Personalities and Things that go Bump in the Night
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Ral Partha produced this Personalities range. Originally, this series was called the "Fantasy Line" and used the "ES-xx" product codes. Adverts ran in Dragon magazaine using that code scheme from issue 4 to 11; in issue 12 the series adopted it's full title. [2]
In 1980, the codes were switched to "01" (see Notes). For codes 01-162 through 01-192, see Personalities (Dennis Mize Extension)
Contents
- 01-001 Evil Wizard, Casting Spell
- 01-002 Mounted Super Hero w. Axe
- 01-003 Balrog
- 01-004 Cleric, Cloaked w. Staff
- 01-005 Winged Gremlin
- 01-006 Patriarch
- 01-007 Serpent Creeper
- 01-007 (v4) Winged Serpent
- 01-008 Zaftig Maiden
- 01-009 Barbarian Hero
- 01-010 Hill Troll
- 01-011 (v1) Vallor, Warrior
- 01-011 (v2) Angel
- 01-012 (v1) Vallor, Captain
- 01-012 (v2) Archangel
- 01-013 Assassin
- 01-014 Vampire (Count Dracula)
- 01-015 Super Hero w. Axe
- 01-016 Beowulf (Nordic Hero)
- 01-017 (v1) Mounted Vallor
- 01-017 (v2) Pegasus and Rider
- 01-018 Adventuress
- 01-019 Angel of Death
- 01-020 Mummy
- 01-021 Elf Princess
- 01-022 Elf Lord
- 01-023 Shield Maiden
- 01-024 "Foregum" Super Hero
- 01-025 Super Hero on Horseback
- 01-026 Adventuress on Horseback
- 01-027 Mounted Ranger & on Foot
- 01-028 (v1) Gremlin War Party
- 01-028 (v2) Gremlin War Party
- 01-028 (v3) Gremlin War Party
- 01-029 Sorceress
- 01-030 Wraith
- 01-031 Dwarf Lord
- 01-032 Centaur Archer / Spear
- 01-033 Satyr (Pan)
- 01-034 Land Dragon & Captain
- 01-035 Land Dragon & Lancer
- 01-036 Witch
- 01-037 Monk
- 01-038 (v1) Sprite War Band
- 01-038 (v2) Winged Panther
- 01-039 Imp War Party
- 01-040 Were Bear
- 01-041 Wind Lord
- 01-042 Paladin (on foot)
- 01-043 Armored Knight (on foot)
- 01-044 Rooman War Party
- 01-045 Earth Demon (Elemental)
- 01-046 Undead War Band
- 01-047 Armored Centaur
- 01-048 Demon of Evil Law
- 01-049 Tree Shepherd
- 01-050 Wyvern
- 01-051 Griffon
- 01-052 Hill Giant
- 01-053 Siren
- 01-054 Ghouls
- 01-055 Enchantress
- 01-056 Enchanter
- 01-057 (v1,2) Frost Giant
- 01-058 Bard
- 01-059 Fire Giant
- 01-060 Dungeon Lady w. Dragon
- 01-061 Were Wolf
- 01-062 Trill
- 01-063 True Trolls
- 01-064 Air Elemental
- 01-065 Demon
- 01-066 Necromancers
- 01-067 Hecatron
- 01-068 Dragon
- 01-069 Djinn
- 01-070 Dwarven Personalities
- 01-071 Unicorn w. Princess Rider
- 01-072 Cold Drake (Dragon)
- 01-073 Clerics
- 01-074 Lizard w. Wraith Rider
- 01-075 Barbarian Heroes
- 01-076 Elvin Personalities
- 01-077 Female Demons
- 01-078 Hillmen
- 01-079 Heroines
- 01-080 Lizard & Rider
- 01-081 Armored Balrog
- 01-082 Black Prince on Horse
- 01-083 War Dragon w. Knight
- 01-084 Evil Lord on Litter
- 01-085 Amazons
- 01-086 Winged Beast w. Rider
- 01-087 Female Creatures
- 01-088 Iron and Clay Golems
- 01-089 Witch King on Charger
- 01-090 Storm Giant
- 01-091 Elf Hero, Mounted & Foot
- 01-092 Servants
- 01-093 Anti-Paladin
- 01-094 The Golden Dragon
- 01-095 Jabberwock
- 01-096 Hippogriff
- 01-097 Grendel
- 01-098 Ogre
- 01-099 Armored Giant & Elephant
- 01-100 Hellhound w. Wraith
- 01-101 Mechanical Knight Set
- 01-102 Highwayman Set
- 01-103 Bugbears
- 01-104 Flying Demon, Wizard
- 01-105 Three Headed Troll
- 01-106 Half Elves
- 01-107 Knight on Bumblebee
- 01-108 Titan
- 01-109 Cloud Giant
- 01-110 Devils w. Sep. Heads
- 01-111 Demons w. Sep. Heads
- 01-112 Paladin, Mounted & Foot
- 01-113 Gargoyles
- 01-114 Thieves
- 01-115 Half Orcs
- 01-116 Plague Fly & Belladona K.
