"What were your first metal miniatures?" Topic

I cannot remember exactly which of the following I purchased first back in the mid-1970s … I have fond memories of all of these, anyway.

Minifigs 25mm British Colonials/Zulus
Hinchliffe 25mm 'John Carter of Mars'
Ral Partha 25mm 'Republican Romans'

Minifigs 25mm Napoleonic French.

Minifigs 25mm Republican Roman Hastati.

Minifigs 25mm Napoleonic British Foot Guard

The Eternal Champion box, by GW.

Minifigs (bless 'em) sci-fi and fantasy!

Minifigs 25mm French and Russians.

Heritage Models' "Dungeon Dwellers: Caverns of Doom" minis game and their "Helm's Deep" sets.

25mm Ral Partha Saxons, a very long time ago.

25mm Ral Partha D&D figures, from around 1988 or so. "Ranger in Mail With Bow", sculpted by either Sandra Garrity or Julie Guthrie:

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My next one was a ninja, then some dwarves and orcs.

Good memories – and I still own most of those figures!

Falcon 15mm Franco-Prussian French line.

Old Glory 15mm ACW. A Christmas gift from my wife.

Joe

Minot 30mm French Old Guard--I still have them. My girlfriend (now wife) got the first one for me as an engagement present. That was back in 1974.
Grelber

Jack Scuby, "25mm" Saxon Jagers. They fit pretty well with my 1/72 scale Airfix Napoleonics. 1969 or 70 I'd guess.

One pack of GHQ M2 Bradleys. Ahhh the memories… <grin>

Mid-1970's – a pack each of GHQ Shermans and StuG III's.

I had to ask the guy a gazillion times what they were called. Given his accent, sounded like he was saying Micromore.

I was finally able to deduce he was trying to say Micro-armor, with a southern accent.

Had the same problem with my cousin, who as trying to tell me about the recent "far".

Even though I was raised nearby, took me forever to figure out he was trying to tell me about the "fire". Could have been speaking Greek, as far as I could tell.

TSR boxed set "Fighters, Rangers, and Paladins".

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Jack Scuby miniatures (thin 25mm at best)…..then Minifig 25mm for Napoleonic and War of the Roses.

M aka WR

Citadel black orcs I think.

I collected Hinchcliffe just for painting but my first wargaming figures were early 15mm Minifig Napoleonic Black Brunswickers when they came 5 to a strip.

Hinchliffe Egyptians if I recall

The first box set(1988?) of Space Marines Terminators for Space Hulk. I still have them too.

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Hinchliffe, probably Napoleonics

Some small Napoleonic British infantry – they sized up well with 1/72nd Airfix. In fact, they look good next to the Highlanders. Couldn't tell you who made them though. Dean

What TheCount said !

Minifigs 25mm napoleonic. Still have them.

Either some Der Kriegspielers/Hinton Hunt French Guard Chasseurs, or some 25mm Hincliffe French fusiliers.

Metal Magic Space Lords. The YoYODine

A handful of random 15mm figures from a big box of loose figures at Dibble's in San Antonio. I think I was six or seven.

Ral Partha light mech lance
warhammer fantasy big 'uns orcs
wood elf musician and champion
dwarf slayer.

Thanks to crazy egor's, without whom I'd never have reached such nerdly heights.

I suddenly feel like a whipper-snapper standing on someone's lawn…

Scruby 25mm British Napoleonic infantry, followed in a few months with Minifigs 25mm French infantry and chasseurs a cheval. I still regularly game with the Minfigs.

Rick

Rose Miniatures Hyboreans

Now that's old timely for you!

Probably Britains, but to game with was Minifigs 15mm Russians

Peter Laing 15mm Vikings in the early 70's.

Britians Ltd. then Scruby 30mm.

Grenadier Models 25mm goblins.

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Custom Cast LOTR Spearmen of Ringlo vale, archers of Morthond and Axemen of Lossarnach. Next I bought a Dwarven army. That would have been in the early 70's.

Thanks,

John

Minifigs 25mm Napoleonic French Grenadiers

The year 1971, at the Hobby Chest just outside Chicago. My first metal figures Kriegspielers French Napoleonics. I remember some of the castings were so bad that I had to guess where to paint the crossbelts on the grenadier figures.

Essex 25mm Napoleonic French.

Hinchliffe Napoleonics – back in the 70s – followed by Martian Metals 15mm fantasy, Asgard 15mm anicents and a few Mikes Models

Phoenix 20mm Napoleonic to supplement my Airfix

beautiful little figures

Der Kriegspielers/custom cast Fellowship of the Ring circa 1975 even predates my 1st D&D game experience

Heritage 25mm Austrians!

Minifigs 25mm Gauls

Five GHQ Panzer IVs that Norris Darrall gave me in 1972.

Heroics and Ros 5mm Napoleonics

Mike

Hinchliffe 25mm napoleonics and ACW.

Minifig 15mm Thracian Peltast (5 on a strip)
I still have them in their original paint job.

Minifig 25mm D&D figures, a magic user,several knights, a cleric, some men at arms, skeltons etc.
Again I still have them.

Minifigs 15mm ECW about 1975, and yes, I still have them.