| Steve Flanagan | 06 May 2008 11:51 a.m. PST |
Is this well-known minis company a set of intials or a word? I've always assumed it was a set of initials, but, then again, I used to think that about Ertl until I learned it was somebody's name. And if it is a set of initials, what does RAFM stand for? Your sops to my curiosity would be most welcome. |
| Jakar Nilson | 06 May 2008 11:58 a.m. PST |
From what I read, Rank and File Miniatures, hence RaFM. |
| Smiley | 06 May 2008 1:15 p.m. PST |
RAFM, and it does not stand for Rank and file miniatures. |
| UltraOrk | 06 May 2008 1:29 p.m. PST |
I thought it was Rank And File Miniatures. Apparently I was wrong. Rabbits And Frog Meat? |
| floating white bear | 06 May 2008 3:16 p.m. PST |
A long time ago I asked John Laing what RAFM sood for. He laughed an evil laugh and said,"That's a long story…" I never did find out for sure. I suspect it is Renaissance And ?? Medievals? Not sure what the F was for? Rob. |
 John the OFM  | 06 May 2008 3:28 p.m. PST |
I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you. |
Hundvig  | 06 May 2008 4:24 p.m. PST |
Rafm/RAFM isn't short for Rank & File Minis? Guess that was an urban myth, then. My favorite goofy name in the game industry was (or maybe is) a company called BR Snasis Games: link Not a guy's name, but what always happened to the player characters in their roleplaying campaigns – Beaten, Robbed, Stripped Naked And Sold Into Slavery. Weird, but memorable. |
| vdal1812 | 06 May 2008 7:33 p.m. PST |
It stands for Reorganized Agrarian Feudalistic Movement. Really, I'm not kidding. |
| rmaker | 06 May 2008 8:48 p.m. PST |
Royal American Figure Manufactory. At least that's what Jack van Schaick, the proprietor told me about 30 years ago. |
| Mapleleaf | 07 May 2008 4:07 a.m. PST |
vdal 1812 is correct. The company started in Cambridge, Ontario a small city near Toronto in Ontario. I bought figures from them back in the 1970's |
| The Beast Rampant | 07 May 2008 7:02 a.m. PST |
Rolling About (on the) Floor Moping. |
| Steve Flanagan | 07 May 2008 7:36 a.m. PST |
O…kay… Thanks folks. It seems things are weirder than I imagined. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 07 May 2008 9:17 a.m. PST |
Snooks told me it was Royal Agrarian Farmers Movement.
he may have been pulling my leg. ya just gotta love those canadians.
R. |
| Farstar | 07 May 2008 12:57 p.m. PST |
Rarely Arsed For a Moniker. |
| JDesmond | 09 May 2008 4:26 a.m. PST |
Salutations, gentlefolk, I had occasion to call them a few years back. The young lady answered the phone with "Raff'm! Good afternoon." Yours, John |
