This game is really one of the most exciting games ever.
The innumerable competitors who live in this extravagantly fanciful domain of Azeroth and the countless games that sell like the proverbial hot cakes stand as concrete proof to the fact.
The creators came up with a brilliant idea to send sales skyrocketing and that was to make Warcraft figures available to the public.
Little wonder they just kept flying off the shelves! The temptation to own one's very own Warcraft character was hard to pass up.
These figures are considered collectors items today.
It has been the company's best strategy yet, since there has been a veritable stampede by fans of the game to be the proud owners of these Warcraft figures.
To those who have not played the game, it seems unimaginable when they observe adults of both sexes feel so passionately about this world of make believe, where pillaging, looting and doing battle is the norm.
There is no explanation for this obsession with the game until one actually has the experience oneself.
Then you're done for as you get well and truly hooked! Only then do you realize the grip the game has on a person and how easily one can become a Warcraft addict and like the rest of the Warcraft fans you too will do all you can to be able to possess Warcraft figures.
Those who have outlived this phantasmagorical world, where swordsmanship, incantations and potions play a vital part are still interested enough to want to purchase the characters of their erstwhile fantasy as souvenirs of their Warcraft experience.
The character depictions were first introduced as Rare Editions.
As the name suggests, there were only 300 sets of the 16 figures released.
As a marketing gimmick, Fantasy Flight Games offered buyers of the board game, World of Warcraft, one bronze figure with every pre-ordered game bought.
Since the demand continued even after the figures were exhausted, the creators, Fantasy Flight Games joined hands with Blizzard, the makers of the board game Warcraft, to bring out what they called a Limited Edition of the same 16 figures, but with a slight difference.
Each bronze figure stands on a base.
This base is lined with black felt in the case of the Rare Edition figures, while in the case of the Limited Edition, the warriors stand on a base lined with green felt.
Besides, "ULTD" is marked on the rim of the figures in the Limited Edition, which is absent from the former.
Apart from this, there is really no difference.
The creators had set a limit of 300 sets of Warcraft figures in the case of the Rare Edition.
In the Limited Edition, the number of sets to be die cast was unlimited.
However, there was a limit set on the time.
The creators decided to stop sales after a year.
March 31, 2007 was the day earmarked to stop sales.
Perhaps you're one of the lucky ones who has among your treasures a Warcraft figure!