Newline/Mongrel Congo range

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Hi Gang,

Anyone know whats happened to these figures?

cheers Tim

[Brummie]

I believe Newline Designs now sell them within the U.K either way the bloke who did own them sold them of to another bloke in the U.S though I am sure you already know that. I wouldn't know abount the Congo range though, I swear Newline designs did sell them?

If not then given that range was probably only just coming about when Mongrol had its hiccup, I am betting they are probably still awaiting release or may never see the shelves. 

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Cheers Brummie, I can live in hope they will be introduced then, maybe Newline will bring them out over time.

[Reuben]

When Newline Designs first started stocking Mongrel Miniatures they did indeed have some of the Congo range.
They had the mercenaries in stock, I'm so sure about the Congolese though.
It would be well worth sending Newline an email, see if they plan on restocking them in the near future.

[saltflats1929]

There was a company selling the Congo mercs at Historicon last year but I can't remember their name, sorry.   At least they are out there....somewhere.

[Emphatz]

I sent him an email regarding his Arab minis, and he replied by saying that he has found it progressivly harder to contact the supplier of these minis, so he removed them from the web page, he also said that if he ever had any luck getting more supplies of them, then he would put them back on the web page, perhaps this is also the case with the congo range ?

[carlos marighela]

That makes sense, I notice that some of the original Russian codes have disappeared too. If memory serves, the guy in the US that bought the masters/ moulds from Mongrel seems to have had his head up his arse regarding distribution and sales. It was at least a year  or more before they came available via Newline. Pity, it's a great range of figures.

[v_lazy_dragon]

I've had a chat with Newline about this range recently, and they're not expecting any more stock in any time soon.

As the range itself goes, I recently saw a photo of a congo merc with Uzi from Mongrel, which I haven't seen from anywhere else. Upon enquiry, it appers he was purchased from their US show stockist.

[Arlequín]

Yeah, it's exactly the same problem that prompted the change from Mongrel Miniatures's last distributor. They were available, sold out pretty quickly and Newline haven't been able to contact the owner to restock. Fair play to Newline though for keeping only what they do have available on their website, rather than having people put in orders and only getting part of it and a refund.

They are a great range of figures, I also wanted the Congo figures, but all I have are the photos (except the one of the Uzi armed figures oddly). If you want to see them, they are here.

[The Gray Ghost]

I sooo wanted some of those.

[carlos marighela]

Certainly no criticism of Newline implied. Isn't the guy in the US the one that owns the rights to Pontoonier Miniatures? I had heard is own sales technique revolved around sporadic attendance at US shows with sample stock. If you want some Third Burma War figures might be best to get them now, while you can.

[geoffb]

I picked some Mongrel Miniatures at Crusade - I didn't realise that it would be difficult to get more? I notice they are on the petite side of 28mm than some. Anyone know whats a good match for them?
Particularly interested in Arab militia and European/Arabic mercenary types.

[v_lazy_dragon]

Things have brightened up a bit, and Newline seem to have a slightly more ready supply of stock. The best fit in terms of size are the MoFo figures available from Gripping beast and the Brooks figures, currently availble through Old Glory Uk (although, the full range isn't available due to some requiring remastering)

This link has a size comparison:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.shuck/modrev.html

for what it's worth, I happily mix them with TAG, Brittanai & MoFo... but then, I'm not massively sensative to scaling issues....