Redartz: Countless millions of these little troopers have fought untold battles across innumerable backyards, for decades. Yes, the 'green army men'. Kids everywhere had boxes of them, myself included. In fact, I had some gray ones (supposedly German soldiers from WWII) and tan ones (Japanese soldiers, from the Pacific theatre). There were tanks, also, and troop carriers. But the main focus was on the 'infantry'. These plastic soldiers faced giant dogs, thundering garden hose floodwaters, firecracker bombs, and many other perils. Never a complaint; they took it all in stride. My friends and I staged huge battles across the yard, and probably lost as many of these in the grass as we managed to keep. At any rate, they provided hours of fun, adventure and imagination. And hey, they were regarded highly enough to rate prominent roles in the "Toy Story" films!Did you have any of these, or some other low- budget 'action figures'? Perhaps some cowboys and "Indians", or space men? Did you stage some pretty impressive battle scenes? And did any survive? Dump out your box and let's see...
