Walking to school, in the rain, wearing rubber boots and those long yellow rain coats, with the silly helmet like hats. Jim
I started with ships / planes, then we would take them down to the creek and blow them up with firecrackers. Finnish them off with BB guns.
How about the plastic army men......did the same thing. Firecrackers and BB guns! It was WWII all over again!
My Dad had a propane single burner that we used to melt down the army men during a battle. My older brother always got the use of the FLAME THROWER!!!
If you still remember how to field strip a Springfield '03 and a .30 caliber machine gun, complete with water jacket. Jim