While visiting a toy store, what might have caught your eye, standing lined up in ranks in a grand display? Toy soldiers! For more than two centuries, people of all ages have enjoyed this pastime.
BLACKMAN TWP., MI – Frank Nefzger was given his first toy solider at 5 years old – a gift from his grandfather. He would cast the miniatures himself, giving the final product to his grandkids. None of ...
In late September the ballrooms of Springfield Hilton will be full of Army artists and enthusiasts putting on the 62nd annual National Capital Model Soldier Society show consisting of exhibitions, ...
The Texas Toy Soldier Show is back in San Antonio for the first time since the pandemic began in March 2020. Dealers went to work Friday afternoon to transform the ballroom into a historian’s dream, ...
Peter Nussbaum is a peaceful guy who stages battles in his Minneapolis basement. The retired engineer has been collecting toy soldiers since early childhood and now has troops numbering in the ...
CAMISANO VICENTINO, Italy — St. Nicholas took on the guise of American “sky soldiers” ahead of his usual feast day, as members of the Army’s famed 173rd Airborne Brigade became toy distributors for ...