Product Description
The blue dragon is a vain and territorial juggernaut of claws, scales, and beating wings, with a powerful breath weapon of crackling lightning! The third release in the D&D Icons line, this Gargantuan Blue Dragon miniature comes complete with a full-color battle map, a scenario sheet, and an oversized, double-sided stat card.
P. Galeno @ 2:59 am
I bought both the gargantuan black and the blue, and found the blue to be higher quality than the black. I like the pose a lot better, it’s more draconic and animalistic, the black looks somewhat like a salsa dancer. The blue is noticably heavier with a thicker better quality base. As for stats for 500 points side by side the blue is a hair tougher, generally +1 to most attacks over the black, and +1 to most DRs on effects. The collosal red was too rich for my blood, but if wizards is listening I’d shell out 50 or 60 for the terrasque. The wings and most of the blue dragon were very solid feeling and the whole piece just felt higher quality, although I will agree that there was slightly more detail in the black dragon.
-Pete
D. L. Carter @ 5:16 am
The Gargantuan Blue dragon is wonderfully detailed and its vibrant blue coloring makes it stand out. A true icon of the game, the blue dragon is a wonderful addition to your collection. As I have said about the other icon miniatures, if your intent is to only use this in a game as a miniature or encounter in your table top game, the price is a little high unless your campaign calls for many Blue dragon attacks. But, as a display or collector item it is very much worth its price. I love my Icon Dragons, I will most likely purchase any others they produce. This is a beautiful set of figures.
Heather Miller @ 7:55 am
If you are planning a campaign to challenge the party, or if you just like cool dragons on your shelves this is a good buy. I docked one star because it seemed like a bit less attention was paid to this one versus the Red Dragon in the same series in regards to detail, but for half the size and price it is still very much a great addition to your collection or an even better starting point.
Tim Janson @ 10:05 am
Keep your fire-breathing Red Dragons and give me a good ol’ lightning blasting Blue Draon any day! Wizards of the Coast has done just that with their latest edition in the Icons line joining the aforementioned Red Dragon that was released last Fall. The Gargantuan Blue dragon can be used in both the D&D Miniatures skirmish game and any RPG campaign.
The Dragon is indeed gargantuan and impressive measuring around 8″ long (and that’s WITHOUT the tail extended) and stands about 6″ tall. The Dragon’s paint job is a nice glossy, bright blue which reflects the light very well creating an almost shimmering appearance which I really liked. The eyes have a certain evil malevolence to them that was also a very nice touch. The detail of the muscles and the beast’s scales and claws is very good. I also like the sharp, bony protrusions along the spine that actually look the way you’d expect bone to look. The only complaint with the paint job is with the teeth, which are simply, too white and should have been yellowed to match the age of a great and ancient dragon like this.
It of course comes on a base and will look wonderful on a shelf as a decorative item even if you don’t plan on using it in your gaming adventures. In addition it comes with a fold-out, full-color battle map, a game stat card and a scenario sheet. This lighting-spewing monstrosity is truly a site to behold and a fantastic new release from Wizards of the Coast. Highly recommended and well worth the price!
Reviewed by Tim Janson
fantasy guy @ 12:34 pm
This is absolutely the best icons dragon to come out of Wizards of the Coast thus far. I have to say this because the blue dragon has the best pose, paint job, and look than any of the other icons to date. If you have been disappointed in the other icon dragons as of late, this will reinvigorate you. Great quality, I have three of them lying about the house.