Cheap people via eBay "everydaygoodz" - opinions?

I've been pondering the cheap people (figures) that are being offered as "Buy It Now" by the seller "everydaygoodz." The N Scale people are listed as being 1:150 scale (which is the Japanese ratio, not 1:160) about 11mm high-- that's, by my reckoning, not quite small enough for N Scale.

However, they do offer what they call Z Scale people at a size of 1:200 (not 1:220) and a height of 9 mm, which seems more appropriate for N Scale.

Since the total cost of 100 of these painted figures is about the same as street price for one Woodland Scenics set (plus tax), it's not that much of a risk to try a set. Before I do, though, can anyone who's actually bought these offer any opinions?

The seller is based in Hong Kong and takes only Paypal, which doesn't bother me a whole lot. Delivery appears to be a bit leisurely based on my feedback reading, even from there, but this is more of a "buy and hold" for future needs.

 

Can't locate it on eBay. Got a link, please? 11mm is about 5'6" tall. I'd be interested, but just can't find it.

 

I got some of these figures from a different seller in China called "We Honest". I got some 1:150 and 1:200, the size isn't a big issue to me, after all real people come in a variety of different sizes. I've used the 1:150 figures to populate a small Japanese interurban layout and have been using the 1:220 versions in passenger cars where the smaller size makes for an easier fit. They are not of the quality of other figures on the market but to me they pass the 'three foot rule' and are a cheap easy way to populate a scene.

 

Again, a link would be appreciated, as Googling a variety of terms does not show up anything, nor does an eBay search. Thanks.

 

Just took this photo of the Nekotani Dentetsu, my small Japanese layout, with my cell phone. It's not the best quality, but you can see the figures.

 

I've not had any problems with "We Honest" or any other Far Eastern rail supply source. So for $10 for 300 people? Go for it. The only drawback is that these little people come painted in the most outlandish color schemes. Also, understandably all mine have jet black hair. They also sell unpainted. I still had to paint the prepainted ones in more toned down colors. You can't beat the price. Cheers, Jim CCRR

 

I haven't tried it with mine, but I just had a thought, maybe a light dusting of weathering would be an easy way to tone down the bright colours a bit.

 

I went for it big time--2000 people. It will keep Jeanne busy for a while.

 

i'm tempted to order a few hundreds as well. but i'm not sure if i should opt for the 1:150 or the 1:200 or some of both sizes.

 

I have been considering the same thing, except I was also looking at some of the "HO" figures for a friend. We need a bunch for his layout for interiors where the detail of Woodland figures would be wasted. They also have some trees that appear to be nice. I was going to make a trial order to see what things look like then maybe go back for more later.

 

I ordered a few Z scale things from them and had no problems.

 

Sounds very tempting. I've spent a ton of cash on very few figures as is.

Would love to see a side by side with a N scale figure just to see the difference.

Also, I wonder if you could just do a wash of a dark color over the whole figure to tone down the color.

 

I have some of the Everyday Goodz HO scale Palm Trees - excellent value and fast service - 4 days Hong Kong to UK. Most impressed and recommended

 

How about one pack of the 150's for foreground, and two packs of the 220's for background people? Sort of a "forced Peep-spective?"

At this price, no reason not to have a LOT of people on those platforms.

Agreed the colors are a bit garish, but if you model a Florida retirement community, or add a "Superbad" fashion store on main street with a going out of business sign, it could all be explained away.

 

I think the 150s will do just fine, foreground or background. As I mentioned earlier 11mm is about 5'-6" tall in 1:160. I haven't really measured my existing people, but I'll attest they were expensive! Even the Preiser unpainted sets were much more expensive than this.

For many background uses, I'm going to spray paint a basic color (e.g., blue for sailors), and paint a face and hands, and probably shoes and a hat or hair. Eyes and mouth--probably not. Shoelaces--all right, I'm joking. I would hope to get hundreds done per hour in this sort of mass production--I hope they come on sprues!

I think, mixed with commercially produced figures, they'll create a great effect. Viewers will naturally focus on the more detailed figures, and assume that less detailed figures have the same detail, while they actually do not. This has been a known phenomenon since the 1960s, and perhaps well before, even back to the 1500s among the great artists.

 

They don't.

 

George, I bought the 300 set about 8 months ago. I just filed them away for later, but would be happy to mail you a couple if you wish.

I also bought the vehicles and some of the pine trees. The only problem I had was the box had pretty much no packing so was pretty beat up by the time I received it. Nothing was broken, but I did have to refluff the pine trees a bit.

KB

 

Did you notice that this seller also has 1:160 people? Funny thing though, he mentions that the 1:150 people are approx 11 mm tall and the 1:160 people are 12 mm tall. Shouldn't the 1:160 people be smaller???

Anyway, I ordered a pack of 100 painted people in 1:150. We'll see how they look when they get here.

 

The prototypes for the 1:150 people are "altitude challenged". :wink2:

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