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About US

Hello and welcome to our pages on eBay!

We are The Russian Alternative - a new producer of miniatures for various board games and collection. We create our minis with love and passion, we adore each one of our products and use it ourselves in our own armies!

Our Company was established not long ago (in 2011), and for now this is practically a coalition of people loving to play board games, and wishing to input something of their own into developing miniature models as works of art. We are trying to create something unique, based primarily on our own taste and knowledge about various board games. We offer our customers a “Russian alternative”, another option if you like, the wider choice.

All of our minis are hand made from scratch, - we start with a serious brainstorm between all of our team members, then we slowly move to achieving some sort of agreement on what our next project could be, then our designer draws his first sketches, then we argue again and he draws another, then after days of discussion we finally decide that this last drawing is not bad at all and we pass it on to one of our genious sculptors, who takes his time in bringing the mini to perfection. And only then we produce it of a top quality pure tin, pack it in a hard carton box with two layers of foam for your piece of mind during transportation, put a beatiful quality sticker on the box, list it in our ebay store and ship the parcel to any address in the world! Then our marketing team makes sure your parcel arrives safely and on time and provides all sorts of extra assistance and support in case you need it! Then everyone is happy and smiling! Piece of cake! :)

Our company offers miniatures, which:

Are exclusive and unusual
Have design and detail, corresponding to the highest standards of players and painters
Are nice to hold in hands, all miniatures are made of high quality non lead alloy, specially selected to fit proper weight and texture and 100% safe to use
Have competitive pricing policy.

For further information and communication please visit our Facebook Page and join our Facebook Group

Thanks a lot for visiting us and hope you have a great day!


The Russian Alternative Team

Shipping Policy

We take great care packaging every item to ensure safe shipment to you. We offer free worldwide shipping on all our items without any exclusions. We use Standard Internation Air Shipping by Russian Post (in most countries delivered by a courier directly to your door, and if you are not at home delivery notice will be left). 

Please note, that we state the maximum handling time for your order as 5 business days - in most cases, orders are dispatched within 2-3 days, but sometimes delays may occur. This is due to the fact, that we ship only from the Central International Sorting Center in Moscow, and never from a regular post office - this saves on average 7-10 days on postal processing! From the Sorting Center your parcel is being moved directly to the airport and then taken to the destination country. We hope for your understanding!

We value our reputation and try to do everything we can to deliver your goods in the least possible timeframe. Currently standard international shipments take on average 1-2 weeks to reach our buyers in Europe, and approximately 1-4 weeks for our clients in USA, Canada and Australia. Please note, that orders placed in November and December may be delayed in shipping, due to Christmas and New Year holidays!

Return Policy

We warrantee and represent that the goods are as described in the above listing. We specifically disclaim any implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Customers should satisfy themselves that any item choice made is suitable for their intended purpose or use. We pride ourselves on our customer service. In the rare event that you have a problem with your item please contact us and we'll be happy to help.

Genuinely faulty goods will be replaced or money refunded, however we must be advised of any faulty goods upon receipt of the item. It is the customers responsibility to pay for and ship the item back to us. If the item is found to be faulty, we will also refund the postage cost.