Reaper Miniatures

A company called Reaper Miniatures produced miniatures based on Doom & Doom II characters from September 1997 to July 1999. The line featured miniatures of Marine with Shotgun (Hero), Zombie Marine with Autorifle, Zombie Marine with Shotgun (Sergeant), Heavy Weapons Dude (Chaingunner), Imp, Pink Demon, Lost Soul, Cacodemon, Pain Elemental, Revenant, Mancubus, Baron of Hell, Arachnotron, Arch-Vile and Cyberdemon. Reaper part numbers were 66601 thru 66615 (in respective order from above).

The miniatures were produced under a licence from id Software.

Three of the miniatures - the Baron of Hell, Mancubus, and Pinky Demon - were offered as Doom 3 preorder bonuses (which were actually possible to obtain for free by reserving the game, getting the miniature at the time of reservation and cancelling the preorder). GameStop, EB Games, and Best Buy each had one as their own store exclusive. Note that Best Buy also offered to sell their miniature online for $10 for those who did not wish to preorder the game.

The original miniatures were carved by 3 freelance artists contracted by Reaper: Sandra L. Garrity, Julie Guthrie, and Bob Ridolfi. Sandra carved 9 of them, Julie 2, and Bob 4.

2013 rerelease
A new batch of the Doom reaper miniatures was sold in 2013 on the online Bethesda store to celebrate the 2013 QuakeCon. These were sold for $200 in the form of boxed sets containing one of each of the 15 figures. These new prints show "2013" as the copyright date on the bottom of the figures. The 2013 Arachnotron is different to previous prints, and it appears that the flatter "beta" mold may have been used.

The boxed sets attracted some criticism from Doom fans due to the way that the figures are packed within the boxes. The figures are stored in a standard miniatures box in a foam grid, but the box was clearly designed for smaller figures, as some of the larger figures do not fit properly within the small grid spaces. Some of the foam is cut away (by Bethesda or Reaper) to accomodate the largest figures (specifically the Cyberdemon, Arachnotron and Archvile). The end result is a sloppy, unattractive appearance to the set (see picture).