Reaper Miniatures

Reaper Miniatures
Incorporation (Inc.)
Industry Miniature wargaming manufacturer
Founded 1992
Headquarters Denton, Texas, United States
Key people
Ed Pugh (President, CEO), David Pugh, Matt Clark, Ron Hawkins, Anne Foerster, Gus Landt, Kit Pierce, Bryan Stiltz, Kevin Williams
Website Reapermini.com

Reaper Miniatures is an American manufacturer of pewter and plastic figurines in the 25–35 mm scale, which include fantasy and science fiction figures. Reaper, based in Denton, Texas, has developed tabletop miniature game systems that may be played with their figures. The Reaper Miniatures mascot is a succubus named Sophie.

History

Reaper Miniatures started in Fort Worth, Texas on July 4, 1992. Initially, two lines of miniatures were produced: Distinguished Flying Collectibles (a line of World War II aircraft) and Renaissance Dreams (a line of fantasy jewelry).

Reaper moved to Lewisville, Texas, in April 1993, and at this location they reactivated several old miniature lines that the company owned and combined them into the Dungeon Dweller 25 mm fantasy line.

Reaper saw further growth and need for expansion in August 1994, and moved into a 2,500-square-foot (230 m2) warehouse in Lewisville. Late in 1995, they launched the Scrye Counter series of collectible card game accessories and over 500,000 have been sold worldwide. The Dark Heaven 25 mm fantasy line was launched in 1996, and is the top-selling fantasy role-playing game (RPG) miniature line in the world. Reaper has also expanded into the European market through a partnership with a miniatures company in England.

In July 1998, Reaper launched the Warlord 25 mm fantasy line, CAV N-scale sci-fi line (Combat Assault Vehicle), Reaper Box Sets, Reaper Pro Paints, and Reaper Masters Series Paints. January 2004 saw Reaper move once again, to a new production facility in Denton, Texas.

The company has had three Bones Kickstarter campaigns. These have been used to launch and expand their lines of plastic miniatures in a new material. The first ended on August 26, 2012, with participants pledging over US$3 million, making it the third highest overall Kickstarter at the time.[1] The second campaign also reached above $3 million and as of the end of 2013 both were among the ten highest Kickstarters ever.[2] The third campaign was the shortest, running from July 7 to July 25, 2015. It raised $2.7 million dollars.

Reaper also manufactures two premium acrylic water-based paint lines designed for painting the miniatures which they manufacture.

Community & web presence

Reaper has an online community, from their online forum.[3]

Reaper also maintains an on site research and development facility for their games called "The Asylum". The Asylum is open to the public and also serves as a sort of company store, offering not only Reaper products, but a wide area of family board games and various role-playing games.

Miniature Lines

Current Miniature Lines

As of 2013, Reaper has five major lines of miniatures and two minor lines:

Previous Miniature Lines

Paint Lines

Two paint lines are produced: Pro paints, and the Masters Series.

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