Sorry my criticism of these figures was so harsh, I should really get some myself before passing judgement. Off to Tesco...
Well, they grew on me!

(serving suggestion)
I used pieces of stirrers from a local coffee shop to hold the figures (tapering the top of each stirrer piece to fit through the hole in the head- which is narrower than the groove in the back)

It works for the figures with cloaks too!
