Chima
Chima sets were a gold mine of excellent humanoid minifigs. They had bird people, reptile people, wolf people, etc. etc. I got a lot of them, often on clearance, and the minifigs have been a staple of my NPC tackle box ever since. All of the molded creature heads can be removed to reveal printed heads that you can customize with helmets or hair so they look less cartoony. The only problem is that the faces are all double-printed, so you have to Brasso off one of the sides if you want to use them with hats or hairpieces that do not fully cover the back.Here are some of the better ones, available for the original retail price, or less, after shipping:
Spinlyn's Cavern is an excellent adventure location with unique minis.
Stock up on lizardmen (or kobolds if you give them short feet) with the Crocodile Tribe Pack.
The Ice Mammoth is a bargain, much cheaper than the original price, and can be a great adventure if you put a little work into it.
The Gorilla Striker is also much cheaper than new.
Other
Prince of Persia sets are useful and cheap, because the movie was so bad. The Quest Against Time set is an especially good deal and makes a good adventure location.Ultra Agents is cheap forgotten theme with a lot of parts and people that fit very well into a campaign with magitech or a magepunk aesthetic.

Galaxy Squad has lots of small and large insectile critters:

Thanks for posting this! At first I thought this was gonna be older sets in general and not just bargains. I'm impressed that the Quest Against Time set is available for so cheap; the last time I checked prices was a few years ago, when the lowest price was actually a lot higher than it is now.
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