It was pre-Flintloque. Goes back to the early days of H-Con. The story I got from Steve Carpenter (One of the original owners of Minifigs USA) was this:
After the dealer room closes at H-Con, the dealers would get together and play games. (Afterall, they could not do that AND man their booths, and since most all were gamers first, going to a large con like that and not getting a chance to play was just wrong!)
The boys at Ral Partha had been after them to play in a fantasy game for sometime. Finally, Steve and Company relented, but with a caviat: Each company would supply it's own figures and casualties (individual figures) would be cerimoniously smashed with a hammer and anvil right there on the spot, amongst cheers of the crowd! Minifigs USA to supply the figures.
Well, being known for it's hitoricals more than their fantasy range, Steve had some British and French Orc heads made up and were grafted on their 25mm Napoleonic British and French ranges, them molded up. This was kept a secret until the day of battle and the crowd went nuts! Imagine, a casting company making a range of figures to be destroyed in a Grand way, in a game at a large con! I do not know if he actually sold any.
I still have the orignal master molds of the figures and heads in storage in the USA. I had wanted to do the same , but take the time to have the figures with more than a basic paintjob. Before the figure was smashed, allow it to be auctioned off to benefit the theme year charity. Those not auctioned off at the table met iot's fate and returned to the nelting pot upon return home. Could not get enough interest to pull it off at the time. "I" called them "Napoli-Orcs".
Hope this answers your question and you get a smile from it. It reflected a great spirit of cooperation amongst fellow traders that existed in the 80's, to me.
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Tom Dye
Ex-GFI
