Hi Durruti
This is a very interesting question, I'm not quite understand the differences between the three words.
"far east", I think it was refered to Japan and surrounding islands.
"oriental",
May be only China&Japan?
"east asian" ,China、 Korea、 Japan、 Mongol,etc.....
Well, it's only my opinion
I doubt that Plastic Soldier Review guys not sure whether these two set conform to the historical accuracy,so removed them. In fact these two set are limited. Ming set,many soldiers with spear were rather Song dynasty's low-level soldiers than Ming,more suitable for the early stage of the Ming dynasty . In late Ming, low-level soldiers usually wear a "罩甲”,with rivet,
Set of Qing dynasty are all of officers .
The Ming dynasty lasted 276 years, then nomadic people‘Manchu’, the Qing dynasty ruled China
Our manners and customs、clothes even hairstyle were forced to change. The ruler of Qing dynasty destroyed a lot of information,literary inquisition were more terrible.
So it is difficult for ourselves to research historical military information......Fortunately, after the second world war and KMT-CPC civil war ended ,many precious paintings and antiques are preserved very well in Taiwan
It's a pity that Qing dynasty relics in Beijing ; Ming dynasty style,
watching Korean costume piece...
Really ashamed.....