5 жыл бұрын

Literally spending 15$ on Reaper Bones miniatures will net you higher quality and like, eight or nine miniatures....

@David_Apollonius

5 жыл бұрын

He has to be positive about them because it's basically a sponsored video. Even if he's not getting paid for it, he's still getting free miniatures. I guess they're not so bad if they're free. The animals look dull. If a pit fiend can have an awesome pose, why can't a crocodile?

@wedredwed000

5 жыл бұрын

Sponsorships would be why, don't wanna detract from the potential value

@Xeonort

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of getting some of these also but decided to just get 2 of the D&D board games instead, Temple of Elemental Evil an Ravenloft. Basically scored about 84 minis and 73 tiles for $100 thanks to a sale on Amazon. Granted, the minis are unpainted, and not all top quality, but it was a good deal and the minis aren't too bad. Plus I got 2 fun board games that are compatible with each other.

@darkmarciman

5 жыл бұрын

@@Xeonort You should look into Zombicide black plague and Massive Darkness. A lot of minis for a very good price if you can get a discount.

Do more openings like this! It is the best DnD unboxing I've seen most others don't show rarity, excitement or even the miniatures with proper pictures they just take them up to the camera where we hardly see them.

This is way too similar to watching someone else open presents on Christmas morning. I'm not sure why I am watching it. But I am. And I am invested.

I love collecting and painting minis and making up characters more than I loved playing D&D. I have over 1000 official metal and plastic minis as well as over 1000 farm animals, safari animals, sea animals, dinosaurs and at least 100 monsters I made up myself.

i nearly love all of them. I find npcs very useful as miniatures,when they arent too special (like myrt),and you can often use them like merchants and city guards. unfortunately in the other booster sets are so many strange creatures I would not have a use for. so I decided to get a whole brick from this dragon heist set. and I absolutely love it! yes, it is not so well painted when u compare to newer sets. but for me the most useful

This was a great unboxing, truly enjoyed it!

It's like Christmas morning 🎄🎁🎅 Adding it to my list to send to Santa. Thanks Cody👍

I admire the paintjob and surprise mechanics, totally worth it /s

Animal minis are great! Imagine how happy your future druids will be

WOW... GREAT PULL... VERY COOL MINI... *cries inside

This is great your the only channel making good videos unboxing minis right now

I bought and opened the same brick yesterday! I did get Jarlaxle !! I also reallyw anted him and was stocked to get him. Also looted the Xanathar, complete with his rings on his stalks and his smug face. I'm envious of your Griphon Rider ! And your Annis Hag is different than mine. Mine has no lightning bolt spell on it, but he his holding a skull head in his left hand.

i like how they add normal animals in it... my local shop just got these in an will be picking up a few myself

A lot of the sculpts are good but the paint jobs almost never are. That Pit Fiend looks great for about 2 seconds until you see the paint. The floppy weapons are also don't help. Still after seeing that Pit Fiend, I'm tempted to grab some boxes and do some repaints.

When I opened my brick of Waterdeep, I actually had my first large be a pentadrone too.

I could almost swear that you pulled my exact brick. Its like watching a memory.

Are these not randomized? I bought a booster box on line. Your last box were the same ones I got.

Very handy minis if you have a moon druid player. Bear and crocodile are my go-to wildshapes. 👍

I enjoyed the video but some music in the background would be nice to cut out some of the dead air next time

That gryphon rider would've had me geeking out!

How did you made the spinning effect?

I would really only recommend the Annis Hag, Shield Guardian, and Devourer. And the Pit Fiend of you have time to paint. The paint jobs are super rough, but this is the first time you can get a real Annis Hag mini and they're pretty cheap on MM.

Fuck dude your reviewing format is so satisfying. Plz make this a frequent thing.

@Taking20

5 жыл бұрын

Awwww shucks. I appreciate the compliment!

@larklan7054

5 жыл бұрын

Taking20 I mean it! I’ve watched so many mini Unboxing’s. And little things like speeding up the opening of the package. The commentary. The editing. Cutting away to a close up shot on a turntable. Great content Cody as usual.

I've opened 3 packages and haven't gotten any rares yet. Is that normal? It makes me very sad ...

You going to try to fix that pit fiend mace? I’m sure you already know this but for anyone who doesn’t. Use a hair dryer or boiling water. The. Bend it passed straight then hold it straight until it cools. Should be good

This is the first unboxing I have watched through. I could get into this. Lol

As a Pittsburgh native, I feel compelled to point out that your choice of jersey is *wrong.*

I dont collect minis so maybe Im just too critical. I see every flaw in them. Is that normal for minis?

@christopherjones9547

5 жыл бұрын

Not really, these are just about the lowest tier minis you can get. The unpainted Wizkids mins are similarly priced and much better quality. Check out Dark Sword Minis or Games Workshop for GREAT minis, but they are more costly.

