Four reasons to buy LEGO Dungeons & Dragons Collectible Minifigures, even if you’re not a D&D fan

28/07/202406/08/2024 Rachael Davies 636 Views 0 Comments

LEGO Collectible Minifigures 71047 Dungeons & Dragons features a number of accessories and minifigure elements that are sure to appeal even to those who’ve never played the roleplaying game.

There are virtually no misses in 71047 Dungeons & Dragons, with each minifigure’s design being just as detailed and unique as the last. Most are stacked with accessories and the nature of the magical world of D&D means that many of these elements would suit medieval or fantasy builds as well.

That means it’s well worth taking a closer look at the upcoming LEGO Collectible Minifigures series, even if you’ve never played a game of D&D. If you want to understand the lore behind each minifigure, we’ve broken that down for you here, but we’ve also picked out a few key features and accessories that are likely to suit builds that having nothing to do with Dungeons & Dragons.

Your choice of dragons at minifigure scale

Do you want your minifigures to have a pet dragon, or be a dragon? Either way, you’re covered, thanks to either the Tiefling’s accessory dragon or the Dragonborn Paladin’s head piece.

Between House of the Dragon, live-action How To Train Your Dragon, and the fact that it’s literally the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac, incorporating a dragon into your builds feels like a must this year. We’ve already spotlighted some of our best LEGO dragon sets but you can get a pocket-sized (and more affordable) fantastical reptile by getting your hands on the right minifigure from 71047 Dungeons & Dragons.

Take flight in style

If you’re a contemporary fantasy reader, you’ve probably encountered feathery-winged people. Now, you can recreate the popular fantasy image thanks to Aarakocra Ranger’s feathered wings element. The fact that it fits onto the minifigure around the neck means it can work with any minifigure, making it easier to recreate angels, part-bird people, or really any flying humanoid that you can imagine.

Mind Flayer walked straight out of Doctor Who

Moving from fantasy to sci-fi, one of the returning alien species that has popped up a few times in Doctor Who is the Ood. The tentacled creatures are pretty much identical to humans from the shoulders down but their faces are made up a bulbous head, with a face full of squidlike tentacles in place of a nose and mouth. The Mind Flayer from 71047 Dungeons & Dragons is a pretty close match, although the colour is slightly off. Doctor Who’s Ood have a fleshy sort of colour to the skin, rather than lilac and red eyes instead of yellow, but the tentacles are their main identifier.

Medieval and fantasy minifigure elements abound

The torsos, legs, and hair pieces in pretty much every minifigure are detailed enough to be worth a closer look but some that jumped out to us in particular, especially for those looking to expand medieval or fantasy-themed builds. Elf Bard’s medium azul waistcoat and legs with a printed moneybag are both versatile elements that could work in any medieval setting. The same goes for the torso and legs of Tasha the Witch Queen, the Dwarf Barbarian, the Gith Warlock, and the impressive armour of the Dragonborn Paladin.

What’s more, the Gith Warlock and the Elf Bard also offer what look like new variations of pointed ears. The Gith Warlook looks to be the first minifigure with yellow pointed ears, aside from festive elves who usually have a hat on the head element, making it less versatile. Now, you can adapt any yellow-skinned minifigure to be some fantastical creature with pointed ears.

Of course, if you want specific minifigures, you’ll need to find a way to identify which one you’re about to buy. Luckily, the Brick Search team is working hard to add codes from Brick Fanatics’ review copy to the app, so you’ll once again be able to find whichever minifigures you’re interested in simply by pointing your phone at the codes on the boxes, just like with 71045 Series 25. If you haven’t done so already, make sure to download Brick Search on iOS or Android now so you’re ready for when the new LEGO D&D minifigures drop on September 1

71047 Dungeons & Dragons is available to pre-order at LEGO.com right now, with a single minifigure costing £3.49 / $4.99 / €3.99. Six-packs of the minifigures have been confirmed but are not yet available to pre-order. Single minifigures will start shipping from September 1, 2024

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Rachael Davies

I write about all the very best fandoms – and that means LEGO, of course. Spending so much time looking at and talking about LEGO sets is dangerous for my bank balance, but the LEGO shelves are thriving. You win some, you lose some.