“What is it exactly that you bring to this?”
Series 2 of Hasbro’s Dungeons and Dragons Golden Archive figures from Honor Among Thieves saw the wave complement reduced from four to two and rounded up the main party from the film with the addition of Doric and Xenk. The wave continued in plastic-free packaging with images of the figures across the front and rear of the box to confirm the contents. The box remained a black finish overall with the golden ornate trim and character illustrations alongside the figure pictures. For Doric, this is her against a woodland background. A short overview of the Druid is captured on the opposite side to the artwork.
Doric is a new figure entirely with her Woodland Druid outfit cast in green plastic. The green elements do differ in shade with a glossier finish to the boots, a darker colour for the legging, and a lighter and more textured vest ant tunic. The paint on the main body of the figure is limited to a brown-tied belt and brown leather bracers. Doric also features her half-cloak piece which does feature additional decor with differing shades of green and brown down the patterned leaf section. This cloak is removable, attaching to the figure by way of a clip that secures around Doric’s upper arm.
The head sculpt is a great likeness to actor Sophia Lillis in character and includes a facial printing application to pick out her blue eye. The hair piece is cast in auburn with her horns sculpted in place and pushing through the hair and back over the head. These are both coloured in black. The Tiefling anatomy is finished off with a plug-in tail piece in light brown.
While the other figures in the line have come with some form of accessory, Doric is devoid of any weapons or additional parts aside from her cloak. She does feature her catapult built into the left bracer of her outfit and this is designed with a hinged section allowing the weapon to be folded down when not in use or extended upward when she wants to use it.
Articulation is in line with most of Hasbro’s modern collector lines. It is all pinless and there are 19 points of articulation in total including the ball joint on the tail allowing it to rotate and move within the socket on the rear of the figure. The legs are dual jointed at the knees, while the arms are a single joint elbow but get shoulders with a standard ball joint and a butterfly joint. Doric has no stability issues and is easy to pose.
I am pleased that Hasbro did manage to bring us the full party from Honor Among Thieves in a line that has definitely struggled in the collectors market seeing all its figures suffer from shelf warming and excessive discounts as low as £6.99 in some cases. This is a shame as I really loved the movie and feel a good quality Fantasy-themed line is currently a gap in the market. Doric as a figure has no issues with a good sculpt, likeness, adequate decor, and good articulation. She is missing an accessory or too - perhaps she needed something relating to the plot of Honor Among Thieves like the painting they use to break into Neverwinter. She is definitely worth picking up now as this line now forms a small but well-formed collection and complements anything else Hasbro chooses to do within its D&D property should they continue it past this movie and the couple of ‘Legacy’ releases to date.
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