Oct 12, 2022
Grenadier Fantasy Lords miniatures magically rise from the cauldron -- along with figures for The Dark Crystal, Star Trek, and Steve Jackson’s Ogre (ad from Dragon magazine 80, December 1983)
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Grenadier Fantasy Lords miniatures magically rise from the cauldron -- along with figures for The Dark Crystal, Star Trek, and Steve Jackson’s Ogre (ad from Dragon magazine 80, December 1983)
Professionals always use Grenadier (Dragon 68, December 1982)
Super super hero figures (Grenadier Models miniatures for Hero Games’ Champions, ad in Dragon 89, September 1984) “Your secret identity will not be revealed” if you mail to request a catalog or ask for these at a store. Flash forward to today and everyone on your phone plan just received a targeted ad for Champions HVAC Repair.
Official AD&D figures are here (Ad from back cover of White Dwarf 26, Aug/Sept 1981) These are by Grenadier Models, which gets no mention in the ad text though the company name is barely visible on the two boxes shown. Grenadier made official figures from 1980-82, after Minifigs’ 1977 collection, before TSR’s own line in 1983, followed by Citadel in 1985, and Ral Partha starting in 1987. The demon shown is one of 3 variants from Grenadier’s previous Wizzards & Warriors line, and the pictures on all known box inserts suggest it never was included in the AD&D Monsters set, replaced instead with a less fragile version holding the sword level across the body.
An adventurer discovers a hidden treasure chamber with a large dragon figure from Grenadier Models set Fantasy Lords 6001 “Dragons of the Emerald Idol” by John Dennett (back cover of 1993 Grenadier catalog)
Real old wizards use Grenadier Models’ AD&D miniatures, featuring Ray Rubin’s box art for set 2001: Wizards, the “elephantine rakshasa” and “reptilian rakshasa” from blister pack 101: Rakshasas, and the red dragon from large box 5009: Dragon’s Lair (Dragon 56, December 1981)
Authentic DMs and authentic miniatures will have the copyright stamped on their bottoms (Ad for Grenadier Models AD&D line, Dragon 62, June 1982 -- featuring pack 109 Umber Hulk and Xorn, Dragon from 5009 Dragon’s Lair, Beholder from box 2012 Dwellers Below, and box cover for 2006 Specialists with Ray Rubin art)
Grenadier Models (Dragon 66, October 1982) I still use that giant snake and those lizardmen in my games.