[cellardoor]

This is an idle question. I've been buying a fair few loose figures from ebay sellers in China. It's a cheap viable way to grab army builders and fill in the checklist.
However, almost all the figures are what I would assume were fresh off a production line. They are never sold with accessories (unless it's just a generic sword/gun from another line) or packaging. If it wasn't for the fact that they're always in great shape i'd guess they were rejected figures that don't pass a quality control check.

Does anyone know if it's standard practice for factory workers to grab loose figures from the production lines and re-sell them?

It's pretty much what i'd be doing if I had access to the toys!
The sellers always have a healthy stock of figures, and are bang up to date. The last figure I managed to win was a Giant battles Loki, saved myself about £40 by electing to not buy the frost giant and all the packaging!