What old models would Dakka like to see available to buy? Not just GW, but as many obscure 80's/90's companies as you like.

I personally would love a copy of the unreleased Cadian General. The miniature just oozes personality to me.

Kasrkins.
The daemons from the early 2000s.

Epic.

I think it would be interesting if GW re-issued the original Rougre Trader Space Marines boxed set at the original price.

I would like to see what modern players would say about such supposedly unsophisticated models that come 30 to a box with optional weapons and wargear, for £10.

http://www.solegends.com/citrt/rtb01marines.htm

Silent Puffin beat me to Epic so;

GW Spear and Bow armed Gobbos from 1987 by Kev Adams.

GWs Judge Dredd range from 1985-86 specifically the Slaughter Margin set. So much more charm than the mongoose ones.

The original range of slotta Chaos Dwarves from '87.

Basically anything from GW circa 1986-1991 when they made a hugely diverse range of models that randomly appeared in whatever time some loon in Nottingham came up with it!

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Epic.

This and the screamer killer. I'd love the old battle wagon to be available again.

Metal miniatures for character models instead of this overpriced plastic garbage we're getting right now. SM veterans especially:

Some of the old Marauder ogres.

The Marauder giant.

Marauder black orcs.

The Lava Dragon.

Plastic Daleks.... (Remember when GW had Dr Who minis?)

The Auld Grump

I'd like to see the Citadel FA line switched over to slotta bases.

Epic. Kasrkins. The original Beaky Marines.

Diaz Deamonettes

Escher Gang

Original Plastic Tryanid warriors

Squats! Definitely squats.

 Mr Morden wrote:


Original Plastic Tryanid warriors

You mean these guys?



a miss for me.

The metal marauder Dwarves, in particular, the slayers.

Tyranids:
Original Tyranid Carnifex (Screamer Killer)
Original Tyranid Hive Tyrant
+1 Vote for the original Tyranid warriors.

Eldar:
RT era Eldar Musicians
I miss the crested helmets and mohawk hair from the old metal guardians.

Imperial Guard (Ahem: Astra Militarum)
MK1 Stormtroopers - Ahem: Tempestus Militarum (Berets)
MK2 Stormtroopers (Gas Masks)
Female commissar

Space Marines:
Poofy sleeve scouts.

Imperial Robots from Space Crusade. IMHO, these guys look way better than the Kastelan eggheads.

The original metal Greater Daemons with all the bits as multi-part plastic kits - much better Daemon Prince models than the current Daemon Prince models.

Kasrkins, Diaznetts, the entirety of Ral Partha, Grenadier, and Rackham's catalogs. Or at least the dragons, big monsters, and wolfen.

Battlefleet Gothic ships.

The Adeptus Mechanicus miniatures from the Skullz promotion.

IG Praetorians
Juan Diaz Daemonettes/Seekers
Early Slotta Dwarves

Ral Partha Lord Soth's Charge

Most of the old citadel & marauder halflings



http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Halflings_-_Slotta_Based

and most of the Rackham stuff before they moved to plastic prepaints

Bloodbowl.

I'd like for the old Confrontation models to be put back into production, especially the Venator Gangers.

Those were some cool looking models.

Squats and Necromunda.

Truthfully, I'm not sure I'd buy any at current GW prices. However, it would make it more likely that they'd show up on the second hand market at more reasonable prices than they currently go for.

I used to pine for the Metal Magic Spacelords line to be re-released. For about a decade there was only a small selection on the EM4 page. However, when they finally were released more widely (starting about a year ago) I had moved on to other interests and sold my collection.

I'd love to see the old-style Ral Partha Hexatrix riders.

Another vote for Confrontation. Those were some awesome minis. Rarely a dud in the later years.

The FW Epic/Aeronautica Imperialis/BFG models. Beautiful models that were way better than the "main GW" stuff, but I guess GW was absolutely determined to kill off anything that isn't a "core" game. Also, the old FW terrain pieces. It's much nicer than any of the modern plastic terrain "main GW" makes but it didn't sell well enough to keep it in production (which is a sad comment on how little people value having a nice looking table). I'd love to have easier access to the OOP terrain without having to hope that it someday comes up on ebay at a price that isn't too horrible.

The plastic Warlord Titans from Adeptus Titanicus!

