Lousy Roman Cavalry

Checking my lead pile I found a baggie of loose Roman cavalry I picked up off of eBay or TMP a few years ago.  My Romans are starting to get outnumbered by Carthaginians and Gauls so I figured it was high time to give the legions s a few reinforcements.

I spent last evening prepping and cleaning them, looking forward to getting to the actual painting over the coming week. I tackled the horses first and was surprised at the amount of flash they had, and some of the poor sculpting on them.

Horses

First take a look at these horses. I know horses are difficult to sculpt, but these are really quite terrible.

These look more like mules to me rather than powerful steeds.

And look how narrow! 

The horse bases were also warped and took a lot of bending just to make them stand up at all. The riders were just as bad. Check them out after the jump.

Riders

The proportions on these figures are way off, the poses are strange, and they are full of flash and miscastings.

What is this guy doing with his left arm? His hand is cupped near his face... a hand that should be holding a shield.

This guy could scratch his ankle without beding over.

I'm sure the enormous paddle hand is distracting, but be sure not to miss the amputated right foot.
I found several figures identically miscast. 

Frustrated with the poor quality of these figures I gave up trying to fix and clean them but I'm not quite sure what to do with them. Perhaps I can turn them into casualty figures, but they really deserve to be melted down and recast as something better.

One peculiar thing about these figures: the hands holding weapons would need to be drilled out to accept spears. Does anyone know who produced these figures? I'd like to steer clear of the manufacturer in the future.