1/6 Scale on China Action Figures

A Beginner's Guide to Chinese Action Figures: 1/6 and 1/12 Scale

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you are discovering Chinese action figures for the first time, this guide covers the essentials: what the two main scales mean, which brands matter in each, and how collectors usually buy.

The two scales

1/6 scale — one-sixth the size of a real person, roughly 12 inches (30 cm) tall. At this size, manufacturers can reproduce working zippers, fabric uniforms, metal weapon parts, and realistic head sculpts. It is the standard scale for high-end military collectibles.
1/12 scale — about 6 inches (15 cm) tall. The fastest-growing corner of the hobby: smaller figures cost less, take up less shelf space, and still pack impressive articulation. A great entry point if you are just starting out.

The major Chinese brands

China dominates this segment of the hobby. The names to know first:

INART Saruman: The White Wizard in 1/6

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INART, the premium 1/6 label of China’s Queen Studios, continues its march through Middle-earth. After Aragorn, Gandalf the Grey, Legolas, Gimli and the Nazgûl, the newest licensed addition is the one wizard nobody wants to cross: Saruman the White, from The Fellowship of the Ring.

The likeness

The head sculpt is the headline — a strong Christopher Lee likeness with long rooted white hair and beard, deep-set piercing eyes, and the stern, faintly contemptuous expression Lee brought to Orthanc. INART’s rooted-hair treatment (their usual Deluxe approach) gives the beard and hair a natural fall that sculpted hair can’t match.

Longshan LS-Meid.S-01A Mysuru: A 1/6 Sniper Maid

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龙山重工 (Longshan Heavy Industry) is a new Chinese studio entering 1/6 with a concept that needs no translation: maids with military hardware. The Maid Knight Corps (女仆骑士团) line opens with LS-Meid.S-01A Mysuru (米苏), the team’s sniper.

The concept

Mysuru pairs a fully tailored black-and-white maid uniform — lace trim, apron, headdress, thigh-high stockings — with a scoped sniper rifle and tactical pouches. The contrast is the whole point: parade-ground maid aesthetics carrying a precision weapon, posed like she means it. A pistol sidearm and sword round out the loadout visible in the official photos.

Longshan LS-Meid.S-01B Anchira: A 1/6 Grenadier Maid

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The second member of 龙山重工 (Longshan Heavy Industry)’s Maid Knight Corps (女仆骑士团) is LS-Meid.S-01B Anchira (安琪拉), the squad’s grenadier — and a very different personality from her sniper sister Mysuru.

The character

Where Mysuru is cool and composed, Anchira goes for bookish firepower: round glasses, twin braids, cat-ear headdress, and a full maid uniform reworked for combat — with a grenade launcher as her primary weapon. The official photography leans into the contrast: soft maid silhouette, heavy ordnance.

Rocket Toys ROC-003: Uchiha Itachi in 1/6 Scale

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Rocket Toys is a Chinese studio working in the 1/6 anime figure space, and its ROC Naruto line has become a reference point for collectors who want their favorite shinobi at 12-inch scale. The ROC-003 Uchiha Itachi is one of the line’s defining releases.

What you get

Itachi ships as a complete 1/6 figure: an anime-proportioned body, a portrait-accurate head sculpt, and a tailored fabric Akatsuki cloak outfit — the layered look that defines the character. Like other ROC releases (Kisame as ROC-007, Sasori as ROC-010), the figure leans into display presence: this is a shelf centerpiece, not a toy-aisle figure.