The sculpts for these are based on original artwork from the 1977 Monster Manual. The first set includes Monsters from A to C. This is why WizKids’ Classic Collection seems pretty exciting. They have a brand identity and art direction. That’s what makes it live on, even to this day. There’s a certain personality to 1st Edition art. TSR famously employed family members, and if you believe the Apocrypha, people who happened to be nearby, to do little drawings. There is something absolutely special about the first edition Monster Manual. That’s right, modern pre-praints, classic 1st Edition design, all in WizKids’ new Classic Collection coming this October. A new wave of D&D minis from WizKids will bring monsters in the style of the 1st Edition Monster Manual to your tabletop. Instead, let’s talk about how in this case, the nostalgia is strong. That is to say, you can spend your life reminiscing about a time when things were simpler and you couldn’t wait for them to be complex.īut hey, it’s only Thursday. The past is a foreign country, and nostalgia its primary export. Feast your eyes upon the beginnings of the Classic Collection. WizKids will soon unleash monsters from the depths of 1st Edition.
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