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The cheap Chinese figures have been about for a while, not the world's greatest but acceptable for crowd scenes. The range has always been very limited with only about a dozen different poses.
Browsing through Ali Express I came across what appears to be some new different versions. Might be complete rubbish but worth a punt at about £9 for 100 unpainted. I have ordered some and will report back when they arrive.
Here is the
LINK if anybody wants to give it a go. Remember to keep total cost below £15 to avoid import VAT charges. If you want two or more sets then order them separately.
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At least two of the figures are the same mould - tall guy with suit jacket, woman in front of him with skirt.
Not sure about the others without going to look on my track
I guess it comes down to cost and paint effort - One guy at our club has partially repainted some of his (regular ones) to create more colour variety.
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Lady with handbag is also an old one but sufficient new ones to be worth trying I thought. Ladies in trousers, man with stick and walking figures are definitely new. Mind you there are several discrepancies in the pictures so who knows what will arrive.
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Figures arrived today but a disappointment, just the usual ones and none of the new ones advertised so don't waste your money on them folks.
I will use a few of them anyway, does anybody want to buy some of the rest?
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I'll have a few if that's ok ? or all you have left you know I can always use more figures
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What size are they?
None of them look Chinese...
So many cars... So little time...
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They all look mad at me!
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I found this mechanic set on Ali Express
Mechanics
They are 1/35 but that's pretty close !
MiniArt also have a range of 1/35 figures and accessory, mainly military but i ordered this set to fit my Le Mans theme.
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