DDM (Or Are They?)

[Mark CMG]

What's up with these?

Lot 27 X D&D Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Figures L213 - eBay (item 250661219957 end time Jul-07-10 18:36:37 PDT)

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[SquareKnot]

I recognize many of these sculpts from DDM. Could these be the unpainted minis that come with the RavenLoft boardgame?

 

[Huw]

If they're coming from Hong Kong, could simply be unpainted minis en route to whether they get painted. The sculpts do look authentic. Are they legally on sale? Not sure.

 

[IronWolf]

If they're coming from Hong Kong, could simply be unpainted minis en route to whether they get painted. The sculpts do look authentic. Are they legally on sale? Not sure.

I think it is along the lines of this.

I could have sworn Mistwell over on circvs posted links to similar looking minis once in a thread he was talking about importing something. I searched and couldn't find the thread though.

 

[Riley]

The red epoxy (resculpt/detail work) on the dwarf suggests that these might be masters from which the molds were made.

 

[Oryan77]

They are probably just example molds that the workers refer to when in pre-production. Most likely they were stolen from the factory. That happens almost with every set it seems.

Every one of those is a mold of minis that have already been released in various sets.

 

[frankthedm]

SInce the items are being shipped from

secret pirate island- Hong Kong

and the seller is claiming some of the figs are 'prototypes', at best, they were taken from the factory.

sellers ebay store

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[Mark CMG]

Maybe after they were used to the point of not being viable off which to produce molds, the factory had a raffle and some lucky employee gets to take them home?

 

[pawsplay]

This could be extra material from making molds. Also, sometimes overseas suppliers make a few extras of this and that for the gray market, so this doesn't necessarily reflect materials left over from the beginning of the process.

 

[doctorhook]

This could be extra material from making molds. Also, sometimes overseas suppliers make a few extras of this and that for the gray market, so this doesn't necessarily reflect materials left over from the beginning of the process.

"Gray market"... no pun intended, right?