There goes my hero

For my player characters, I bought the WizKids D&D Icons of the Realm Starter Set. The minis are okay. The paint jobs are a bit sloppy in places, the rubbery plastic that they're sculpted in makes some parts bent, and at around $15 for 6 they're on the higher end of what I was wanting to pay per mini (for the cheapskate minis blog, I'm trying to stay under $2 per figure).

The wizard, the cleric, and the bow fighter or ranger

The druid, the rogue and the axe fighter.

However I'm happy with my purchase for three reasons:

1. Five of the characters depicted in the minis line up exactly with the described pre-generated characters in the Lost Mines adventure. If you're DM'ing for newbies, it's easier to ask, "Hey you want to be this guy with the axe or this lady with the fire?" rather than jumping into class jargon right away. The sixth mini, the druid, isn't one of the PC options, but there's a NPC druid later in the adventure that is calling his name.
2. The minis are made out of a rubbery plastic that seems very durable. These guys are something you could let a kid or clumsy adult play with and not have to worry about your precious paint job.
3. As I'm crafting my own minis for this adventure, it's good to have some ready-made minis to judge size and proportion. This set gives a few human-sized characters along with a dwarf and a halfling, so I can more easily judge how big to make, for example, the head of a goblin.