Current status of Otherworld Miniatures - new developments March 2025

[uti long smile]

Cool that the goblins have a new home but any news on the Kobolds?

Not sure who has those I?m afraid. Maybe Badger?

[Rick]

Don't see this mentioned here and it's certainly important enough to be worth posting about.  Announcement over here:

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/news-from-badger-games-30/

I guess with postage and tariffs now the US is getting Otherworld at a lower price while the UK suffers?  That feels pretty backward somehow.

Not sure Rich - some probably are but it's all a bit confusing as to who's got what pieces of the Otherworld sculpts; some are staying in the UK, I think.

[HerbertTarkel]

Reciprocal tariffs from Canada have now killed any idea of ordering from the US.

I made an order this past week for some non-hobby stuff, checked the CBSA website to make sure I wouldn?t get hit ? and I got a 25% hit anyway.

No more US orders, for anything. Period.

[Pattus Magnus]

That?s a drag about getting hit with the import charge.

Regarding Otherworld figures it?s a shame that the lines got split up, as it?s harder to find specific products. I?m grateful that a lot of them seem to have found buyers for these lines, though. I?ve only seen a few in person, but they were exquisite sculpts.

[uti long smile]

Delighted to say that Crooked Dice have acquired over 100 pieces too - adding to a similar number previously bought from Richard.

https://crooked-dice.co.uk/blogs/news/long-live-otherworld-miniatures

[anevilgiraffe]

Obviously the buzz on here is getting the new owners all motivated?

On instagram with the kobolds?

[Citizen Sade]

I wonder what it's doing for the mood of the former owner?

[Ozreth]

I wonder what it's doing for the mood of the former owner?

He stopped due to retirement, right? Not because they weren't popular?

[Citizen Sade]

Yes, he retired. However, I assume he'd have been happy to have satisfied more of the unfulfilled demand before he sold the ranges on though

[AndrewBeasley]

Yes, he retired. However, I assume he'd have been happy to have satisfied more of the unfulfilled demand before he sold the ranges on though

IIRC He announced that he was retiring 4-5 months before closing things down - I heard aroubd Christmas and it was summer time when the sales ended.

[Citizen Sade]

Per the Hobby News section on TMP:

We have Orcs, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Kobolds and more on the site right now with a lot to follow …

FYI, they're talking about the 2nd generation Paul Muller Kobolds.

[Lord Ratcatcher]

For those interested in the images from the OW shop/website, I put them all in a Tumblr a few months back after it was announced that the shop was shutting.

Even though the OW website was kept live for a while after the shop shut, I assumed that wouldn't be the case forever, and thought it would be nice to have all the images in one place as reference or just too look at!

It's here: https://owminiaturesarchive.tumblr.com/

[Frugalmax]

@Lord Ratcatcher- Very cool! Thanks for going to all the effort of doing that!

[Ozreth]

For those interested in the images from the OW shop/website, I put them all in a Tumblr a few months back after it was announced that the shop was shutting.

Even though the OW website was kept live for a while after the shop shut, I assumed that wouldn't be the case forever, and thought it would be nice to have all the images in one place as reference or just too look at!

It's here: https://owminiaturesarchive.tumblr.com/

Awesome resource, thank you. This is worthy of a sticky.

[EArkham]

Crooked Dice has added a big batch of the Otherworld Adventurers to their store, so those get to live again!