NAMES:  Various

HEIGHT:  About 3.5 inches (seated), 5 - 6 inches (standing)

CAME FROM:  Various

My love affair with the Houseworks figures started at the craft store clearance shelf.  They were being discontinued, which made me sad, so I bought a couple and took them home.  Like the wrestlers, they fit right into Plastiqueville, and I went back for more, until they were all sold out.  Then, I discovered them in the catalog at miniatures.com, where for a while, they were on sale, leading me to believe that they were being discontinued here, too.  But wait!  In recent catalogs, more have been featured, and at full price.  Go figure.  

Unlike the wrestlers, the Houseworks figures do not bend.  At all.  They are little plastic resin statues, but they look so real, they often surprise viewers.  "Are you sure you didn't cut and paste a real person into that image?"  The ones who sit, really look like they're sitting, and they stay put wherever I put them.  The ones who stand, really stand firmly, without a base under their feet.  They're often found in Plastiqueville's more contemplative images, but they have a sense of humor, too.

Houseworks is a wholesale distributor of dollhouses and other miniature items, and since I'm not interested in selling these figures to others, I've never bought directly from them.  But miniatures.com has become a reliable source, and in researching this post, I discovered more Houseworks figures on eBay and elsewhere.  Their diverse population and peaceful demeanor is always welcome in Plastiqueville.