"Very Old (and kinda ugly) Ral Partha Goblins" Topic

Back in the day, when Citadel produced some Ral Partha figures, I got some goblins (I think they were). They are definitely not Tom Meier sculpts, but being amonst the first figures I bought I have developed a soft spot for them.
I have no idea what they are really called though (they are not illustrated on Stuff of Legends as far as I can tell). First thing to note is, they are uglllly, very 2 dimentional (and chunky, unlike most slender Ral Partha stuff) – certainly not up to todays standards.
One is kind of squating, with a curvy sword, and a Tolkeinesque hand on his shield. Another group of 3 have spiked clubs and little wisps of hair on the back of their heads, others are just standing with scimitars or spears.

If any one could tell me what they are actually called and if there are others in the same range I would be grateful. And even who sculpted them.

(Oh, and if anyone has any they are willing to sell please PM me – the idea of building up a whole butt-ugly unit of them appeals!)

Thanks.

Many pictures of the old Citadel goblins here:
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Regards, the Gorb

Thanks Gorb, I love those old Citadel goblins. However the ones I'm interested in are definitely Ral Partha. I got them when they were produced by Citadel under license back in the early 80's.

I would guess you mean the older Wizards Warriors and Warlocks ones? Unfortunately I don't have pics to hand. These were sculpted by Dennis Mize.

E611 Goblin of the North, advancing, with Scimitar
E612 Goblin of the North, swinging Spiked Club
E613 Goblin of the North, firing Bow
E621 Goblin of the Night, advancing, with Scimitar
E622 Goblin of the Night, advancing, with Axe
E623 Goblin of the Night, with Bow
E624 Goblin of the Night, with Spear
E625 Goblin of the Night, Command Group
E631 Goblin of the South, swinging Axe
E632 Goblin of the South, with Hollow Scimitar
E633 Goblin of the South, with Spear
E634 Goblin of the South, with Two-handed Scimitar
E641 Wolf Rider of the Night, with axe on wolf
E642 Wolf Rider of the Night, with spear & shield on wolf
E651 Giant Goblin, in heavy armor with Sword
E652 Giant Goblin, in heavy armor with Spear
E654 Giant Goblin Archer
E691 Great Wolf of the Night

Cheers,

Dave

I have some wolf riders of the type I think you are after. I am in Australia though and postage would not be cheap.

Is it the far right-hand one in the second picture? If so, I believe these are the Meier goblins from about 78-79. Every gamer from that era I knew had several of these.

A link helps…
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There's another in the lowest picture.

Thanks for the link, nycjadie, but those are not the ones. I have a bunch of them though, nice figures.

Dave (Dozing Dragon). Yes! Those are the ones. I recognise the names now that you list them. Thank you.
I had forgotten there were so many – I've got some collecting to do!
Thanks!

Nautiloid – email me on dave 'dot' sabs 'at' ntlworld 'dot' com – I may have a few to send you, not many but every little helps!

Dave

I, too, have an interest in identifying and collecting the old Partha orcs & goblins, but I prefer the Meier sculpts.

I also have a soft spot for the goofy old Citadel goblins & FTG gnolls.

I've built a page here: link

I'm listing it in case anyone else finds this thread as I did. At the moment, it lacks a couple of thumbnails, so excuse the formatting, but that should be fixed this week.

Dave, I Googled the E goblins you mentioned, but could find no pictures. I'd like to see just what the heck those are.

Gavanadjosh02, if you have the Meier wolfriders, I would be interested in them. My Yahoo account is madog_barfog.

Good hunting, everybody!

Looks like I found a few.

Pardon the poor painting, these are from '76 when I was in 2nd grade.

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Nautiloid,

I'm not a supporting member so, I can't PM you.

If the figures you're looking for are like the ones in the photo from coryfromMissoula, then I have a bunch of them.

If you're interested, PM me with your email addy and I can send you pic's of the figures I have.

Hey, 504trooper,
Hope you see this – just returned to the thread!
Yes, those are the ones I'm looking for.
You can email me at
darren(dot)greenaway(at)tccd(dot)edu

Thanks!