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Help identifying figures

Discussion in 'General Figure Talk' started by Darren, Oct 26, 2020.

  1. Darren Member

    Country:
    Australia
    Hi,

    Fairly new here and to figures. I have a few areas of interest to try, and so have been searching around and naturally came across many on eBay from China. I'm definitely against recasting and stealing (and have seen it hurt other manufacturers I support), so I avoid anything unbranded from there or elsewhere.

    However, my Googling so far has not helped turn up the actual brands, just more alliexpress and other dodgy sites, and no brand names.

    So thought I'd ask here if they are owned/sold by someone who I can legitimately purchase from. And I figure real ones would be better made. I'd rather pay more and wait for international postage than encourage copying.

    All are 75mm, the scale I'll focus on. I'm keen to try some Samauri so thought I'd track down some ninja/simpler ones to start, as in the picture.

    Any help appreciated!

    Thanks,
    Darren Ninja figures.jpg
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  2. Darren Member

    Country:
    Australia
    OK, I did manage to scroll through pages of dodgy sites and think I found "Sword of the Wind" is by DG Artworks, but some of the figures don't match theirs - the colour one seems to be. So not sure if they're selling others under this title.

    And I guess I can assume, that with the seller's lack of morals, even selling them with the name shown (although listed as "unbranded") is still dodgy.

    Any pointers on shops for them or other genuine ninja type figures in75mm would also be appreciated.
  3. Nap Moderator

    Country:
    England
    Hi Darren

    You might like to try Steve Kirtley http://www.skminiatures.co.uk/

    He carried some of DG so coukd possibly help

    Have you tried counting DG themselves perhaps ?

    Pegaso have a 75mm Ninja Warrior reference number 75-061

    These links might be of use

    https://www.planetfigure.com/posts/1096218/

    https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/lantern-on-the-shore.240547/

    https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/legion-miniatures-news.163003/

    https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/silver-dream-studio-shinobi-no-mono.130549/

    Believe me these theiving scum have absolutely no morals

    Good luck

    Nap
  4. Darren Member

    Country:
    Australia
    Thanks Nap. Naturally I found the brand soon after posting :)

    Hadn't found Steve Kirtley's shop, thanks for the link. Huge range so will definitely check it out. Appreciate the other links, some good ones to consider. So much choice!

    Darren
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  5. Forté A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Both of those photos are indeed from DG Artworks. There are many companies who have made samurai figures. Most can be found by looking through SK Miniatures, El Greco Miniatures, and Historic Agents.
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  6. Jed Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    If you are lucky you might find some older figures by Poste Militaire although I believe they were 90mm and can often carry a premium price!!
  7. Mirofsoft A Fixture

    Country:
    Belgium

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