Old but Gold dwarf miniatures

[Conquistador]

Feeling the pain of Ebay for Der Kriegspieler/Custom/cast/Heritage dwarf/goblin/orc/elf miniatures...

http://www.ebay.com/dsc/i.html?_nkw=Custom%20Cast%20Fantastiques%20Dwarf&_sacat=0&_odkw=Sell%20one%20like%20this%20Custom%20Cast%20Fantastiques%20Dwarf&_osacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_trksid=m194&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSRCHX:SRCH

Really??         

http://www.ebay.com/dsc/i.html?_nkw=Custom%20Cast%20Fantastiques%20(Goblin%2C%20Orc)&_sacat=0&_odkw=Custom%20Cast%20Fantastiques&_osacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_trksid=m194&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSRCHX:SRCH

Seriously??      

http://www.ebay.com/dsc/i.html?_nkw=Custom%20Cast%20Fantastiques%20(wolf%2C%20troll)&_sacat=220&_odkw=Custom%20Cast%20Fantastiques&_osacat=220&LH_TitleDesc=1&_trksid=m194&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSRCHX:SRCH

I weep...         

These were the rage in their day  (and the dwarves are still my all time favorites for my armies)   

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Wizards%2C_Warriors_and_Warlocks

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/ral-partha/wizards-warriors-warlocks.html

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/?title=Der_Kriegspielers_Fantastiques

http://www.stunties.com/wiki/index.php/Der_Kriegspielers_-_Fantastiques

Even the Older Ral Partha dwarves (when you can find them) are costly.

http://www.stunties.com/wiki/index.php/The_first_Ral_Partha_Dwarves,_variations_and_unlisted

Dwarves of the Anvil/Blue Mountain - how little I valued their availability then...      

Some can be found at http://classicminiatures.net/ but alas, not all.

Buy them while you can, young ones, buy them while you can...

And never sell them!  Oh my goblins, my goblins...

Gracias,

Glenn

[AndrewBeasley]

Is 'Custom Cast' another way of saying recast?

Wonder who has the IP and copyright 

[timlillig]

Custom Cast is the name of the company that made those miniatures in the 1970s.  I'm not entirely certain of the history, but at some point ownership of them was transferred to Heritage.

[Conquistador]

Is 'Custom Cast' another way of saying recast?

Wonder who has the IP and copyright  

History linkage of old companies such as "CUSTOM CAST"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_Miniatures

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/?title=Main_Page


http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Category:Citadel_Miniatures


http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Category:Heritage

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Category:Grenadier


http://www.solegends.com/maingallery.htm

EDIT:

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_wargaming

Partial quote -

"...Notable miniature wargamers and miniature wargame designers
<snip>
Duke Seifried – Sculptor of over 10,000 miniatures, one of the earliest American miniature manufacturers: Heritage, Custom Cast, Der Kreigspielers Napoleonic, and Fantastiques Fantasy Figures..."

[Conquistador]

Are there recasters - Yes.  Who is a recaster - don't know...

There also is  http://www.classicminiatures.net/  for a known legitimate source of some of the older miniatures.


Gracias,

Glenn

[Conquistador]

from http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline2.html

1974
<snip>
- Heritage Models founded by Jim Oden from Miniature Figurines USA, inc. (Dallas) begins casting Hinchlife figures under license

-<snip>

- Custom Cast founded by Duke Seigfried--25mm Fantastiques (fantasy figures)

-<snip>

1977

-<snip>

- Merger of Custom Cast and Heritage Models

<snip.

Helpful?.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Spooktalker]

Some great dwarves! As you know I've got a few of each and am on the look out for more as well. That seller is obviously speculating, but I have seen them go for $3 each in batches. But I doubt I've seen them go for more than that. I lost one auction where I was putting in a really half-ass bid as budgets were exceeded and ten of them or so went for way less than $2 each.

 

[Conquistador]

It does fascinate me about how some people evaluate the price they can get for a miniature...

With postage it's approaching $10 for some of these figures.  I love a lot of them but $10 each isn't realistic, IMNSHO anyway.

Now if I was an evil re-caster and I wanted a bunch for my personal use I suppose that price for a quality figure to make a mold from might be reasonable but I'm not going down that road no matter how much I like them.  There are other goblin/orc sources...

Gracias,

Glenn