Fantasy 28mm Bugbears:

They started as four dark shapes of low grade soft plastic but I could see they had potential (see below, they were actually the monsters from one of the many variations of a boxed D&D Game, TSR and Wizards tried, crude but a good monster representation - I have seen others use them well [Philotep]):

The temptation is that if you paint them up you have the basis of a "Dungeon in a Box" - big, small and medium monster representations and as they are from a churn out figure mould you can have a little fun with them too! They paint up quite nice too (see below, a Bugbear I call "Bill"):

Another three to do! But there is also an ensemble of "others" (see below, fiendish collection of interesting encounters for the adventurers):

All good fun!