Hong Kong & Chinese direct suppliers

I've bought 3 sets of figures from China over the past few years.  I have never run into any extra charges or anything like that, in fact I now always look for free shipping.   I was looking for a lot of figures at the time to fill up a subway station and I simply could not afford the popular brands of figures for the amount that I needed.  The only thing I can say about them is the color schemes they used.  They either have a very different color fashion in China or they are using quantities of paint left over from other manufacturing processes.  The color combinations are just a bit weird but not really noticeable from a distance.  The one batch came with a mixture of seated figures.  I tried them out for size on an MTH Madison and they fit fairly well.

 

I don't doubt that you will see differences between suppliers but for the price IMO they are worth it.  I would not use them for those up close or specialty type scenes. As they say, you get what you pay for.

 

Ed

 

I have also purchased some of the pre-painted bulk figures and they are ok for size, detail is ok for distant use  but need repainted and I also recieved free shipping with no problem.

 

Check out the unpainted Preiser plastic figures in large lots, good detail and price.

Mine were okay.  They had been quickly painted, and the colors were rather simple and a bit too glossy (although really it varied), but there were not extra charges, the price was right, and repainting them is not something I minded doing. 

 

I do not buy these anymore.  They are not that good (although they are cheap) and I really wonder if perhaps the molds, etc., are pirated, and the painted done in a sweatshop.  I don't mind paying a little more (okay, a lot more) for the higher quality and completely legit copyrighted Woodland Scenics and Pressier people.

I got some. Basically all the companies are the same, some actually drop ship from a location in Alabama. No Paypal issues.

 

The figures are priced low so don't expect much. The quality is not Preiser, again quality nor price wise. The batch I got had about ten or so repeated over an over again and if these represent people, they must be kept at the far layout. Inside a car with low lites. 

 

I'm not sure what paint they use, even though Ebay warns about using prohibited substances, you have to be mindful of Lead based paints. Paint schemes are terrible.

 

On the other hand, the electrical items seem to be fine. Low failure rate. No delivery issues.

 

Ralph

I've bought over 400 lil' people from Hong Kong for my passenger trains with no problems

 

I also buy a lot of electrical components direct from Honk Kong thru eBay..again no problems  

I've bought from these people plenty of times with no problems at all

In the past year I purchased over 600 people and some signals from them

I was very happy.

Thanks, Alex

I have bought some for inside buildings,passenger cars or stations. They are fine if you want to add alot of people for not alot of money. No problems with added charges or anything like that.

I purchased seated figures from "We Honest" on ebay.  They shipped to me pretty quickly.  The figures are nice.  They do not fit in RailKing Streamlined cars(I didn't expect them to anyway).  I will eventually be placing them around my station platforms.

 

For passenger cars, I've purchased the RailKing undecorated figure set 30-11043.

Here is a photo of the eight styles of seated figures from that set...

 

Evrydaygoodz was the one we purchased about 1000 figures from  They are good set back from the edge or mixed in with others  The colors were weird though

  This figure looks very life-like, but a teeny bit over scale. 

I purchase a lens once from Singapore or China. It took something like 84 days to reach me... talk about a slow boat.

 

When I received the box, it was so covered in stamps and customs inspections... whew.

 

I must say that when it is time to purchase people I will want to stay with the likes of Sunset's or Woodland Scenic. There are just simply a perception of factories running sweat shops or at least bare conditions that I would not accept as a employee.

 

This is NOT a bash, I recognize that the selection and available choices of People in O is outstanding.

Yea I thought so too.
So I ordered 2 packs of "Highly detailed O scale People" from GGD. Well if that's what they call highly detailed , I'm runnin for president in the next election . They're no different in quality than the ones from "We Honest" and all have the exact same posture. They did have flat paint that was slapped on but the faces were devoid of paint. The quality was nothing short of crap and although I can't confirm it I bet they came from the same factory.
Knowing what I know now I could have bought 1000 people from we honest for the 48 I got from GGD and the quality would have been the same.

David

Something that has not yet been mentioned is that many of the figure sets from China have Asian facial features, body types, and way of sitting or standing. (Plus the previously mentioned strange taste in colors.) The reason is obvious; there's undoubtedly a substantial domestic market and the makers are making a little extra by direct marketing overseas. This may or may not make any difference to any particular buyer, but if you want typical American-looking figures, many of these won't fill the bill (unless your station is in Silicon Valley). 

Any one on here use "we be honest" O scale signals?

There is another thread on the aspect signals and control boards.  All positive. Several awaiting delivery of the boards.

 

Ralph

Hi Sullyman I have there signals for about six months and so far

they are working fine. They are slightly smaller then the average signal

but I made a base for them and painted them silver. How could you go

wrong I think I paid 20 dollars for 5 of them.

 

Thanks, ALEX

Website location?

http://stores.ebay.com/wehonest

I use them all the time. Never had a problem and they are very fast. Never ordered little people because detail is not that good. Electric items are good. Don

Any one on here use "we be honest" O scale signals?

NOT signals but the LED wall mounted lamps for my MTH houses. A but oversized but still good and fast shipping considering it comes from China.

A little small for O scale but they work well with the Marx and other O27 stuff I usually run. Many figures of the same poses, usually have to be over-painted for better detail and appearance. Delivery a lot faster than some domestic purchases. Overall the buying experience has been very good and I'd order more if I needed them.

 

Jim McClenin