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Whilst searching for 1/35 modern Russian soldiers, Google images came back with a photo linking into Aliexpress, so I thought I would take a look and see what was on there, well I found 3 figure kits I was looking for to populate the my GAZ and the base (when its complete)
EM-35109 Crew of Russian Armoured car $12.90 (£8.65) free P&P
EM-35099 Russian Soldiers (duo) $10.00 (£6.92) free P&P
EM-35098 Russian Soldier with dog $8.00 (£5.53) free P&P
All the above are available from Field of Glory Models at £17.99 each plus p&p. I ordered them from Ali on the 4th May and they all arrived yesterday, packed in a plastic bags, inside a roll of bubble wrap and a substantial cardboard box.
Now AliExpress specialise in, uhmm, ‘Replica’ items, although all the shops on their claim to get the items direct from the suppliers/manufacturers and I can see a market for maybe cheaper football tops where they can make some money, but resin figures? so are they replica’s or originals – can’t tell, they have all the right pieces – arms go on to the body without gaps – faces are sharp, uniforms have texture where texture should be etc. What I do know is that for the price of one set of figures from FOG (£19.24 inc p&p and VAT) I have acquired all 5 figures and the dog for £1.86 more
Whilst searching for 1/35 modern Russian soldiers, Google images came back with a photo linking into Aliexpress, so I thought I would take a look and see what was on there, well I found 3 figure kits I was looking for to populate the my GAZ and the base (when its complete)
EM-35109 Crew of Russian Armoured car $12.90 (£8.65) free P&P
EM-35099 Russian Soldiers (duo) $10.00 (£6.92) free P&P
EM-35098 Russian Soldier with dog $8.00 (£5.53) free P&P
All the above are available from Field of Glory Models at £17.99 each plus p&p. I ordered them from Ali on the 4th May and they all arrived yesterday, packed in a plastic bags, inside a roll of bubble wrap and a substantial cardboard box.
Now AliExpress specialise in, uhmm, ‘Replica’ items, although all the shops on their claim to get the items direct from the suppliers/manufacturers and I can see a market for maybe cheaper football tops where they can make some money, but resin figures? so are they replica’s or originals – can’t tell, they have all the right pieces – arms go on to the body without gaps – faces are sharp, uniforms have texture where texture should be etc. What I do know is that for the price of one set of figures from FOG (£19.24 inc p&p and VAT) I have acquired all 5 figures and the dog for £1.86 more
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