- 01-117 Boogie Men
- 01-118 Giant Werebear & Manform
- 01-119 Oriental Werecreatures
- 01-120 Cutthroats
- 01-121 Hill Giant
- 01-122 Bandersnatch & Jubjub Bird
- 01-123 Drakken
- 01-124 Warriors of Chaos
- 01-125 Champion of Chaos
- 01-126 Lord of Chaos
- 01-127 Black Prince's Chariot
- 01-128 Brigand's Treasure Caravan
- 01-129 Celestial Dragon
- 01-130 Guardian Knights
- 01-131 Lawful Bro's of Eaglesborne
- 01-132 The Chaotic Ones
- 01-133 Guardians of Doom
- 01-134 Lawful Fighting Companions
- 01-135 Lawful Swordmasters
- 01-136 Chaotic Knights of Doom
- 01-137 Chaotic Knights of the Skull
- 01-138 Black Dragon
- 01-139 Blue Dragon
- 01-140 Undead Dragon
- 01-141 Black Prince's Orc Guard
- 01-142 Black Prince's Elite Guard
- 01-143 Malkotian Spearmen
- 01-144 Black Falmyrian Guard
- 01-145 Black Falmyrian Champion
- 01-146 Forest Dragon
- 01-147 Boarak, Death Rider
- 01-148 Perfidion, Chaos Knight
- 01-149 Mounted Chaos Knight
- 01-150 Mounted Chaos Knight
- 01-151 Sea Dragon
- 01-152 Amazon Temple Guards
- 01-153 Amazon Cavalry
- 01-154 Amazon Slave Chariot
- 01-155 Giant Griffon
- 01-156 Black Prince's Black Knight
- 01-157 Dark Elves & Black Dwarves
- 01-158 Warriors of Sutherkrein
- 01-159 Elite Armored Dwarf Guard
- 01-160 Orc War Chieftains
- 01-161 Hellspawns
- Notes
- Sets
- References
01-001 Evil Wizard, Casting Spell
01-002 Super Hero, on Super Heavy Horse, w. Axe
01-003 Balrog
01-004 Cleric, Cloaked w. Staff
01-005 Winged Gremlin
01-006 Patriarch
01-007 Serpent Creeper
01-007 Winged Serpent
01-008 Zaftig Maiden
01-009 Barbarian Hero
01-010 Hill Troll
01-011 (v1) Vallor, Warrior of the Gods
01-011 (v2) Angel
01-012 (v1) Vallor, Captain
01-012 (v2) Archangel
01-013 Assassin
01-014 Vampire (Count Dracula)
01-015 Super Hero w. Axe
01-016 Beowulf (Nordic Hero)
01-017 (v1) Mounted Vallor
- Shown in Dragon magazine issue #8, page 27.
01-017 (v2) Pegasus and Rider
01-018 Adventuress
01-019 Angel of Death
01-020 Mummy
01-021 Elf Princess
01-022 Elf Lord
01-023 Shield Maiden
01-024 "Foregum" Super Hero
01-025 Super Hero on Horseback
01-026 Adventuress on Horseback
01-027 Mounted Ranger & on Foot
01-028 (v1) Gremlin War Party
01-028 (v2) Gremlin War Party
01-028 (v3) Gremlin War Party
- Figures a and c are the same as figures from version 1 of this set.
01-029 Sorceress
01-030 Wraith
01-031 Dwarf Lord
01-032 Centaur Archer / Spear
01-033 Satyr (Pan)
01-034 Land Dragon & Captain
- The land dragons appear to be the same as those in 01-035.
01-035 Land Dragon & Lancer
- The land dragons appear to be the same as those in 01-034.
- By (v4) the blister included the option of the 01-034 Captain as well as the 01-035 Lancer.
