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'''Product Code Lists''': [[Range List (Hobby Products)|By Range]] | '''Product Code Lists''': [[Range List (Hobby Products)|By Range]] | ||
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<p class="contents-heading">Hobby Products</p> | <p class="contents-heading">Hobby Products</p> | ||
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* [[Promos & Specials (Metal Magic)|Promos & Specials]] | * [[Promos & Specials (Metal Magic)|Promos & Specials]] | ||
* [[Range List (Hobby Products)|Range List]] | * [[Range List (Hobby Products)|Range List]] | ||
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* '''Ranges''' | * '''Ranges''' | ||
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* [[Traveller (Metal Magic)|Traveller]] | * [[Traveller (Metal Magic)|Traveller]] | ||
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===Addresses=== | ===Addresses=== | ||
− | * Oberhausen, Germany | + | * Hobby Products GmbH. P.O. Box 10 10 20, 4200 Oberhausen, W.-Germany |
+ | * Hobby Products (GB) Ltd, 64 Parnie Street, Glasgow, G1 5RJ, Scotland, UK | ||
+ | * Wargames, Inc, Box 278, Triadelphia, WV 26059, USA | ||
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As a mid-1980s company, much of Hobby Products' history was pre-internet. According to the Wayback Machine, the website existed (with relevant content) from at least Dec 6th 2000 - Feb 9th 2005.<br> | As a mid-1980s company, much of Hobby Products' history was pre-internet. According to the Wayback Machine, the website existed (with relevant content) from at least Dec 6th 2000 - Feb 9th 2005.<br> | ||
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===Distribution=== | ===Distribution=== | ||
− | In the UK, | + | In the UK, [[Tabletop Games]] sold most of the early Fantasy and Arabian Nights ranges from at least 1984 to 1987-1988 ([[Reference - TTG to Metal Magic|TTG codes]]) before ''Hobbygames'' of London began advertising the Metal Magic ranges (May 1988).<br> |
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===Disposal of Assets=== | ===Disposal of Assets=== | ||
Many of their ranges are still in production from other companies but the sale and transfer of assets appears to have been the following:<br> | Many of their ranges are still in production from other companies but the sale and transfer of assets appears to have been the following:<br> | ||
− | * [[Fantasy 'C' (Metal Magic)|Metal Magic Fantasy]]: bought by | + | * [[Fantasy 'C' (Metal Magic)|Metal Magic Fantasy]]: bought by [[Mega Miniatures]]. |
− | * [[Arabian Nights (Metal Magic)|Arabian Nights]]: bought by | + | * [[Arabian Nights (Metal Magic)|Arabian Nights]]: bought by [[Mega Miniatures]]. |
− | * [[Metal Magic - Dunwich Detectives|Dunwich Detectives]]: bought by | + | * [[Metal Magic - Dunwich Detectives|Dunwich Detectives]]: bought by [[eM-4 Miniatures]]. |
− | * [[Spacelords (Metal Magic)|Spacelords]]: bought by | + | * [[Spacelords (Metal Magic)|Spacelords]]: bought by [[eM-4 Miniatures]]. |
− | * [[Demonworld]]: bought by | + | * [[Demonworld]]: bought by [[Ral Partha Europe|RPE]]. |
* [[Empires]]: unknown. | * [[Empires]]: unknown. | ||
− | * 15mm Historical Ranges: bought by {{clink|Gladiator Games}} ( | + | * 15mm Historical Ranges: bought by {{clink|Gladiator Games}} (acquired by [[Black Hat Miniatures]] and currently owned by [[Fighting 15s]]). |
− | * The Dark Eye (DSA): re-licensed from FanPro by | + | * The Dark Eye (DSA): re-licensed from [[FanPro]] by [[Ral Partha Europe|RPE]]. |
− | * Armalion: re-licensed from FanPro by | + | * Armalion: re-licensed from [[FanPro]] by [[Ral Partha Europe|RPE]]. |
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* {{elink|http://zinnfiguronline.bplaced.net/mmfantasy.htm|[4]}}, zinnfiguronline website (recommended). | * {{elink|http://zinnfiguronline.bplaced.net/mmfantasy.htm|[4]}}, zinnfiguronline website (recommended). | ||
* [[Catalogs (Metal Magic)|[5]]], Hobby Japan, ''"World of Metal Figures 3"'' | * [[Catalogs (Metal Magic)|[5]]], Hobby Japan, ''"World of Metal Figures 3"'' | ||
+ | * {{elink|1=http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=756628|2=[6]}} TMP, ''"Demonworld and Empires ranges for sale"'' (2003-08-25) | ||
+ | * [7], Dragon Magazine 176, Dec 1991, page 120, ''"Metal Magic (advert)"'' | ||
[[Category:1984]] | [[Category:1984]] | ||
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[[Category:Germany]] | [[Category:Germany]] | ||
[[Category:Hobby Products]] | [[Category:Hobby Products]] | ||
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