which ever company did the first coating didn't bother to remove mould lines. 
right! all around they have big and awful mould lines, this and the "not-really-ink-wash" discouraged me to work on the minis, but watching your result it obvious is a worthy invesment of time.
I really like the figures but for a game I won't play the going price (plus shipping from UK) runs, median, circa $80 on FeeBay.
I got mine less than one year ago on evilbay for 5 or 6 GBP, if you keep an eye open I would say you will find one cheaper than $80 for sure.
In addition to the minis, the board it's modular, a set of room tiles, you generate the board as long the game advances, the boards are nice, a bit on the style of the old Hall of Horros tiles from GW, useful for call of cthulhu or pulp rpg gaming.
I'm not an expert on Cluedo and i never played this edition, but fast reading the rules IMHO looks like an interesting variation of the classic cluedo.