And what's with that crouching pose?
Ah, well that is easy to answer:
"So, you think you could out-clever us French folk with your silly knees-bent running about advancing behavior?! I wave my private parts at your aunties, you cheesy lot of second hand electric donkey-bottom biters".
These are clearly knights of the Round Table.
Crouching plastic figures seem quite common - GB plastic Vikings, Saxons and Dark Age warriors. I have bought the firforge foot Templars, mainly for parts/conversion, but have made 12 figures up. They are in some quite unusual, if not unnatural, poses.
Northstar figures are the exception.