Kasrkin.

Battlefleet Necron Gothic.

Squats, and the second edition land speeders.

Forest Goblin Archers, along with the full Epic range.

The Gothic Horror range so I can get the last ones I need relatively easily.

The C18 Night Horrors, or at least the ones that cost a fortune if you can find them.

I'll see your Citadel Dredd figures and raise you the Paranoia range.

And the absolute antithesis of Age of Sigmar in the C46 Villagers range.

Or in other words let me have 2015's cash in 1987 and a visit to the Arndale Centre GW

Chaos Lavatory!


The Auld Grump

The Skullz AdMech minis just to chap HBMC's ass

On a more serious note, pretty much the entire Specialist Games range, 3rd Edition stormies, Kasrkin, the Black Library dioramas (specifically Silas Hand and Ephrael Stern), metal Techmarines prior to Finecast conversion... pretty much just bring back all the metals that got the Finecast treatment tbh.

 TheAuldGrump wrote:
Chaos Lavatory!


The Auld Grump

I've got one of those, sadly missing its cistern/head.

I'd like to see the old Elric line, the Juan Diaz metal Daemons and the old 3rd edition Champions of Chaos.

the Diaz Daemonettes would be my only vote...

i think that most modern versions of the range are an improvement, but the plastic Daemonettes are a huge step back:(...

i would also be for rewinding the clock, and making Finecast never have happened...

cheers
jah

Another vote for BFG here. While there's a decent range of stand-ins for most of the main faction ships, it can still be difficult to quickly build up a full fleet (particularly for the various Eldar flavors).

Epic, BFG and the kev Adams 1992 gobbos. Love those loons!

Glad to see so many votes for Epic.
http://www.microworldgames.com/
http://www.troublemakergames.co.uk/
http://www.onslaughtmini.com/
All make more modern alternatives.

I'm going to vote for Epic and the Rackham Confrontation line myself. I'll also add the Perry late nineties Brettonian Range especially the Foot Squires.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Diaz Deamonettes

Escher Gang

Original Plastic Tryanid warriors

All original Necro Gangs, Mordhiem. And I know it's too much to ask for Man o war ships.

Pretty much all the Specialist Games stuff.

Nothing old for 40k/WHFB that got replaced by newer models. I don't suffer from nostalgia. Newer is better.

Exception that proves the rule: Obliterators.

From Citadel/GW/FW:

• The Original, 1984/85 Night Goblins. In fact, ALL of the Goblins/Orcs from the 1983 - 85 period
• The Original Space Marines
• Kev Adams' Nazi Space Orks
• The Epic stuff, including the Epic Tau
• The Aeronautical Imperialis stuff (As I need more Valkyries for my Striker/Striker II Mid-Tech Division)

From Ral Partha:

• The Rest of the Chaos Wars lines (which they are in the process of doing, slowly).

From Asgard:

• Bryan Ansell's Goblins/Orcs (although I think someone has these)
• The Powered Armor from the same line - I think they had both 15mm and 25mm - this was the Pre-Laserburn Genesis of the WH40K Universe

From Chronicle:

• Their Goblins, Orcs, and Ogres (damn those were big figures for their day).

MB

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Epic.

This right here, along with Warmaster. I got into a buying spree for Warmaster armies before I found out they were being discontinued, and built up my demon, chaos, and Lizardman armies to go with my elves. Not a month later, everything went out of print, and I couldn't make the dark elf army I wanted to.

Thrud the Barbarian of course!


The original metal marines there were some quirky models there.

And everything BFG

OMG. I <3 Thrud. White Dwarf used to be about D&D supplements and Thrud

Mostly lotr stuff (pls in metal: not bloody finecast):
ruffians
thorongil (unreleased)
gimli and legolas on horseback
breaking of the fellowship
defenders of rohan
hobbit shirriffs
gandalf the grey on horseback

mostly ruffians though

I'd have to agree with a lot of these. Especially the Specialist Games.

I may be alone on this one, but I much prefered the old Treeman to the new one. Looks more like a proper treant to me.

Anything Necromunda or Bloodbowl.

Dreamforge Leviathans.

The Mordheim and Necromunda range.

Another vote for Kasrkin here. As well as 6th Edition Landsnecht Empire troops. Loved the look of those!

Mordheim, all of it.

