00:04So I went down a rabbit hole comparing 135th resin kits against diecast figures, and honestly?
00:10I think I found the best deals for 135th resin kits versus diecast figures,
00:15which wins if you enjoy painting tiny soldiers in the spare time you definitely don't have.
00:20Quick spoiler, resin wins on detail, diecast wins on durability,
00:24and the price difference is way smaller than you'd think.
00:27Come on, I'll show you.
00:30Starting with the one everybody actually buys.
00:33This 135th-scale diecast resin soldier kit gives you 5 unassembled, unpainted figures,
00:38and for 12 bucks and change you get close to 5,000 people who've already ordered it.
00:43Rating sits at 4.7, which tells you these are clean casts with minimal flash and cleanup work.
00:49The best part is the math, you're paying about $2.40 per soldier.
00:54If you're building a whole company or a whole line of infantry, this is the no-brainer purchase.
01:00Now the pilot set, and this is the one that surprised me.
01:04Same 5-figure format, but you get a cockpit crew instead of grunts, and it's only 8.35.
01:10That's under $1.70 per figure, and the rating's even higher at 4.8 with over 4,500 sold.
01:16I mean, for the money you get 5 distinct air crew poses, which is a lot of variety for a
01:21diorama,
01:22and pilot figures are some of the most fun to paint because of all those goggle and headset details.
01:27If you want to try resin without committing a single dollar over 5, start here.
01:32This Soviet civilian figure, 1.35 scale, unassembled and unpainted, is 4.38 at 4,500 sales.
01:40It's a civilian, so instead of helmets and rifles you've got coats, hats, and a whole lived-in street scene
01:46to build.
01:47Rating 4.7 means the detail holds up, and at this price you can grab two or three and vary
01:52them without feeling it.
01:54Now for the gamers in the house, this one's different.
01:57The Sayanin Action Pack is a diecast resin assembly kit built for game pieces, unpainted, and it lands at $1
02:04,668.
02:05$16 sounds like a lot until you count what's inside, because these aren't static standing poses, they're built for action,
02:12which means dynamic stances, weapons up, ready to move.
02:15The 4.8 rating across 3,600 sales says people are using them on actual tables, not just in display
02:22cases.
02:23It's the most expensive of the bunch for a reason.
02:26Script, 7 paragraphs, 2,00 total read time, skipped, spec-by-spec resin versus diecast material comparison,
02:34risks sounding so easy, add when you want a follow-up deep dive on paint prep and casting cleanup.
