Classic Encounters - Expansion Set I - 60 Iconic DND Miniatures Bulk Monsters, Unpainted Tabletop RPG DND Minis, D&D Miniatures, Fantasy Figurines, Dungeons & Dragons Minis, 28mm, Assembled Unprimed

This and its companion set are the only minis boxes currently for sale on this website that are genuinely useful for day-in-day-out real D&D. Most (even by this company) are chock full of creative, unique, off the wall designs that are maybe useful once. This set has things you'll use regularly.Minis are solid, aren't going to break, look like they'll be ok to paint. Definitely 3D printed, but they aren't claiming to be anything else.

A decent addition. I would rather it have a little more variety and less quantities of creatures that are typically found solo or a pair.

The media could not be loaded. Pors: The miniatures are amazing looking, the detail is great. I love that they are of tough hard plastic and i dont have to worry they will break. I cant wait to paint them and add them to my next D&D campaign.Now for Cons: None that i can see at this time. The only thing that i was disappointed in was, i got 3 Wearwolves and a Troglodyte instead of four Wearwolves...lol

This is a great selection of monster minis to bring to your game.Highlights:- Four of each type is great and lets you have a strong fight (1 werewolf is great to start with... But he's going to need buddies when your players level up.) Especially great for wolves and boars.- The details seem fairly crisp, I didn't see any printing artifacts or dangling plastic. The green elemental (acid?) has a base that's a little warped... And that's very easy to work around.- The monsters represent a wide and diverse spectrum of creatures.- Is the rock monster an elemental of earth? crystals? Ice? Until you paint him, the answer is Yes!- The human-faced serpent naga is a cool addition.- The giant is HUGE and that could be awesome to throw down on a table with regular minis.- Several creatures could be used to represent more than one kind of creature, i.e. the imps could be gargoyles, the ghouls could be a barbarian (or any dude running around with no shirt), the mummies make decent zombies.- The dire wolves really look good, and that's not always the case.Lowlights:- There are some unconventional creatures - acid elemental, slime snakes - but 1) this is a great creative exercise to define these creatures for yourself and 2) you can download support material using the QR code included! That's SUCH A GREAT MOVE! (I haven't dug into it yet, but whether it's good or bad, that's excellent creativity and added value.)- As is always the case with minis, you may tend to limit yourself to the creatures you have instead of being creative. That's a you problem... Work through it, get okay with saying "These mummies are actual vampire thrawls" or "Yes we had minis last week, but I don't have giant wasps, so we're using these monopoly pieces instead" or whatever you need to do to have fun creative play with your table. (It's okay to have something nice for your werewolf fight even if you don't have those minis for every week.)Overall, this is a great mini set for people playing in person. You (or your favorite DM) can get a lot of value using these for a planned campaign, and even more planning a campaign around these minis.

So these are better than a 4, but NOT quite a five.The set is good, with good theming that makes for a very good - quick DnD or miniatures purchase. This would have been great when planning my son's birthday party last year where I was hunting down miniatures as the bulk sets where priced a bit too much. The set is well priced with a good value, less than a dollar a piece, and a large enough base of pieces for any kind of campaign. The wind and acid designs come off very cool too. I have two issues with the set that hold back a perfect. First the bottom of the larger figures came warped, so the giant doesn't stand firmly, he doesn't fall over or anything that crazy, but they move around a lot and easily, and it frankly doesn't look good. The other issue is the finish and that is really a preference thing. My experience in the past with the shiny plastic finish is that it isn't great for painting - you can, but it isn't great for it, you NEED to prime it and prime it well, first (they do note this). If you have no interest in painting, then completely disregard, but as someone who was actually planning on using these with painting, it was a "baaahhhhh" moment when I opened the box and saw how smooth and shiny the pieces were as I originally missed this when requesting.