Doom continues to have a very dedicated following of gamers, helped by Bethesda and id Software doing a great job of releasing new games in the series. John Romero, the original designer of Doom, is also doing his part by releasing a new megawad for the 1993 classic called Sigil. Now, we're set to get a chance to buy the Doom miniatures again that everybody forgot existed.

The original Doom Miniatures were released back in 1997. They were sculpted by Sandra Garrity, Julie Guthrie, and Bob Ridolfi and command high prices at auction today. For example, the Cyberdemon miniature alone will cost you around $175. There's clearly demand for these miniatures, of which there are 15 in total, so Bethesda decided to reproduce them.

Bethesda is in possession of the original tooling and will use it to produce new versions of every miniature released over two decades ago. That means a collection containing Marine, Zombie Marine, Shotgun Guy, Heavy Weapons Dude, Imp, Pinky Demon, Lost Soul, Cacodemon, Revenant, Mancubus, Baron of Hell, Arch-Vile, Cyberdemon, Pain Elemental, and Arachnotron figures. Each will be created using lead free pewter and are hand polished. The size of the miniatures ranges from 1.25-inches (Marine) to 2.75-inches (Cyberdemon) tall.

Considering how much just one of the original miniatures will cost you today, you could say Bethesda is offering a bit of a bargain here. You can pre-order an entire set of the miniatures for $200, with shipment expected to happen at some point in January. Bethesda is also aware of just how popular this collection will be, so purchases are limited to one per person. If you try to grab more than one your order will most likely be canceled.

The miniatures have been created for Bethesda by Reaper Miniatures and will ship in a custom Doom box with foam insert. With the popularity of this set expected to be very high, pre-ordering is essential to ensure you get the pewter collectibles.

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