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Post Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:08 am 
 

FYI, there are some "Partha" pewter miniatures up for sale on www.shopgoodwill.com.  I know nothing about them but thought some of you might be interested and there are no bids as of yet.  Looked like S/H cost for me would be about $14 (always pretty high at Goodwill).
  

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:34 pm 
 

staro wrote:FYI, there are some "Partha" pewter miniatures up for sale on http://www.shopgoodwill.com.  I know nothing about them but thought some of you might be interested and there are no bids as of yet.  Looked like S/H cost for me would be about $14 (always pretty high at Goodwill).


They appear to be chess pieces.  There are a lot of identical minis in there.  Unfortunately, even if all the lots were purchased, there would be quite a few pieces missing.   :(


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:54 pm 
 

The Partha Pewter minis (typically designated by stamp on the bottom that reads PP###) seemed to have been designed with the fantasy collector in mind, and not necessarily the gamer. Many of them have decorative crystals attached, things of that nature - not something you would paint up and use in your game. And yes, I have seen them used as chess pieces as well.


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Post Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:32 pm 
 

TollHouseGolem wrote:The Partha Pewter minis (typically designated by stamp on the bottom that reads PP###) seemed to have been designed with the fantasy collector in mind, and not necessarily the gamer. Many of them have decorative crystals attached, things of that nature - not something you would paint up and use in your game. And yes, I have seen them used as chess pieces as well.


Hi, just curious in regard to miniatures... I noticed the term "pre-slotta" being used.  I know this is something to do with the base... but cannot find an exact definition... any help?

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:49 pm 
 

Pre-slotta usually refers to early Citadel minis with integral or solid bases - basically before Citadel/Games Workshop started casting their minis with a tabbed base and mounted them in slotted plastic bases (Warhammer and Warhammer 40K, official Citadel AD&D, etc). Hope that helps!

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