They may not be the best sculpted figures, granted. However I fail to see how this would be classified as racist. Having visited some of the most rural areas in South Africa and Mozambique over the years, a sight such as this is hardly uncommon. So let's just pump the brakes PC Brigade.

I wonder what people would think if they made a "American People" set that looked that obese rednecks.

Really?? How about we start listing stereotypes of Europeans as well? Class act there man.

Really?? How about we start listing stereotypes of Europeans as well? Class act there man.[/quote] agreed

Caricatures for sure. The figures do not look realistic.

Really?? How about we start listing stereotypes of Europeans as well? Class act there man.[/quote] I've proved my point, then.

These figures are part of an African series. I would assume that anyone who purchased them would use them as accessories in a diorama alongside military or UN vehicles. If you were going to build a scene where a UN vehicle is giving aid to civilians, or a military vehicle providing security - it would most probably be in a rural area or run down urban area where scenes like this are common. As mentioned earlier these sights are very common all over Africa, you could see this in rural KwaZulu Natal here in South Africa just as easily as in Burundi or Somalia. Just as some brands provide kits of terrorist figures to use in Middle Easter displays. No one has had a break down over those figures being 'racist'. Again, the quality of the sculpting is poor. I would not buy them for that reason. Everyone needs to calm down and realise that they are just models.

For those interested, Trumpeter has a set called African Freedom Fighters. Pretty good figures and dressed as civilians which means you can use them in an every day, ordinary type diorama. Will be using them as zombie/ apocalypse survivors, others as zombies. Hopefully Trumpeter will come out with more modern/current civilians.

Really?? How about we start listing stereotypes of Europeans as well? Class act there man.[/quote] I've proved my point, then.[/quote] You did. Some people here seem to be hanging on the overall appearance of the figures and thinking they aren't racist but just poorly done. Poorly done sure, but they seem to be overlooking the oversized nose and lips which are exaggerations of stereotyped African features. That is where the racism lies; not in how they are dressed. It's the same point Cooper was making by posting the anti-Japanese propaganda poster. Paracel most likely weren't trying to pull some (not very) subtle hate crime on the model world, but to sculpt such grossly overdone features still smacks of ignorance.