Citadel AD&D line.

6th Edition plastic Empire Infantry kit.

The original Citadel LOTR line from the late '80-early '90s.

I'd love to have one of the old plastic ork battlewagons!

The Grenadier skeleton boxed sets - I missed out on getting the rhino, sadly.

And, of course, Diaz daemonettes.

Love to see the Necromunda range come back.

 the_Armyman wrote:
The Skullz AdMech minis just to chap HBMC's ass

Get away from my ass... wait...

Oh, man, there's a lot.

Battlefleet Gothic.
Most of the OOP LOTR range!
The Great Weapon wielding Beastlord.
The Mordheim range.

Reapers line of Doom miniatures. (I only manage to get a Mancubus and that was when they where long discontinued.)
Confrontations Wolfen line aspecialy the Vestals. The unpainted metal lines.

Specialist Games from GW and FW would be nice. That includes Man-o-War and Aeronautica Imperialis.

The old Chaos Renegades from the 80's

Squats and Ork Raiders box

I would like to see the rest of the metal Imperial guard returned (Praetorians, Mordies, Vostroyans, etc), because as it stands, all of the available boxes are essentially decorative collectors sets. You can't field them without either raiding eBay or buying into the two big Cs for support.

zedmeister wrote:Epic, BFG and the kev Adams 1992 gobbos. Love those loons!

Not quite the same, but have a look at what Kev is currently doing.. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/650846.page

Where do I start?

Forge World Coaching Inn

Femme Militant range

Rackham Goblins & Mid Nor Dwarves

Ilyad Howling Peak Barbarians

Late '80's Citadel Dwarfs

Every model featured in the Mike Mcvey Advanced Heroquest Diorama

And every OOP model sculpted by JAG or Allan C.

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Forge World Coaching Inn

I bought literally the last one of those they put out before pulling the mould... It was retired for very good reason, sadly. Out of about seven floors they provided us with, none of them fitted together straight. In the end they admitted to not having any more to send to us. At worst it just rocked precariously back and forth, and at best it had a half inch gap at one end.
As it was just three massive shoebox sized pieces of resin, the only way to even attempt to straighten it was to plunge it into a washing up bowl of boiled water. Even then it wasn't enough to permeate the inch thick walls in places.

Much as I'd like to see it return, the entire thing badly needs planning again from the ground up.

On the plus side, if I very much wanted to, I could make a skyscraper (that would blow down if someone farted in an adjoining room).

all the forgeworld kroot.

All they need is good rules, and they will sell.

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Thrud the Barbarian of course!


The original metal marines there were some quirky models there.

And everything BFG

The Thrud Miniature on display at the Dalling Road GW Store was painted by me.

I had done a complete set of them, but someone managed to "collect" them out of the case.

I did see the Thrud was still there in 1989 the last time I went to England... But I don't know what became of it after that.

I loved Thrud. He was a brilliant cartoon, mocking The Schwarzenegger Conan beautifully.

MB


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OH!

The Original Citadel Slann.

Among my Lost minis were about 250 of these, roughly 1/2 were painted in the Aztec/Mayan patterns that distinguished them.

Someone is very lucky to have wound up with those, and I would LOVE to get another army of them for a Hyborian Mass Combat game. They are the archetypical Sword & Sorcery/Lovecraftian Nemesis for Hyborian opponents of the army of the day Conan would be leading or among.

MB

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Pretty much all the Specialist Games stuff.

Nothing old for 40k/WHFB that got replaced by newer models. I don't suffer from nostalgia. Newer is better.

Exception that proves the rule: Obliterators.

Counterpoint: 6th Edition Plastic Empire Infantry.

Oh how I adore thee, oh how I hate those that replaced you...I will forever kick myself for not starting empire when those lovely, lovely miniatures made up the bulk of its armies...

Sisters of Sigmar from Mordheim. Glad I snagged two sets, but regret I missed out on the Bertha and the Augur models.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Forge World Coaching Inn

I bought literally the last one of those they put out before pulling the mould... It was retired for very good reason, sadly. Out of about seven floors they provided us with, none of them fitted together straight. In the end they admitted to not having any more to send to us. At worst it just rocked precariously back and forth, and at best it had a half inch gap at one end.
As it was just three massive shoebox sized pieces of resin, the only way to even attempt to straighten it was to plunge it into a washing up bowl of boiled water. Even then it wasn't enough to permeate the inch thick walls in places.