@MrGlickClick

5 жыл бұрын

@@christopherjones9547 thank you for the info! I can pay a bit more for quality. I just looked at them and unfortunately, they are unpainted. These are great quality but I could never paint them well enough to do them justice.

Whilst I can see the benefit of these to people who arent into Mini's or painting but the price and quality is.... AWEFUL, really typical Wizkids.

Is there a way to purchase from outside of america? Im Brazillian and never got the chance to buy one of these :(

Boy Wizkids. I really thought that the original Monster Menagerie set was going to mean a higher quality release schedule. However, I just think they are trying to get too many sets out too quickly and the quality is not consistent. There are some good sculpts in this set but they need to be touched up! This really stinks for people who don't have the time to paint their miniatures. I am going to check out the new Pathfinder release tomorrow but I don't have super high hopes. I dunno if any 3rd party people are going to try to produce prepainted stuff. I know reaper dabbled in it and some of those miniatures were cool. Dungeon Crawler put out some good stuff but I don't know how financially successful that line was. I will keep my eyes and ears out for any other 3rd party prepainted releases. Consider the original Pathfinder prepainted "Beginner Box Heroes" pack! Wizkids can do higher quality products! I mean if it's the different between paying $2.50 per miniature and $3.50 per miniature then maybe they just can't cut the costs anymore.

the basket hilt on mirt's sword is screwed up

13:51 that human warlock looks like their arm has meltet and been fused onto the staff, is it really that hard to do an average paint job

I popped Xanathar. You can straighten out the weapons if they are bent.

Is the pit fiends mace ment to be straight ?

I wouldn't give anyone more than $2 a box for those shoddily painted and made minis. The paint is just globbed on and the bent weapons and limbs are just cheap. Not to mention all the unfiled rough edges (the lion looks like crap and one of the stands had a huge chunk of the mold frame still on it). I miss the days when I could go to the local game or hobby shop and buy a pewter mini and just paint the thing myself.

Manshoon is HE, the founder of the Zhentarim

I think because these are mass produced in large quantities it would be really hard to get really good quality paint jobs on such a high count of figures. But you could even go for cheap reaper bones figures for like $2.00 and paint them with even some cheap Acrylics and get a better outcome. But with that price would get some metal figures and some Valehjo paint and a few washes.

I want to buy a brick for the glory of the giants- but am worried that some minis will double up. Especially the big ones. What’s the odds that you get the same minis in a brick?

Cody, man... Cut away from yourself or you'll take 1d4 piercing damage to the other hand, eventually.

@rasmuskock8077

5 жыл бұрын

He can recover the damage with cure wounds no problem

@CysgodAstua

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@davide2711

5 жыл бұрын

I know! I was cringing every time he started cutting.

And there i thought i was bad at painting miniatures.

After watching the video, I saw the price and stuff and it is not all that bad. Once on the table, you can't really see the details, so the paint job is adequate for that price range. Thanks for the good video!

@cerberouse1

5 жыл бұрын

If you feel that way, give Reaper Bones a look; they're cheaper by a long shot with significantly better sculpt models! :3

@jeromerobert8457

5 жыл бұрын

@@cerberouse1 Thanks! I believe it is so much better to paint your own minis! I started playing dnd again lately and stated painting again. Bought normal minis, unpainted, and had a lot of fun painting our characters the way we want, I will look at these reaper bones ones though :) Thanks!

@cloakedfigures1368

5 жыл бұрын

For some people my group included two of us paint and it kinda breaks things for us seeing minis with shading and stuff we painted next to stuff like the rat storm. I would have to repaint these

Thankfully my local hobby lobby will open these for us prior to purchase. Ive never actually opened one and been happy with the results...loot boxes are for suckers

As someone who has experience with state audit programs, NEVER mention that you don't pay tax on purchases either online or from over seas. That will instantly flag you for an audit because there is something known as Use Tax that customers have to pay whenever a business doesn't charge Sales Tax. I would edit this video honestly to remove that last portion. Just because you didn't pay taxes, doesn't mean taxes aren't due. @Taking20

What's up with the a/b/c? So there are more than 44 minis?

@Taking20

5 жыл бұрын

A few have variants. So there's really like 56ish (dont know the exact number)

I play Warhammer 40k so I’m used to painting my mom minis. I won’t use prepainted minis for D&D. I’m new at D&D so that my change over time thiugh

The animals could make great Druid wildshape.

The animals can also be very good for a Druid.

the painting quality on these things is kind of iffy if you ask me, but then again, if i thought i could do a better job, i probably would be considering these.

Lions and bears would be great for druids and arena fights

There's a jarlaxle in my local game store for $17. I have the drizzt and gwenevar minis.

I was wondering which brick to get, I know I don’t need lions and tigers and bears ...aww man!

