Dungeons And Dragons Action Figures Views

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The Warduke figure was released in the first wave of figures from LJN's line of toys based on TSR's infamous Advanced Dungeons and Dragons games. The red-eyed ne'er-do-well was also one of the very few of the characters int he action figure line to show up in the Saturday morning cartoon and played prominently in a slew of other pieces of ADiD merchandise, from puzzles to coloring books.

Warduke originated as a character for the Dungeons & Dragons toy line in the 1980s. Warduke originally appeared as a D&D action figure along with such other characters as Strongheart the paladin, Elkhorn the dwarf fighter, and Zarak the half-orc assassin. In a module featuring many of the characters from the toy line, Warduke and Strongheart were depicted as once having been good friends, until Warduke turned to evil.

This page is dedicated to the action figures and other toys derived from the popular roll-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD), a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). It was derived from miniature wargames with a variation of the Chainmail game serving as the initial rule system. D&D's publication is widely regarded as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry.

LJN was chosen to create the TSR Advanced Dungeons & Dragons action figures in 1982. In total, 19 different figures, 7 creatures and 1 playset were produced over a little more than 2 years. There were many figures and creatures that were held back and ended up never being produced. Aside from the actual action figure line, PVC, bendy and Wind-Up lines were also produced. There were more than 45 different figures in this set, allowing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons to be one of the largest toy lines made in the 80's.