Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #234496 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-15
• Format: Box set
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• 1 pages

Customer Reviews

Against The Giants - hmm...
I was pretty excited when I first saw this box, as I had the original AD&D G1-3 series 'Against The Giants', so was expecting it to kind of follow that theme.

There are some nice monsters in here, but I suspect the buying public would have been happier if the one Huge figure in the box had been either a giant or a dragon. I now have three titans (interesting, and the Fire Titan is a passable Fire Giant), which I think will be of limited use. The Chain Golem is also a really nice figure, but again, not that usable.

Some of the smaller figures are good value, well-sculpted, but I would have liked to have seen more of a pre-ponderance of giant companion/slave figures (ogres, trolls, bugbears) rather than some of the exotic (and hence borderline useless) inclusions.

The biggest disappointment was the really lazy design of some of the figures. I now have FOUR Magma Brutes, which are simply orange blobs dry-brushed with black, but the worst of all is the Blackroot Treant, which is probably the worst figure I have ever seen. It looks very little like any kind of tree and more like a giant, anorexic fly which is obviously annoyed about something. Appalling.

Some of the smaller figures - the dwarves in particular - are great (as is the Dragonborn Defender...lovely pose). What I don't really understand, though, is the real lack of theming in these boxes. I think a cleverer selection process up front would make for more collectible sets and would be more logical.

Given the chances of meeting not just one giant but several, it might have been nice to have two or three different Frost or Fire Giants for instance, ditto Ogres. Then people would at least know what they were buying (as we say in the UK 'does what it says on the tin'). The randomicity of this box (and some of the others) makes the system feel like a bit of a con, an attempt to squeeze as much money as possible out of us. If the choices were more logical and more closely followed the expectations of the buyers, I think people would buy more boxes. I don't mind having five or even ten Frost Giants, but who would want five Blazing Skeletons? (not the best miniature...)

My advice to WotC, for what it's worth (and if they care!): better theming of these boxes, and poach a couple of designers from Games Workshop, whose plastic figs are of uniform quality design and beautifully done!

So in all, not bad, but not great. Three stars, maybe 3.5

Classic Name but Classic Figures ?
I was attracted to these minis because of the name. As many "Old Timers" of D&D will remember there was a series of Old School modules that gave characters the chance to go head-to-head with Giants and their deeper plotting... I loved those modules and ran them multiple times. So, a new release of minis with the same name dragged up memories of time past.

I have quite a few of the other minis from previous sets and have been generally pleased with them and when I opened these boxes.... Well, wow ! I was very impressed. I must say that I have not yet got a giant but ended up with some great figures to go with the RPG. The Earth Titan looks amazing - huge and bulky and MUST be used on the table sometime soon. That is just one...The Treant looks great too and the Carrion Crawler, though not one of my favourites has a certain "Presence". The Golden Wyvern Initiate (Uncommon) is a very nice mini and will probably be grabbed as a PC. It was also nice to get an Eldarin Pyromancer and a Dragonborn in there. Another one that looked good, although probably not used much, is the Blazing Skeleton.

Just seen the next set is "Demonweb" ! Got my order in straight away and will be back for more packs of these too.

Nice one WIZARDS OF THE COAST ! Four Stars... Because I KNOW you can still do better :)