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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1980s

Hello all,
     Thought I would share an oldie but a goodie with all of you.  This is a picture from my toy collection that dates back about twenty years now.  I spent about three years on Ebay hunting down all the above figures in order to recreate an homage to the original cartoon series.
     For anyone not familiar with the 80s Saturday cartoon series, pictured above are the main characters and their nemesis.  Eric, the cavalier, is front and center with his magic shield.  Behind him is Hank, the ranger, and his magical bow.  Shiela, the thief is to his right with her magical cloak of invisibility.In front of her but blocked by the Dungeon Master's hands are Bobby, the barbarian, and his pet unicorn, Uni.  Their nemesis, the evil wizard, Venger, is in the background.  All of these PVC figures were released by Schleich, a German toy company, in the 1980s and were not easy to come by. There were several different poses available, but I don't know which were more common or rare.  I do know that a set of four alternate figures were offered with the Dungeons and Dragons board game, Fantasy Forest.  These were of Presto the magician, Hank the Ranger, Uni the unicorn, and Sheila the thief.  I was able to find sealed samples of these much easier online.
     The other monster figures pictured were from a separate toy line manufactured by LJN.  The heroic bronze dragon is on your left and his rider, the good paladin, Strongheart .  To your left is the series two five-headed evil dragon, Tiamat.  Tiamat appeared quite regularly in the cartoon.  Strongheart, however, only ever had one cameo and the bronze dragon never appeared.  Behind Tiamat is the evil Nightmare and his rider the warrior, Warduke. (Blocked in the photo)  Warduke and the Nightmare appeared in two memorable episodes, one in which he captures the Dungeon Master and offers him up for ransom to Venger.  The last creature pictured in the rear is the bipedal, lion-headed Dragonne.  He also never appeared in the cartoon, but was one of my favorite monsters from the LJN series.
     I hope you enjoyed my short banter on the above characters.  Please let me know if you'd like more pictures or information.
Cheers!
Drakov

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