green and tan – Pound Store Plastic Warriors

Roger Halverson’s Snowball Fighters from cheap plastic soldiers

Roger Halverson of the ‘Model Rails and Wargames blog’ has been working on upgrading or giving value to some of those cheap distorted pound store type plastic toy soldiers by converting them into snowball fighters with the help of some Milliput, a bit of ‘faking lead’ and some shiny gloss paint:

Image: Screenshot from Roger Halverson’s blog

https://modelrailsandwargames.blogspot.com/2026/02/creating-army-of-dirty-dozen.html

Another nice AIrfix or Airfaux ‘what if’ box art example as well. Good fun!

Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN, 9th February 2026

B.P.S. Blog Post Script

Here are some of my own Snowball fight rules at:

https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/snowball-fight-rules-and-snow-forts/

Mancestors! Backyard Battalion Figures’ nostalgia nod to classic Green and Tan army men

I had considered writing my main post on Backyard Battalion figure poses and their Green and Tan army ‘mancestors’ to post on this my Pound Store Plastic Warriors blog

because many of the green and tan army men from TimMee BMC and Herald Khaki figures have been extensively copied and emerged from Hong Kong and China as Pound Store Plastic Warriors in poundstores and playsets.

“Many of the poses amongst the new Backyard Battalion figures of kids role-playing ‘WAR’ in the playground or backyard might seem a little familiar.

They are an affectionate or nostalgic nod by designer Reis O’Brien towards the much copied Green and Tan Army Men from America from TimMee / BMC and also the Disney Pixar Toy Story version …”

See more of these interesting new figures and their green army ‘mancestors’ at my post crossposted from my Scouting Wide Games for the Tabletop blog:

https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/mancestors-backyard-battalions-nostalgia-nod-to-green-and-tan-army-man-poses/

Blog posted / Crossposted by Mark Man Of TIN, 3rd May 2024

Backyard Battalions and green and tan army men

Enjoying the gaming possibilities of these new Backyard Battalion green and tan army men style figures from Reis O’Brien in the USA.

https://www.backyardbattalion.com

Crossposted from my Scouting Wide Games for the Tabletop post about the new green and tan Backyard Battalion figures by Reis O’Brien:

https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/backyard-battalions-usa-and-three-man-sorry-kid-patrols/

Share this:

Share this:

Share this: