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.
8 comments:
Oh, I love that githyanki.
Those look cool! Never shopped super7 thanks!
I'm amazed that this was licensed. SUPER COOL! Want them.
They really should've included a fireball in the sorceress' package, but grand idea nonetheless.
I owe to my eleven year old self! Exactly what I was thinking.
This is how you properly monetize your brand. I'll need 2 of each!
Too bad the Efreeti from the DMG doesn't come with a tiny adventuress to hold in his left hand...
Just found out about these today. Super7 has been killing it with some of their licenses lately.
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