Toy Soldiers Different Varieties

Toy Soldiers

Toy soldier are a toys played by little boys and collected by big boys. For those who don’t have really much idea whats a toy soldier is. It is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier.This kind of toys are related in any combat theme, such as knights, cowboys and pirates.But aside from a toy soldiers comes from a different combat theme, it also comes in different varieties.They made from all kinds of materials.

This are the list of different varieties made from a toy soldier:

  • Aluminum – slush cast aluminum, that was made chiefly in France during the early and middle 20th Century
  • Army men – unpainted, soft plastic toy soldiers sold inexpensively in bags or with terrain pieces and vehicles in boxed play sets
  • Composition – made from a mixture of sawdust and glue, manufactured in Austria and Germany
  • Connoisseur – high quality, collectible figures featuring highly detailed paint jobs
  • Dimestore – hollow or slush cast iron, sold through five and dime stores from the 1920s to 1960 in the United States
  • Flat – thin, two dimensional tin soldiers cast from in slate molds
  • Hollow cast – cast in metal, usually a lead alloy, which cools and sets as it touches the mold; the excess molten metal is poured out leaving a hollow figure
  • Paper – printed on sheets of paper or cardboard, frequently mounted on blocks of wood
  • Plastic – Either its hard and soft plastic, generally painted figure
  • Solid – cast in solid metal, usually lead, common in Germany during the