[Groop] re miniatures

[bj]

Scott wrote:

> Not to sound really lame here... but WHAT MINIATURE SET???
> (checking the couch for spare kopins now)
>  
>
Ah Scott, you have stumbled onto the end of a story that grew to epic 
proportions.  In the early years of this list several people posted 
about the Groo miniatures and what possible chance there was of even 
finding a set.  They were produced under licence by a Company that 
called themselves Dark Horse Miniatures which was made up of two 
people.  Alas they were no longer in business and could not be located.  
I think Ruben was one of the people who attempted to track down the two 
by doing an internet search by name.  (it turned out one of the names 
was misspelled in Groo-grams and the other one returned to Sweden or 
someplace.)  Again I think it was Ruben who lamented that probably the 
only way most of us would ever see a miniature set was if someone found 
a "Lost Crate" of them in the back room of some comic book store or 
warehouse.    A month or two later Tony Dodds, from Boise, posted that 
the guy who made them lived right there in his town and he would ask 
about them.  It turned out that Wolfe had a couple of cartons of them 
that had been returned from a bankrupt comic store and would sell one or 
two sets to any member of the Groop at a real good price.  There were 
four different packs with various Groo figures (Groo, witch of Caan, 
Arcadio, Sage, Mulch, Minstrel, Tarantowarrior, wench, a figure of 
Sergio with a giant pencil [I may have missed a few]) in lead about and 
inch or so high.  The fifth pack was the dragon.    (it was the cover 
dragon from one of the real early comics.  It came in about 5 pieces and 
had to be assembled. ) He ran out of the dragon real early and some of 
us never got one, although Wolfe thought there might be some in some 
other cartons along with some Ninja Turtle minis.  Sadly; shortly after 
this Wolfe discovered eBay, and was soon getting up to $55 for a dragon 
with lesser prices for the other packs.    Now; the best chance of 
finding them is to watch eBay and hope for a slow auction with other 
Groo fanciers on vacation.
Bunny