WWG TEUs and Construction Dumpsters

Here we are in June and incredibly, this is my first World Works Games (WWG) review of the year. You'd be forgiven for thinking I haven't made any card scenery this year but you'd be very wrong! My last two batreps have shown quite a few new buildings and scenery pieces that I've made since my last WWG review.
I'd like to do a review of the Mel Ebbles Folding Structures Units, which come in four different sizes but I'm holding off until they become available to buy again. Currently, they are not available for sale. For those who don't know, Mel (aka Christopher Roe) has closed down his webstore and gone to work for WWG. Once WWG get their new webstore up and running (sometime soon, apparently) a lot of Mel's back catalogue of models will become available to buy again.

So, I'm going to have a close look at some TEU models and a couple of construction dumpsters. TEU stands for Twenty feet Equivalent Units and can be seen anywhere nowadays but especially so at docks and large distribution centres. In the top right hand corner of the above photo are two TEUs, one blue and one orange. These are simple models to make, consisting of four walls, a roof and a floor in a rectangular box shape. The green TEU without a roof, that can be seen in the bottom left corner of the above photo is also part of this set. This is slightly harder to make as it comes with an insert for the interior walls. Roofless TEUs are used to carry the likes of coal. I used it in my last batrep to show the interior of a TEU as Team Vampifan explored and fought zombies in them.
For those of you who want to make a stack of TEUs and you can't be bothered to make 18 individual models, (which even I would baulk at) WWG comes to your rescue by producing the TEU stack, which dominates both photos at the back. This is a kitbash of the set reviewed above and is simply made up of four walls and a roof. You could add a floor to it but I didn't because when I'm not using it in a game I turn it upside down and use it as a box to keep the other models shown here in (plus some other WWG scenery items). It's a clever idea but my only criticism of it is the three TEU designs are repetitive. I'd like to have seen more variety of designs on it. However, this is a very minor complaint of mine and in no way is meant to denigrate a fine and worthy product.

Finally are the two construction dumpsters, shown in the centre of the above photo. Both are based on the single green roofless TEU but are not as tall. These, as their name suggests, are meant to be used as dumpsters on a construction site for clearing away vast quantities of rubble. One of them, the blue one is a clean version with the name Johnsons stencilled on its sides. The other one is covered in graffiti. As you can see they come with printed interior walls.
Scenery items like these are great for populating your gaming board. The stack works best if you're game board represents a docklands, a construction site or an industrial park. The other items could be found almost anywhere and I'll certainly be using them again in my ATZ campaign. If you fancy making a lot of TEUs, I have a great idea for using them. Create a walled area to use as your players' base with the TEUs forming the perimeter of the base. They'd make for very sturdy walls that should keep any but the most massive of zombie hordes out. It's something I may do in the future because Team Vampifan doesn't have the most secure homebase at the moment.
All three sets were submitted to the WWG store as kitbashes and it is under the Urban Kitbashes part of the webstore that you'll find them. The TEU set and the Construction Dumpster set cost $2.00 each, whilst the TEU Stack costs $3.00. Excellent value for money, in my opinion, considering you can print out as many as you want once you've downloaded the relevant files.
EDIT: I've been asked to provide a size comparison photo with a figure next to one of the TEUs, so here's a shot from my last batrep, showing Team Vampifan beside the short side of the TEU stack, where the doors are.