Customer Reviews

Against the Giants: A Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Huge pack (D&D Miniatures Product)

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3 star:		(1)
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First of all, sorry for my poor english, I'm from Brazil
Second: I don't play Miniatures Game, I just use the miniatures for my RPG sessions... and the players love it...
This set of miniatures is very nice... but I was expecting more from the "huge" ones... I bought 4 boosters and got 2 carrion crawlers, 1 huge worg and 1 blackroot treant... and almost never I will use them in my games...
The smaller are so beautiful and useful in RPG sessions that it compensate in all aspects the problem with the "huge" miniatures...
I reccomend this set just for the large, medium and small miniatures... don't expect too much for the big ones...

Let's first start out with the good about the set, which outnumbers the bad. First of all, a lot of the new minis are very good looking, especially the ones that make use of the clear plastic. Noteworthy minis include the Angel of Vengeance, the Blazing Skeleton, Doresain, the Ghoul King, the Death Titan, the Fire Titan, and others. Another good aspect of the set is that it adds epic play back into the game. The product is moderately priced, being fair in my opinion, if you buy it here or somewhere else for less than its retail price. The cards keep their fairly good layout and sharp appearance with the new epic cards being a mustard color rather than a maroon one. Its an odd choice in colors but it works. There are a lot of neat ideas in this set, many of which I hope get carried into other sets.

Now on to the bad. The first bad thing is the large amount of repeats this set has. While they are slightly different, there are repeats from other sets like the Boneclaw Impaler, the Elder Red Dragon, the Xorn Ravager, a third Owlbear incarnation, another Roper, and many others. Another thing is the fact that there are no dragonborn in this set that are not rares, making players who are seeking a dragonborn mini to have to get lucky, buy many packs, or spend $$ on singles. Lastly, the paint job on a lot of the minis are terrible (Storm Giant Thunderer is abhorrent). Plastic is still lower quality than some older sets.

If I could I would have given this product a 3.5, but I can't so I am giving it a 4. The product is generally solid overall, but many of the aspects of former sets that made them truly good falls short here.

I haven't reviewed anything in awhile, so I decided to review this product because it has a few things worth mentioning. First of all Against the Giants is a great product for the price alone. Come on, a huge pack for under $20. You can't beat that. I also loved several of the huge miniatures like the Elder White Dragon and the Flame Titan. I have to admit, though, that I believe the Elder White Dragon is far better than the Red Dragon that is the key piece in this set. What is up with that? Another thing is that the miniatures team seems to be having some issues and I feared that the quality of this set would suffer from those issues. It didn't, but I bought it with skeptisism nonetheless. Either way, Against the Giants can be worth your money as long as you get a few pieces that you really want.

FIRE TITAN! The figs in this set are gorgeous, and I like how the new sets have more monsters and fewer humanoids than before.

The Against the Giants expansion pack contains a ton of great minis. Out of the ones I bought, a few of the really cool ones are the Elder Red Dragon, a Tiefling Gladiator, and a Fire Titan. I'd definitely recommend grabbing it if you're looking for a huge mini/minis to spice up your collection.

Well it has been a while since the DDM had a huge set so it gets a couple stars for that. It doesn't rate any higher because of printing error and the fact that a good portion of the set can't be used in normal 200 point warbands.