Unfortunately I do not at the present time. Retail agents pay the same costs for shipping and customs that you do and they really can’t afford to stock a comprehensive selection of our large and growing product line. Over time I’ve learned that direct to customer is the fastest and cheapest method for our overseas…
Author: Al Maurer
I don’t like shopping on the web. Do you do mail order?
Yes. I understand that some people are reluctant to trust various aspects of an online shopping process. You have three choices if you don’t want to use the standard method. Register and make your order online as usual, but select “Check/Money Order” when checking out. Mail in your payment. (This is preferred because included in…
Are your figures available in my country?
The short answer is yes. Askari Miniatures are available world-wide through the webstore. We’re not as big as Amazon but we have all the essential online shopping features and we get your order together fast–usually shipping the next day. We ship anywhere the US Post Office ships–and that’s just about everywhere. I have included in…
Who is “Ali”?
It’s me, the owner, Al Maurer. “al” is an Arabic adjective so while travelling in the Middle East, my name sounded more like “al Maurer”. Ali makes a better first name. Just a bit of fun.
Are you figures really as good as they look?
Yes, they must be because these are real photos of production figures, cleaned up a bit and primed.What you see is actually 2-3 times “life sized.” For the technically minded, I use a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera with a Quantaray 50mm 2.8 Macro lens to take the photos. If you’re still in doubt, why…
How do your figures compare with other Colonial ranges?
We have tried to hit the 28mm (1/64) scale popular in Colonial figures today. That’s about 25-26mm foot-to-eye, 28mm to the top of the head, around 30-32mm to the top of the headgear. Size varies a bit, as we have sought to make the Europeans a bit “beefier” than the Africans and the genetically tall…