Giving this thread a bumparoonie for some info I discovered. Might not be new to many people, but it was to me at least.
Thanks to the Megaminis site, I downloaded the first six
Grenadier Bulletin PDFs. And here is what I found:
The orc shamans numbered about 1,000, and were placed randomly in sets 2011 Orc's Lair, 2010 Denizens of the Swamp, and 2012 Dwellers Below. (
Bulletin #4)
I could find nothing about the MU numbers or where they were placed, other than they existed. (might have missed it though) I seem to recall an issue of
Dragon having some mention of it. I'll have to check. EDIT: Best I could come up with is the mention of them being placed in the 2009 Wizard's Room sets (#47), but I recall seeing an 'ad/article' with a photo of the previous winner and store owner that I cannot locate. I seem to recall the article had mentioned which sets they were to be included.
The basilisk was sold exclusively via the
Bulletin's order form in issues #1, 4 and 5. Didn't see it elsewhere in cursory viewing. Dunno how many people received them, so no idea as to the possible maximum there could be out there. Issue #3 boasted 6,000
Bulletin's in print.
I happened to think about this as I was probably going to put up my shaman and MU up for sale soon. It's been cool having them around the last couple of years, but it's really not part of my focus in the meagre collection.