![]() This period between 19, largely left Ral Partha Shadowrun miniatures in limbo. They had no interest in the Ral Partha assets, however, and in 2014 The Tornante Company sold the Ral Partha rights back to Iron Wind Metals. In 2007, InMediaRes Productions, LLC gained the license for producing Shadowrun and did so under the subsidiary Catalyst Game Labs. Then four years later in 2007, Topps was purchased by the private equity firm, The Tornante Company. remained independent, they no longer had the right to Ral Partha’s trademarks and many of the assets. This period that encompassed the late 90s and early 2000s was a tumultuous time for gaming, and in 2003, Wizkids was purchased by Topps (the trading card company), although Iron Wind Metals LLC. One year later, in 2001, Ral Partha’s miniature production was spun off as Iron Wind Metals LLC. When FASA sold the rights to Shadowrun to Wizkids in 2000, Ral Partha was one of the assets that changed hands. In 1998, Wizards of the Coast canceled their contract for the production of Dungeons and Dragons miniatures, and as a result, Ral Partha Enterprises, Inc. That set has had varying levels of availability since. Tom Meier, Dennis Mize, and Dave Summers designed a set of miniatures that would go on to win the Origin Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series in 1991. In 1991, FASA (the creators of Shadowrun) licensed Ral Partha to create and produce miniatures for the company. It is worth noting that another company, called Grenadier Models Inc., created the first miniature sets for Shadowrun in 1989. The history of Ral Partha and the casts for this miniatures set is complex but is also the history of Shadowrun.
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