A little more googling gave me two somewhat conflicting answers from Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff of Yeshiva.co and another from Ohr Somayach.

http://www.yeshiva.co/midrash/shiur.asp?id=17311
http://new.ohr.edu/ask/ask058.htm

Yeshiva.co says that "On the other hand, since no one worships the ancient Egyptian idols any more, it is not maris ayin to own these figurines," while Ohr Somayach says "The Shulchan Aruch codifies this prohibition, and adds that even owning an idol is forbidden. One may neither own, use, nor derive any benefit from an idol whatsoever. One is not even allowed to throw it in the garbage; Rather, one must "throw it into the Dead Sea" or otherwise destroy it."

I am guessing that Ohr Somayach's response is the stringent opinion? In any case, Ohr Somayach also says "that nowadays, it is permitted to own an image of a human being. He explains as follows: The whole reason it was forbidden to own an image was so that nobody would suspect the owner of being a "closet" idol worshipper. But since people generally do not worship idols today, there is no longer any cause for suspicion." and that "One may not actually make any image, or even commission one to be made; but once they are made one may purchase and keep them."

Does it mean that one may purchase pre-made figurines/non-idolatrous figures as long as he was not the one who commissioned or manufactured the item?

עָתִיד הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַעֲשׂוֹת מָחוֹל לַצַּדִּיקִים, וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב בֵּינֵיהֶם בְּגַן עֵדֶן; וְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מַרְאֶה בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ זֶה ה' קִוִּינוּ לוֹ, הִנֵּה אֶלֺקֵינוּ זֶה; קִוִּנוּ לוֹ וְיוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