"What companies do you wish were still in business?" Topic

Like for example:

Geo-Hex
JR Miniatures

Rackham

Peter Laing

Amazon Miniatures

Frontier.

Rospaks – hard plastic 25mm ancients

JR miniatures is out of business ??
Benoit

Rospaks – hard plastic 20/25mm figures

Heritage and Rackham

"Rospaks – hard plastic 20/25mm figures" – Were they not produced by Heroics and Ros?

Ral Partha

Rackham and Monolith

Venexia

Musket Miniatures
Minifigs USA
In Service Miniatures

JR miniatures is out of business ??

TMP link

Ral Partha lives under the guise of Iron Wind Metals

Rackham

…and the dudes that did that uber cool line of robots for the "Junk" property (Patrick Keith sculpted the line for them but they disappeared shortly thereafter).

Also the gents who originally created/launched/designed did the "Rum N Bones" line (from somewhere in Europe) before they sold out to CMoN and I lost total interest forever more.

…Maelstrom Games

Heritage/Empire Miniatures
Geo-Hex
JR Miniatures

Avalon Hill
SPI
GDW

Geo-Hex is not dead. Go to ebay, he's there.

Minifigs – with Minifigs prices, not Caliver

Peter Laing – only now do I realise how silly I was not to buy them when I had the chance

Zvezda – I miss the big box days

Airifx – when they were a proper stand alone company, not a brand of Hornby.

Ref JR Miniatures, aren't they now here? TMP link

Grenadier and Ral Partha. Nothing against Iron Wind and Mirliton, but I wish they were still alive in their original forms.

Geo-Hex is not dead. Go to ebay, he's there.

Did not know that – glad to see it's still available!

Doug

Rospaks? Seriously??? They were pretty bad.

Frontier

Frontier

Mongrel Miniatures (or at least Badger Miniatures that now owns the molds).

The brothels of New Orleans, I read they were amazing.

Is that outside the context of this thread? Sorry.

theterrainguy
50paces

hertiage. I would love some warlord of mars stuff

Avalon Hill

Minifigs in an active sense, ie. that they were adding figures to their existing 15 and 25mm ranges.

Oh and the early 1980's Citadel as mentioned above.

Mongrel and Devil Dog Design

Qualiticast – I loved their 20mm Vietnam range.

IIRC the owner took a break for family reasons but nothing has been heard from them since. At home I still have a copy of their catalogue which I look at longingly from time to time.

MicroProse software. OK…I realize this is "The Miniatures Page" but it's still gaming right?

And yes, Minifigs when they were still Minifigs and everything was new and exciting. Wish I'd bought the 15's along with the 25's.

Minifigs USA
Heritage
Frontier
RSM

Minifigs
Frontier
Atlantic (Italian 1/72 plastic maker)

Frontier
and even though it is a mag – MWAN

Peter Laing. Got lots of them but I'd buy more:-)

MWAN
Geo-Hex
MiniFigs USA
Grenadier
Thistle & Rose

Heritage, Amazon, Citadel

RSM

RSM is still alive and producing: dpcltdcom.org

Jim

GDW
Phoenix Model Developments (before they turned into a dollhouse company)

1) Iron Wind Metals and Ral Partha Europe still exist.

2) classicminiatures.net is theoretically still selling.

Classic Miniatures is dedicated to acquiring out-of-production lines of vintage miniatures and placing them back into limited production for the enjoyment of collectors and wargamers.

That being said:

This is not a business, but a hobby and labor of love.
I cast miniatures to order as my schedule permits, which is very rare these days.
I sell my castings on E-bay and directly to fellow collectors and wargamers, please email me and ask for a listing of what is available.
My "Shop" button is not set up at this time, let me know if there are figures or parts you need.
I maintain five Yahoo Groups, one for Heritage collectors in general, one for collectors of Heritage Lord of the Rings miniatures, one for collectors of Galacta 25, one containing scans of Heritage box set inserts for reference and one for Minifigs fantasy miniatures. Please ask for an invitation if you would like to join the Heritage and LOTR Groups. The other Groups are open enrollment.

My primary interest lies with Heritage miniatures, but I also have interest in Dragontooth, RAFM, Superior Models Wizzards & Lizards, Broadsword, Grenadier, Ral Partha and Minifigs.

