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Toy soldiers A toy soldier is a type of figurine World War II", "Jesus and the Apostles", representing a soldier or related and figures from the Coronation of Queen military subject. It may be made of any Elizabeth II. The model company, Airfix type of material but the most common are produced a variety of high quality metal, paper, and plastic. Soldier plastic sets, which were frequently figures have been found in ancient painted by hobbyists. Many Airfix Egyptian tombs, and have appeared in figures were imitated by other companies many cultures and eras. The 'toy soldier and reproduced as inexpensive, bagged as a mass produced toy was first seen in plastic army men. the 17th Century with the introduction In the 1990s, the production of both of paper soldiers, and metal followed in toy-grade painted figures and the 18th century. There have been many connoisseur-grade painted toy soldiers different types over the years including dramatically shifted from the the tin soldier also known as flats, traditional gloss-coat enamel paint to hollow cast metal figures, composition the matte-finished acrylic paint, which figures, and plastic army men. allowed for greater detail and Scale historical accuracy. The change was Scale for toy soldiers is expressed as brought about by the introduction of the soldier's approximate height from such figures from St. Petersburg, head to foot in millimeters. Because Russia. many figures are not standing straight, Collecting the height is usually an approximation. There is a substantial hobby devoted to Popular sizes include 54 mm, 45 mm, 28 collecting toy soldiers, with an mm, 25 mm, and 15 mm, which, assuming an abundance of small manufacturers, average height of about 6 feet for a dealers, and toy soldier shows, and even human male, works out to about 1:32, a few specialty magazines. Collectors 1:35, 1:64, 1:76, and 1:144 in typically specialize in one or more scale-modeling terms. "Standard" toy materials (metal vs. plastic), styles soldier scale is considered to be 54 mm (glossy vs. matte), and historical (1:32 scale). Those made of metal in periods. Many collectors modify and Britain before metrication had their paint plastic figures, and some even sizes given in inches and fractions, as cast their own. Malcolm Forbes began did those made in America. collecting toy soldiers in the late History 1960s and amassed a collection of over There have been many major manufacturers 90,000 figures by the time of his death over the years. Britain's being the in 1990. first and one of the largest Gaming manufacturers of hollow cast metal The playing of games with toy figures figures. Companies such as Elastolin and was popularized by H.G. Wells in his Lineol were well known for their book, Little Wars. Wells, a pacifist, composite figures made of glue and was the first to publish detailed rules sawdust that included both military and for playing a war game with toy civilian subjects. One large historical soldiers. He suggested that this would producer in plastic was the Louis Marx provide a cathartic experience, possibly and Company, founded by Louis Marx, who preventing future real wars. Although produced both realistic soldiers of this was not to be, Little Wars did lead great detail and also realistic to the modern hobby of miniatures historical-figure collections of plastic wargaming. Most wargamers use a smaller men and women, including the "Presidents scale than that favored by collectors, of the United States" collection, typically under 25 mm. "Warriors of the World", "Generals of 1 A B C D 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112