"Armies in Plastic 54mm Toy soldiers" Topic

Are some of their boxes the same just repackaged as something else because from the picture it looks like their British Rifles and Portuegese Cacadores are the same figures?some of thier pictures on their site look like the same set packacged in a different box labeled as something else?

Generally AIP issues the same figure poses in different colors and call them a different unit.
So yes they are the same figure poses just different colors.

Yes, the same basic types of figures are used for various box packaging.

I haven't personally seen two sets which are absolutely identical--but it's pretty common to recycle officers, say, or to have another set which is the same but in a different color of plastic. Of course, if you paint them--which I do--those different colored plastics are pretty much wasted effort. And I would dearly love a Civil War set in which the officer was not running forward. Frankly, he looks silly behind the firing line.
They're not the best individual 54mm castings on the market, but they usually have enough variety to let you assemble an army--and price two or three hundred Britains some day.

Yes, a number of the sets become new nationalities simply by changing the color of the plastic.

not very historical but used in good ol' fashioned wargames like HG Wells "Little Wars"…can be great fun…