If you peruse the pages of The Stuff of Legends website that deal with the limited edition Citadel figures of the
early 1980's, you will find two figures whose origins are somewhat shrouded in mystery:
Fergus the Psychotic Troll and a
skeleton warrior. We have some knowledge of the origins of these figures, but until now that knowledge has been incomplete. We knew for example that on at least one occasion Fergus has been sent to someone who on purchasing Citadel figures discovered that the mail order troll responsible for the order made a mistake, and Fergus was sent by way of an apology. We also know that the skeleton warrior has been spotted attached to one of Citadel's "limited to 1000" labels.
I recently obtained an old mail order flyer which sheds more light on the origin of these two figures. The flyer in question was presumably released in October 1982 - it bears "October" in the title and fits the pattern of similar flyers produced in 1982 as seen on
SOL (note the November flyer for the giveaway figure Grogus):
