Mystery case

That box is very strange indeed. I never saw that before. (Does the box contain the figures?)
Definitely they are not the Dwarves of the “Lost Dwarven army”. The figures are all from the old regular M-series (Dain Ironfoot without a base is one part of a small vignette). This is confirmed on the back of the box. Interesting is the hint at an “upcoming” Half-orc army which is the topic of the other “lost army”. That so-called “sergeant” is M365 Gloin in war gear. The figure which on the box is declared as “ranger” is the M127 Gimli-figure. BUT most surprising are all the bases which clearly are not original Mithril-bases and more remind of the bases used by a certain Gerold.
Anyway, my judgement is that this box, called “Mystery case” is a fake.

[My expression “lost army” refers to the two army-sets that were never released by Mithril but only sold in small batches by Chris Tubb some years ago. ]

This is exactly very strange indeed. Also Master Gerold didn´t left any word on it . . .

Regarding the photographs, those are defenetly not the Iron Hill dwarves- a Master Tree pointed out.
Unprofessional as the company is, that unprofessionality is not usual for them . . .
As far as I am informed, “Saruman´s army” is always mentioned first! Here it is the other way . . . strange that is . . .
Master Theobald is a good observer . . . I also would say- this is a fake- as far as the packaging is concerned- a professional one.
Although the “designer” used the wrong font!!!!

It is not mystery case…. it is just one lonely collector who has one obsession to make boxes…. but looks interesting…..

Well, that’s what I tried to point out in my first comment yesterday, Master Turambar. I think obviously those Gerold-bases in the pictures on the box are the best proof that it is a fake.

As for another matter I think it is a bit tricky to publish such a fake of a “Mithril box” that does not exist.

A few days too early Master Gerold, April isn’t upon us yet

But, on a different modelling subject, for those familiar with the old Aurora plastic models that got many of us interested in Frankenstein, Dracula etc. some die-hard collectors have in fact made up ‘spoof’ boxes of subjects that were either planned but never released, or were figures that some fans thought should be released.

So Master Gerold is not the only ‘guilty’ one

It’s a fun way to present your own personalized warband, nice idea

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

Nice warband with a great looking box!