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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:02 pm 
 

Ok everyone I know I dont participate much here but I do have to ask if anyone would be willing to help me identify a couple figures. I recently got about 200 leads from a person as an addition to the books. But have been stuck identifying these couple. If nayone wants to help please just go view them and post what the heck they are called.

thanks ahead of time.

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:12 pm 
 

Hey Ogre
Some of these are unfamiliar, but #144 is a late-70's Ral Partha, Collector's Series 02--054: Goblin-Imp with Halberd.  (Probably.  The tip of the weapon looks weird to me.  Possibly it's been bent into that shape.)

I own another Ral Partha like #139, but he's not holding a club.  Mine is one of four matching trolls carrying a wizard in a litter: Personalities 01-084, Evil Lord on litter with bearers.  Looks like yours is either an earlier version or a resculpt of that.

[edit:  Just tracked down #146, the guy attempting an overhand impale.  This is one of four from the Partha set 13-111, Lesser Demons, in the "Children of the Night" line.  He was sculpted by Dennis Mize.  The first two figs are by  Tom Meier.}

I'd guess #125 and #100 are from the Fiend Factory, Citadel's line of Fiend Folio beasties.    TSR challenged Games Workshop's ownership of the monsters and  Citadel then redid the line, replacing the original White Dwarf monsters with more standard types. #125 looks like a Garbug.

Do these minis come from the same source?  At one point GW and Ral Partha were turning out licensed versions of each other's figures.

  


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:30 pm 
 

125 is the Aspis from box 2012 of the Grenadier AD&D line and is c. 1980

  


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:31 pm 
 

There are a mass jumble of figures I have been preparing so I can list them. I usually dont bother with the leads, but these were at a price I agreed too.

There is no real complete sets, as far as I can tell. I have clerics, fighters, gnomes, halflings, some early orcs, later orcs, a giant, a mastadon with a large basket for a rider, a group of skeletons and a lot of mounted riders.

I am grouping the leads by catagory and plan on listing them over next couple of days. They are from what I have learnt so far, anyhow. Grenadier, with dates and stamp, Grenadier gold series (early ones) no date or stamp but the base matches Grenadier bases. Ral Partha various years, from 79- about 84 A couple Citadel, some with markings of ARZ which I have no idea who these belong too, Some TSR stamped bases, and a couple are stamped M3.

Again I know my books and mods and such, but when it comes to figures I have no idea how or where to even research them, so I was hoping that our members here could help.

Thanks Stumbling for the help here, I got more information already then I even understand about the ones you stated. LOL

the imps weapon isnt bent though, its the actual shape of the weapon. I looked close when I first seen it. And just did again. The one with the club
is dated 1979 Ral Partha so it may be earlier.

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:39 pm 
 

Grubbiv, thank you so much for that link you have also helped me now know where more of these I have came from.

Now I will be able to list what these actually belong too anyhow, or many of them.  :D

Looks like a little more work before I list them. I like to be certain I am accurate and others know what they are getting when I sell things.


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:47 pm 
 

grubbiv wrote:125 is the Aspis from box 2012 of the Grenadier AD&D line and is c. 1980


Oops.  Looks like I know my Partha better than my Grenadier. :oops:
Thanks for the correction, Grubbiv.

Here are the relevant links for the three Ral Partha lines:
Personalitieshttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/ral-partha/personalities.html
Fantasy Collector http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/ral-partha/fantasy-collector.html
Children of the Night http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/ral-partha/children-of-the-night.html

Unfortunately The Stuff of Legends never got around to illustrating most of its Ral Partha pages.

Does anyone know a better website than tSoL for answering these Mystery Mini questions?

  


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:49 pm 
 

stumbling tiger wrote:
Oops.  Looks like I know my Partha better than my Grenadier. :oops:
Thanks for the correction, Grubbiv.

Here are the relevant links for the three Ral Partha lines:
Personalitieshttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/ral-partha/personalities.html
Fantasy Collector http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/ral-partha/fantasy-collector.html
Children of the Night http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/ral-partha/children-of-the-night.html

Unfortunately The Stuff of Legends never got around to illustrating most of its Ral Partha pages.

Does anyone know a better website than tSoL for answering these Mystery Mini questions?


Try The Miniatures Page:

http://theminiaturespage.com/

Every once and awhile a posting appears about help in identifying a mini or two.


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Post Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:53 pm 
 

I have come across a few very helpful websites for identifying minis.  Try:
http://www.bluemule.co.uk/
http://www.dungeon-dwellers.info/
http://www.angelfire.com/la/miniature/list.html
http://www.minigaming.net/monstersa.html
http://campaign-game-miniatures.0catch. ... dier1.html

I really love the first one - but have found something on all of them.


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