Harmless toy or recruiting sergeant? Apr 4, 2009
" Below is a selection of your comments. "They contribute to the idea that guns are normal in our society, and also that they are glamorous and desirable". Come off it - following that to its logical conclusion everyone who owned an Action Man should have turned into a gun-toting mass murderer when they turned 13. If anything this puts guns into their proper context: a tool of the military. Mark Dennis, Woking, UK Excellent! My son is a soldier and his six-year-old sister is making tanks out of... (BBC News -- UK)
Look in the attic - that old toy 'could be worth thousands' Mar 14, 2009
Ms Kay said that toy soldiers, robots and science fiction toys, Scalextric racing tracks and Subbuteo table football were also popular with collectors, as well as characters linked to films and TV shows. Ms Kay said: "Certain toys from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s are really hot at the moment and can fetch a lot of money at auction. "Today's new generation of collectors are in their 30s and 40s and often buy for nostalgic reasons. (BBC News -- UK)
Two- and 3-D play puts Porter's works in perspective Mar 27, 2008
Toy soldiers point rifles; others fall into the blue glop. Ladders and furniture appear to float along, and a bucket spills wee pearls, which scatter prettily down into the white area below. (Boston Globe)
Sod this for a game of soldiers Jan 1, 2008
I was shopping recently when I came across a set of toy soldiers. They appeared to be normal: green, plastic, rifle in hand. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Christmas fantasyland captures holiday spirit Dec 21, 2007
The carousel is guarded by toy soldiers as if for safety, but it turns at only about 10 RPM. Nevertheless it's a lot faster than the pokey pace of the two penguins on the teeter-totter. They rise and fall at a baby-safe 6 RPM.. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Weekend events get Jefferson City into the Christmas spirit Nov 30, 2007
One of the new exhibits is a showcase of historical toy soldiers from the Missouri National Guard Museum. Maybe it's a boy thing,' but I think they are really neat, said Bushman. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Alaska kids poised, charming in Balanchine's 'Nutcracker' Nov 28, 2007
Later, they became toy soldiers who gamely fought off a horde of chubby rats in a battle that had the audience laughing at the young ones' antics. Friday afternoon's performance was particularly special because two Alaskans took center stage for most of the ballet. (Anchorage Daily News)
Houston holiday happenings Nov 23, 2007
Before or after ice skating, take a stroll through Donoho's Jewellers Winter Wonderland and take a walk along the carpeted pathways as you delight in the fantasyland of magical, lighted toy soldiers, elves, doves, musical angels and snowmen from Nov. 17- Jan. 2. Lighting of the Doves - Nov. 17. (KHOU.com, TX)
Toy soldiers: Retailers get vigilant about safety Sep 18, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Published: Sep 18, 2007 12:30 AM Modified: Sep 18, 2007 03:10 AM. (News & Observer)
San Joaquin lead expert gives talk to local school Sep 16, 2007
However, lead can also be found in many other common household objects, such as crystals, old coloring crayons, ceramics, paint, glazes used in pottery, vinyl mini-blinds, toy soldiers and fishing weights. Because products that have lead in them often taste sweet, Tran said, children are attracted to them. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
2. Collierville's Glen May dies in Calif. rocket blast Jul 29, 2007
Shirley Booth pulled from a briefcase two toy soldiers, those green plastic ones less than 2 inches tall. Glen had sent his childhood toys into space in 2004 with the historic SpaceShipOne, the first privately developed manned space flight. (The Commercial Appeal, TN)
Legions of toy soldiers engage in history's wars Jun 19, 2007
Legions of toy soldiers engage in history's wars ... Tony Butara, foreground, positions one of thousands of tiny toy soldiers as his brother, Bobby, looks on ... The Butaras are proud owners of a collection of more than 5,000 tiny toy soldiers from various historical periods, and on Sunday afternoon, each and every one of those soldiers was assembled in the backyard of Ray's home on Gehr Road. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Students relate powerful life lessons to Rotarians Apr 25, 2007
Should there be a deadline for U.S. troop withdrawals tied to Congress Iraqi War appropriations bill. " Eleventh-grade winner Chelsea Sanders talked about how it is better to give than receive. She learned this lesson from events in her life that began when her mother died. She described her father as being often drunk and not properly caring for the children. She and her two siblings were taken on Dec. 19, 1997, to live with her aunt and uncle. She said the aunt was upset because it was close... (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Devlin's apartment filthy but filled with toys Feb 14, 2007
The bedroom floor was littered with toy soldiers. Devlin's belongings were loaded into a mid-sized moving truck. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Museum exhibits antique toys worth thousands Jan 9, 2007
It was a lesson in safeguarding collectibles he was glad to teach his cousin, who years earlier had delighted in destroying cast iron toy soldiers as much as Alberta enjoyed cherishing them. When Alberta got involved in selling toys at auctions, he'd show his cousin how much money the soldiers could have been worth. (Greenwich Time)
