Tin Soldiers Views

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From Game: u"Food Fight! It's chaos in the kitchen and the cans of food are 'revolting'. Spoiled little peas think nothing of creaming the corn and stewed tomatoes relish in dent-n-run tactics. Pull out the big guns with the Catsup Cannon! Chop, peel and squash your way to victory in this hilarious game of King of the Kabinet. " Game comes with 55 cards & 1 metal finger of fate in a nice tin container. A clever trick taking game from Al Newman that many have played as his prototype 'Toy Soldiers'. This is a great partnership game.

Tin soldiers are miniature figures of toy soldiers that are extremely popular in the world of collecting. They can be bought finished or in a raw state to be hand-painted. They are generally made of pewter, tin, lead, other metals or plastic. Often very elaborate scale models of battle scenes, known as dioramas, are created for their display. Tin soldiers were originally almost two-dimensional figures, often called little Eilerts or flats . They were the first toy soldiers to be mass produced.[1] Though largely superseded in popularity from the late 19th century by fully rounded 3 dimensional lead figures, these flat tin soldiers continue to be produced.

HERE were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked straight before them, and wore a splendid uniform, red and blue. The first thing in the world they ever heard were the words, “Tin soldiers!” uttered by a little boy, who clapped his hands with delight when the lid of the box, in which they lay, was taken off. They were given him for a birthday present, and he stood at the table to set them up. The soldiers were all exactly alike, excepting one, who had only one leg; he had been left to the last, and then there was not enough of the melted tin to finish him, so they made him to stand firmly on one leg, and this caused him to be very remarkable.

This touching story by Hans Christian Anderson relates how a brave tin soldier keeps a stiff upper lip throughout his adventures. He is treated unfairly but never complains, and always remains true to the toy ballerina with whom he has fallen in love. He stands as firmly on one leg as the others soldiers stand on two, and as Andersen says, he is the one who became famous.