I found these at the local Deseret, which is basically a Mormon goodwill. I initially got them as a white elephant gift, but I did a little research on them and decided to keep and eventually sell them.
These figures were made by Latter Day Designs, a Mormon toy company founded in 1995. They still make and sell these toys, from what I was able to gather, for about $6 apiece. The interesting bit is the dates on the figures: two are from ’95, two from ’96, and the big ol’ horseman is from ’97. Basically they’re among the very first production runs of this toy line, which makes them vintage collectibles according to Etsy. They’re not in bad condition, either, forgiving a slightly broken staff and some paint scuffs here and there — they’d still look nice on somebody’s display case.
Where’s Joseph Smith and his magic golden plates? I guess it would be hard to make a toy depicting something invisible…
Items from the ’90s are ‘vintage’ now? Jeez, I feel old…
Yeah, 20+ years is vintage now, apparently. To think that being veterans of the original Console Wars makes us old fogeys…