I think these are
Fontanini, or at least I think the pair on the left are
Fontanini, the two on the right are the titular 'Imposters'!
Fontanini are an Italian company aiming at the Tourist keepsake market with figures in various sizes, taken from various subjects.
What's unusual about these copies is that while the originals are solids (in polyethylene) with a separate base, the doppelgängers are blow-mouldings with an integral 'rock' for a base! These figures are between 5 and 6 inches in height, a bit academic when the bases are so different, the swordsman smaller and the copies are also pantographed a little smaller, but I'm calling them 5 inch!
I only think they're
Fontanini as they are missing the 'Italy' mark and spider logo commonly seen on this makers figures/bases. They are also likely (the originals) to turn-up with more ornate 'rococo' bases and I've seen other
Fontanini figures with chinoiserie bases, always in that plain-chocolate brown plastic.
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