I hope you got these for free, because they're all ugly AF. Hearing you say they're all wonderful and whatnot just cheapens the experience. "whoever painted this did a wonderful job". Dude... come on....

@temporaryhalfdecentname8452

5 жыл бұрын

Grifo He has to say they’re good because they’re sponsored

I'll agree with the comments that these aren't the best looking D&D minis, but they were still fun to see get pulled. I know the upcoming Ravnica minis are a bit better quality.

Them animals are actually pretty dope

WOW that Durnan paint job was HORRENDOUS! I actually got a brick of these, (Just to get the promotional statue set which was AMAZING btw) these ones here, I don't understand you're enthusiasm (I guess you have to act happy since they gave them to you) I won't be buying any other bricks from this set. I recently bought a Ravinca brick. (they were nicer for sure) I wish they would come out with an entire box for example of "20 orcs" or 20 Goblins. (with a nice quality mold and paint job) Some of these go into a giant bag of random figures I'll NEVER use.)

They need to do these booster bricks but with unpainted minis that have better sculpts.

Going to skip this line, the quality on the molds and the painting just isn't up to par with what they released previously. If Wizards doesn't want to do their own minis anymore they could just let Repear do them for them. I don't mind painting my own.

I love the enthusiasm, pretty great. But it feels a bit disingenuous when everything is an awesome amazing mini.

Honestly the only reason to buy these is for a beholder, I’m not even sure that’s in there but it must be right?

So satisfying

I just don't get this whole concept. I've been painting minis for about 6 years now (after a 30 year long hiatus) but I just don't get this blind box business. Judging from the quality it looks like this is targeted at kids as toys? Is that was the target market is? Teens who want to play D&D but don't have time to paint it themselves?

@witchBoi_Connor

5 жыл бұрын

dreadknot69 that makes sense to me, as teen/young adult who wants to get in the hobby, thinks miniatures are cool, but sure as hell don’t know how to paint them myself. I don’t know what the price of this brick thing he got is, but these were probably painted either by a machine or someone in a shop/factory with a quota. It could be worse, but this video was shilling pretty hard.

@dreadknot69

5 жыл бұрын

@@witchBoi_Connor I can totally get that, if you're new to the game and don't want to paint for whatever the reason. The problem that I still don't get is why it's a blind buy? If I want a mini or minis, it's for a reason and I went specific ones. If I wanted to collect them then I'd certainly want better quality than this crap. I just don't get why people buy these blind.

Do you think you'll be doing openings on some of the older sets? I'd love to see you crack open some of the Tomb of Annihilation boxes!

@Taking20

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe actually. I spoke to MM and they pitched this idea. For me it's all about having enough time.

@sight8492

5 жыл бұрын

@@Taking20 That's understandable, but here's hoping! Who knows, you might even be able to pull Acererak out of one of them if you get the chance!

i enjoy miniatures and even painted them back in the day but i have never actually used them when playing RPGs but don't know about these ones some of my lead ones from the eighties have better detail

A simple dip or dark wash would make most of these minis look a hell of a lot better

@xFriendlyNapalm

5 жыл бұрын

I'd be more bothered about the twisted/bent parts, and the little nubbins from the mould that haven't been removed

Yeah I pick up a my unpainted D&D mini's MM but for the hard to find mini's i use Amazon

These are kind of like a mixed bag in both paint and sculpt quality.

Thanks for the video! Also, thanks for confirming my decision not to invest any more money in this set :/ I thought the brick I already opened was a fluke, but your brick has exactly the same problem as mine had. The sloppy sculpts and the sloppier painting. There are a couple of stand out pieces (Looking at you, Pit Fiend!), but as a blind box it does not have good odds on getting your money's worth. :/ fwi, I may buy singles, but not interested in spending @ $100 for 4 good minis and 28 garbage minis.

@darthcannon07

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Hill In my opinion that’s wrong, i mean the rats... I see exactly what you mean but I can’t see most of the others are good for people that hate paint and I think they are good in general. And I know the pit fiend had a broken mace and just a few sloppy mini’s here and there but they are great for adventures.

The slithering tracker looks as if it jumped out of Aerosmith's Nine Lives album art

Man if I get them I have to get a break don't want to just get one and end up getting a lion or a crocodile

@taking20 Hey, I just wanted to say that you are the most positive roleplay channel I've ever seen. It's really nice to see someone just being enthusiastic and having a good time. So many other channels are really over-assertive with their opinions and smack-talk different player-tastes. I'm glad to have someone who is purely constructive and actually makes me happy to watch, rather than someone hostile.

One of the best sets

i like minis too. when can i expect my brick of minis?

The pentadrone will definitely be saying "Exxxxxterminate!" in my game.

As a Mounted Combatant Paladin I REALLY want the Gryphon Rider.