Re: Star Wars Figures

Has there been any talk of "official" spaceship minis?

Geo-Hex wrote:

> > From:	   "John Jeffery Shoemark" <shoemark@acay.com.au>
> > Reply-to:	   FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> > To: 	   <FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk>
> > Subject:	   RE: Star Wars Figures
> > Date:	   Wed, 8 Jul 1998 20:59:13 +1000
>
> > > "I have a bad feeling about this...."
> > >
> > >
> > The 25mm Star Wars figures have actually been cancelled for several
> months
> > now. They were planning to redo them in a 30mm type size. Apparently
> this
> > was because the true 25mm size was considered to be "old fashioned".
> I know
> > they stopped distribution of these figures outside the US about a
> year ago
> > because they had lost the foreign rights for them.
> > I am unaware of WEGs demise but I know product has slowed down a lot
> in the
> > last four months. (Until three weeks ago I was President of their
> largest
> > distributor in Australia) So, if you want to use Star Wars figures
> for
> > Stargrunt grab them quickly, particularly the Stormtroopers. They
> have
> > always been the hardest to get a reliable supply of.
> >
> > John S
> >
> John,
>
> I had the opportunity to view the new figures.  Marko of Global Games
> had the nod from WEG to do the redesign, and they are beautiful!  The
> shame of it all is that they may not see store shelves anytime soon,
> if ever.  Hopefully, someone will pick up the license and perhaps
> Marko can make some kind of deal to release the figures.
>
> KR, Geo-Hex