Quick one today. I am not what I consider to be a FunkoPop collector. I have a couple I really like, mostly little witches and Red Sonja. But I saw this new one out and decided to treat myself to an early birthday present.
She looks great next my Funko Pop Larina.
And they share the shelf with my books on witchcraft and demonology appropriately enough.
Like I said, I am not a huge collector, but I think one of The Simbul might be fun.
A bit of a break before I get into Sci-Fi month proper.
My oldest kid and I went in on the new Lego: Dungeons & Dragons set.
3745 Pieces. It's not the biggest Lego set he has built, but it's one of them for sure.
It is also really cool.
The scale is about right. Good enough really.
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| Sinéad and Larina confront Cinderhowl |
The best part? It comes with a D&D 5e Adventure, "Red Dragon's Tale."
Four PCs are included; A Dwarf Cleric, Elf Wizard, Gnome Fighter, and Orc Rogue. All level 5. Why no humans? I guess you can get humans all the time with other Lego sets.
The adventure is included in the set, and my son plans on running it soon. Yeah, four 5th-level characters vs. an owlbear, a displacer beast ("Pouncy"), a beholder, a bunch of skeletons, a 13th-level evil sorcerer ("Ervan Soulfallen"), and an adult Red Dragon ("Cinderhowl"). It sounds like a TPK waiting to happen.
There is even a book on how to use this as a game without the D&D rules.
Still, he had a blast building it. I was going to help, but he stayed up until 7:00 a.m. working on it over the week. He is young and works nights, so he can still do that kind of stuff. He wants to take his Sunday group through it this weekend.
Can't wait to hear how it goes!
A little over 3.5 months later, I finally received my ReAction D&D Figures in the mail, just in time for Father's Day.
They are pretty cool. As you can see, these are the ones from Super 7.
Of the three the Sorceress (as she is properly known) is my favorite.
She is roughly the same size/scale as the classic Kenner Star Wars figures (this is by design of course). She even has holes in the bottom of her feet to put into action scenes.
She is a little taller than the other D&D Figures out last year.
Maybe Skylla has a bit of elf in her.
She does not come with the green fireball though.
All the figures look pretty cool to be honest.
The font on the cards is closer to the Mentzer Basic books than the AD&D or Moldvay books.
Yes, I took them off of their cards.
Now the Efreeti actually will see some use in games I am sure. He is a good size to be an efreeti amir or pasha or something similar.
Compared to the mini from the Classic Monster Manual line maybe he is the long-lost "Greater" Efreeti.
All three of these figures have also, in one form or another, have had premium statues made of them. The Efreeti and the Githyanki from Wizkids and the Sorceress, in her modern guise of Seoni, from Dynamite.
The figures are fun, and I am glad I grabbed them.
I do have another Sorceress on the way that I am hoping to do a little modding on.
Well...not exactly a Mail Call Tuesday today. Though it will be sometime in June/July. But I had to mention these.
ReAction, the company that makes action figures for various properties in the style of the old Kenner Star Wars figures (3.75" scale), has a new series coming out.
Wave 1 of their Dungeons & Dragons line has some very familiar faces.
There is the Sorceress (D&D Moldvay Basic), the Efreeti (DMG), and the Githyanki (Fiend Folio) in the first wave for preorder now.
Damn it. Just when I was in a good place NOT to give WotC any money out of protest for the OGL shenanigans.
Anyway. As someone who really went hardcore with D&D with the Moldvay Basic (my first proper D&D) and writes so much about witches, I am morally obligated to buy the Sorceress. I owe it to that 11-year-old I once was. Besides, she is certainly popular.
The other figures also look great.
The Efreeti also has another advantage. At 3.75", that translates to 18.75' in D&D 3/4/5 scale. So I could use it as the Efreeti Pasha. It would have a certain level of "street cred" to use the same figure as the front of the DMG for it. Everyone in my current gaming groups knows all about 1st Ed AD&D, so to them, pulling this guy would have the same effect as pulling out Tiamat or Orcus.
All three of these figures have also, in one form or another, have had premium statues made of them. The Efreeti and the Githyanki from Wizkids and the Sorceress, in her modern guise of Seoni, from Dynamite. These figures are a lot cheaper.
You should be able to preorder these anywhere.
I am getting mine from Super7, which has better shipping. But I have seen them at Entertainment Earth as well. They will likely be on Amazon soon. Of course you could order them from your FLGS or FLCS.
These are not the same scale as the new D&D Cartoon figures, but they are close to last year's NECA Skyla and Kelek figures. Come back around in June/July, and we will see.
Nice little treat in the mail today. A while back I had arranged to get some of the new "Lost Wave" Dungeons & Dragons figures produced by NECA and sold exclusively at the 2022 SDCC. The set included a full version of Skylla and a "new" version of Kelek. So you know I could not say no.
Well, today they came!
Full unboxing.
No real desire to keep Pulvereye or Valkeer, but I'll put them in with the other D&D toys for my kids to sell to pay for my medical bills in 30 years.
I am pleased with the Skylla and Kelek figures.
Kelek also looks good. Wish I had kept my original one from the 80s.
Right now my youngest is 3D printing my Kelek on Warg. But it was not ready at the time of this posting so maybe next time.
So the universe has decided I need to spend more money on little plastic people.
Up first, and very near and dear to my heart are new NECA, LJN-style D&D action figures.
They look great, but I am mostly interested in the Skylla and Kelek figures. I am quite excited for the Skylla one since she never had a 4" figure release.
I had a Kelek back in the day, this one looks a lot like that older one save that this newer Kelek looks like he has a mohawk.
So a while back I picked up the Kelek and Skylla D&D Miniatures from WizKids, well their next round is coming out and I am very excited about this one too. And it should be a lot cheaper.
It looks like there will be five characters. Diana, Hank, Eric, Presto, and an unnamed cleric.
Here is our unnamed cleric.
Given the tabard, the mace, and the design I am making the guess that this is Aleena.
Missing are Shelia and Bobby, which kinda sucks really, but not a problem. Thanks to HeroForge.
Click on the images for the HeroForge site.
Of course, WizKids might have another wave.
My HeroForge Skylla and Kelek compare well to the new WizKids versions.
In any case, these are likely to suck up a lot of my gaming budget.
