Asgard Miniatures
Status | Out of Business |
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Active | 1976 - mid-1980s |
Website | (pre-internet) |
Address | England, UK |
Asgard Miniatures was founded by Bryan Ansell, Paul Sulley and Steven Fitzwater in 1976 and went out of business somewhere in the early to mid 1980's. The moulds have been through a number of owners over the years, with many today being produced by both The Viking Forge and Alternative Armies.
Asgard
- About
- Company History
- Addresses
- Branding
- Disposal of Assets
- Collectors Groups
- References
- Miscellaneous
- Base Markings
- Catalogs
- Shields
- Unreleased
- 15mm Ranges
- Dungeon Adventurers (15mm)
- Fantasy (15mm)
- Fantasy Monsters (15mm)
- Fantasy
- AFE Elves
- AFG Goblins
- Barbarian Personalities
- Barbarians & Chaotics
- Creatures of Chaos
- Dragon Lizards
- Dungeon Adventurers
- Dwarf Warriors
- Fantasy Cavalry
- Fantasy Females
- Fantasy Monsters
- Great Lizards
- Large Sadistic Demons
- Miscellaneous
- Nick Bibby
- Orcs
- Personalities
- Tookers
- Historical
- Greeks
- Gunfighters
- Medievals
- Normans
- Persians
- Vikings
- Sci-Fi
- Combat 3000 (15mm)
- SF Weapons
- Science Fiction
- Science Fiction (15mm)
- Space Marines
Company History
Asgard Miniatures was founded by Bryan Ansell, Paul Sulley and Steven Fitzwater in 1976. Bryan Ansell had previously designed the Conquest Miniatures Age of Joman [3] range which explains the certain similarities which exist between one or two figures of the Conquest range and the Asgard ranges. Sculptors include Bryan Ansell, Tony Ackland, Nick Bibby and Jes Goodwin. Casting was by Jamie Sims and Mould-making by Garry 'Slim' Parsons. Bryan left in 1978 to form Citadel Miniatures. In mid-1984, Asgard merged with distribution company Sanders International in a deal to sell Asgard figures in more up-to-date blister packaging. [2]
Asgard went out of business somewhere in the early to mid 1980's. An article in Adventurer #5 from December 1986 implies that Asgard had ceased trading.[4] The Viking Forge ended up with the rights in the US for a good portion of the 25mm fantasy ranges and continues to produce them to this day. In the UK, Tabletop Games acquired all of the Asgard assets and continued to produce much of them until around the mid 2000's when Tabletop's ranges were acquired by Alternative Armies. Under the ownwership of Tabletop Games a number of sculpts were remodelled by Steve Trickett. Alternative Armies has brought some of the old Asgard figures back into production.
Addresses
- Asgard Miniatures, 15 Furlong Avenue, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 7AR, England, UK (mail order) [3]
- Asgard Miniatures, 32 Mansfield Lane, Calverton, Nottinghamshire NG14 6NP, England, UK (mail order)
- Asgard Miniatures, 14 Commerce Square, High Pavement, Nottingham NG1 1HS, England, UK (Shop)
- Asgard Miniatures,18 Commerce Square, High Pavement, Nottingham NG1 1HS , England, UK (Shop)
- Asgard Miniatures, 36 High Pavement, Nottingham NG1 1HN, England, UK (Shop) [5]
- Asgard Miniatures, 97 Carrington Street, Nottingham NG1 7FE, England, UK (Shop)
- Asgard Miniatures, Unit 22, Bar Lane Industrial Estate, Basford, Notts NG7 7HS, England, UK (mail order)
- Jeux Actuels, 27005 Évreux, France (French distributor?)
Branding
Disposal of Assets
Collectors Groups
- Asgard Collectors Group (Facebook)
References
- [1], wikipedia, "Bryan Ansell" (accessed 2015-08-25)
- [2], Imagine No. 14, May 1984, page 13, "Illuminations - Small News"
- [3], "Asgard Miniatures reviewed by Ian Livingstone", "White Dwarf 2" (Aug/Sept 1977), page 7
- [4], "Town Crier - Where are they now?", "Adventurer 5" (December 1986), page 10
- [5], "What is Dungeons & Dragons?", John Butterfield, Philip Parker, David Honigmann (1982), page 169