The Toyark article/post does indeed read like these are Hot Toys figures, but I recognized them as the Iminime customs. It's not well researched and misleading to say the least. Hot Toys at Brasil Comic Con Experience - The Toyark - News
Seems Toy Ark's coverage is confusing a lot of people... kind of like the CNN story on HT which shows a ton of Sideshow and even some Medicom products, but doesn't differeniate between the two.
But with a name like Toy Ark they'd have a bit of a clue