How to kickstart your miniature Jeff Goldblum collection

polygon.com:

This year’s Gen Con was full to bursting with new games, as many as 560, according to some estimates. We’ve covered some of the trends that we saw, including a surge in roll-and-write games and a chaotic wave of new party games. But there was another unusual item at the nation’s largest tabletop gaming convention: a tiny, beautiful, plastic Jeff Goldblum.

Unmatched, the incredibly popular skirmish game that pits Hollywood heroes against historical heroes, recently dropped its latest set of Jurassic Park-inspired baddies. Unmatched Jurassic Park: Dr. Sattler vs. T. Rex is currently out of stock. The $30 game comes with an Ellie Sattler miniature and a massive Tyrannosaurus rex. Ellie also gets a sidekick — a tiny plastic token with a picture of Dr. Ian Malcom on it, a two-dimensional object wholly incapable of containing his raw, sexual energy.

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In order to rectify this situation, Restoration Games ordered 10,000 plastic Ian Malcom miniatures, complete with a delicate ink wash, which it made available with pre-orders. Speaking with Polygon at the convention, team members said that the minis sold out before they could even set some aside for themselves. A handful were available at their booth, but demand for the miniature completely shocked them. Another batch is already on the way.

But this isn’t the only Jeff Goldblum gaming miniature currently in production. Strata Miniatures is working on a whole set of figures based on the popular Dark Dice actual play series. The crowdfunding campaign goes live in October. Among them is the powerful elven sorcerer named Balmur — portrayed by none other than Jeff Goldblum. Early renders of his miniature show him in a powerful stance, his arm raised to cast a spell and a