Grimstonefire:
Another challenge for you all.
None of the models I have are older than 5th ed, so I know I’m out of this.
I have probably 15 5th ed models lying in boxes somewhere. I had a few more metals but they got melted down over the years (lead and all).
Chico:
I have a bunch of pre-slotta Fiend Factory Zombies (Later c18 Zombies) from 1983
ClawLeader:
I have models from the original dungeon quest and catacombs expansion. As well as curse of the mummeys tomb
wallacer:
I have an old pre-slotta Broo figure that I use as a Beastman.
Willmark:
Some of my ones I got in 1988 are in reality from the early 80s. Now with a lot of the Nippon ones Im buying even earlier.
Vogon:
My earliest models are the pre slotta Mengil Manhide’s man flayer dark elves which I was given by a mate when I first started WFB. 
The first models I bought myself were some titans (Warhounds and Reaver)which I still have. They’ve been painted and repainted many times in a variety of guises and I doubt I’ll ever part with them.
Cheers
Vogon
Edit: Also there is this 
from 1984
Sticklander:
I had some old Runequest figures, but I sold them recently. Plus a bunch of Lizardmen too.
I had this one pre slotta figure of a cloaked and hooded man wielding a dagger, one foot forward, but I was never able to track down what the figure was…
Thorne:
While strictly not games workshoI somewhere have a full set of the archive miniatures set that was the ‘proxy’ set for The Lord of the rings fellowship from 1972. They were made listed as the ranger, the grey wizard, the elf prince, the city captain, the dwarf warrior, but I’m not sure what merry pippin frodo and Sam were called. From my understanding Iron Crown Entertainment had the licence for lord of the rings so Archive couldn’t release them as an official fellowship miniatures range.
G.2:
Oh…I want to play this game.
Here are my oldest minis. I actually purchased these myself back in the 1980s from a local game shop, and that is my painting efforts, using enamel paints.
Ugly Green Trog:
Mine are a fair bit newer with the exception of some of the marauder dwarf spearmen which I think are late 80s early 90s.
Kera foehunter:
wow i can"t play because those figures are 6 year older than me.
Oh...I want to play this game.
Here are my oldest minis. I actually purchased these myself back in the 1980s from a local game shop, and that is my painting efforts, using enamel paints.
G.2
furrie:
I've got models who are as old as I am, I believe I even have some models that are older then me.wow i can"t play because those figures are 6 year older than me.
Oh...I want to play this game.
Here are my oldest minis. I actually purchased these myself back in the 1980s from a local game shop, and that is my painting efforts, using enamel paints.
G.2
* Kera start to kick her foot in the dirt*
Kera foehunter
cornixt:
I’ve got several late 3rd ed Goblins that I bought new, but that’s about my limit.
Nicodemus:
Hmm, I have most of Ally Morrison’s Hobgoblins from 1983, as well as the complete Citadel Dungeon Starter Set, first advertised in 1982, but I don’t think it was released until 1983. 
I have models I believe are older, but I’ve been unable to identify them for a few years now and are probably Grenadier, Ral Partha and Citadel mixed.
~N
Admiral:
Thanks to a cheap auction I’ve got a pre-slotta Chaos Warrior, with chainmail and mace, which might date back to 1984. It’s older than I am. Can anyone who knows his Solegends help me identify it with a link? I did it once before during the auction, but now I can’t retrieve the auction data from the site or E-mail, and a quick search on Solegends doesn’t make it show up.
Otherwise it’s mostly 4th-5th edition WHFB miniatures hauled in from E-bay and stores besides the core collection of miniatures which started in 6th edition with Thorgrim and Dwarfs.
Zanko:
The 1st Citadel models I bought were (I think it was 1986 or 1987) the Prince Ulther’s Imperial Dwarfs Box and the Bugman’s Dwarf Rangers Box.
The oldest Citadel miniature I own must be pre-slotta Slann.
:hashut
Willmark:
The 1st Citadel models I bought were (I think it was 1986 or 1987) the Prince Ulther's Imperial Dwarfs Box.Yep I've got those guys too.
Zanko
Kera foehunter:
This is my oldest figure. It a custom cast figure it 1975 …Its the balrog from lotr… 25 mm
Nicodemus:
Seems like Kera is nicely out in front! Yikes. Thinking about who would have really old minis, I don’t even know what the market would have been for fantasy minis prior to the mid 70s. I know historical minis have been around for centuries, but the high end stuff was pretty rare. I remember Peter Cushing (the actor) saying he had a toy soldier collection that he painted as his hobby.
~N
Abecedar:
pretty sure I’m not in the running. Have a Bryan Ansells Hobgoblin Champion and the Ogre Champion. Ally M’s DL2’s and a couple from the Citadel Dungeon Starter Set as well. I think they’d be the oldest GW figures. For the GW Mags I think No 143 and I know I’ve got the first 4 Grombrindal’s.