Much as I'd like to see it return, the entire thing badly needs planning again from the ground up.

On the plus side, if I very much wanted to, I could make a skyscraper (that would blow down if someone farted in an adjoining room).

Are you saying that they sent you six replacement first floors?

I'm interested in buying it from you if you still have it, or any of the replacement floors.

PM me if you are interested in selling.

Three original pieces... Ended up with two rooves, three middle sections and one ground, after back and forth.
It was a (long drawn out) present for my partner, so it's not for sale.

No worries, I'm sure you understand that I had to ask!

Aye, but likewise,f eel a little better that you didn't end up boiling your hands trying to straighten one out?
Also the casting mistakes were on another scale entirely.

I'd love to see the good ol' rough riders again, gw has neglected these guys forever.

Ork Goff Rockers from Rouge Trader.

 IAmX wrote:
Ork Goff Rockers from Rouge Trader.

They were never out of production as far as I am aware, you can still order them.

 Rayvon wrote:

 IAmX wrote:
Ork Goff Rockers from Rouge Trader.

They were never out of production as far as I am aware, you can still order them.

I went back and checked and never noticed I could.

Well darn. I look a bit stupid don't I?

They don't have rules though.

 Rayvon wrote:

 IAmX wrote:
Ork Goff Rockers from Rouge Trader.

They were never out of production as far as I am aware, you can still order them.

Indeed you can (The Web Exclusive button is your friend for some hidden lovelies):

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Ork-Goff-Rockers

Along with a few other old school pieces of interest:

Dark Eldar Slave girls:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Dark-Eldar-Prisoners



Mordian Guard:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Mordian-Iron-Guard-Squd



Chaos Familiars:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Famous-Familiars



Animosity Orcs:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Animosity-Orcs



Old School Chaos Champions:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Champions-of-Chaos

The Goff Rockers bring back some good old memories! May have to get them soon...

 IAmX wrote:
Ork Goff Rockers from Rouge Trader.

Those are CLEARLY]/i] Death-Metal and [i]NOT Goth.

A real Goth would never be caught with something so blatantly tacky as a skull shaped guitar.

MB

And yet, the set is named GOFF rockers, which probably has more to do with an Ork tribe than people with mascara everywhere listening to Linkin Park.

 IAmX wrote:
They don't have rules though.

Well they are punks. You want to try telling them what they should be doing?

I love these guys, i was given a set for my birthday this year and still need to find them a "tour bus".

Great thread!

ALL of Necromunda, for my money it's the best line GW ever did.

The Enforcers/Adeptus Arbites would be great to have back too.

Rogue Trader adevnturers, pirates and personalities

Honestly if I ran GW I'd bring back a different line every month, make it a one off, charge a premium and get some excitement generated. But that would require GW caring about its history and also that GW want to make money.

I bought the goff rockers a few years ago as I was concerned they'd go oop. Still here! The plan is eventually to use them as musicians for my orcs and goblins army (I guess it is kinda ironic that after a fashion it was my ong army that went oop, not the goff rockers!)

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Great thread!

ALL of Necromunda, for my money it's the best line GW ever did.

The Enforcers/Adeptus Arbites would be great to have back too.

Rogue Trader adevnturers, pirates and personalities

Honestly if I ran GW I'd bring back a different line every month, make it a one off, charge a premium and get some excitement generated. But that would require GW caring about its history and also that GW want to make money.

This in spades - set up a new division to run it - offer up 6 choices on the webisite, 6 months in advance - collect votes for 3 months, then offer the winning set for pre-order for 1 month only, require the purchase of the full range or at least very large chunks of it in defined sets, no single figures, collect payment in advance, produce figures over 2 months, ship out. Change the options every month so you are producing 12 'sets' per year, all paid for in advance, all existing sculpts, just production costs to pay which is minimal.

 BrookM wrote:
And yet, the set is named GOFF rockers, which probably has more to do with an Ork tribe than people with mascara everywhere listening to Linkin Park.

Groan. Linkin Park is not Goth either.

What the HELL is going on with people's ability to distinguish Goth and not Goth.

MB


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Oh! And didn't GW do a set of 54mm miniatures for a game that it discontinued?

