F is for Follow-up - Hing Fat - Astronauts

Just a quick follow-up to the other day'spost as I have dug-out the loose stuff from the storage lot, a few new poses and some clues, but only serving to confuse!

Three different sets are represented here, of which the one marked 3 above is an additional pose in the confirmed Hing Fat set we looked at last time, complete with obliterated earlier (probably 'HONG KONG') mark and the uneven 'MADE     IN CHINA', as well as the same silver plastic, but not so dark a gunmetal shade as in the set.

The number 1 lot are annotated on the container as being Hing Fat, so, despite forgetting where they came from, or when, I assume they are Hing Fat as someone I trusted must have told me so! They include the seated figure from the Luna Rover we could see in one of the bagged sets last time, and several new poses, along with a darker grey figure (rather washed-out by camera-flash) to the right.

The last figure (number 2) has a variation of the poorer Hing Fat mark but without the scar hiding something underneath.

The number's 1 on the left and 2 to the right; you can see the 2 has a smaller but neater 'MADE IN CHINA' mark than that which we saw on the previous Dollar Tree Distribution set, so a sub-piracy or - as there's little to tell between all these size-wise - a different contract, but probably not Hing Fat, the quality is better than the Hing Fat mouldings so, closer to the originals.

However the Hing Fat's (1) are much better marked than the set we looked at the other day. I suspect these are the re-marked replacement for those, with their scars. It is in point-of fact a font similar to the Dollar Tree set, but with a more rounded type to Dollar Tree's slightly condensed lettering.

With the un-scratched-out Hing Fat 'HONG KONG's still to be found and an almost certain pre-1997 'handover' HK-marked, best-quality original out there, I suspect we will return to these, more than once, but it might take a few years to tell the whole story?