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With the old Rhino, warwalker and wraithlord all retired, what's the oldest these days?

Is it the Space Wolf special characters circa 1993, 1994?
The Phoenix Lords circa 1994?

Or is there something on the fantasy side that's older?

Wow, thats old. I think the dethkopter is pretty old, probably so is the ork trukk and buggy. Those are still in production, I think.

I'd have to guess.... Jervis Johnson. He was in a few photos back in the older white dwarfs.

on second thoughts maybe I should just get back to coding and not talk any more

What about the humble Genestealer?

JohnHwangDD wrote:What about the humble Genestealer?

Genestealer is circa 2005
Ork Buggy is Late 1990s (Gorkamorka)

I think it's the skaven poison wind globadiers.

one of the genestealer sculpts is from space hulk still, and yes the ork buggies are older than dirt, and they show too!

The old warlocks might match up with the SW characters. Are they still readily available?

Ezekiel is old. They redid him this year but it's still the same model.
Maybe Eldrad.

Either way, its pretty amazing how vastly superior some of the posing has become over the years, especially when comparing some of those 90's era warlocks and farseers to the newer models. No more of that static pose of both hands in the air at about shoulder height with one weapon in each.

Lesee...

I think the plastic genestealers in the 4th ed set are new, anyway the plastic ones GW had for a long time were from the 1995 Space Hulk launch, still younger than Ragnar Blondhair and Norselokin Nahm Stormcaller. They came out at the tail end of Rogue Trader, so 1993 or 1994.

Ezekiel was from 1995 or 6.

Old warlocks are older than the Wolfs but they were replaced around the Eye of Terror campaign, 2002 or 3.

Dunno about the Skaven plague globe guys. When are they from? Are any of Jes' original skaven still in print?

Space Wolves
- Special Characters (Ragnar, Ulrik)
- Metal Wolf Guard

Eldar
- Eldrad, Phoenix Lords
- Falcon, Vyper, Jetbike
- Warlock holding sword down, and warlock holding spear and pistol

Chaos
- Abbaddon, Kharn, Fabius

Fantasy
- The new white dwarf shows the Eltharion the Grim riding Stormwing for masterclass, now that is an old model!

I would say out of them all, the two warlocks and Eltharion are pre 94.

Oddly, they returned Karl Franz riding Deathclaw to production while dropping the newer and superior Elector Count on Griffon. He's got to be quite old now (as with most of the Empire special characters returned from 5th).

The Snotlings in the O&G range are from like 1988.

http://www.solegends.com/citjour86a/cj86ap26c14snotlings-01.htm

This is from the 1986 Citadel Journal, and the same models are being used today, nearly 22 years later.

The old Night Goblins included Snotlings on the sprue (like how some Tyranid units include Rippers).

Since the Night Goblins have been replaced though, the newer 'free' replacement Snotlings have been pushed out in favour of the 22 y.o. models.

Asmodai wrote:The old Night Goblins included Snotlings on the sprue (like how some Tyranid units include Rippers).

Since the Night Goblins have been replaced though, the newer 'free' replacement Snotlings have been pushed out in favour of the 22 y.o. models.

Wow that is old.

I yield to your Citadel-Fu.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Asmodai wrote:The old Night Goblins included Snotlings on the sprue (like how some Tyranid units include Rippers).

Since the Night Goblins have been replaced though, the newer 'free' replacement Snotlings have been pushed out in favour of the 22 y.o. models.

Wow that is old.

I yield to your Citadel-Fu.

To be fair, it's Chad Warden's Citadel Fu.

In fantasy, the Empire knight's horse is about 16+ years old...and since The Empire just had their new Army Book released, its gonna be a while before new ones are considered again.

If those snotlings are 22 years old, that makes them older than me.

When was the Leman Russ first out? 1994?

Yeah, or there abouts. I bought one when I first started in the hobby, probably early '95 or so.

Eldar Jetbikes go to about '94, along with the Leman Russ.
SW characters are about 2 years older.
Obviously, the Snotlings are older still.
Wraithguard go back to '95 or '96, as does the current SM bike, and Warp Spiders, the chimera, Abbadon, and the Vyper.

I think the Ratlings are from ~'92-94? Perhaps earlier.
IIRC, most of the Empire characters (including the individual Elector Counts) go back to 4th edition, not 5th. Could be wrong, though.

I think just about everything else from the 90s (Aspect Warriors, most Marine stuff, Ogryns, Com. Yarrick, etc.) have all been updated at least once.

My first minis where Wolf Guard and they are still arvailable, so they must have been around for quite a while.