Lego has come out with a Dungeons & Dragons theme. Of course I bought the big set as soon as I could manage to get a good deal. Here's my build log from where I built set 21348: Red Dragon's Tale. But they also have come out with a line of D&D minifigures - set 71047. I bought two full sets, so that I could build and display one set as they created them, and then do a little mix-and-match with the other set. At our house, we use Lego minifigures when we play D&D already, so these will be great for our character figures.
So I'd like to share my sets with you, both as-marketed and as-mixed. Here's a few pictures. On the left will be the figure as the instructions/pictures say to build them. And on the right, the remixes I've made for each. I'm not going to do a full review of each here, but I did find a really detailed review here for you.
We start off with the Dwarf Barbarian, who comes with both female and male double-sided heads, and a really nice axe. For my remix, I got rid of the hair on the male head (with beard), so just don't turn him around. The Elf Bard comes with a beautiful lute and a bright scarf. I used the barbarian's hair for the female bard to differentiate her in the remix.
Next is a Tiefling Sorcerer, who comes with a magic effect and a pseudodragon familiar, and a Dragonborn Paladin. This makes two dragonborn minifigures (the other is the innkeeper in Red Dragon's Tale), so we now have two color choices. I really love the mace/scepter build in gold, blue, and pearlescent, with the tassel. For my remix on the Tiefling, I found the tail can be flipped to either side. And for the paladin, I removed his plate mail to show off the printed body, gave him a sword instead of the mace, and flipped the tiny horn bits on the back of his head down instead of up, making this one seem a little smaller and subservient to his standard cousin.
The Gith Warlock comes with a staff featuring an eye and a pair of daggers. My remix character is rocking the double-daggers, instead. These are a new mold, and I really like them. The Mind Flayer has a pet Intellect Devourer, which can sit on a figure's head, which has happened in the remix. And he's taken the warlock's eye-staff to use to see, since his own eyes are now covered.
The Halfling Druid has a antlered hood and a sweet little bird. Then an Aarakocra Ranger with his puppy. And everyone's favorite vampire, Strahd von Zarovich, with a pet rat. For the remix, I gave the bird to the bird-man so the druid could have both the rat and the puppy.
The remaining named characters include the Lady of Pain, followed by Szass Tam, the necromancer/lich, and then Tasha the Witch Queen. I used a spare Tiefling head and Strahd's hair for the remix on the first, and gave her two colored bits of fire magic. The remix necromancer uses the Lady of Pain's cape instead, and gets one of those cool daggers from the warlock. My remix witch holds a magic flame in her hand instead of the cauldron, and I've swapped out the spell in her book for the extra prints on the Lady of Pain's Cubic Gate (I'm going to use that print in my D&D game I'll run with the Red Dragon's Tale set).
