I agree with everything you said GASPODFREUD,
I only made these East-Asian hats after many years of waiting and seeing nothing in 2010.
As for your customs using only original East-Asian hats,
they are not immediately identifiable(as to which era/Dynasty/race) but is definitely more Asian than Ralf's Asians (sorry Ralf...you must come down to earth some times

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I think the only recognisable East-Asian hats are the Mongol headwear and the chinese 'sailor hat'(which is usually black and used in the Qing era only by the Manchus or the Hans loyal to them) my Asian history is not good...I'm not so serious when it comes to Playmobil

I'll wait for you to ask in the specific thread with the conical hat you like to make...hopefully its the Ashigaru hat...I'm hoping to see more such customs from some of you great customisers
