From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 05:21:47 -0600
Subject: Ogres for Re: [DSII] Genre
John Crimmins sed: *** > Grenadier Ogres? I knew Martian Metals made some, but Grenadier? I might be misremembering. I picked them up from a store that specialized in OOP items, at Origins many moons ago. We were the exclusive carriers of GZG in those days.... As I recall, the blister packages were white, and the same people made Car Wars figures--which I've been working on this very evening. *** Can't speak on the Car Wars stuff, though I recall the white packages. However, last weekend, I picked up some more Pan-Euro mobile hwz in white-backed blisters. The backs said Steve Jackson games, but had a slip of paper glued over giving a copyright to SJ Games of 1983, but Grenadier of Springfield, PA, as manufacturer. *** > With a bit of luck, SJ may licence another firm to do some I talked to an SJG rep at an open house a few years ago, and apparently Steve himself wants to do the new figures in a larger scale. I'm hoping that this is no longer the case. *** Did you get a feel for how much bigger? I've nasty suspicions about a break into the action toy market. Have you seen the Arena at GenCon (not sure if they run games elsewhere). They do things like 28mm scale GW Titan/tank battles and Star Wars with 6 foot long Star Destroyers using micromachines as fighters. Their Orge battles had Gev's about 6" long, and Ogres to scale. Lovely, but definitely not table top. The_Beast PS. While my own mailer has wrap built in, I've attempted to add carraige returns to keep the list mailer from adding them so awkwardly. I'll be looking at the result, adjust, and fire for effect. Lot of work, though.