I have some of those in my basement --- 1980's dark elf lizard riders

 End of a Saturday game at the local store.  Packed up and overhearing portions of a discussion at the next table about a GW product's history.

They were comparing notes on what they knew or had seen about 'Cold Ones,' a lizard large enough to be ridden as a mount.  One gamer remembered a version being gamed from the early 2000's. Another  remembered 10 o so years prior a different version. 

 

 

The store manger mentioned there were metal versions  before 1990.  Disbelief was uttered and I high signed 'I have a couple,' to him. 

 

And here they are. I have been told they were sculpted by Bob Naismith back in 1985. I had picked them up at local stores late 1980's/early 1990's.

and painted them within a year or two. The store manger says the figures date to three years before he was born.

 Hmmm, now I feel old. But I like the metal beasts better than the plastic replacement mounts.