I would like those to come back.

MB

BeAfraid wrote:
Groan. Linkin Park is not Goth either.

What the HELL is going on with people's ability to distinguish Goth and not Goth.

Hey now (Hey now now), be nice. Not everyone knows or cares enough to distinguish.
Considering these days Sieg Sieg Sputnik was booked to play the UK's biggest goth festival, "What is goth." now holds less water than my pair of fishnets..

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Oh! And didn't GW do a set of 54mm miniatures for a game that it discontinued?

I would like those to come back.

MB

Inquisitor. There's a few exceptionally beautiful pieces for it. [Sad face]

I would love to see the return of;
- Necromunda
- Gorkamorka
- Mordheim
- Epic
- Warhammer Quest

So pretty much just the Specialist Games range

BeAfraid wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
And yet, the set is named GOFF rockers, which probably has more to do with an Ork tribe than people with mascara everywhere listening to Linkin Park.

Groan. Linkin Park is not Goth either.

What the HELL is going on with people's ability to distinguish Goth and not Goth.

MB

MB

Maybe people just don't care?

So many!

Particular favourites would be

This Chaplain:


Modheim Von Carsteins


This Necrarch


These Blood Dragons


Metal wraiths that came before the current (admittedly very good) plastic one:



As well as the Diaz Daemonettes the Bloodletters and Horrors contemporary to them were fantastic. The horrors in particular nailed how twisted they were supposed to be.





Kasrkin were superior to the current Storm Troopers and, while plastic options are nice, metal Space Marine veterans were great whether they were the generic ones that used to be sold as sergeants before being boxed together or the specific Sternguard and Vanguard squads. Much more character and overall great sculpts.

All the discontinued LotR models. /tear

Zombicide season 1 Dave the geek! Because having an incomplete big bang team is just sad :(, I'd even settle for a recast.

The original land raider.

I'd also like to see reasonably priced reprints of some of the old 1-2 piece plastics that GW did during the 90s for gaming. The 2nd edition monopose marines, plastic Orlocks and Goliaths, Chaos Dwarfs, etc...

The plastic squat (space dwarf) kit aught to be reprinted. I have no idea why they are just sitting on that. Aside from the slightly dated looking heavy bolter, I think the models were clean enough and modular enough to fit with today's plastic IG.

It would also be nice to be able to get mint copies of old games like original space hulk, tyranid attack, dark world etc...

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

BeAfraid wrote:
Groan. Linkin Park is not Goth either.

What the HELL is going on with people's ability to distinguish Goth and not Goth.

Hey now (Hey now now), be nice. Not everyone knows or cares enough to distinguish.
Considering these days Sieg Sieg Sputnik was booked to play the UK's biggest goth festival, "What is goth." now holds less water than my pair of fishnets..

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Oh! And didn't GW do a set of 54mm miniatures for a game that it discontinued?

I would like those to come back.

MB

Inquisitor. There's a few exceptionally beautiful pieces for it. [Sad face]

That was it.

I have two miniatures of chicks (who ARE "Goth") holding these big knives (two each), and a miniature of a guy in a long coat (another Goth) that are Inquisior miniatures.

Only... I bought them apparently when the game had been long gone. I just bought them because they were cool.

I mean... WTF?!?!?

That game should have become their new 40K centerpiece.

MB

I really like the old school Tyranids Hive Tyrant. The one with the huge gun and the goofy grin, he looked so cool. I'd buy one just to have it! I can imagine he'd make a lot of noise on the table top, no matter what game he was being used in.


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Also the older Venerable. Dreadnought model, the one with all the castellated armour. He always captured my imagination.

I'd love the old Regiments of Reknown like the Gargoyles of Barda and the Disciples of the Red Redemption to be cast again. I feel like I'd need to sell my first born to get a decent sized regiment of Red Redemptionists.

The old Wood Elf Forest Dragon,

I would love to build an army of Melniboneans. I have an even dozen of each type, so I could use them in LoTR or SoBaH, but nothing larger.

Another vote for Necromunda here.

Really don't see the logic in pulling the gangs from being a webstore exclusive, they must have brought in a steady source of income for them.

I've just spent £110.00 this week on 16 proxy models for Escher - I'd have happily bought an Escher gang from GW to compliment them.