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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian14 Jul 2015 5:35 p.m. PST

Name the top five manufacturers that you purchase most of your figures or models from.

Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut14 Jul 2015 5:37 p.m. PST

Black Tree Design
Wargames Factory
Rebel Miniature
Khurasan Miniatures
Iron Wind Metals

Dynaman878914 Jul 2015 5:41 p.m. PST

GHQ
Old Glory Command Decision
Plastic Soldier Company
GA Models

nevals14 Jul 2015 5:41 p.m. PST

Old Glory/Blue Moon
Splintered Light
GZG
Khurasan
Rebel

Forager14 Jul 2015 5:43 p.m. PST

warlord
perry brothers
battle honors
old glory
gripping beast

Ragbones14 Jul 2015 5:43 p.m. PST

Peter Pig
Gallia
Elite Miniatures
Calpe Miniatures
Old Glory

377CSG Supporting Member of TMP14 Jul 2015 5:50 p.m. PST

Old Glory
Architects of War
Michigan Toy Soldier Company
Hobby Bunker
Brigade Games

Glengarry514 Jul 2015 5:51 p.m. PST

Now:
Perry Brothers
Gripping Beast
Kingsford
Old Glory 15mm
Fireforge

Then:
Minifigs
RAFM
Wargames Foundry
Copplestone
Games Workshop

EHeise14 Jul 2015 5:52 p.m. PST

Perry, 90%
Bac Ninh,
AB
Plastic Soldier Company
MMS

EHeise14 Jul 2015 5:53 p.m. PST

and I do collect King & Country Eighth Army and Afrika Korps …have a squad each

Combat Colours14 Jul 2015 5:54 p.m. PST

Plastic Soldier Company,
Battlefront,
Forged in Battle,
Zvezda,
Peter Pig,
All for 15mm WW2! :p

Chris Palmer14 Jul 2015 6:00 p.m. PST

Currently:
Pendraken
Magister Militum
Eureka
Reaper
Hawk

Personal logo Murphy Sponsoring Member of TMP14 Jul 2015 6:14 p.m. PST

Pulp Figures
Battlefront
OG
Foundry
Blue Moon

Next ranks
Reaper
Ral Partha/Ironwinds
Rafm
Knuckleduster
Peter Pig

Rottcodd14 Jul 2015 6:14 p.m. PST

Perry
Fireforge
Reaper (monsters)
Old Glory
GW (old empire and brettonia off ebay)

Pythagoras14 Jul 2015 6:15 p.m. PST

ebay

abelp0114 Jul 2015 6:15 p.m. PST

Old Glory/Blue Moon
Warlord
Brigade Games
ABFigures
Artizan Design

dBerczerk14 Jul 2015 6:25 p.m. PST

Toy Soldiers of San Diego
Armies in Plastic
Italeri
Airfix
HaT Industries
Marx
Fine Molds
Tamiya
Zvezda

MH Dee14 Jul 2015 6:27 p.m. PST

Warlord, Perry… Used to be Essex.

Few more, but my local model shop stocks Warlord and Perry, so tend to pick those up first.

Othra the thief14 Jul 2015 6:30 p.m. PST

Frontrank
Perry
The recent nickstarter Frostgrave

Mooseworks814 Jul 2015 6:31 p.m. PST

Picoarmor-O8
Games Workshop
Reaper Minis
Mantic
Old Glory
GHQ
Airfix
Caesar
HaT
Imex
Fantasy Flight Games
Splintered Light
Rebel Minis

The Beast Rampant14 Jul 2015 6:31 p.m. PST

Old Glory
Essex
Splintered Light
Alternative Armies / 15mmUK

…and maybe Reaper? After four, it becomes a real logjam.

ebay

Ebay makes their own minis lines?

Yesthatphil14 Jul 2015 6:40 p.m. PST

It depends a lot what I'm working on … but within the last year, I guess the top 5 would be …

Peter Pig
Museum Miniatures
Zvezda
MM/Chariot
Berliner Zinnfiguren

Phil

Just Jack Supporting Member of TMP14 Jul 2015 6:43 p.m. PST

1. Pendraken
2. Minifigs
3. Takara
4. Rebel Minis
5. Peter Pig

The last two just recently started, but the rest of my stuff is 10mm and from the top 3.

