Pics of the next monster set (with visible huges) can be found here.
There are a few I'll definitely pick up, which fortunately are all visible huges: the remorhaz, the huge green dragon, and probably the balor, which looks reasonably cool.
There are quite a few more that make my "maybe" list: the large brown dragon (rare), the chuul (rare; I like the original one better, but this one still looks decent); the doom dreamer (usable common caster/cultist); the duergar cleric of asmodeus (decent duergar priest; too bad it's rare); the hezrou (rare); the human rabble (common, useful for just what it sounds like); the hoard scarab swarm (common; could double as treasure); the salamander firetail (rare; decent noble salamander fig, nice sculpt); and the talon slaad (rare; another blue slaad effectively, though I like the original better). Also, the huge iron dragon might be worthwhile, as well as the huge storm titan, which I suspect won't look as cool in person as it does in the pic.
One thing I've noticed in recent sets is a great overfondness for clear plastic. Occasionally it works (as with the shadow mastiff, shadow, and caller in darkness in previous sets) but more often than not it just looks crappy, as is the case for many of the figs in this set. I hope they pull back from it in future sets, but suspect they won't since it's probably cheaper for them to use than to actually do an additional paint step or two. Too bad.
There are a few I'll definitely pick up, which fortunately are all visible huges: the remorhaz, the huge green dragon, and probably the balor, which looks reasonably cool.
There are quite a few more that make my "maybe" list: the large brown dragon (rare), the chuul (rare; I like the original one better, but this one still looks decent); the doom dreamer (usable common caster/cultist); the duergar cleric of asmodeus (decent duergar priest; too bad it's rare); the hezrou (rare); the human rabble (common, useful for just what it sounds like); the hoard scarab swarm (common; could double as treasure); the salamander firetail (rare; decent noble salamander fig, nice sculpt); and the talon slaad (rare; another blue slaad effectively, though I like the original better). Also, the huge iron dragon might be worthwhile, as well as the huge storm titan, which I suspect won't look as cool in person as it does in the pic.
One thing I've noticed in recent sets is a great overfondness for clear plastic. Occasionally it works (as with the shadow mastiff, shadow, and caller in darkness in previous sets) but more often than not it just looks crappy, as is the case for many of the figs in this set. I hope they pull back from it in future sets, but suspect they won't since it's probably cheaper for them to use than to actually do an additional paint step or two. Too bad.
