Q is for Quite Uncommon?

Chris Smith sent these, which I would normally consider a mere box-ticker, but actually I've only ever managed to find the one, and Chris who has a fine sample of the Germans (which I also find turn-up quite frequently) says he has trouble finding these in the same quantities, so a bit of a treat!

The Lido Japanese, all eight poses, Chris thinks most of his might be Hong Kong copies, but I'm not so sure . . . I thought all my Germans were HK until I studied Kent's Toy Soldier HQ page and realised the quality of Lido was simply at an HK level, and that I had a few Lido originals in my sample, obviously if they are marked Hong Kong they must be HK!

Also we've seen how they turned to HK with the mini-vehicles, having their own production copied and sold in Lido headers, so maybe they are all a little closer to each other anyway? And I notice Kent credits his picture to someone else, and had few in stock last time I looked so it's not just the UK they are apparently hard to track-down?

Banzai! They definitely look better en-masse! Thanks Chris, box-of-hard-to-find-ticked!