V/R,
Jack

Striker14 Jul 2015 6:48 p.m. PST

Old Glory
GHQ
Crusader
Black Tree Design
Foundry

Rakkasan14 Jul 2015 6:49 p.m. PST

Baccus
Adler
GHQ
Hasslefree
Old Glory

Choctaw14 Jul 2015 6:56 p.m. PST

Fife and Drum
Perry
GHQ

Rich Bliss14 Jul 2015 7:06 p.m. PST

Perry
GZG
Copplestone
Old Glory
Foundry

Personal logo Saber6 Supporting Member of TMP Fezian14 Jul 2015 7:11 p.m. PST

Old Glory
Reaper
Rebel
Khurasan

nsolomon9914 Jul 2015 7:20 p.m. PST

AB (direct from Eureka Miniatures, Australia)
GW (via eBay & some On-line Discounters)
Mantic (from FLGS)
Flames of War (via here & eBay)

That covers everything over the last couple of years.

DalyDR14 Jul 2015 7:28 p.m. PST

Haven't bought much of anything in quite a while, but over time the top five are probably:


Wargames Foundry
Copplestone Castings
Gripping Beast
Vendel (now Sgt. Major?)
Grenadier/RP/GW (I know, that's 3) for fantasy, long ago!

Hlaven14 Jul 2015 7:30 p.m. PST

Warlord
Perry
Hasslefree
Mad Robot

Toronto4814 Jul 2015 7:44 p.m. PST

Currently
Baccus
Gripping Beast
Essex
Khurasan
Perry

For Past projects
Eureka
Battlefront
Warlord
Plastic Soldier Co

Cardinal Ximenez14 Jul 2015 7:46 p.m. PST

Empress
Crusader
Foundry
Old Glory
Legio Heroica

DM

Cyrus the Great14 Jul 2015 7:56 p.m. PST

1.Architects of War
2.Castaway Arts
3.Brigade Games
4.Irregular Miniatures
5.Rebel Minis

Garand14 Jul 2015 8:01 p.m. PST

1. Essex 15mm
2. Reaper
3. GW
4. Perry
5. Crusader(?)

Damon.

Skeets Supporting Member of TMP14 Jul 2015 8:06 p.m. PST

It depends on my current project:

1. Elite Miniatures
2. Bob Murch
3. Eureka
4. Front Rank
5. Westfalia
6. Gringo 40s

I don't purchase much from the last two, but that is primarily due to the limited scope of products available for the periods I am working on.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP14 Jul 2015 8:08 p.m. PST

Ral Partha
Old Glory
Wargames Foundry
Heritage

cloudcaptain14 Jul 2015 8:10 p.m. PST

1. Oddzial Osmy (O8) via Pico Armor
2. MJ Figures
3. Caesar Miniatures
4. Hat
5. Kotobukiya

jefritrout14 Jul 2015 8:14 p.m. PST

Gripping Beast (through Architects of War)
Galloping Major Miniatures
Wargamer (By Fire and Sword)
Tiger Miniatures (through Recreation Conflict)
Brigade Games

Salibaba14 Jul 2015 8:15 p.m. PST

Last few years…
Warlord
Perry
Foundry
Are almost 100%

Previous 20 years…
90% GW
rest were Reaper, Rackham, various other fantasy manufacturers

rmaker14 Jul 2015 8:15 p.m. PST

Historifigs
Eureka
Uprising
Perrin

Wargamer Blue14 Jul 2015 8:38 p.m. PST

Peter Pig
Eureka Miniatures
Black Tree Design
Empress Miniatures
Gripping Beast

nvdoyle14 Jul 2015 9:06 p.m. PST

Games Workshop secondary market
Games Workshop non-GW online retailers
Reaper
whatever Kickstarter has caught my eye

Personal logo McKinstry Supporting Member of TMP Fezian14 Jul 2015 9:15 p.m. PST

Figurehead
Adler
Bacchus
Spartan
Tumbling Dice

raylev314 Jul 2015 9:16 p.m. PST

First Tier:

* Old Glory
* Front Rank

I've bought onesies and twosies from others, but these are my "go to" companies for almost everything.

wrgmr114 Jul 2015 9:20 p.m. PST

Calpe
Front Rank
Britannia Miniatures
Valiant Miniatures (Ready to Roll)
Plastic Soldier Company
Various from, Bartertown, EBay, Convention bring and buy

normsmith14 Jul 2015 9:43 p.m. PST

Kallistra
Pendraken
Plastic Soldier Company
Hat
Perry

sneakgun14 Jul 2015 9:48 p.m. PST

My local store or
Brigade Hobbies
The Warstore
Noble Knight Games
and a few others

Grelber14 Jul 2015 10:05 p.m. PST

Wargames Foundry
Old Glory
Battlefront
Pulp
Reaper

It does fluctuate from year to year.

Grelber

BlackWidowPilot Fezian14 Jul 2015 10:55 p.m. PST

The Four R's:

*RAFM

*Reaper

*Reviresco

*Rebel Minis

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

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