It is interesting that in an age of increasingly realistic video war games, the interest in toy soldiers has not reduced and the interest in war gaming with model soldiers is increasing. The main concentration has been on the smaller figures and included plastic models intended for hand painting by the owner for display in sets, or for use in diorama displays where the owner builds a central kit or scratch model to become the centrepiece of a display with landscape, buildings and figures Perhaps the beauty of collecting toy soldiers is that it is a hobby that can start in childhood and then burst back into life at later stages, changing from simple play fun to a deeply absorbing hobby that is followed seriously and turned into a financial interest, building a valuable collection and making some very real profit. The book has been beautifully produced and is of a high quality