01-036 Witch
01-037 Monk
01-038 (v1) Sprite War Band
01-038 (v2) Winged Panther
01-039 Imp War Party
01-040 Were Bear
- Were Bear (V1) appeared in White Dwarf issue 10 Dec/Jan 1978/79 (Labelled as Werebear Attacking ES40)
01-041 Wind Lord
01-042 Paladin (dismounted)
01-043 Armored Knight (dismounted)
01-044 Rooman War Party
01-045 Earth Demon (Elemental)
01-046 Undead War Band
01-047 Armored Centaur
01-048 Demon of Evil Law
01-049 Tree Shepherd
01-050 Wyvern
01-051 Griffon
01-052 Hill Giant
01-053 Siren
01-054 Ghouls
01-055 Enchantress
01-056 Enchanter
01-057 Frost Giant
01-058 Bard
01-059 Fire Giant
01-060 Dungeon Lady w. Pet Dragon
01-061 Were Wolf
01-062 Trill
01-063 True Trolls
01-064 Air Elemental
01-065 Demon
01-066 Necromancers
01-067 Hecatron
01-068 Dragon
01-069 Djinn
01-070 Dwarven Personalities
01-071 Unicorn w. Princess Rider
01-072 Cold Drake (Dragon)
01-073 Clerics
01-074 Lizard w. Wraith Rider
01-075 Barbarian Heroes
01-076 Elven Personalities
01-077 Female Demons
01-078 Hillmen
01-079 Heroines
01-080 Lizard & Rider
01-081 Armored Balrog
01-082 Black Prince on Horse
01-083 War Dragon w. Knight
01-084 Evil Lord on Litter
- The bearers and the litter appear to be the same in both versions.
01-085 Amazons
01-086 Winged Beast w. Rider
01-087 Female Creatures
01-088 Iron and Clay Golems
01-089 Witch King on Charger
01-090 Storm Giant
01-091 Elf Hero, Mounted & Foot
01-092 Servants
01-093 Anti-Paladin, Mounted & Foot
01-094 The Golden Dragon
- The golden dragon appeared in the Sears Christmas catalog of 1984. [3]
01-095 Jabberwock
01-096 Hippogriff
01-097 Grendel
01-098 Ogre
01-099 Armored Giant on War Elephant
- Shown as ”new release” in Dragon Magazine, #68, in December 1982.
01-100 Hellhound w. Wraith
- Shown as ”new release” in Dragon Magazine, #68, in December 1982.
01-101 Mechanical Knight Set
- Shown as ”new release” in Dragon Magazine, #68, in December 1982.
01-102 Highwayman Set
- Shown as ”new release” in Dragon Magazine, #68, in December 1982.
01-103 Bugbears
- Shown as ”new release” in Dragon Magazine, #68, in December 1982.
01-104 Flying Demon, Wizard
01-105 Three Headed Troll
01-106 Half Elves
01-107 Knight Mounted on Bumblebee
01-108 Titan
01-109 Cloud Giant
01-110 Devils w. Separate Heads
01-111 Demons w. Separate Heads
01-112 Paladin, Mounted & On Foot
01-113 Gargoyles
01-114 Thieves
01-115 Half Orcs
01-116 Plague Fly and Belladona Knights
01-117 Boogie Men
01-118 Giant Werebear and Manform
01-119 Oriental Werecreatures
01-120 Cutthroats
01-121 Hill Giant
01-121 (v2) |
01-122 Bandersnatch & Jubjub Bird
01-123 Drakken
01-124 Warriors of Chaos
01-125 Champion of Chaos
01-126 Lord of Chaos
01-127 Black Prince's Chariot
- The earlier version of the Black Prince was not shown in the catalogs.
01-128 Brigand's Treasure Caravan
01-129 Celestial Dragon
01-130 Guardian Knights
01-131 Lawful Brothers of Eaglesborne
01-132 The Chaotic Ones
01-133 Guardians of Doom
01-134 Lawful Fighting Companions
01-135 Lawful Swordmasters
01-136 Chaotic Knights of Doom
01-137 Chaotic Knights of the Skull
01-138 Black Dragon
01-139 Blue Dragon
01-140 Undead Dragon
01-140 (a) |
01-140 (b) |
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01-140 (c) |
01-140 (d) |
01-140 |
01-141 Black Prince's Orc Guard
01-142 Black Prince's Elite Guard
01-143 Malkotian Spearmen
01-144 Black Falmyrian Guard
01-145 Black Falmyrian Champion
- Ral Partha 1987 catalog listed sets 01-141 to 01-145 as "part of the Chaos Wars program".
