Early Ral Partha griffin & snake bird metal figures Dated 1977 EX!!! unpainted

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Up for bid is a set of 2 vintage metal figures, griffin and snake bird, made by Ral Partha in 1977. Neither figure was ever painted. Right about the time my brother and I were getting out of the hobby Dungeons & Dragons was coming into prominence. It's possible these are early figures from that line.
Back in the early 1970's a shop called The Fusilier opened in my home town of Riverside, California. It was owned by a gentleman named Bud (I have forgotten his last name) and he sold small metal figures for painting. My brother and I soon fell in love with the hobby and would ride our bikes to the shop (allowance in pocket) to buy what looked cool to a 10 year old. Unfortunately, I quickly discovered that I was no artist but I kept trying and collecting figures. Recently my mom gave me a box of my figures, most covered in layers of paint, that I thought had been long disposed off. I carefully, using non toxic paint remover, removed the majority of the paint from the painted figures. I then shot a thin coat of Tamiya's fine surface primer on each one. If the listing is for a figure that I never painted it will be indicated.
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