Heavy Metal (at least a good 4 1/2 lbs....)

Dig these big assed Cast Iron CD's. Collector's awake!!

Text taken from Motorhead Discography

Castle Comunications  - CLA CD 123    CD    France/Europe,  1994

In 1994 Castle released a special metal fist package, each fist was individually numbered. It is said to be made in 1000 copies but so far I have never seen a number over 500 so I think only 500 were made. The CD was inserted at the back of the fist and it was the Castle Calssics with a special gold CD. Over the years some CDs have disappeared and therefore they are sometimes replaced with a later pressing, for example the Essential remastered version. The whole thing was also originally packaged inside a white paper box with a sticker, very similar to the box that also conatined the Griffin metal skull for the Fistful of Aces. Over the years I have seen also two copies that says there were 2500 copies made. In one case it seems very likely the numbers have been swapped between a copy of the Fistful plaque. The other case is a copy that was sold on Ebay in 2016. If there actually was a run of 2500 copies wouldn´t there be more copies out there for sale? There are plaster casts of this metal fist. A seller on Ebay said this in June 2007: "I used to work at a record Label called Griffin Music in the USA and we distributed a number of Castle titles within the USA and worked with Castle for this Limited Edition Sets. The set was sculpted by a guy called Bruce Webber out of Chicago. This paster cast is made from the original to enable a metal cast mould to be made. This is the only one of it's kind as far as I'm aware. It's been sitting in my basement sine 1996. This is the one and only original Plaster mould that was created for the set before it could be made into the cast iron set. This limited edition sold out years ago with the release being in 1995. A true collectable for any Motorhead Fan".

Griffin G CD 291-2  Canada CD, 1994

Griffin also released a limited edition metal skull box set. It is said to be made in 2500 copies but I have never seen a copy with a number over 500 so I wonder. However, in January 2016 a copy of the Iron Fist Iron plaque was sold on Ebay and this had number 724 of 2500! This number plate could be from a Fistful plaque. In April 2010 the seller companysale sold a plaster cast for the skull, described as: "This item is unique in the fact that this was the plaster cast used to manufacture the 'Iron Skull" set that was released back in 1994 / 1995 by Griffin Records. Created by the Chicago artist Bruce Webber and this plaster cast was them used to create the master mould that the "iron" set was cast in iron from. This plaster cast does NOT have the indented back that the CD fits into, but is solid. This plaster cast also does Not come with the CD. The plaster is white and looks to have some kind of finish put on to smooth out the texture. This is sold as a one of a kind collectable item that for a Motorhead fan is a unique piece of the bands history. As you can see from the picture the third (Lowest) spike on the head has been chipped and about 50% of the original spike is missing. This article will be very fragile to ship and that is why shipping is so high".

Castle Comunications CTV CD 123

It's a cast iron metal skull which has the all the aces cd in a recess in the back. They were given out as competition prizes in a tv show called "Raw Power." It has a custom logo sticker on the front of the box stating what number it is. Only 10 were made. It also has a larger skull sticker on the back of the box. Two copies have been sold on Ebay. The funny thing is that both these were no 4. The first one was sold in 2004 and the sticker looked slightly torn. The second one was sold two years later but the sticker now looked intact. What does this mean? Are there two number 4? Does that imply the existence of more than 10 copies?

Detail of sticker on the box sold in 2004, no. 4 of 10.