Well we are a bit from New Ray but it's still interesting. The french brands were never on sale in Sweden so I bought my first Starlux ones in Italy. But I have never seen any Clairet in shops in the 70- 80- and 90-ties when I started to buy Starlux in France.
My few Clairet are from E-bay, since I only collect 1:32 scale its a bit sad that the Clairet ones often are small. And it would be nice to know what the brand made and of what, Starlux is covered in two fantastic books but not Clairet then?
And back to New Ray, You could say what You want about their hunting sets but some of the animals like for example their pronghorns are really good by todays standards.
/Lennart
Stockholm