Description: NEW/USED 965 (RARE) "Eric the Red" (90mm) PAINTED Metal Figure, by Imperial Miniatures (#IM-001) Packaging Condition: GOOD - Comes in original packaging with literature (Unsealed, will be secure); w/some stains to outer packaging (see pics)Date of Manufacture undetermined (circa late 1970s, USA)1:18 scale (90mm/9cm)This white metal figure (w/sword, shield and base) is mostly assembled and mostly painted (see pics)Approximately 4" tallThis figure depicts "Eric the Red" (aka Erik the Red) in Iceland, circa 965A violent man by nature, Eric the Red was banished from Iceland around the year 965 for, among other things, the killing of two of his contemporaries. He spent his banishment aboard a ship exploring a huge island to the west that had been sighted by a Norse mariner. The island proved to be a bountiful land and Eric returned to Iceland to recruit colonists. To tempt volunteers, Eric mounted a shrewd psychological gambit. Says his saga "He called the country he had discovered Greenland, for he argued that men would be drawn to go there if the island had an attractive name." Eric was successful and the Viking settlements endured for five centuries. Later, one of Eric's sons, Lief by name, was to sail westward in the year 1000 to the coast of North America and establish a temporary settlement on what was to become Newfoundland.Erik Thorvaldsson (c.950 – c.1003), aka Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard. According to Icelandic sagas, Erik was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson; to which Thorvald would later be banished from Norway, and would sail west to Iceland with Erik and his family. During Erik's life in Iceland, he married Þjódhild Jorundsdottir and would have four children, with one of Erik's sons being the well-known Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson. Around the year of 982, Erik was exiled from Iceland for three years, during which time he explored Greenland, eventually culminating in his founding of the first successful European settlement on the island. Erik would later die there around 1003 CE during a winter epidemic.Your shipment will arrive via USPS Priority Mail (1-4 business days) or USPS Ground Advantage (2-5 business days), after the 2-3 day processing time (upon paid purchase)Shipment(s) sent out of Lemon Grove, California, USAWE CAN COMBINE-SHIP - ASK US FIRST!Will be packed very well - READ OUR FEEDBACK!No Returns ***AN INVOICE WILL BE SENT AFTER PURCHASE, WHICH MAY REFLECT A MORE ACCURATE POSTAGE RATE FOR THIS ITEM - DON'T PASS THIS UP YET! Please visit our Backroad Memories ebay store, or visit www.BackroadMemories.com, for more model collectibles added weekly! PLEASE SHARE OUR STORE WITH EVERYBODY YOU KNOW!
Price: 39 USD
Location: Lemon Grove, California
End Time: 2024-11-11T20:00:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 2 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Assembly Status: Unassembled Kit
Character: Erik the Red
Size: 90mm (9cm)
Scale: 1:18
Material: Metal
Set Includes: READ FULL DESCRIPTION
MPN: IM-001
Vintage: Yes
California Prop 65 Warning: California Prop 65 Warning: Warnings about significant exposure to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
Brand: Imperial Miniatures
Type: Figure
Era: Iceland (circa 965)
Item Height: 4 in
Packaging: With Packaging
Model: Eric the Red
Theme: Militaria
Features: Carefully Packed, Painted, With Stand
Time Period Manufactured: 1970-1979
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