Currently I have acquired the legal rights and molding for the following lines:

Heritage Lord of the Rings (new names are being used for legal purposes)
Heritage Galacta 25
Heritage Champions
Heritage Superheroes
Heritage Medievals
Heritage Denizens of the Dungeon plastic fantasy figures (cast in Reaper metal or pewter)
Heritage Star Trek 75mm Kirk & Spock collector personalities (different names used)
Archive (Rkiiv) Miniatures (select surviving figures only)
Realm Miniatures
RAFM Cursed Ones
Ral Partha Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age
Bob Olley Titan Orcs
Bob Olley Fantasy Dwarves

Tom Dye of GFI/Minifigs USA has also kindly given me permission to cast and sell original cobblestone based Dungeon Dweller miniatures not part of his Reaper Dungeon Dweller line. I'll make these figures available as time and funds permit.

I also have limited molding for Heritage Fantasy/Fantasy Fantastics, Der Kriegspielers Fantastiques & former Star Trek.

Wanted!

I am always interested in acquiring vintage lines of miniatures for production, please contact me at hayha@q.com or heritagecaster@yahoo.com if you know of any old spincast molds, master molds, master figures or lines for sale.

I am particularly looking for molds from Heritage and any information on the whereabouts/ownership of Masterpiece Miniatures, Saxon and Adina.

Contributions of clean, intact, unpainted (or perfect pieces that can be stripped), sharp originals is always appreciated as they can be used to make new molds. While most of the lines I purchased were more or less complete, certain figures or entire packs were lost over the years. Many of these lines are almost 30 years old and original molding, sculpts and master figures are in many cases long gone.

Anything highlighted in yellow under "Products" is not currently available due to missing masters/molds. If you have original pieces, preferably in the package please let me know if you would be willing to sell, trade or loan the pieces for creation of new molding. Loose original pieces are welcome if they are clean, unbroken, unpainted and free of added bases, modifications and lead rot.

So far I am specifically looking for the following:

Fantastqies- Hareds, Rohirum, great orcs, Citadel Guards

Lord of the Rings – Dunlander Chieftan and chariot & Stone Trolls of the Trollshaws

I am looking for the following for my personal collection:

Any Heritage company materials, promotional materials, catalogs, display items etc.

Select Heroscape miniatures and terrain

Catalog scans and photo contributions are always welcome!

Oddball items I seek:

Monochrome/pastel Dungeons & Dragons modules, especially convention modules, Dragon Magazine #1, NATO vs. Warsaw Pact related games & books, vintage surplus military rifle advertisements, a Soviet model 1936 helmet & a Polish ORMO marked helmet.

Peter Liang! I used to buy hundreds of their figures when I was a poor college student! They were crude but cheap!

Bolt Action Miniatures pre Warlord takeover. Bring back the original great figures.

Dragon Tooth

Nick Lund's Chronicle Miniatures
GDW
Devil Dog Design
Mongrel Miniatures

Whoever made the 15mm K'kree for Traveller.

Frontier miniatures and Grenadier, also Devil Dog Designs, GDW and the Terrain Guy.

Grenadier and Ral Partha. Nothing against Iron Wind and Mirliton, but I wish they were still alive in their original forms.

I share this sentiment as well.

Poly S (not Poly Scale!) paint.

Ceramcoat Paint in the original formula.

Ral Partha paint original line. Nothing against Iron Wind Miniatures but there are many of the original line that are no longer available.

Crescent Root resin buildings.

Yea, the companies that made those 15mm Traveller figs, back in the day, e.g. Citadel, Martian Metals, and Hobby Products (from Germany for the last one, apparently).

Manufacturers listings, with item descriptions available, if you click on them.

wiki.travellerrpg.com/Miniatures

Would love to see the Zhodani and K'kree become available again.

I remember seeing the Martian Metals packs in the stores, back in the day. Most are pretty retro-SciFi, compared to today's offerings, but they are/were still quite nice, detail wise.

With all the other 15mm stuff, and rules available now, they'd be pretty useful figs.

I know RAFM produces some in 15mm now, but a lot of the figs and vehicles are still unavailable, especially those really nice, German sculpts of troops in hardsuits, the Hobby Products Traveller figs, shown below.

Would love some of those, if anyone has any surplus to sell/trade, or that they want to offload.

E-mail me at:

Topgungrav AT yahoo d0t com

if you do.