01-146 Forest Dragon
01-147 Boarak, Death Rider
01-148 Perfidion, Chaos Knight
01-149 Mounted Chaos Knight
- The "Escheater" name is only known from the blister.
01-150 Mounted Chaos Knight
01-150 |
01-150 |
01-150 (a) |
01-150 (b) |
01-151 Sea Dragon
01-152 Amazon Temple Guards
01-153 Amazon Cavalry
01-154 Amazon Slave Chariot
01-155 Giant Griffon
01-156 Black Prince's Black Knight
01-157 Dark Elves & Black Dwarves
01-158 Warriors of Sutherkrein
01-159 Elite Armored Dwarf Guard
01-160 Orc War Chieftains
01-161 Hellspawns
Notes
- The first figure of the series, "ES-01 Evil Wizard, casting spell" represented Ral-Partha a Dungeons & Dragons wizard created by Tom Meier's friend John "Ral" Winkler. John later became the company's chief caster.
- The "ES-18 Adventuress" was introduced in December 1978 (Dragon issue 4) and is credited as the first female character for role-playing games. [2]
- The figures were first sold loose, but by 1977 they were packaged in blister packs on a black-printed white card. The 1979 Ral Partha catalog includes a series of box sets ES-201 through ES-212 which contained two to four figures with related themes. Additional sets were added the following year.
- Ral Partha replaced the descriptive codes with numeric ones in its 1980 catalog: the "ES-xx" (presumably "Elf Specials"?) codes became 01-xxx. This adjustment from alphabetic to numeric product code prefixes happened across all of the ranges that Ral Partha was producing at the time.
- The 1979 catalog was the last one from Ral Partha itself to use the ES codes, and the range only extended up through ES64 at that point. However, even after Ral Partha switched over to using the 01 codes, both RAFM and Citadel Miniatures continued to use the ES codes for the figures from this range that they were importing into Canada and the UK respectively. Citadel was still selling these figures under ES codes at least as late as 1982, and RAFM was doing so at least as late as 1986. In both cases they were using ES codes on figures that were released after Ral Partha had made the switch over to the 01 codes. This makes it difficult to try and draw a neat distinction between the set of ES series figures vs. the 01 series figures. To further complicate matters is the fact that the two Ral Partha catalogs before and after the switch over (i.e. 1979 and 1980) only included photos of a small number of the figures in the range. This makes it unclear as to which particular variant of a given product code was even in production at the point in time that the product codes were changed.
- The earliest variants of some of these figures would only ever have been released under ES codes since those variants had already been phased out before the switch over. A large block of the figures were released both under ES and 01 codes. The latest half of the range, everything past 01-100 or so, were only ever released under 01 codes.
- This page intends to document all of the figures released under both the ES and 01 codes. To keep things simple we have uniformly labeled all of the figures using the 01 prefix, even though some of the earliest variants would have only been released under ES codes.
Personalities Sets
As well as selling the Personalities figures individually, Ral Partha bundled them together in sets with codes in the 01-200+ range (see 1980 Ral Partha catalogue). No set names were given. These early Fantasy Collector Series sets and their contents are listed in the following table:
Code | Figures | Notes |
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01-201 | 001, 004, 006, 037 | |
01-202 | 036, 053, 055, 056 | |
01-203 | 014, 020, 054, 061 | |
01-204 | 009, 015, 016, 024 | 007 instead of 009 in 1979 Catalog |
01-205 | 011, 012, 041 | |
01-206 | 008, 018, 021, 023 | |
01-207 | 022, 031, 042, 043 | |
01-208 | 013, 018, 024 | (1979) v1 |
01-208 | 026, 027 | (1980) v2 |
01-209 | 005, 007, 013, 033 | |
01-210 | 040, 047 | |
01-211 | 010, 041, 048 | |
01-212 | 019, 050, 051 | |
01-213 | 005, 031, 048 | |
01-214 | 029, 055, 058, 060 | |
01-215 | 001, 030, 054, 061 |
References
- [1], Wikipedia,
- [2], Dragon Magazine, "Fantasy Forge", Issue 8, July 1977
- [3], Sear Christmas Book 1984, pg 588